No More Mr. White Bread
Posted by nussentiallyreborn on September 25, 2008
Yeah, so the other day I bought a loaf of white bread, for the first time in well over six months. I know I shouldn’t have, but it was cheap and I was trying to stretch that day’s grocery dollars just a bit more. How was it, you ask? It tasted like pure sugar, all empty and bland. (Although to be honest, it tasted pretty good as dry toast.) The slices were a little less in calories than my usual whole wheat bread (by about 20-30 cals per, depending on the brand I buy), but I somehow felt they were really empty of any nutritional value. So I will pass on it in the future and pay 2x as much for the whole wheat from now on. It’s worth it. . .
On this week’s Biggest Loser, the father/son team from Boston got voted off when they fell below the line. I was amazed that they lost so soon. I think the other contestants were concerned that they really had the potential to win it all, though. Still, I wonder how much of the final vote is scripted? Remember last week, when I said that that father/daughter team was my favorite? I have to wonder whether they are being pushed because she’s so cute, and he’s so sympathetic (and a cop to boot)? It wouldn’t be hard for NBC to manipulate the results just a little bit — and truthfully, it makes more sense for the contestants to vote her off as a threat because she’s shown so much heart. But who cares. It’s still a show full of drama and humor, and it celebrates living a healthy lifestyle. I know I watch waaaaaaay too much TV, but this show is 2 hours well spent.
The other day, I dipped below 352 on the scale. I am so close to my first checkpoint of 350, finally! (It’s been a rough couple of months.) I want to give it a few more days to see if I can get down below 350 for my next “official” weigh-in to be posted, along with some long overdue photos. I am hoping to go next week and get some smaller workout pants (woohoo!) and a couple of size 3x t-shirts for the gym instead of the 5x ones I have been wearing since day one. Not to mention that I think I might could probably fit into a 48 in jeans – OMG OMG OMG!!! About five years ago, I had a pair of slacks that were size 48, but they were really too tight from day one. So I have not comfortably been below a size 50 in going on 10 years, I am guessing.
