eads up! This is a two parter! Health journey update AND a Wendy’s Quad Double story!
Earlier this week, I finally passed a milestone for which I’ve been eagerly waiting. On Wednesday, the scale finally flashed the number that indicated >50 pounds of weight loss since I started my Zepbound journey.
50 pounds: it’s the weight of a large sandbag, or 10 bags of flour, but also a little under 1/7 of my starting weight. It represents a first step, and 1/3 of my 150 pound weight loss goal.
I’m incredibly grateful, humbled, but I also feel the magnitude of how far I have yet to go. I’m aware of how powerful my addiction to food was/is, and I’m also thankful for the lessons I’m learning about self-denial, how much I actually need to consume, and the emotional and psychological aspects to my relationship with food.
It may seem antithetical to my weight loss goal, but Eric Blas kept asking to go for a quad double with me (my name for a Wendy’s Dave’s Double made from 4 smaller 1/8 pound patties, instead of 2 larger 1/4 pound patties. We decided to catch up and also celebrate!
Today, Eric and I had our quad doubles…kinda. If you read my previous updates, you’ll know…Dillsburg Wendy’s is a dumpster fire of a fast food joint. But like a train wreck, I can’t look away, and so we met at high noon on Old Mill Road…
Eric pays (thanks Eric!) and I instruct the employee “Napoleon” (I forget Napoleon’s actual name) that we want the burger custom ordered. Napoleon assures me he can do it, and then asks for a moment to confer with “Dwight” (my nickname for the manager). Napoleon doesn’t know how to enter it in the system.
Dwight tells me “oh, it’s actually a Double Stack with 2 extra patties, and it’s cheaper!” Eric is doubtful. After all, the bun is a little different we think…
We order our custom creation, and I scan for a Jr Frosty, a keytag promo I bought long before I started my weight loss journey. “What flavor frosty do you want?” Napoleon asks. “Buddy, i’m a purist. In my world, there is only 1 flavor…chocolate…the original.” Napoleon nods his head, “I can respect that. Can I have a name for this order?” I wink at Eric, and i say “you sure can – it’s Bill”. My order’s name is now “Bill”.
Andy calls for “Bill” and i walk to the counter: the burgers look REALLY skinny. See, a quad double is squat, husky, hefty, like me. I mean, I lost 50 pounds, but I’m still a XXL…and this supposed quad double is SKINNY. To quote a 1980’s Wendy’s commercial, “where’s the beef?”
Eric and I open our burgers, and our fear is confirmed: We have double stacks, and not custom. I carry the burgers to the counter. Andy acts like I’m holding nuclear waste. I inform they’re missing the patties. “Oh, lemme get you the right patties.”
I shake my head. “You can assemble them please”.
Andy acts like these burgers are gonna explode. “I can’t take them…here are the extra patties.” He tries to hand me a plastic container with 4 cooked patties and no cheese.
Now listen, I love cooking. I enjoy eating fajitas. I like making my own concoction at a restaurant where they serve the meat and peppers on a sizzling iron skillet. I am not opposed to creating my own food…but not at Wendy’s. I shake my head at Andy. “No dice…remake them please”. Andy knows he’s gonna do the right thing.
Eric and I enjoyed our strange Quad Doubles. I ate only half of mine, and half my fries. It’s a function of my weight loss and Zepbound – I just don’t eat much. But I am keenly aware at the end of our meal…Napoleon didn’t get me my Jr Frosty.
I walk up to the counter and remind Napoleon: “hey, that Jr frosty wasn’t on my tray”.
Napoleon asks: “Oops..what flavor?”
At this point, I’m worried i’m in the matrix, and deja vu means Agent Smith is gonna start shooting the walls.
I remind him:
“Buddy…I’m a purist…I mean, chocolate…chocolate please”
He hands me a small cup, no lid. When I ask for a lid, it’s a scavenger hunt. Napoleon can’t find a Jr Frosty lid. “Just give me a moment…”
I walk away, figuring I’ll finish it before he finds the lid.
Dillsburg Wendy’s, your ordering screen STILL doesn’t work in the drive through, and I pray you never find competent management or employees. And I enjoy every visit! Never change please!
Side note: I miss Tyler, the creator of the ORIGINAL quad double…
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