Week 0 Results
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:43:18 PM EST
After the initial weigh-in, we have 27 BFLGs for this year’s contest. Four additional people have indicated that they will participate, but I haven’t received their weigh-in yet.
This year the weights vary from a low of 129.6 lb for Rosy Biker Balm to a high of 278 lb for Mad Urea Owner. Our average weight is 203.3 lb.
There are inexplicably six people in the contest with a BMI between 18.5-24.9 (normal range). I Zap Air Car Figs has the lowest BMI with 20.4, while Mad Urea Owner has the highest at 37.7.
An unprecedented 10 people have bonus points, having weighed in at a lower weight than in a previous contest. So after the initial weigh-in, our leaders are Bread Snorter, I Hum Barroom Vice, and Mill at Dell Clench.
I will (eventually) make an invitation for a weigh-in each Friday of the contest as a reminder. Good luck, and good not eating.
Food of Doom
(This list is from 2013.)
The menu reads: Crispy Battered Shrimp, Fresh Mushrooms, Tomato and Arugula Tossed with Spaghettini and a Basil-Garlic-Lemon Cream Sauce.
Sound pretty appetizing, doesn’t it? So you go ahead and order The Cheesecake Factory’s Bistro Shrimp Pasta. And pay for it with 3,120 calories, 89 grams of saturated fat and 1,090 milligrams of sodium, according to CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest).
Some additional menu items CSPI has nominated as the worst for 2013 are:
- Johnny Rockets’ Bacon Cheddar Double burger has 1,770 calories, 50 grams of saturated fat, and 2,380 milligrams of sodium.
- IHOP’s Country Fried Steak & Eggs combo has 1,760 calories, 23 grams of saturated fat, 3,720 mg of sodium, and 11 teaspoons of added sugar. (That’s like having five McDonald’s Egg McMuffins sprinkled with 10 packets of sugar.)
- Maggiano’s Little Italy has an 18-ounce Veal Porterhouse, which is drizzled with butter sauce and comes with half a pound of roasted, fried, and garlic-buttered Crispy Red Potatoes. This meal totals 2,710 calories (almost 1.5 days’ worth), 45 grams of sat fat (a two-day supply), and 3,700 mg of sodium (2.5 days' limit). You’d be better off eating four Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizzas.
- Smoothie King combines peanut butter, banana, sugar, and grape juice in its Peanut Power Plus Grape Smoothie. Some may think that sounds healthy, but a (huge) 40-ounce large size has 1,460 calories and 3.5 days’ worth of added sugar (22 teaspoons). The grape juice also has 17 teaspoons of naturally-occurring sugar, making it a total of 6.5 days’ worth.
- Chili’s Full Rack of Baby Back Ribs with Shiner Bock BBQ Sauce (made with Shiner Bock Beer) packs 1,660 calories, 39 grams of saturated fat, and 5,025 milligrams of sodium. You can also add in Homestyle Fries and Cinnamon Apples, which come with the ribs, because at this point, what does it matter?
- The Uno Chicago Grill has a Deep Dish Macaroni & 3-Cheese that has a day’s worth of calories (1,980), 3.5 days’ worth of saturated fat (71 grams), and two days’ worth of sodium (3,110 mg). Eating this entrée is like eating a family size box of Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese—with a half a stick of butter melted on top.
- The Cheesecake Factory’s Crispy Chicken Costoletta’s 2,610 calories is more than any steak, chop, or burger meal on The Cheesecake Factory’s famously-oversized menu. It’s about as many calories as a KFC 12-piece bucket of Original Recipe chicken, but the bucket has less than half of the saturated fat. And it comes in a bucket.
- A slice of Maggiano’s Little Italy Chocolate Zuccotto Cake is equivalent to an entire eight-serving Entenmann’s Chocolate Fudge Cake. It has 1,820 calories, almost a day’s worth. We saves time for eating, if you can eat all of your calories in just one sitting.
So the next time you go out to a restaurant for food, think about how many calories are really in that alfredo fettucini (about 415 calories per cup).
Source: from Huffington Post