MRE's and Video Game Fitness

We actually like MRE's, the "Meal Ready to Eat" that comes sealed on convenient plastic pouches with a shelf life of years. We've been eating them every day for several weeks. Liz still forages in the KBR DFAC (Dining Facility) in the mornings for cereal and fresh fruits, but I haven't eaten there for a couple of weeks. We're told that MRE's have improved substantially over the years and out of the 24 "menus" we've only found three or four we won't eat.

It probably also says something about the quality of food that KBR prepares. The quality is not entirely KBR's fault, they are generally required to overcook, boil, and then re-heat in serving pans all of their food, for "safety", but after also sampling non-KBR DFAC food at the Air Force run dining facility on Bagram it is obvious KBR does nothing to help the situation.

In the end MRE's provide a fairly healthy, balanced meal, which may be a bit bland in parts, but it's extremely consistent and reliable. MRE's are also formulated for much more active people, so one and a half MRE's for me and one for Liz per day provides pretty well for our nutritional requirements.

Video Game Fitness?

We've also changed our xbox360 entertainment from Oblivion (amazing game!) to Rainbox Six: Vegas (fairly challenging and good graphics). With this change we've started on "Tony's Proven Video Game Fitness" routine, developed by one of our bosses. The fitness routine is pretty simple, each time you die in the game you do ten situps or ten pushups. With a challenging game like Rainbox Six you can get a fair amount of exercise and the ten situps or pushups uses up just about the exact amount of time you would wait for the game to reload after you die. Liz is not a fan of playing shoot-em up games, but she likes watching me play, acting as my spotter and (constructive) critic.

There you go: balanced nutrition and healthy exercise, all without having to leave your personal plywood hut/hovel/palace.