Time for a round of point - counterpoint. The participants: A homemade chocolate (SF) Slimfast shake and a (MD) McDonald's medium chocolate shake.
Cost: SF $0.98 / MD $2.85
Size: SF 8 oz / MD 20 oz
Calories: SF 200 / MD 725
Total Fat (Saturated Fat) w/ % of Daily Value: SF 4g 6% (1g 4%) / 17.5g 26% (10g 51%)
Sugar: SF 22g / MD 105g
Most Nutritional Thing About It: SF Go to it's website, the stuff is great for you / MD 128g (43% Daily Value) of Carbs - total energy
Thoughts After Finishing: SF "That should hold me for another three hours" / MD "I'm loading my sick son with pneumonia back in the car to get another one"
Taste: SF "ehh, decent chocolate milk, beats ovaltine" / MD "Lord, thank you for creating Ray Kroc, having him take over and grow McDonalds to what it is today"
Winner: McDonald's Medium Chocolate Shake
In case you couldn't tell, I enjoyed a one of McDonald's Triple Thick Medium Chocolate Shakes and it was delicious.
Day-8 Was a success - I haven't given any thought to what the title of my blog entry will be if I ever trip up and eat some solids, but I'm sure it will be evident what has happend.
Day-8 was also pretty uneventful in terms of me and my Lenten experience. Daniel has a slight case of pneumonia so I spent the day looking after him and trying to keep my builders happy with me. Those two tasks did not leave any leftover time for self reflection. About 8:15 PM an event made me realize that 8-Days is a long time to go without solids - Beth made a Hot Pocket and it smelled so good that my stomach lurched. When a Hot Pocket has that much culinary power, that person is seriously missing food.
As comedian Jim Gaffigan said "I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterward, been, 'I'm glad I ate that.'"
Random notes: Started the day at 204 lbs, 36" waist... tell you what, I'll stop writing 36" waist and just let you know when I'm a 34" waist. Finished the day about 1800 calories (includes the MD Shake) and looking forward to St. Patties Day!
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