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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

You're not chunky because you had too many "Olives"

In one presentation on dieting, our instructor went on about the calories in alcohol. Wondering, I raised my hand and asked; " How many olives are there in a serving?" She responded; " Richard, You're not chunky because you have had too many olives. You can have as many as you want. Thus whenever I order a gin martini, shaken not stirred, straight up, I always order "double olives." Then she went on: "When you review liquor, and the calories...what happens when you drink? That's right...you tend to eat MORE. After a drink you might relax and have a second, third or fourth piece of pizza. How true it is. And another thing, when in the drinking scene, pretty soon it gets to the lowest denominator.....Why not light the dinner candles, make the martini with double olives, and then sip it slowly like a special dinner in a castle.....Savor it. And the double olives....

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