Sumo Watch 2009

Let’s be honest — We all like to “fat out” every once in a while. I’m not going to lie and sit here on some metaphorical anti-fat throne – I LOVE to eat some pretty awful foods. I also suffer from quick chocolate reflex, a disorder in which my brain cannot control my hand so I mindlessly grab at all things chocolate. Oy. Anyhow, there are tons of foods you WON’T find me eating or being tempted by because they simply pass the threshold of “fatting out” into a whole other category of fatness.  We shall call this blog “Sumo Watch” and I now ask you to post links to the most fattening fast food concoctions (or maybe your own?) you can find available to the masses. This will be our blog of shame.  If we tell ourselves unhealthy foods are gross, maybe we can teach ourselves to avoid them altogether?  (Wishful thinking?)

Here’s a website that brings light to the issue at hand, again referenced by the Hungry Girl e-newsletter, and it’s just plain hilarious and kinda gross.

This is Why You’re Fat

First up on our blog of shame, check out Carl’s Jr.’s Double Chili Cheese Burger coming in at a phenomenal 1060 calories and 61 grams of fat just for the burger:

You almost want to applaud CJ’s for being able to make something so bad! It’s like they must literally inject the food with fat to make it so unhealthy.  Carl’s Jr., I hereby grant you the “Fat Attack 2009” dubious award for most health-defying food options. Congrats!

p.s. You have to find it ironic that the tag line above the nutritional information is “Delicious Food. Tasty Facts.” Really? Really?! All I’m tasting here is distaste, fellas.

Tags: calories, Carl's Jr., dining out, fast food, fat, nutritional information