This is a CostCo almond bar. The plain chocolate version is listed at 870 calories. I have no idea how many calories that thick layer of almonds adds to it but I’m guessing it pretty much straddles the 1,000 line. This ice cream confection is my nemesis. It is better than Haagen Das and only costs $1.50+ tax. Frequently during the summer I will work out an extra hour to offset the damage from eating one of these behemoth monsters. It is my weakness.
Last week my wallet was stolen. On top of an already stressful week, the theft of my wallet was truly a crushing blow. It happened at the gym of all places. Someone managed to cut the locks off of two lockers, find my purse underneath all the crap I jam into those lockers, and stole my wallet. And this occurred during the morning rush. But nobody noticed a thing…. They didn’t steal my BB or my ATM card (thank god!) but I did have a lot of membership cards to replace.
Guess what’s right down the street from my gym? You guessed it, CostCo. And that almond bar was calling my name. Offering to sooth my frayed nerves and make everything alright. Visions of crunching that chocolatey almond crust, slurping that creamy vanilla cream center, and falling into a food coma afterwards danced in my head. But guess what? I didn’t do it! Yeah, I won! I didn’t give in and self medicate with junk food like I usually do. I was so proud of myself :-D. Definitely a step in the right direction…
And then came the setback. After several days of not hearing from the management at the gym, I stopped by to ask if by chance they had recovered my wallet. When I originally reported it to the gym, the shift manager took a report and all the front desk people swore they would search high and low for my wallet. We all assumed the thief would dump it in the nearest trashcan after removing any cash and credit cards. The General Manager was on duty and he informed me he had no idea there had been a theft that week. During our conversation he informed me that there would be no increased security measures taken and actually told me it was “None of my concern, it’s a police matter now.” Excuse me, someone is cutting off locks and ripping off your club members, you should be concerned. He also made several other glib comments , showing his lack of professionalism.
I have since contacted corporate and lodged a complaint concerning this incident and the theft leading to it. But now I don’t have a gym to go to. And I took a class every day. I’m going thru workout withdrawal. I’ve been doing Jillian Michaels 30 day Shed DVD, but I feel like a crack addict jonesing for a fix. I’m trying to use this time as an opportunity to explore different options but it’s hard. Cross your fingers for me and send out a prayer or two while you’re at it. I need to get back in the gym soon… Peace and Blessings, Diva 😀
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Wow, what a horrible experience you had at the gym. I am still in shock how the General Manager treated you. How does the GM go from not knowing anything about a theft to saying it is a police matter now? Did you file the police report or did the gym? If the gym said they did it I would follow-up with the police directly. Many times they do not want to file a police report because it then becomes public and they are afraid of the publicity. Did you get a response yet from “corporate”?
Luckily sweets do nothing for me and I don’t even like chocolate. How do you like the Jillian Michaels’ DVD?
Wow, someone else who isn’t a chocolate fan. The almond bar is one of the few things containing chocolate I like. I like chocolate in the form of a bar but I HATE chocolate flavored stuff, so I’m pretty safe in that area :-). But sugar is my weakness, then comes salty, and after that greasy.
I absolutely did file a police report. I knew they were only taking an internal “incident report” at the gym so I contacted the police as soon as I got home… That was a mess too. My email to corporate was replied to by a direct phone call the other day. The club manager will be getting a visit from the District Manager (and getting his ass handed to him) and the whole staff will be getting retrained on customer relations. Staff will also be conducting walk-thrus more often than the now standard once per hour.
The Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD is pretty decent. I’m on phase 1 and I think the set up of 3-10 day cycles is just right. 10 days is enough to be challenging but you move on to a new section before you get used to it.