Zen and the Art of Calorie Counting

May 29^th was National Biscuit Day.  At last, a meaningless national day I can embrace. 

From January to March, I attended a weekly class run by one of Aberdeenshire’s fabulous ‘Live Life, Aberdeenshire’ initiatives.  This is where I found out about the very useful, but bossy, NHS Weight Loss app.  I still use it and am still punching in the calories as I walk my way to a healthier old age.  Certainly, my middle-age couldn’t have been more sedentary, and latterly, stress-filled.  So, lots to do.

The golden rule about calories is, it’s not just about quantity, it’s about quality first and foremost.  One could have a virtuous tablespoonful of very-good-for-you seeds; sunflower, flax, golden linseed, and pumpkin.  All for a vitamin, mineral and protein-busting 105 calories.  Or, one could have a ‘Hebridean Baker Chocolate Oatie’ biscuit at a mere 95 calories.  They are the second best biscuit in the whole world, afterall.  But that’s not the game.  My game is, working it out so I can have both, just not every day.  Over time, small changes; big difference.

As a carboholic, it is a challenge not to have three chocolate oaties at a time, but mastery of biscuitry is all part of Life’s deep-dunking crunchy journey. 

Years of empirical research enables me to bring to you the name of THE best biscuit in the whole world. Of course, from the blessed Fortnum & Mason, I give you, food of gods, the ‘Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut’ biscuit.  You’ll burn off the calories fretting over the price. 

On Silver Screen Day at the cinema, the film for a fiver includes tea and a biscuit.  I can’t bring myself to take one, apart from the open-box hygiene issue, it contains the worst biscuit in the whole world. 

The pink wafer. 

39 Calories.

https://www.fortnumandmason.com/chocolate-macadamia-biscuits-200g