NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

CA L ORIE C O UN T

Every year on January 1st, millions of people around the world embrace the “new year, new me” mentality and attempt to commence a year of healthy habits. Often, this means dieting, focusing on nutritional foods, cutting out carbs, or tracking calories. This year, The Chariot decided to take an unconventional route to the New Years “calorie count” and compete to see who could rack up the most calories in 24 hours.

DANI BLANK, editor-in-chief COLN RAAD, staff writer

22 | EMILY MILLER VS. Before school, I needed a breakfast that required minimal effort to prepare but contained maximum calories. I reached for the Eggo french toast sticks (440) and drizzled on some syrup (100). After getting ready for school and scrambling to finish a packet that was due first period, I had already worked up an appetite for a second breakfast — a bagel (330). Throughout the morning, I continued my strong start to the day with half of my friend’s red velvet donut from Sara’s (215) and two granola bars (100 and 150). During newspaper, I made sure Coln knew how serious I was by flaunting my goldfish (200) and Ritz crackers (150). At lunch, I had leftover pasta with chicken (450) and some blueberries (80). However, I decided that one lunch wasn’t going to cut it for the competition, so I miraculously acquired Chick-fil-A (620), through methods that remain confidential, for my second lunch of the day. After getting home that afternoon, I discovered a secret weapon sitting on the counter: my sister’s homemade rice krispy treats. I managed to hold back and only have four of them as an after-school snack (480) before sitting down to a pasta dinner (700). Later that night as I studied for my math test, I had some Cheez-Its (150) and 5 more rice krispy treats (600). Before the 24 hours were up, I decided to make the most of the little time left and enjoy a midnight snack of cookie dough (200) and ice cream (200) as well as top off my calorie count with another bagel (330). My calorie-rich day started with a trip to Brooklyn Bagel, where I got a bacon egg and cheese on a plain bagel (650) with a YooHoo strawberry milk (220) to kickstart my calorie count. Throughout the early morning, I grew a distinct drive to make sure I consumed enough food to beat Dani in our challenge. When lunch time came around, I rushed to the lunchline and convinced my friends to buy me lunch. I decided on the cafeteria’s buffalo wings (610), along with a chocolate chip cookie (78) and a double order of curly fries (600). The clock had barely reached 1:30, but I already wasn’t sure if my body could even manage to consume anything else without my breakfast and lunch coming up. I took a break from stuffing my face in fifth period and watched Tik Toks to take my mind off the dreaded calories I was going to have to force myself to eat for the rest of the night. During my sixth and final period, Dani decided to up our challenge by getting us Chick-Fil-A. With the challenge intensifying by the meal, I forced myself to eat a Spicy Chicken Sandwich (460), a medium fry (420) and a medium Dr. Pepper (180). I was able to finish most of the food along with the help of my classmates fiending for some french fries. Later that day, I went to Cook Out and ordered a Cook Out tray, consisting of a Big Double Burger (310), a chicken quesadilla (440), hushpuppies (300) and chicken nuggets (140). At this point I wasn’t sure if I could truly eat another thing for the next three days. I decided to end my night and my obscene binge with a simple bowl of Captain Crunch (330). = 4748 CALORIES = 5495 CALORIES