My dog Georgia is eating everything right now. She was a bitch for the first 3 months, then good for 7 months and is now back to chewing up everything she possible can.

I mean there has been numerous occasions when I am not even made and mostly just impressed that she thought to chew that. I am sure I proof the room for anything she can get a hold of and she finds plastic things on the corner of the bed frame to tear off, chew into 10,000 pieces and place fairly evenly around the entire room.

She’s jumped up and grabbed the blinds and chewed the hell out of the corner when there was nothing else other than toys laying around.

Anyways, last week she tore into a bag of de-shelled sunflower seeds that were left by close to the edge of the counter. Thank god the bag was almost empty and there was only a tiny amount left, maybe 1/10 of the bag. Then I starting thinking about how calorie dense the seeds are and figured she had, in what probably took her about 2 seconds, over 1,200 calories.

I think that there are too many people out there, mostly women, who are trying to lose weight and snack on seeds all day. While I acknowledge the health benefits (healthy fats, Vitamin E and folate) you don’t need them to live and you certainly don’t need them when you are dieting. They’re too dense, you’ll end up eating three times what you should at one meal.

With only 1 Tbsp you are already at 100 calories. Last time I saw anyone eat sunflower seeds out of a bag they easily had 3 Tbsp over 300 calories, which is too much if you are eating regular meals on top of that and not accruing for them it in your plan… most do not.