I Do Not Eat Donuts
We met a couple of new friends in downtown Seattle this afternoon. Lunch was extremely filling, but that didn’t stop us from getting sucked into a nearby Top Pot establishment – makers of fine donuts and other tasty pastries.
At first, I thought I could resist temptation. Then they told us that every one of their products was trans-fat free. Whoa! I was under the assumption that Mighty-O was the only donuttery in town that avoided hydrogenated oils.
One small bite turned into… eating the whole dang donut. It was covered with granulated sugar, and I knew I was taking in 1/3 of my daily calorie allotment (2,000 a day). Still, I couldn’t stop myself. I’m paying the price now, of course – feeling somewhat lethargic in the early evening hours.
At least sleeping would keep me from eating any more today! I felt guilty, so I tweeted my crime. Friends responded:
There’s a reason I don’t eat donuts… they’re just no good for you.
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10 Comments
jack
February 7th, 2009
at 6:35pm
Dude,all food has transfat in it. But donuts are so dang good.
Should come out here in los angeles,and try donut hole. :)
Arenlor
February 7th, 2009
at 6:48pm
Donuts won’t kill you.
noah
February 7th, 2009
at 6:57pm
You can have a donut once in a while, your fine! =]
Martin
February 7th, 2009
at 7:04pm
If eating donuts is a crime, then call me Al Capone!
Just reading this made me hungry for one, so I did the only sensible thing I could think of–I ate one! :)
Michael Kukielka
February 7th, 2009
at 8:00pm
I lost 90lbs because of a donut! More specifically, I started the health crusade after eating two Packzki http://tinyurl.com/22pmea on fat Tuesday and committed then and there to change my life. See, sometimes they are a good thing! :)
blued888
February 7th, 2009
at 10:10pm
Not bad to indulge in donuts every once in a while.
alwright
February 8th, 2009
at 6:04am
Donuts will kill you. “The whiter the bread the sooner you’re dead.”
TommyR
February 8th, 2009
at 3:50pm
I cut back on them, I’m watching my cholesterol. I LOVE Duncan doughnuts Glazed!
petes2cents
February 8th, 2009
at 10:31pm
I don’t usually eat them either, but a glazed Dunkin Donut calls my name every now and then. :) Now you put in my head… too late, tomorrow.
Nik
February 9th, 2009
at 12:01am
I had to stop altogether. There is no way I can eat just one. My favorite were the ones with the chocolate on top and the cream filling. I could polish off 4 or 5 with coffee and a newspaper. So, like alcoholics do, I just stopped altogether.
I am not going to lie and say “now I don’t miss them” because that is so untrue. Whenever I drive by a Krispy Kreme or a Dunkin’ Donuts, I get the pang.
But I had to realize that if I wanted to stay healthy, I had to give the decadent stuff, the heave-ho. Four males in my extended family have Type 2 diabetes. So, better to quit now while my blood tests show 1 (1-4, anything over 4 and you are considered a diabetic.
I am 27 and I work with a guy who is 22 and can barely make it up the steps from the 3rd to the 4th. He eats McDonald garbage every day. Besides being expensive, he hasn’t made the connection that consuming McDonalds 5+ times a week isn’t helping his obesity.
Oh, yeah, back to donuts — he always goes down to the cafeteria mid-morning and gets two or three and one of those big cookies.