Work for your food

I have to give partial credit to my friend Jeff on this one. We're both very concerned about the state of childhood obesity in this country. That state being Nebraska. Ay-oh!

Just kidding. But seriously. Have you seen kids? They're really fat these days.

So our idea is for an obstacle course, or series of obstacle courses, in which you are rewarded with food. But, like, that's your dinner. So you have to climb one of those wall things and at the top is half a sandwich. Then you crawl through some mud and swing over a puddle and get a cookie.

You know, typing it out makes it seem kind of mean. We didn't plan on that. It was more a way to incorporate calorie loss into calorie consumption. And trying to create a zero balance. And this wouldn't be something you'd do all the time, it would just be a silly learning exercise to help people equate the two. I don't think people often realize, or even consider, what kind of effort it would take to "get rid" of what they're eating.

It's not mean. It's supposed to be fun.