The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for December 13, 2013

Oy…

Thats it! The secret to dieting, Angle food cake! Its light and airy! Eat all you want.

And whipped cream. It’s very light as well.

So which weighs more? A pound of lead or a pound of feathers.

X…… long ago, you could say a pound of feathers weighed more, when metals were weighed in troy pounds.

Today, they weigh the same, both are measured in avoirdupois pounds….

but you could say it’s a moot question anyway…cos the Pennys only care about edible pounds.

So which weighs more….. a pound of broccoli or a pound cake?

If the pound cake weighs more, Joy will cut it in half, and cut some more off if necessary,

till it weighs less than the broccoli, so she can eat it instead.

Pure science.

Grab bars next to the scale? They wouldn’t cheat would they?

Bran Muffin: 305 calories.

Carrot Muffin: 342 calories.

Cup Cake: 178 calories.

Sow it on the mountain, reap it in the valley.

All I know is a pound of Penny fat is heavy as lead, soft as a pillow , floats on water and molds to its surrounds, and I don’t care which definition of mold you use.

Julie’s own comments are good today- the telephone has notes for Jenny Craig and Richard Simmons, and the “ENDS” of the Penny’s (or in this case the Darwins) does not justify (or fit in) the jeans ;-D

Unfortunately, while today’s comic is wonderfully funny, there are many who ascribe to something much like what Joy is thinking. For example, I know a variety of people who refuse to eat a banana because it is “too high in sugar” but will eat a muffin or a bag of potato chips instead. As a formerly very, very heavy person, it took me a long time to change my view of food. I actually eat much more food than most folks these days in terms of volume, and I am able to eat anything I wish, but I tend to gravitate towards having most of my food be of types with a low caloric density. Additionally, I spent a lot of time retraining my mind to not eat emotionally. And, for me, I also had to learn to deal with my generally quiet nature, and NOT simply eat everything in sight at social gatherings to avoid not seeming “social”.

A Crustwoodian of any lesser weight would smell as rank. ..(But it’s true that you can make up for a milk shake by eating two Milkyway Lite’s.)

Personally I would eat nothing before I would eat a Bran muffin or carrot muffin. Talk about wasted calories! The rule of thumb I know is if it tastes good and easy to chew – bad, if it tastes bad and requires chewing – good. Simple rule will be much healthier than most of us eat.

That is the dumbest thing I’ve seen them do this week!!

The “find it” was easy, they are both at the table.

I’m picturing the Pennys at Old Country Buffet with their food scale. I’d love to see Julie draw that one up.

JOY…. Which weighs more $1 bill or $100 bill….. ? ? ?