Tea Blends

I pulled this from Teavana's website, because I love tea recipes (especially the idea of mixing the black Mate teas with a chocolate tea). You should be able to order them online if you click the links below each picture.


Tea blending is the creative experience of mixing more than one type of tea together for a unique taste, aroma or health benefit. If you are able to visit one of our many Teavana stores across the country you can experience tea blending "face to face" by having our Teaologists brew a special blended tea for you.  Teavana Teaologists are experts at mixing loose teas together and creating custom tea blends for boosting the complexity of the taste. Since it is hard to get an idea of how tea tastes and smells complement each other online, we have added a few tea blend suggestions below.

Many herbal tea blends are packed with the delightful taste of fruits and herbs, especially when mixed with other flavored loose teas. Rooibos teas add more fruit flavor as well as adding antioxidants to your cup. Plus, when mixing rooibos tea into an herbal tea blend, the resulting blended tea still remains caffeine free!

Popular Tea Blends

An energizing chai tea blend of mate and white tea: 

Samurai Chai Mate	White Ayurvedic Chai Tea

A Teavana classic tea blend of jasmine green tea and tropical rooibos tea: 

Jasmine Pearls Green Tea	Rooibos Tropica Tea

A coffee lover's blend of chocolatey MateVana and spicy chai tea: 

MateVana Herbal Tea	Rooibos Chai Tea

A delicious green tea blend with peaches and strawberries:

Peachberry Jasmine Sutra Green Tea	Strawberry Lemonade Herbal Tea

This fruity green tea blend makes a great iced tea:

Fruta Bomba Green Tea	Apple Lemon Pomegranate Rooibos Tea

A blend of white and herbal teas bursting with flavor:

Youthberry White Tea	Wild Orange Blossom Herbal Tea

A fruity choice for calorie-counters:

Weight To Go! Pu-erh Tea	Raspberry Riot Lemon Mate Tea

A healthy white tea blend that adds antioxidants to your cup:

Youthberry White Tea	Body + Mind White Tea

The Cupboards

There are some food toppings and such that I am particularly fond of, and should (hence) be in all other cupboards as well. Sadly, it's a modest list... since having variety in my diet confuses me.

Fodder for the Cupboards

...and the fridge and the freezer (perhaps the counter, too?).

Food Essentials

Safe Foods

1. Butter Spray (0 calories). Butter spray is amazing. I drown my food in butter spray. It's magical. You should always have butter spray around you.
2. Frozen Berries (79 calories per cup). I munch on frozen blueberries quite frequently, because they're low in calories, and because it's very difficult to binge on frozen fruit. Likewise, I put nearly all of my fruit in the freezer.
3. Zevia Soda (0 calories). Zevia is a brand of soda that uses stevia to sweeten their beverages, as opposed to aspartame (found in popular diet sodas, barring fountain drinks). Zevia Cream Soda has become my favorite dessert as of late. 
4. Water Bottle Drink Mix (5 calories per packet). The mixes that I'm referring to, are packets that are poured into water bottles in order to add flavor. Crystal Light is my favorite brand for this, because they add antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber to their mixes. I prefer their flavor as well, opposed to that of 'off brands.'
5. Pepper (0 calories). I know that this is a common staple, but it deserves a mention. Black pepper temporarily boosts one's metabolism, and it makes boring food exciting (like salt!).
6. Tea (0 calories). You should always have tea. There is no excuse for not having tea. It's filling, it settles the stomach, and it has a plethora of medicinal uses (...and it's good with milk and sugar).
7. Better than Bouillon No Chicken Base (15 calories). Bouillon cubes create a lovely 15 calorie soup, which one could nearly drink with abandon. As a vegetarian, I love Better than Bouillon for their vegan options.

Preventative Measures 

'Safe' Binge Foods

1. Popcorn (100 calories per bag). If you must binge, binge on popcorn. So many wonderful things can be done with popcorn. It can be doused in butter spray, then sprinkled with cinnamon and zero calorie sweetener; doused in cocoa powder; mixed with garlic... all of which are great for satiating binge cravings.  
2. Arctic Zero Ice Cream (150 calories per pint). When I can afford it, I like to keep a few pints of Arctic Zero in my freezer. One can down five pints of Arctic Zero ice cream and still not have exceeded 1,000 calories... making it a perfect binge food. 
3. Frozen Mango (90 calories per cup). Frozen mango has an interesting consistency, reminiscent of marshmallows. It also tastes somewhat like marshmallows, which makes it a very pleasant fruit to binge on.
4. Cocoa Powder (15 calories per tbsp). Cocoa Powder is a low-calorie way to mend chocolate cravings. I enjoy mixing it with stevia (any other 0 calorie sweetener will do as well), and mixing it into a touch of nonfat milk (this changes the consistency, so that I'm not eating spoonfuls of dry powder [and milk raises one's metabolism]).

On an unrelated note: I'm starting the 'Master Cleanse' tomorrow. I'll post my excitement.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points: XII

The Points Game

I've revised the points game, which now looks like this:

My reason for doing so, is that only three people have offered my food over the past week... which has made the first few goals more difficult than I had initially intended.

My fast began at 6:30, because insomnia did a fair bit of damage to the intended order of things. As an extra incentive for me to do well for these next three days, I've decided not to watch any television. I feel quite compelled to munch on things whilst I watch television, and I tend to lose track of what constitutes a 'meal.' Even worst, is the element of stress that it instills whenever I'm interrupted from watching it (always, always by the phone). From that, I stress eat. The television is an abominable binge-evoking machine, and it is out to inspire my well-rounded corpulence. I shall paint today, instead.

Six hours behind me, and sixty-six hours ahead of me. I do believe that it's time for lunch.

 Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points:  VII
...Also, I must confess: I suck on a few or so hard candies during my liquid fasts. I do not eat candy, per say. I cheek it.

A Befuddled Fast

In two hours, I'll be starting my fast... and it recently occurred to me that I only have a very odd selection of liquid in my house to choose from:

1. Mint chocolate coconut milk (So Delicious)
2. Organic nonfat milk (Stonyfield's)
3. Powerade Zero
4. Cocoa powder with stevia
5. Whey Cookies 'n Cream protein mix
6. An odd assortment of teas
7. Hazelnut instant coffee (Maxwell House)
8. Coffee Grounds (Folger's)
9. Cream Soda (Zevia)
10. Vegetarian Chicken Bouillon (Better than Bouillon)

What confuses me about this list the most, is that there isn't any juice. Apple juice is a breakfast staple when I fast (a page taken from the Russian Gymnast Diet). I suppose that I'll make a trip to Walmart after posting this.

The most important component in my liquid fasts is order, which makes this list all the more baffling. There's too much to choose from. I don't even know how all of this got into my house. This is precisely what I hate about grocery stores. There's no order. It all just looks like chaotic eating to me.

This is the best that I can conjure (*Edited):

Breakfast: Apple juice (one full tall glass)
Lunch: Hazelnut instant coffee
Dinner: Earl Grey tea with milk and stevia
In-between meals: Cream soda and black tea
Snack for the movies: a caffeinated concoction


Cheers...!

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points:  VII

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On the subject of goals: There is absolutely no possibility of me reaching ninety-five pounds by Christmas (which, I've suddenly noticed, takes place in three days). Even if I chopped off a breast, I'd be closer to a normal B.M.I. than that of a petite '16.4.'

...so, instead of moping, I'm setting a new goal. According to the calculator above, I can reach my goal weight in late February if I maintain a net of  644 calories. Easy! I can do that. Can't we all? I think so. I'll keep playing my 'Points Game' and favoring my potatoes (I'm fond of them) and protein drinks.

This weight loss high is honestly all that's keeping me cognizant today. I'm actually afraid of eating, because I know that the energy will go away, and I'll be catotonic again.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Fasting Myths

I couldn't have written any of this better myself, so here's the link:

Top Ten Fasting Myths Debunked

Highlights:

•  Eating small meals frequently will not increase your metabolism, nor will it keep you significantly full. That being said, it's okay to skip a meal.
• Blood sugar levels aren't enormously impacted by eating small meals.
• Fasting for short periods of time (up to sixty hours) does not put one into 'starvation mode.' On the contrary, one's metabolism is increased by 3.6%-10% after 36-48 hours of fasting. 
• Eating protein every 2-3 hours is silly (I'm not going to elaborate, because I doubt that any of us eat every 2-3 hours).
• Fasting does not cause muscle loss. Only prolonged fasting can wrought this sort of chaos.
• Skipping breakfast is perfectly fine. It will not lower your metabolism, nor will eating it give you a substantial metabolic 'boost.'
• Short-term fasting does not effect cortisol levels.
• Eating a large breakfast; a smaller lunch; and then a very small dinner, doesn't effect weight loss nor gain.

Note: My post on starvation mode is accurate. The 'starvation mode' that the above author touches on, is one that is falsely rumored to kick in after a short period of time without food (which is, of course, utter nonsense).

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Six Pounds

 Since I first created this website in November, I've lost six pounds. My ambitions, however, lie atop the shelf second to the bottom:

I'm doing a liquid fast today, to expunge some of yesterday's damage (one pound of binge-weight, which I assume is water or something equally unsettling).


On a very off-topic note:
I think that I've acquired a boyfriend in the past week... which is clearly a product of chaos, since I'd never go looking for anyone of the sort. I'm very apprehensive, and even upset with myself for even considering this. I am far too unstable to be in a relationship. 

When I was nineteen, I was discarded by the only man I had (and have yet) ever loved. Afterward, I tried to kill myself by swallowing handfuls of Valium on three separate occasions... all of which failed, because my tolerance was remarkably high, having spent the previous month trying to keep myself perpetually unconscious with the stuff. I wasn't rushed into the Emergency Room, or even stumbled upon in the midst of the scene. I just woke up, blanketed with apathy. In retrospect, the end of the relationship only exacerbated my desire to die, since I was already bed-bound from depression.

Now I'm struck with an overwhelming surge of dread, because I can feel myself being tugged into the cimmerian caverns of depression... and yet I'm dumb enough to spend what little energy I've left to appease such a basal human need: to cling to another body.

I should be alone. I'd rather not belong to this world at all, so why should I create more ties to it? This place offers no reverie nor solace for me... and here I am, tying another tether.

I'm rambling now (rather morbid rambles). God, it's difficult to explain how painful it is to be depressed. It really is like a heart ache... and no thing nor one can comfort it, no matter how valiant the effort.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Point Game

I made this game for a friend and I, who have both set a humble goal of losing one pound before Christmas (which entails eating around 500 calories per each day leading up to the festival).

Each time that you turn down food that is offered, you receive a point. This does not apply to whatever you choose to eat on your own time. It only applies to the excessive things that people offer us throughout the day, that often trip us up in our diets and cause us to reorganize everything. The rough draft looks crude, but I really love the idea of it:

I'm sorry that I've been away for so long. I was pleasantly distracted by life for a while, but those thoughts have since been lost beneath the veil of another cycle of depression... so I've returned to my safe center of the world, where the numbers lull me to sleep and quiet the madness. I did lose some weight whilst I was happy, although I'm no longer in the mood to celebrate. 

It'll be over in time.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Vitamins for Restricted Diets

I'm going on a very long overdue scavanging excursion today, to hunt for vitamins that should properly accompany my diet. Despite the cornocopia of fruit that I consume daily, my diet is far from healthy. If ever I dip below 1,000 calories in a day, I feel very faint.

I remember going to the store once for food, and then feeling suddenly overwhelmed by nausea and dizziness. I walked to the health section of the store with my head down (my meager attempt to prevent myself from collapsing), and intrepidly snatched a bottle of iron supplements from the shelves. I then wobbled to the register- still with my head down (I must have looked mental)- and then payed for the pills... shortly before unwrapping them, and then frantically popping them into my mouth like a junky on withdrawal (I was mere steps away from the register, still staring at the ground).

I was on the S.G.D. at that time, and I don't want to chance the same ridiculous ordeal happening whilst I'm at work (my job is physically demmanding). ...so I'm planning ahead by buying vitamins like these:

Vitamins for Restricted Diets

• Women's Multivitamins. A multivitamin contains a broad spectrum of vitamins that are necessary for us to live healthily. Women multivitamins often contain more iron and calcium than their ordinary counterparts, which are necessary for healthy bones, hair, and nails... and for preventing dizziness, as well as a host of other unfortunate results of iron deficiency.
• Omega 3 Supplements. Omega 3's help prevent cardiovascular problems and depression... both of which are often dangerous results of a very low calorie diet (especially for bulimics). Omega 3's also boost the brain, as do other 'good' fats (like coconut, nuts, flax seeds [which contain Omega 3], etc.)
• Antioxidents. People who follow a very low calorie diet are often deficient in antioxidents, which are necessary to fight infections. An antioxident supplement will fill the gap.

A Tip: be sure to take a bit of fatty food with your vitamins. Although it sounds unpleasant, it's necessary in order for your vitamins to be absorbed into your body. Whilst some vitamins are water soluble, other vitamins are fat soluble... and, let's be honest: low-fat diets are quite unhealthy in general.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Wonderful News

I meant to compose this yesterday, but I was too sleep deprived to arrange my letters into words. The point, however, still remains: I have wonderful news to share.

My Sorbitol came in through the mail today!

 I must admit that it looks a bit suspect, packaged in its shiny ziplock bag (...illegal sugar?)... but I'm guessing that packaging isn't of high concern for customers who purchase their sugar substitutes from a chemist's website.

To anyone who's missed my obsessive babbling about Sorbitol:

Sorbitol

For the record: I'm not fond of the prospect of making frequent potty stops (which, on its own, does not cause one to lose proper weight)... but to me, "tremendous weight loss" outweighs the inconvenience.

So far, I haven't experimented any farther than incoorporating it into my hot chocolate... but I'm going to bounce about the kitchen today and make a myriad of lovely recipes to post!

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Coco Truffle Tea

I was watching Hook this evening, and I found this chant (by the Lost Boys), sung to encourage Pan to be fit enough to fight Captain Hook:

 

"Pick 'em up! Move 'em down! Pick 'em on up! Move 'em on down! Ain't no time to celebrate! You are old and overweight! Gotta lose a million pounds! Get your fat butt off the ground! Reach on down and touch your toes! How long since you looked at those? Shape up! Lose weight! Get thin! Gotta win! Jumping jacks are good for you! Now your face is turning blue! Swing your arms around your back! Give yourself a heart attack! Gotta train! In the rain! In the sun! In the snow! Ten below! Gotta move! Gotta do! Gotta crow!"

 

It made me chuckle. I should download it for my next workout.

 

 

On a completely unrelated note, I took this tea from my mom's cupboards a few days ago (I'll reiterate: she eats hardly anything that she buys at the store... she lives off of tomatoes until dinnertime). It's called Coco Truffle tea, by: Tea Forte. It's amazing, and it tastes like chocolate:

 

I know what you're thinking. Where can I find such a lovely tea cup? It's a fantastic feat. Go to America, visit a mall (any mall), and walk into a Chinese gift shop. Somewhere within that shop will be at least ten different trinkets that depict a picture of your Chinese Zodiac sign. They each often offer a paragraph that explains your personality, which is based upon the year in which you were born. If you're lucky enough, they'll have teacups.

...and if you are in America, I know that you're nodding in agreement. If you aren't nodding, then you're missing out on our malls' greatest tourist attraction (they have kimonos!).

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Sleep and Appetite

I slept for sixteen hours last night (it was a heavily medicated sleep), and am far too groggy to be creative... so I found something very interesting to share that won't require me to use much of my 'right'-brain:

Sleep and Appetite
Leptin and Ghrelin

There are two importat hormones called 'leptin' and 'ghrelin' that regulate our feelings of appetite and fulness (our cravings and signals to stop eating). When grhelin increases, we feel the need to binge on food. When Leptin increases, we feel satiated.

When our sleep is restricted, leptin levels go down, whilst ghrelin levels go up. This fluctuation increases our appetites by 45%, and urges us to eat calorie-dense foods that are packed with sugar, carbohydrates and fat. If you are one of the many lucky lasses (or lads) with chronic insomnia, then you're likely to have consisently high ghrelin levels.... which beckon you to binge. Fortunately, Leptin can be manipulated through other measures.

Tips to Raise Leptin:

1. Seek help for insomnia (medicated sleep is better than no sleep).
2. Exercise!
3. Eat African mango seeds. African mango seeds have been proven to raise Leptin, as well as Adiponectin (a hormone that improves insulin sensitivity and increases weight loss). Although obscure, they can be purchased either online, or in most health food stores.
4. Don't eat after 7:00pm (at the least, don't gorge after seven).
5. Eat fiber-rich foods, which often signal that feeling of 'fullness.'
6. Eat around a schedule, as opposed to whenever you 'feel like' eating.

Now I'm very excited about African mango seeds.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Don't Take Resveratrol

I'm quite concerned about my mental state at the moment, for it seems that Resveratrol (an ambiguous diet pill) has made me very ill. I'm dizzy, my heart is pounding, my head is heavy, and my stomach is nagging at me to purge all of these foreign chemicals from my body. The walls are drawing nearer to me... but this must be nothing more than a panic attack. It needs to be a panic attack. I refuse to miss work. I need these hours; this stupid money. I just spent fifteen dollars on a sweetener for Christ's sake (or Buddha's, or Vishnu's [I love Hinduism], or for whomever's you fancy)!

I didn't intend the former to be the subject of this post, but writing puts me more so at more at ease than babbling about the gym. ...so (my meager attempt to add dieting advice), the loose moral of this story:

Don't take Resveratrol-

especially if you need to drive to work and competently converse and fold clothes for six hours.



 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"



Nighty Night

It's the end of the day, which marks the end of my diet, which freed me from my cravings. I no longer feel like Atlas (assuming that Atlas carried brownies on his back instead of the Earth).

I'm starting the S.G.D (Skinny Girl Diet) tomorrow, partly because the only fruit that's left in my cupboards are two kiwis (which would turn my regimented fruit salads into two very boring bowls of kiwi)... and because it must be started on a Monday, which is too convenient to ignore:

• Additional Rules:
  
  
  
  
  • Eat as many fruits and veggies as you'd like, without counting them as calories.
  • Excercise for thirty minutes, for five days each week.
  • Burn off any calories that are over the limit

To anyone who would like to join me: I'm creating a progress page specifically for the S.G.D. and will be updating it daily. You're welcome to record your own progress in the comment boxes (strength in numbers!).

This diet brought me down to ninety-six pounds when I last embarked on it, which is one pound shy of my goal weight. I fell off of the wagon after the first few weeks, because I was naive enough to have a bowl of ice cream (always my binge trigger). Everything went downhill rather quickly. Oreos and Brownie mix were later involved.


Not that it's of renown importance, but I'm removing the advertisement from my sidebar. Although I'm not projecting anything negative or harmful in this blog (positivity encourages weight loss; negativity only encourages depression), I still feel paranoid that it might be shut down, on the premise that this is a weight loss blog written by a girl who went mad a thousand years ago. I'm also bothered by the idea of making a profit from the number of people who read my journal. There's something iniquitous about that.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Winter Soups

I love winter dearly. I keep the heat off in my house so that I can snuggle under the covers, sipping hot chocolate; burried under the warmth of my laptop (which is likely a sign that it is overheating, but it's been kindly resilient over the years).

In honor of warm accompaniments:

Low Calorie Soups

(I've provided some vegetarian alternatives for the particularly low calorie options)

Vegan Tomato Basil Pasta Soup

By: Dr. Mcdougall

Calories: 100

Chunky Tomato Soup

By: Dr. Mcdougall

Calories: 90

Light in Sodium Organic Minestrone Soup

By: Amy's

Calories: 90

Cup-A-Soup Spring Vegetable

By: Lipton

Calories: 45

Fat-Free Cup-A-Soup Chicken Broth

By: Lipton

Calories: 18

Healthy Request Tomato Soup

By: Campbell's

 Calories: 90

Chicken Style Consomme Instant Soup

By: Osem

Calories: 15

Vegetable Soup

By: Osem

Calories: 50

I've been grappling with my sanity today, and am finding it difficult to hold to the Russian Gymnast Diet. I know that tomorrow will be easier, since I always lose my appetite the day after falling asleep whilst hungry. It's that first hurdle- the first day of structure- that's hard for me to follow whenever a cycle of binging proceeds it. It isn't easy to pull oneself out of that cyclic spiral, because the cravings tend to linger on.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Experiment

My mind's having some difficulty coping with my fasting endeavor, so I'm going to take up the Russian Gymnast Diet for a while instead (I finally have money to buy fruit again!).

I've altered it somewhat, but it's still structured the same way:

The R.G.D (a).
The Russian Gymnast Diet (altered)

Breakfast: One glass of either orange or apple juice

Lunch: Fruit Salad (comprised of either four fruits, or two fruits and one banana), with one cup of fruit juice.

Dinner: One apple, eaten alongside a glass of water

I sincerely apologize for the less aesthetically appealing addition to my sidebar. I'm really struggling to support myself right now, so I've been inclined to into scrape change from every corner of my home that I can. I promise to make up for it by adding at least one new pocket of weight loss tips per day.

Stay well, loves. Rest will bring another chance to continue your path anew.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Apple

My boycot of solid foods lasted for about eighteen hours, before I was enticed by the apple that beckoned me from inside of my fridge. I'm certain that I can last longer now, since there are no apples nor pomegranates nestled atop the shelves. I'm going to start over with it at midnight, with a bit more sincerity.


I find myself wanting a pen pal lately. I want a friend to plan diets with, exchange progress notes, pass along stories, and other odds and ends. If I found such a person in the real world, I feel like I'd have a friend who understands me to a greater extent than other people I've met. We could talk about our feelings together, and avoid food like the plague. We wouldn't have to hide our bones in sweatshirts and layers to avoid scrutiny, because neither of us would be appauled. Perhaps I should just move to a bigger city...

There are four hours until midnight in my corner of the world. I can't fathom eating much else right now, so I suppose that I should just throw what's left of the cupboards into the bin. Feeling as though I'm too large to leave the house has lingered on for longer than I can stomach.

 

 

 

(I love this picture)

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Blues

I'm probably a bit slow to learn this, but I can't help sharing. It's so cool.

 

For the record, I always chose 'Superman' ice cream as a kid, because there was something delightfully odd about eating blue, red, and yellow ice cream. I still add food colouring to my ice cream, because- truth be told- I'm a very immature adult. When I babysat as a teenager (a task which I loathe, despite being very well-liked by children [it's a baffling paradox]), I created a game in which everyone slid down the stairs in a laundry basket (which I was scolded for, since parents believe that their children should spend their lives in fuzzy blankets instead of propelling themselves down a flight of stairs). Later in the day, we shared our Pokemon cards and discussed the current worth of the famed Holigraphic Charizard.

...anyway (apologies for the tangent), the idea behind all of this is that blue food represents things that we should avoid, since blue animals have a tendency to be poisonous booglie ooglies. Interestingly enough, the majority of these pictures were posted by chefs, who were quite proud of their colored creations. I take from this, that these chefs may have slipped through the cracks of Darwin's Theory... and would likely have died out whilst wandering the wild, had properly evolved been unvailable to guide them.

 

Behold! Delicious food: 

(I laughed a lot while I was going through these pictures)

 

 Cheers!

 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"