My employer, a very large company, has a bunch of walking competitions trying to motivate employees to exercise. At the same time, we have lunch brought in a couple of times each week and it's usually something fattening like BBQ or italian, and there are candy jars and snacks all over the place to encourage us to consume the calories. Oh, and the drink cooler, which is stocked with 12 different kids of sodas and gatorade.

If I limit myself to healthy snacks, there is little at snack station close to my desk that I can eat. Raisins, peanuts and almonds only. The rest is junk.

So they have these creative ways to help people burn the 3,000 junk food calories they are fed at work daily in order to keep them happy.

I decided to participate in the walking competition, not because I need more exercise, but because I like to win prizes and smack talk my coworkers. We decided that 5 miles of cycling equals 1 mile of walking, so that means I was first round draft pick for my team. They know that I ride my bike all the damn time. Hehehe!!!