Making Sure It's Done

On the way back from Arkansas, we stopped at Subway. I hadn't eaten a lunch/dinner sandwich there in ages and I thought that I could incorporate Subway in the future until...

I watched an episode of The Biggest Loser* and the contestants raved about a new Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sandwich. I checked the nutrition stats and was shocked that the sandwich packs 900 mg of sodium and that's the six inch one. Then I got curious about the turkey sandwich I had eaten; it had 810 mg of sodium. Because folks on The Biggest Loser are regular consumers of Subway fare, I thought that it was pretty much okay but I'm not okay with that amount of sodium.

I did dig what Bob Harper said to the contestants during the Last Chance Workout on that episode:

You guys all have the physical strength. Now, you need to find the mental strength to get through this...

I don't know if it was mental or physical strength missing today because I hardly had anything in the tank for rock climbing. I did a measly four routes:

Pinkerton, 5.8
Ghost, 5.9
Green, 5.9
Paranoid Troglodyte, 5.9

Jessica had me cracking up when she wanted to see how much stamina she had left:

She told me: I like to make sure it's done before I take it out the oven.


*While many have fallen out of love with The Biggest Loser, it continues to give me goose bumps and makes me want to push myself harder.

Always A Dollar In My Pocket For The Agua Man

When I was in Puerto Rico, the tour bus driver said that the water man was the richest man around. The same can be said for Las Vegas which is where I'm at right now.

I don't care if you can purchase a 12 pack of water for $3 bucks. If I see The Agua Man, he has my money each and every time.

I'm still trying to think whose idea it was to come to Las Vegas. Not only is it entertainment city, it's decadence city. The slogan should really be: What stays in Vegas -- is your money -- but that wouldn't be good for tourism, would it?

I was so relieved yesterday when I made it to Albertons. The banana that I got from there was truly the best one that I've ever had. Plus, the clerk was nice enough to give me a rewards card and I was able to get three dollars off my purchase. This morning, I used a Subway card that I won over at Diane Fit to the Finish to get a breakfast sandwich.

Right now, I'm at a branch of the Las Vegas library. When I asked at the bell desk if I could walk to the library, this guy looked at me as if I was crazy. So, I walked half of the way and caught the bus the rest of the way. There was a nice breeze. Really, there was...

This replica is about the closet that I'll get to the Eiffel Tower for now but one can hope, can't she?



Re: fitness and food, what's your strategy when traveling?

22,000 Subways

So what does this economy taste like? caught my attention and I found myself watching Nightline on Thursday.

I've heard that McDonald's (Recession Diet) is doing banner business during this economy and it looks like Subway, with some 22,000 strong franchises, is not far behind.

The journalist believes that the advertising campaign and the store's ability to use small storefronts is significant to their success. Subway's C.E.O. also credits Jared Fogle's phenomenal weight loss story as a Subway success factor.

On the advertisement front, Subway does have some clever ads as does McDonald's.


I've seen this ad in Shape magazine several times and it always moves me. McDonald's got rid of its supersize fries after Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me hit theatres but the supersize concept is a hard one to shake.





Jared showed off his fat pants in the interview. I have my own version -- some black Ralph Lauren pants that I plan to keep. Those pants were a sweet find at $20 dollars but I want to keep them as reminder of how I arrived at plus-size in the first place. As I've been advised, I will get rid of the remainder of my ill-fitting clothing because I don't want to it to be convenient for me to wear my larger clothes again.