Fast food nutrition information/nutrition calculators

I have been baffled lately at the restaurant industry’s strong objections to being required to give nutritional information for their meals in the post-Supersize Me world. I do realize that, for the most part, the restaurant industry places much more value in profits than in providing healthy meals. But certainly restaurants would want to follow [...]

Weigh-in for September 29, 2007: Oh so close!

Current weight: 316.5
Difference from last entry: -3
Difference from 2007 starting weight (335.5): -19
What a fun week! It’s been kind of exciting, because I knew that I was doing well. I knew that I was sticking to my plan, so I knew that I would be losing weight. And I knew that this was because of [...]

Weigh-in for September 15, 2007

Current weight: 323
Difference from last entry: +2
Difference from 2007 starting weight (335.5): -12.5
Hehehe… just call me Mr. Yo-Yo! The last couple of weeks have been interesting. Though I do have a very good excuse for the weight gain this week: travelling. I was out of town on business. And, unfortunately, the hotel that I [...]

KFC is getting a little more healthy

Great news for those of us who cannot resist the siren call of KFC, even though we know it is not good for us: KFC is switching away from trans fats! (via baltimoresun.com):
KFC announced plans yesterday to eliminate most artery-clogging trans fat from its food by April 2007, swapping for a healthier oil that executives [...]

Hooray for Wendy’s!

There’s very good news about Wendy’s from Boston.com: “Wendy’s International Inc., the third-largest US hamburger chain, switched its 6,000 US restaurants to a healthier cooking oil that doesn’t contain any of the trans fats that increase the risk of heart disease.”
This is huge! No one is pressuring Wendy’s to make the changes they are. No [...]