I have one or two a month. I'm going to have to cut back.

I tried on my fairly-expensive summer suit the other day to wear to a Derby Party, and it was a little tight around the gut.

The choice is to either have my suit let out, or quit drinking.

So I made an appointment with my tailor...

I've had fritters out of country; most of them are just about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of fried batter size ( at most about the diameter of a regular donut), instead of the 1 1/2 - 2 cup size you get at most places.
I've taken to making my own for the family on the weekends as a treat, like my mom did for us in season. We used to go out to the "you pick'em" places to get all sorts of fruit, which she'd turn into preserves, pies, and sweet/savory fritters for the next couple weeks.
Apple, apricot, berry - Strawberry, boysenberry, blueberry and/or huckleberry, blackberry (the Burke-Gillman trail variety ), mulberry - kumquat, loquat, plum, muskmelon (that ended up being a bit of a disaster - you needed a lot of spice for that one), plum, pumpkin, sweet bean (black or red), sweet-potato, and finally, zucchini.
We also made spice and nut fritters; walnut, almond, hazelnut, pinon...

I think the calorie count probably ranged from about 150 calories for a savory or nut fritter to 350 for the sweetest fruit fritter. And one would typically fill you up.

According to the local donut shop, it's around 600 calories for one of their big honking ones.

The only difference between my home-made fritters and ones you get at the donut shop is the type of fruit used, the spices and that I just dust mine with powdered sugar or spice mix as needed, instead of dipping it in glaze.

Haele

Some people DO read that info and use it. I am one of them and still fit into my high school clothes. People use watches to exercise so this is another useful way of trying to stay healthy. I taught health and nutrition to my elementary school students and used their school lunches as daily examples of good food choices vs bad. We need to teach them when they are young and stick with it like exercising, recycling, etc. to get them into good habits.

That doesn't mean that they ate the apple and not the cookie on their lunch tray every time but it did do some good since their parents ended up complaining about it...the kids told their parents that they were making unhealthy food choices.

getting worn out?

I have a pair of jeans that were on their last leg in 1982 when my art school friends signed and illustrated them when I left that school. They are a work of art and are faded so I must preserve them...like a yearbook. It is cool since I can mix and match styles and a lot of them came back in (and out too) of vogue since I originally wore them. I have a single, small closet and it is very, very tightly packed!

pair of jeans they must be!

Damn. I wanted steak or prime rib but settled for pork and hundreds of fewer calories.

Oh, to be 30 again...