Food Thoughts

My new work (which I still love, by the way, Darrell) is having a Biggest Loser Challenge. I guess they do this each spring and the company kicks in a match for all the money collected. So this year, there are 12 teams of 2 at $50 each, and the company kicks in the match, so the winning team splits the $1200 pot. That was enough to motivate me to get in the game. Plus, it’s fun and funny and there is a free lunch at the end.

Being “on a diet” (I’m actually just doing Weight Watchers again) makes me cranky. Apparently, I am not alone in this, because at least 2 other people have made a point to mention that they are in the challenge so they are also cranky.

I think the funniest thing about this whole contest is that every day since we started, someone has put some kind of irresistible treat in the break room. Chocolate cake with super-fudgy icing. A pile of bagels with a plethora of cream cheese options. And today, there’s a tempting box of chocolatey giant muffins. I have to give them props - it really is just like TBL on TV!

On another slightly related note, I have been eating the Fiber One cereal with my yogurt and it struck me today that, because I eat a slightly-odd cereal and because I use a slightly-odd type of cat litter (Feline Pine), my cereal looks strikingly similar to my cat litter. And I’m just not quite sure how I feel about that.