When one is trying to monitor one's weight, even matters of faith aren't safe. As a (semi)practicing Catholic I recently found myself concerned with matters central to Catholicism, and one's belief in said. I checked the Weight Watchers guide and they had no reference. I need to know if the host counts as a carb or a protein.
Now I actually used to participate in the production of the hosts at my parish some years ago. And anyone familiar with the process (any cloistered nuns in my readership?) knows that you're pretty much talking about flour, water, and little else. Sounds like pure carbs to me. I'm sure I would need to calculate it as part of my program in the "carbs" column.
Oh but wait...if I truly believe in that which is core to Catholicism, the venerated miracle we call transubstantiation, then I have to believe that that little piece of carbohydrate poison transforms, miraculously, into the pure proteing that is the wonder of Jesus! And hey, Jesus said so Himself! You're not calling Jesus a liar...are you?! I didn't think so.
Leave it to Jesus to find a way to reward my good deeds by transforming that little bread piece of evil into rapturous protein bliss. Thanks be to God indeed!
In other news, the predicted (prophetic?) notion that the breaks would come screaming on to my weight loss after that big week a few ago, did, in fact, come true. My next weigh in brought me only 0.2 of a pound closer to my goal. It's a journey, not a race, right? I think Jesus said that too!
Have a great weekend!
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