Kerrie Ann Frey

185.

That’s the number of calories women have added to their daily diet since 1985.

83.

Number of minutes power walking needed to burn off a Starbucks Grande Mocha Frappachino.

2000.

Number of calories an average person needs on a daily basis.

1,415 calories in one Hardee’s Thick Monster Burger-thingy.

1.

Serious case of nausea after I read all these facts at http://www.standupandeat.org/index.aspx?id=tools. This is a neat site that has all the information you are afraid to learn about yourself: how many calories do you need each day to maintain your weight and to lose weight, how many calories do you actually eat, what is a REAL portion size and what is a healthy weight for me? These numbers are a lot stricter than even I gave thought to. For instance, for a woman my age (shut up), my height, my weight and activity level, I would need to eat about 1,250 calories a day if I want to lose those holiday pounds that are just waiting for me at the other end of Christmas if I’m not careful.

If you want to give yourself a wake up call before you take on the task of gobbling this Thursday, head over to this site first. www.standupandeat.org