Papa and Alex man...knowing that's it's gonna be over ten years until they finally admit it to each other, I can understand Alex's thousand yard stare in chapter 1.
fyi: nuts and cheese arent necessarily bad food items, especially nuts are nutritious, but they have high fat content, so they are quite high in calories. 100g nuts are about 500 to 600 calories. Not the best snack items, when you wanna lose weight.