{"id":4980,"date":"2010-08-17T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2010-08-17T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T19:50:16","slug":"lets-talk-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=4980","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 90+ degrees in Portland this week. Last night Michael and I decided to have a quickie dinner and then go see a movie.<\/p>\n

We settled on making BLTs for dinner.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m not a huge fan of tomatoes but I’m definitely warming up to them. However, I’ve always liked BLTs.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A slight variation: I added a slice of Havarti cheese to the sandwich and it really made it great.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Quick dinner!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We left for the theater. We finally saw “Inception<\/strong><\/span>.” Since it’s a fairly new movie, I’m not going to spoil it for anyone. It was a REALLY good movie, though! I enjoyed the story and the action was good. I really recommend it!<\/p>\n

Michael wanted to get popcorn at the movie (it’s one of his favorite things). Movie theaters are a full of landmines for the dieter. Michael wanted the large popcorn. I said no, medium. After much debate, we got the medium size.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The theater is smart. The Medium sized popcorn was $4. For ONLY <\/span>50 cents more, we could get a LARGE <\/strong>popcorn! But in reality, the medium was a huge size. I even caught myself thinking “It’s only 50 cents more….” But NO. Don’t give in to temptation!<\/p>\n

A medium popcorn is about 720 calories<\/strong>. A large is between 920-1100<\/strong> calories! Plus three days worth of saturated fat intake! Those are staggering numbers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I probably had 1\/4 of the popcorn and left the rest for Michael to have.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: How do you resist movie theater temptations?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Since we are talking about movies, I want to talk about one of my favorite movies–which is totally relevant to the topic of weight loss.<\/p>\n

The movie: Shallow Hal<\/strong>. Have you seen it? If not, I highly recommend it!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s an older movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black. While it’s probably a good 10 years old by now, I still think it’s relevant. The premise is that Jack Black’s character is very shallow and will only date hot girls\/models. He’s trapped in an elevator with guru Tony Robbins who “hypnotizes” him to see the INNER beauty of women and not their exterior.<\/p>\n

He falls in love with Gwyneth Paltrow’s character (Rosemary) who is a morbidly obese woman that Hal sees as a skinny model.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When I first saw the movie, I was offended by the obvious fat jokes they made. But then I saw the movie a few more times and I started to love it. It’s a love story about falling in love with someone no matter what they look like–and no matter WHAT they weigh.<\/p>\n

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The movie is good because it addresses low self-esteem, obesity and political correctness while balancing those serious topics with humor and some sweetness.<\/p>\n

When I was obese, a lot of my self-worth was wrapped up in how much I weighed. I think “Shallow Hal” did an excellent job portraying the fears, hurts, and feelings of those often overlooked and ignored because they aren’t the “typical” idea of beautiful.<\/p>\n

I think any person that has struggled with their weight can relate to many parts of the movie. The embarrassing moment in the middle of a restaurant when the chair breaks under her weight. The public ridicule about having “cankles.” Having to shop at a Plus Size store.<\/p>\n

How do we see beauty? Can we look passed the outer\u00a0 and see the inner beauty? Or are we doomed as a culture because of People magazine, reality TV and anorexic looking stars (like Madonna, Nicole Ritchie, etc)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

QUESTION: While it’s an older movie, have you seen “Shallow Hal”? What did you think after watching it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Update: I hope everyone is getting this post. I seem to be having problems with Google Reader today. \ud83d\ude41
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