BE not afraid of the Evolt. That’s the gym god that sends bolts of lightning to anyone whose body fat is more than five percent.
Okay. The Evolt is the gym’s smart weighing scale whose results on body composition can send chills down the gym rat’s spine. It inspires the gym rat to focus on food and workouts that will give him muscles instead of fats.
The fear it instills is the same fear that a boxer feels once he learns that his next bout will be against Manny Pacquiao. Or the fear I feel when I see halo-halo: oh, no, carbs again! And I’ll start thinking of the side effects: will it be rhinitis this time? Skin allergies? Body pain? Muscle pains? Hypertension?
The fear after eating carbs is even worse. That’s when my tummy is already so full, it can’t take another bite of that teeny weeny bean in a tall glass of halo-halo. That’s the bean at the bottom, left behind by all the other ingredients whose bigger dimensions naturally make them more visible to me. The bottom bean which can be reached by a long spoon that only a tall glass of halo-halo can appreciate.
By the way, Jacks Halo-Halo will join the Pakals at Centrio Mall, Cagayan de Oro next month, on August 15 to 31. That’s two weeks of its taro-ube overload, that is, if you’re there upon delivery of its halo-halo ingredients or before their halo-halo inventory for the day runs out. Surely it will have the longest and winding line again at Pakals, much like what happened at Centrio’s Big Bite in March 28 to April 6.
Jacks is located at Tablon, CDO, which can be a challenging drive for the uptowner who may have to travel for an hour to reach the place.
The Jacks fan — is that me? — has been hoping it will open a branch in the uptown area. But how will that affect my carnivore diet? Tsk tsk.
I’m strictly following carnivore rules now so I can experience its 30-day and 90-day perks. I’ll never achieve those perks if I keep on switching to carbs. So, no halo-halo for now.
My meals have been simplified to beef, pork, and fish. The fish I like is always changing except for these two constants: salmon and bangus belly. Pompano used to be part of that fish menu but I can’t imagine eating it now. Each time I see pompano at the supermarket nowadays, I’m like, Eww.
In the last few months, lapu-lapu became part of the menu. But when I went to the supermarket on Thursday, I bought kutob and anduhaw instead, and said no to lapu-lapu, maya-maya, molmol, danggit, trakito, blue marlin, etc. And why are they selling molmol? It’s supposed to be essential to the marine environment.
At a party, I avoided the carbs by eating only the pizza toppings and the empanada’s ham-and-cheese filling. Yes, I’m back to leaving crusts on the plate. Whew.
So, at Pakals next month, I’ll be searching for beef and pork. No, not fish—that’s for home consumption only. As for Jacks Halo Halo’s taro-ube overload, good luck na lang to me.
