I think the last time I’ve eaten at an Olive Garden was in high school. Not that I’ve ever had the urge to eat one since, but I definitely don’t think it’s going to happen any time soon.

The next time you see one of their stupid ‘when you’re here, you’re family’ commercials, think of the calories in there endless breadsticks and pasta deal:

My mom says that we’re going to have vegetarian lasagna for Christmas dinner. Even just the pasta and cheese alone probably makes a Christmas Ham look like a healthy alternative.

Or maybe I’ll just drive around and get one of those yummy, relatively-healthy Quarter Pounders (plus free Wi-Fi!).

On related news, the Wahl Family Weight Loss challenge continues in full force. Since the start of the challenge (a month ago to the day), as you can see, I’ve lost 14 pounds. And with a week to go (the official weigh in is on Christmas Eve morning), I’m just one pound behind my brother.

And we’d like to thank our parents, both of whom were terribly unmotivated to try and beat us, for their lovely donations…