How many calories in a gnat?

I am sure I (inadvertantly) ate at least six on my run last night. Anyone else got a gross/funny running/workout story. How about doing yoga with a two yr old going "under the bridge, do it again Mommy!"

LOL! I was hoping that was true.

I have been doing my runs at dusk the last few weeks and have been chewing gnats.  I try not to swallow them but a few of them feel the need to fly straight down the throat.

I have twin 5-yr old boyz who try to do yoga with me.  Try getting into the plough and having a child jump on the back of your legs, "I haven't had enough cuddles mommy."

thats adorable, cfeltontufty :) tho im sure a bit annoying.

once i was on a run and a little bug flew straight into my eye. i tried to rub it out of my eye and run at the same time. i eventually stopped tearing up. i thought i had gotten the bug out, but after i returned home, i was rubbing my eye again and the bug came out, very squashed. ick.

Gross

eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

I am NOT a graceful/elegant person while working out.

This spring amidst my incredible 30lb gain, I tried to do pilates to justify ordering Chinese food.  Sooooo freaking embarrassing: I'm doing the mat one night, and during something strenuous, I let out a big fart.  The best (well.. worst) part was, all of my roommates and roommate's bfs were in the living room with me.

the only weight i lost from that was whatever the hell that fart weighed (pretty sure that's another forum post altogether lol)

Original Post by broadzilla007:

eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Not just ewww, obsessive....

Uh, the calories in a gnat thing was just a joke to get a conversation started. Sorry everyone but you got that itsbutters.

My cats (I have four) LOVE to practice yoga with me.  Unfortunately, since their idea of practicing yoga is winding themselves around my body while I am trying to move through the postures, or playing let's bite Mom's ankles while she's in plough and can't do anything about it, I've taken to closing the door to my small basement "studio".......I have to beat them into the studio -- once they see me carrying my mat (which travels with me from car to home to work and back), they race downstairs to try to get into the room before me -- quite funny actually.

Sometimes my 8 yr. old son will ride his bike alongside while I jog and one of the first times he was paying attention to me instead of where he was going and hit a parked car! No damage to wither child or car, but the owner of the car just happened to be looking out her second story window when it happened. I think she was afraid I was going to sue her or something. Suffice it to say she was WAY more concerned about my kid than her car (good neighbor).

Original Post by trhawley:

Don't fret, gnats are mostly protein.

Edit to add: and they're so small that there are probably more calories in your lip gloss.

 OMG your probabally right all these months i've been wondering what im missing ... now i know where i have been going wrong!!!!!!

Anyone got the calorie content of lip gloss and lip stick???

"Waiter waiter, there's a fly in my soup!"

"Shh! If the chef hears he'll charge you extra for the protein."

LOL

1 gram of protein = 4 calories. Assume the gnat weighs about 1/4 of a gram, so count 1 calorie for each gnat and if you're running a lot, make a lowfat protein rich meal out of it!

I am more concerned about bees, they have a lot of nectar (carbs) on their body and given that they go down without choking me with a sting in my throat, I think swallowing bees while outdoors can be a factor in weight gain :-)

LOL!