Top Chef

I am such a foodie, and one of my favorite shows is Top Chef.  There are usually about 16 chefs chosen to participate, and they have competitions each week, sending one to “pack your knives and go.”  Because I am such a fan, I also love the judges and the host.

Imagine my surprise when the host, Padma Lakshmi, is seen walking sexily onto the set of a commercial eating a Hardee’s huge hamburger, so thick she can hardly get her hands around it, much less her mouth.  I understand advertising is to get people to buy the product, but every week I watch Padma scrutinize the foods that the chefs have prepared.  Am I to believe that she loves Hardee’s?

This is what America is eating.  The burgers are at least 20% fat, plus they have cheese, which is at least 15% fat, plus they probably have mayonnaise (eggs and oil, what do you think?)  I wish our heroes wouldn’t flaunt the fat, making it appear acceptable to eat.

Padma is far from being overweight, so I don’t think she eats Hardee’s thick burgers too often.

This week's going well.  I was careful throughout the weekend, then I weighed two pounds more on Monday than I had on Thursday.  I thought that I must have been dehydrated due to the really hot weather we had the weekend before, but now I'm back down two pounds, so it was just a fluctuation.  Don't let yourself get discouraged.  You know if you have stayed "on plan", and you know that if you keep it up, you WILL lose the weight.

I would be so happy if I could lose twelve pounds in the next six weeks.  There are lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, so I might be able to achieve that goal.