Verily, an abomination before the diet gods

Lately, I have been a very good boy, diet-wise. I don’t keep a scale around, but I’ve lost at least 3 inches off my waist, and it’s enough that people keep noticing everywhere I go. For graduation, I had to buy a new blazer, because the one I bought a couple of years ago was much too big. You get the idea.

Lately I’d been especially good, and considering that I have surgery coming up and can count on losing about 10 pounds in the recovery process, I figured I was fine to reward myself. So I went to my local Whataburger, an establishment I have such a fondness for. Huge, fresh, delicious burgers 24 hours a day. Oh yeah.

I pull up. I order a combo. I upsize the combo. Then I think to myself “why not”, and substitute a shake for the beverage. I pull up to the window, wait a minute or so, the window opens, and I am handed a 44 OUNCE VANILLA MILKSHAKE. What is going on in this country? I mean… whoah. The mind boggles. I ate my burger and fries, and had somewhere between 1/3rd and 1/2 of the milkshake. Yowza!

Looks like the closest thing I’ll be having to a treat for a while will be a subway sandwich with no condiments…

LC

A 44 oz. shake? Yikes! That’s too scary to even contemplate!

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, Whataburger. I haven’t been to one of those since I left Texas.

And hell, I say it’s fine to treat yourself every once in awhile when you’re dieting, but HOLY MOLY! I cringe to think how many calories are in a 44 oz. shake (especially considering that a SMALL vanilla shake from Burger King has 560)!

Yikes! That could be your caloric intake for the week.

According to Whataburger’s website, it’s 1,118 calories and 34 grams of fat. And for those of us who are on Weight Watchers, that’s 25 points. Yowza! That’s my point allotment for the day!

Add in a Whataburger (607 calories, 30 grams of fat) and large fries (514 calories, 26 grams of fat) and we’re looking at a grand total of…

2239 calories and
90 grams of fat

or

52.5 WW points!

<boggle> An abomination indeed! :eek:

Same here! I miss them. I did learn, however, to order a medium shake, where any place else I would order a large.