{"id":1653,"date":"2010-04-30T09:32:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2010-04-30T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:32:42","slug":"the-texas-double-whopper-makes-treadmills-weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1653","title":{"rendered":"The Texas Double Whopper makes treadmills weep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was at the drive through getting a BK Mocha Joe (my Friday crack fix, thankyouverymuch), when I saw this billboard on the side of the drive-thru.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4565927318\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"BK Texas Double Whopper\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4035\/4565927318_86a9ba7a37.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"BK Texas Double Whopper\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">BK Texas Double Whopper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I usually don&#8217;t hit the Whoppers because I <strong><em>know<\/em><\/strong> they&#8217;re bad, but this one actually looked pretty good. Double beef, bacon, cheese, and jalapenos! I actually forgot about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whataburger.com\/\">Whataburger<\/a> for a brief second!<\/p>\n<p>Out of curiosity, I Googled the Texas Double Whopper to see just how bad it is. <a href=\"http:\/\/caloriecount.about.com\/calories-burger-king-texas-double-whopper-i100996\">Caloriecount confirmed what I suspected&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TEXAS DOUBLE WHOPPER<\/p>\n<p>Calories &#8211; 1050<br \/>\nCalories from Fat &#8211; 621<br \/>\nTotal Fat &#8211; 69.0g (106% Daily Value)<br \/>\nSaturated Fat &#8211; 26.0g (130% Daily Value)<br \/>\nCholesterol &#8211; 210mg (70% Daily Value)<br \/>\nSodium &#8211; 1910mg (80% Daily Value)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think my treadmill has a setting for DAMN.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, I also found this commercial about the Texas double Whopper too. 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