Donuts With Syringe

So I never actually saw donuts being sold with the syringe. 

I get that they use the syringe to put the custard, jelly, and other fillings inside.

But leaving the syringe hanging out of the donuts like that conjures up images of addicts and junkies.

DESPITE that, these incredibly rich and overflowing donuts with gobs of toppings were some of the finest I’ve ever seen. 

Takes more than a good dose of willpower to resist and not become an addict of these carbohydrate powerhouses. 

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Kosher Cheeseburger, Finally

So I’ve never had a cheeseburger. 

I keep kosher. 

And we don’t mix milk and meat together.

Tough watching all the fast food commercials from McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, and more. 

So lo’ and behold, my surprise when they introduced the kosher cheeseburger.

It uses the Impossible Burger made from plants–and it’s advertised as having more protein, less fat, no cholesterol, and fewer calories than meat. 

So we got two bags of food from Goldberg’s bagels. 

One bag had breakfast with bagels and egg salad. 

The other bag had the kosher cheeseburgers for lunch (after the morning’s activity)

We ate the egg salad bagels and they were good. 

But we were really looking forward to the cheeseburgers. 

Finally, after all these years of waiting…

But what happens, Dossy threw out the garbage from breakfast and…

She accidentally threw out the Impossible Burgers with it. 

So when we got back to the car, salivating for the cheeseburgers…

We look in the front, in the back, in the compartments–and nothing!

It’s gone!  It’s all gone!

No freakin cheeseburger for me. 

Not then, not now, and I’m afraid not ever.  😦

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Sizing Fashion And More

So it was interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today…

There is an obesity problem in the U.S. 

But the statistics in terms of the typical sizes of fashion (for women) has been “largely” overlooked.

The biggest size most fashion brands even bother to sell is: 12

“Only 7% of womenswear stocked at multi-brand retailers is a size 14 or above.”

But the average American dress size is between between 16 and 18!

The typical runway model is size 2.  

BTW, I think men have the same problem with sizing.

There was another thing about measurement in the WSJ today having to do with measuring time. 

Day is measured by the earth rotation (on its axis). 

Year by the rotation around the sun.

Month by rotation of the moon. 

Earth, Sun, and Moon…give us time. 

Now we need to take all the wonderful time we have measured and not spend it all eating.  😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal @Ripley’s Believe It or Not)

Extra Large Sizes

Obesity rates have been consistently growing in this country.

This is concerning for all sorts of health effects (including unfortunately Cancer). 

Many of us struggle with our weight and it is not easy to fight it especially given the processed foods and carbs all around us. 

The picture as of 2015 is that almost 40% of Americans are categorized as obese (versus a below average of 18% in Israel)  

In this context, this store sign in Israel for big and tall clothing was off the charts. 

Talking about extra large sizes for people…

Check out how many “Xs” as in XL this store is advertising? 

A full 11 Xs (after that I lost count)!

Hey, that is a large size for anyone. 

What does a size 11 XL look like.

Now that’s something that I don’t have a good picture of.  😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Worst Passover Cake Ever

So this has got to be the worst Passover cake ever. 

It’s definitely not kosher for Pesach. 

Not only is it made from chametz, but it’s shaped like a chazer (i.e. pig) too.

This thing would be conceptually treyf even on the best of non-Passover days. 

Does it have lard too? 

I don’t know for sure, but would it really be a pig cake if it didn’t!

This lousy cake doesn’t even have an ounce of chocolate in it–have you ever heard of a genuine dessert that tastes like the calorie count it adds up to be without chocolate? 

I’ve heard of the callous calling people a pig for eating too much cake and being fat, but making the oink oink face directly on the cake itself–and on Passover–is not only insulting, but at $28.95, it’s overpriced too. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Globs of Fat

 

So I went to get my flu shot today in the office. 

Yes, it’s that time of year to start getting ready for Winter and all the germs that come with it. 

Anyway, while I was at the health center, they had this model of what body fat looks like. 

It was sort of just laying right on the table in the waiting room–yeah a big ick! 

It said:

“Globs of Fat

This glob represents the look and feel of 5 pounds of body fat.”

And this thing was enormous, bigger than someones hand, maybe even two hands. 

There was some text about another 1 pound piece of body fat, but I didn’t see that lying around anywhere (and frankly the 5 pound glob was enough to get the point without comparison). 

This fat demonstration would make practically anyone want to chuck the carbohydrates and forever.

Pizza, pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, cereal, crackers, cookies, cakes–be gone!

Having recently done this myself, I can really appreciate how important this is and also how hard it can be. 

The food industry has us addicted to this crap and really it should be illegal. 

The high carb diet in America is truly of epidemic proportions and is potentially catastrophic to our health and longevity.

The only thing that glob of fat is good for is tossing it out the window and into the garbage dump. 

A high carb diet that makes people fat is death and we want to live! 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

A Fat Pill

So true story…

This guy at work goes to me today, “Hey, did you get a fat pill?”

I am thinking to myself DID I put on a few pounds…but still how totally rude. 

My colleague must’ve seen me looking at him with some disbelief and irritation that he would say something like that to me. 

Then he gets this look on his face like, oh sh*t {oops that wasn’t what I meant!}

Immediately, he reaches down to the counter in one of our common areas and picks up a Dunkin’ Donut from the box that someone had brought in for Friday munchies. 

He’s holding up the donut to his face mouthing, “A fat pill,” as he takes a big bite engulfing half the donut (or more) in that one mouth shot. 

Well, I never heard of a Donkin’ Donut called a fat pill before…

Probably lucky for someone that is what he was referring to (LOL). 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

What A Split!

I guess people are getting into the Halloween spirit early this year.

Aside from the body in the trunk, this guy or gal is either a yoga guru, they weigh like 1,000 pounds and are as big as a Subaru Outback, or they have been split in half (and this is a crime scene)!

It reminds me of, as a kid, reading the Guinness Book of World Records about the fattest man, Robert Earl Hughes, that was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case, although at the time, I thought he was actually buried in a piano case.

Either way, this is a ghoulish picture, indeed. 😉

(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)

Don’t Ever Give Me A Mug Like This

I hate middle age and if you ever give me a mug like this…to the moon! 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)