10.31 - Halloween Wednesday

Nothing particularly Halloween-y today except for the fact that I felt like death. Ha. Luckily, strong espresso in the morning and bits of candy throughout the day kept me going somewhat decently.

WEDNESDAY, October 31st
Breakfast
+ honey wheat Hawaiian roll
+ triple shot grande non-fat pumpkin spice latte
Lunch
+ a few spoonfuls of chicken and vegetable stew
+ a turkey melt (with cheese and cranberry sauce)
Mid-afternoon Snack
+ 1/2 mini box of grape Nerds
Mid-evening Snack
+ a bite-size Kit-Kat
Late-night Snack
+ 2.5 pieces of fried chicken
+ 2 big helpings of homemade meat lasagna (yum yum)
+ 1/2 decorated sugar cookie

FATTIE RATING: 4

10.30 - Very Tired Tuesday

Ugh. I've been so tired lately, it's pissing me off. And I don't forsee myself getting a whole lot of sleep until Thursday night. I hate when I can't get enough sleep. It'd be cool if I could take naps at work like I used to back in the day-- but that's not possible at my current place of employment. Bleh. Along with that, food has been mediocre (which I suppose is a good thing).

TUESDAY, October 30th
Breakfast
+ 3 scrambled eggs with seasoned salt
+ 1/4 chorizo, egg, and cheese burrito (my coworker forced it on me-- seriously)
Mid-morning Snack
+ yellow green banana
+ white cheddar rice cake
+ very mini vanilla Milky Way bar (not bad)
Lunch
+ Easy Mac (yum!)
Mid-afternoon Snack
+ grande non-fat vanilla latte
Late-night Snack
+ canned mackerel omelette (yeah...don't ask...)

FATTIE RATING: 3

10.29 - It's Monday again. *sigh*

MONDAY, October 29th

Breakfast

+ bowl of cinnamon roll oatmeal

+ medium blueberry coffee (with skim milk and two Splendas)

Lunch

+ pastrami on rye with spicy mustard and melted Swiss (deeelish)

+ 1/2 medium frozen yogurt twist (vanilla/chocolate)

Afternoon Snack

+ 1/2 iced sugar cookie (too sweet)

Dinner

+ medium plateful of leftover mostacolli (completely covered in parmesan cheese-- only way I could eat it)

+ 6 oz. cold apple cider

FATTIE RATING: 3.75

10.27 & 28 - Weekend of Nibbling

There were a few parties over the weekend, but I surprisingly didn't eat as much as I thought I would. I pretty much had little portions of everything, so I guess that's a good thing.

SATURDAY, October 27th
Breakfast
+ pieces of baked salmon mixed into scrambled eggs (what? it's surprisingly delicious)
Lunch
+ 6-8 pieces of Mom's mini eggrolls (love me)
Dinner
+ small scoop of orangey red mac-and-cheese
+ small scoop of mostacolli
+ one Popeye's drumstick
+ one cinnamon sugar cookie
+ 1/4 spider-web decorated cupcake
+ 1/2 rasberry vodka cooler
+ cup of hot spiced apple cider (mmm)

FATTIE RATING: 3.5
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SUNDAY, October 28th
Lunch
+ 2 pieces of Popeye's chicken with scoop of brown rice
+ a very small bowl of bland wonton soup
+ a small piece of shrimp egg foo young (two of my fave foods wrapped into one-- yum)
+ 5 oz. Diet Coke
Dinner
+ 7-8 mini eggrolls (not my Mom's, but still quite yummy)
+ scoop of pancit
+ scoop of white rice
+ a few pieces of tocino (Filipino cured pork dish)
+ a few pieces of watermelon
+ a small cup of a Filipino coconut dessert concoction I can't remember the name of
+ sip of Lowenbrau beer (eh)
+ 4 oz. of Nestea iced tea
+ 1/2 yellow cupcake
+ 4 oz. of Cherry Coke

FATTIE RATING: 3.75

10.26 - Fattie Friday

I think the thought, alone, of eating healthier makes me eat even worse than I normally would. Today was not a good day in the healthy department.

FRIDAY, October 26th
Breakfast
+ bite of a chocolate donut
+ 1/3 of a bacon, egg, cheese burrito
+ grande non-fat vanilla latte
+ bowl of Nature Valley Oats 'N Honey cereal
Lunch
+ monterey chicken sandwich (two cheeses and guacamole on grilled chicken-- yum!!)

Dinner
+ handful of nachos covered in cheese, sour cream, taco meat, salsa, etc.
+ 3-4 mini cheeseburgers (without the buns)
+ 6-7 french fries
+ Long Island iced tea (*sigh* It's soo not iced tea . . .)
Post-dinner Snack(s)
+ various alcoholic beverages
+ an unspecified number of pieces torn off three ballpark pretzels dipped in jalapeno cheese sauce (sooooo good)

FATTIE RATING: 5

10.25 - Too Many Cravings

Cravings kept popping into my head all week and I couldn't stop myself. So now I feel absolutely disgusted with myself. I really have no willpower. If a food thought pops into my head, I want it. And if someone mentions a certain food, I want that too. And it's not even the food that's a problem. It's the overeating-- like at lunch today. *labored breathing* It's a sickness, I tell you, and now my shirt buttons are ready to pop. *sigh*

THURSDAY, October 25th

Breakfast
+ a scoop of scrambled eggs with a dash of seasoned salt

+ an invidividual pack of Quaker Oats cinnamon roll-flavored oatmeal

Mid-morning Snack

+ 2 squares of Hershey's Extra Dark chocolate with cranberries, blueberries, and almonds

Lunch

+ ground beef burrito suizo (meaning that it's topped with a layer of melted cheeeeese-- and, FYI, this was disgustlingly huge yet I finished it all happily)

+ 8 oz. Diet Coke

Mid-afternoon Snack

+ oreo yogurt smoothie (with two mini Oreo cookies and two mini Salerno butter cookies)

Dinner

+ a small bowl of chicken soup (with chicken pieces and pieces of a random vegetable I can't remember the name of)
+ 4 apples slices (two of which were dipped in caramel)

FATTIE RATING: 4.25

P.S. So, I have a new goal. One fattie meal a day. I weighed myself tonight and I gained 4 pounds in the last week and a half. That can't be a good thing. So yeah. One fattie meal a day. That's my limit. And I'm going to start going back to the gym again (after my nearly four-month hiatus). :\

10.24 - Barney Wednesday

Today was alright in the nutrition department. Not great, but not too bad (I think).

Amusing occurrence of the day: There's a new Starbucks by work that is doing the whole taking-down-your-name thing and I've gone there two days in a row now. So today, I decided to go by the name of "Barney" instead of "Ji." The Starbucks employee who took my order today happened to be the same one who took it yesterday, so he goes, "Oh, is this for someone else?" I shake my head, and he says, "Your name is Ji, right?" I smirk. I am amused. I tell him I just feel like being Barney today. I wonder what I should be the next time . . .

WEDNESDAY, October 24th
Breakfast
+ 1/2 butter croissant
+ scoop of scrambled eggs sprinkled with a few dashes of seasoned salt
+ grande non-fat caramel macchiato
Lunch
+ chili in a sourdough bread bowl, topped with shredded cheddar (good cold weather food)

+ 1/4 of the bread off the bowl (some of which was dipped into butter)
Pre-dinner Snack
+ 2 pieces of this yummy mango candy (that's like Laffy Taffy but not)
Dinner
+ Filet-o-Fish (this is, by far, one of my all-time favorite childhood comfort junk foods-- mmm, I ate it in less than 4 minutes)
+ small coffee (with one cream and three sugars)
Late-night Snack
+ 1 oz. of pomegranate juice (to help out my poor arteries)

FATTIE RATING: 3.75

10.23 - Junk Food Tuesday

I don't think I ate anything of actual nutritional value today. It was extra cold outside. I blame my fattiness on the weather. :\

TUESDAY, October 23rd
Breakfast
+ Starbucks reduced-fat turkey bacon, cholesterol-free egg, reduced-fat white cheddar sandwich
+ grande non-fat white chocolate mocha
Mid-morning Snack
+ yellow-green banana
Lunch
+ Taco Bell chicken quesadilla (mmm...warm cheese and chicken...)
+ 8 oz. Diet Pepsi
Late afternoon Snack
+ Vitamin Water "Power-C"
+ blueberry bagel (torn-up pieces dipped into plain cream cheese-- yum)
Late-night Snack
+ 5 McChicken Nuggets (1 dipped in buffalo sauce)
+ 1/2 double cheeseburger (melty cheese, mmm)

FATTIE RATING: 4.25

10.22 - Cheesy Monday

When you're at work and it's a Monday and it's cold, nothing makes you feel better than the thought of warm cheese. This thought is what got me through the day.

MONDAY, October 22nd
Breakfast
+ medium lite vanilla latte
+ handful of plain Cherrios
Mid-morning Snack
+ 8.5 butter crackers
Lunch
+ XL slice of Chicago-version NY-style pepperoni pizza (surprisingly yum)
+ 8 oz. of Diet Pepsi
Mid-afternoon Snack
+ two spoonfuls of room-temperature Mexican cheese
+ 6 tortilla chips with black beans, tomatoes, cheese (microwaved for 30 seconds)
+ one more spoonful of room-temp cheese (tastes soo good, but not very good for the tummy)
Dinner
+ chunks of baked salmon mixed into 2 scrambled eggs (mmm-- I can eat scrambled eggs with anything)
+ seafood pancit soup (I made it up-- it was pretty darn good)

FATTIE RATING: 4

10.20 & 21 - Moderate Weekend

So, after Friday's gluttony, I didn't go too crazy this weekend. I ate a lot of yummy things, but I tried not to stuff my face too much. I'm going to TRY to eat better this week. So yeah. We'll see . . .

SATURDAY, October 20th
Brunch
+ Chipotle barbacoa burrito (with black beans, cheese, green tomatillo, and lettuce)
+ glass of cranberry juice
Dinner
+ few scoops of pancit (filipino noodles)
+ few pieces of chicken adobo (another filipino dish)
+ a few ladle scoops of chicken soup
+ two or three handfuls of Kellogg's Special K with strawberries (a quite delicious dessert, actually)

FATTIE RATING: 3
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SUNDAY, October 21st
Breakfast
+ three thin slices of italian bread spread with whipped butter
+ 1/2 of a sausage and bacon omelette
+ cup of coffee with fat-free french vanilla creamer
Lunch
+ a ton of Korean food (kalbi, bulgogi, kimchi, etc.-- yummm)
+ 1/2 of a Melona strawberry popsicle
+ 1/3 of a yummy ice cream treat (vanilla ice cream and red bean paste snuggled gently between two fish-shaped layers that taste like slightly soggy McDonald's ice cream cone-- soooo good)
Dinner
+ 1/2 bowl of seafood-flavored ramen with two teaspoonfuls of cayenne pepper and two dashes of soy sauce (with a raw egg dropped in)
+ 6 honey chicken wings
+ 1 small pinipig polvoron (powdered milk candy with crispy rice)
+ glass of citrus blend juice
Late-night Snack
+ 2 more honey chicken wings (dude, they're addictive)
+ 1 small apple (not sure what variety it was, but it was good)

FATTIE RATING: 4.25

10.19 - Bougie Food Galore

There are some days that you eat everyday, boring food. And then there are other days that you just happen to go all out and get to try tons of yummy bougie food. That was today. And it was wonderful. ;)

FRIDAY, October 19th
Breakfast
+ Starbucks Iced Latte in a can
+ mini-sized Rice Krispies treat
+ little bag of M&M minis
Lunch
+ 1 freshly baked, buttery piece of bread
+ bowl of New England clam chowder
+ escargot (with mushrooms in a puff pastry)
+ 1 lump crab cake

Pre-dinner Snack
+ a whole mess of delicious encased meats (which I will not list here due again to my sheer laziness)

+ a handful of duck fat fries (90% of which were dipped in cheese sauce)
+ Vitamin Water "XXX"
Dinner
+ three buttery lime frog legs (surprisingly yum)

+ bite of white bread and bite of dark bread (with a little sweet butter)
+ 7 steamed asparagus
+ one bite each of grilled halibut and steamed lobster
+ 8 oz. blue cheese-crusted medium-rare ribeye (deeelish!!)

Dessert
+ 1-2 mini spoonfuls each of mango, vanilla, and blueberry creme brulee (oh mann...)
+ 2 spoonfuls of banana bread pudding with a scoop of ice cream
After-dinner Drink
+ Signature Pear Martini (with an orange twist)
+ sips of other overpriced bougie cocktails

FATTIE RATING: 5!!

10.18 - Sleep Deprived

I have been horribly sleep deprived for the last three days. I was supposed to get some sleep last night, but I stayed up pretty late catching up with an old friend. Along with that, my pillow was too high, I woke up in the middle of the night to pee (and unfortunately ran into the mirror during that excursion), I had a crazy dream, and I kept hearing a weird ticking sound coming from the vent. Due to all this, I woke up with a terrible headache-- and the way I usually remedy that is with coffee and yummy food. So that's what I did this morning-- right before receiving an unexpected surprise.

THURSDAY, October 18th
Breakfast
+ McDonald's Egg McMuffin
+ medium iced coffee
+ scoop of homemade baked apple crisp (for a coworker's anniversary celebration)
+ 1/2 Cinnabon cinnamon roll (one should not refuse gifts of food)

Shortly after I stuffed my face, a package was dropped off at my desk. It was a sample from Walmart that I apparently requested (according to the package) for a diaper sample, of all things. It was a DIAPER sample addressed to ME at my WORK place! (?!?!?!?!?!) And it was hand-delivered by one of our mailroom guys!!

First of all, I definitely did NOT request it. Second of all, diapers have nothing to do with my line of work-- so it couldn't have been a fluke. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that someone is trying to tell me something (again). Perhaps he/she is trying to tell me to stop producing one of my infamous food bellies (see below)? Still, I feel there are much nicer ways in which this could have been brought to my attention-- not involving diaper samples at work. *pout, sigh* Must...stop...eating...

THURSDAY, October 18th (continued)

Lunch
+ mini, personal-sized Giordano's sausage deep-dish
+ 3 french fries with grated parmesan cheese sprinkled on top
+ 1/3 black & white cookie (yummy)
Pre-dinner Snack
+ 6 bites of Rockit rolls (cheesy meat-filled egg rolls...ohhh man)
+ two sips of Stoli orange vodka + tonic (tastes like Sprite + grapefruit + lime...yum)
Dinner
+ 1 glass of red sangria (with five cubes of apple and two mini pieces of orange-- I did eat them)
+ a whole mess of different tapas that I care not to list because I'm way too lazy for that
+ three scoops of banana crepes with banana and dark chocolate sauce

FATTIE RATING: 4.25

10.17 - I Likes Breakfast-- Not So Much Salad

So, to make myself feel better after yesterday's breakfast, I decided to indulge on breakfast today. Mmm. Breakfast.

WEDNESDAY, October 17th
Breakfast
+ 1 scoop of scrambled eggs
+ 2 strips of bacon
+ 1/4 breakfast taco (with scrambled eggs, bacon, cheese, and roasted potatoes)
+ small cup of coffee (with two half-and-halfs and one Splenda)
+ 1 medium slice of cinnamon creme cake from Corner Bakery
+ 2 oz. of Vitamin Water "XXX"
Lunch
+ 1/2 turkey and brie on marble rye (oh my gosh, love me)
+ handful of spring greens with green apple, blue cheese crumbles, walnuts, and balsamic vinaigrette
+ 6 pieces of tortellini in pesto
+ the rest of the Vitamin Water "XXX"
+ medium-sized Rice Krispies treat
Pseudo Dinner
+ 9 mini Snyder's pretzels
+ 5 oz. Diet Pepsi

FATTIE RATING: 3ish

SIDE NOTE: I hate that salad is so hard to eat. It makes me not want to eat it. The stupid leaves are always bumping against the side of your mouth or falling off your fork. If there was an easier way to eat salad, I'd probably eat it ten times more than I do now. So, I was thinking-- there are these Vietnamese spring rolls that are mainly noodles, greens, shrimp, and whatever else all wrapped up nicely in rice paper. How yummy would it be to start doing that with all types of salad?! If that were the case, I would eat salad all the time. So yeah. When I marry a rich man, I will open up an American-style spring roll restaurant and will become ridiculously richer than my spouse. For now, I have no millionaire prospects so please don't tell anyone about my ingenious idea.

10.16 - New Breakfast Place to Add to the List?

So, this morning, my breakfast buddy and I decided to check out Wendy's breakfast offerings. For a better idea of what those are, I have attached a picture here taken from some random website. Click on it for a close-up. To make a long story short, Wendy's breakfast = yucky, artificial-tasting, gas-creating blech. I'll stick to my tried-and-true McDonald's or Burger King breakfast, thank you very much.

TUESDAY, October 16

Breakfast

+ 1/3 Wendy's Grande Burrito (it is an unappetizing mess of eggs, potatoes, bacon, and cheese-- so I only nibbled on the good parts)

+ 3 bites from the Wendy's Big Breakfast Sandwich (it's decent, but does not even come close to the Egg McMuffin or the Croissan'wich)
+ 2 bites of Wendy's hashbrown (gross-- tastes like the crust that would form at the bottom of a vat of oil in a deep fryer)

+ small Wendy's coffee (yum-- tastes like Dunkin Donuts)

Lunch

+ Jimmy John's #5 Vito (without onions)

Mid-evening Snack

+ 3 oz. Vitamin Water "XXX"
Late-night Dinner
+ 9 Chicken McNuggets (4 dipped in buffalo sauce, 1 dipped in sweet and sour)
+ 12 McDonald's fries (1 dipped in buffalo sauce, 3 dipped in sweet and sour)

FATTIE RATING: 3.5

SIDE NOTE: You may have noticed that I never seem to drink water. That's only because I figured I don't need to mention drinks unless they contain sugar or some caloric content. So, unless otherwise specified, I drink water with my meals. Also-- Minnesota water is hard, and it tastes like sweet egg-y soap. Due to this, I rarely consumed any water while on my fattie vacation this past weekend. In place of water, I ate pork rinds.

10.15 - Blah Monday

After a weekend of obesity, Monday was not as eventful.

MONDAY, October 15th
Breakfast
+ 2 savory butter Hawaiian rolls
+ 1/4 of a medium lite vanilla latte (I spilled the rest-- *sigh*)

Mid-morning Snack
+ 1 slice whole grain zuccini walnut bread
+ 1 cup red safari spice rooibus tea
Lunch
+ 1 Chipotle barbacoa burrito (with cheese, sour cream, green tomatillo, black beans)
Dinner
+ 2 oz. of some sort of steak slathered with A1
+ 1/2 old blueberry bagel dipped into a whole mess of Philadelphia whipped cream cheese
+ 1/2 cinnamon apple donut with sugar coating
+ 5 oz. Lipton Brisk iced tea

FATTIE RATING: 2.75

10.13 & 14 - Weekend of Gluttony

So, the reason I ended up eating so badly on Friday is because my fat friend and I went to visit our other fat friend in Minneapolis-- and the three of us proved to be very bad influences on each other the entire rest of the weekend. *sigh*

SATURDAY, October 13th
Breakfast
+ 2 slices applewood smoked bacon and 1 slice black pepper crusted bacon
+ 1-1/2 scrambled eggs with cayenne pepper, dill and cheese
+ 1-1/3 cocoa chocolate chip waffles topped witih whipped cream, chocolate sauce and strawberries
+ 1 cup coffee with vanilla toffee creamer
+ 1 small glass OJ
Pre-lunch Snack
+ 1 oz. Pepsi
+ 6 Arby's curly fries
+ 1 oz. orange Julius
Lunch
+ 1 bowl Vietnamese special pho (with rare beef, well done flank, beef tendon, and beef balls)
+ 1-1/2 oz. mango bubble tea with 12 tapioca balls
Pre-dinner Snack
+ 5 plain M&Ms
Dinner
+ 1 "Jucy Lucy" from Matt's (it has a molten core!!)

+ 12 shoestring fries with salt (6 with ketchup)
+ 1 Nantucket Nectars squeezed lemonade
Late-night Snack
+ 8 cheddar cheese curds
+ 1/2 oatmeal butterscotch cookie
+ 15 pork rinds

FATTIE RATING: 5!!
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SUNDAY, October 14th
Breakfast
+ 2 cocoa chocolate chip waffles topped with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and strawberries
+ 1 small glass OJ
+ 1 cup coffee with vanilla toffee creamer
+ 2 scrambled eggs with cayenne pepper, dill, and cheese
+ 2 slices applewood bacon and 1 slice black pepper crusted bacon
Brunch
+ 1 egg crepe with cheese and prosciutto
+ 8 roasted potato squares
+ 1 cup coffee with cream and Splenda
Linner
+ 18 McDonald's french fries
+ 1 McChicken sandwich (patty only)
Early Evening Snack
+ 1 slice sunflower herb bread with 3 cloves roasted garlic and olive oil spread on top
+ 7 cheddar cheese curds
+ 5 oz. raspberry white iced tea
+ 1 slice "Better than Sex" chocolate cake













FATTIE RATING: 5!!

10.12 - Sleepy Friday

It was a struggle to get up today-- and the only thing that got me out of bed was the thought of coffee and breakfast. Mmm. Coffee and breakfast. While on my coffee run, I was given this sweet little token:

I get the feeling someone is trying to tell me something. Anyway, here's what I had today:FRIDAY, October 12th
Breakfast
+ 1/3 chorizo, egg, and cheese burrito (cold)
+ medium lite caramel latte from Caribou
Lunch
+ 6-inch oven roasted chicken breast sub on honey wheat (with American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles)
Pre-dinner Snack
+ 18-20 cheese fries
+ 7 pork rinds (3 with Louisiana hot sauce)
+ 5 dark chocolate M&Ms
+ 7 oz. of red Powerade
Dinner
+ medium plateful of General Tso's chicken and 1 cup of rice
+ 6 pork rinds
+ 8 oz. Lipton raspberry white iced tea

+ 1/2 oatmeal butterscotch cookie

Dessert

+ 8 oz. "Hop, Skip, and Go Naked" (limeade concentrate, beer, lemonade)

+ a small square of "Better than Sex" chocolate cake (topped with condensed milk, caramel sauce, whipped cream, cut-up Heath bars)

+ stick of part-skim string cheeseFATTIE RATING: 5!

10.11 - Cold Thursday

So today is pretty darn cold compared to a couple days ago. Cold weather makes me want to eat till my belly gets all big and full. There's something very comforting about doing that. It kind of seems like I'm a bear or a woodchuck. Those suckers start eating like crazy in the fall, storing excess body fat for winter hibernation. Yup. Sounds just like me. Too bad I don't get to sleep for months at a time like they do. Anyway, here's a recap of today:

THURSDAY, October 11th
Breakfast
+ corned beef and Jack cheese from yesterday's sandwich mixed in with scoop of scrambled eggs
+ small red plum
Mid-morning Snack
+ fun-size pack of plain M&Ms
Pre-lunch Snack
+ yellow-green banana
+ 1/2 full-size Snickers bar
Lunch
+ lox, tomato, and cream cheese on toasted pumpernickel bagel
Post-lunch Snack
+ 1/3 slice of sugar-free lemon cake
Pre-dinner Snack
+ small plate of beef and rice stir-fry
Dinner
+ "State" burger (medium-done with fresh mozzarella and grilled tomatoes)
+ handful of french fries with ketchup

FATTIE RATING: 4

10.10 - A Food/Nutrition Log

I've decided to make this blog into a food/nutrition log. I am such a random, impulsive, and often excessive eater that I figured this might help me change my unhealthy ways. These eating habits don't seem to be affecting my health right now, but I'm no spring chicken. I could very easily see myself falling down dead on the El in the near future due to some sort of massive cloggage in my arteries. So anyway, we will consider this blog a proactive attempt at living a (hopefully) healthier lifestyle. Here goes.

WEDNESDAY, October 10th
Breakfast
+ scoop of eggs with two dashes of McCormick "Season All" salt
+ packet of instant cinnamon roll-flavored Quaker oatmeal
Lunch:
+ 1/2 of "Perry's Favorite" (corned beef, Jack cheese, coleslaw, Russian dressing on rye)
+ mini-sized cup of vanilla/chocolate "twist" frozen yogurt
Afternoon Snack:
+ grande non-fat caffe mocha from Starbucks
+ small-sized Rice Krispies Treats bar
Late-night Snack:
+ 1/3 of a snack-size bag of Cheetos Puffs
+ 7-9 red seedless grapes

FATTIE RATING: 3.5 (1 being super healthy, 5 being a super fattie)