My Observation Today About What Americans Weigh

Della said:
It's a creamy cold sauce made with lemon juice and egg yolks, often added to desserts to give that sweet/tart taste. Spread it on top of cheese cake and you'll forget all about your weight problems.
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StarSong said:
It's similar to the lemon layer in lemon meringue pie.

Lemon curd is delicious and deadly - one spoonful and you won't stop eating it until it's gone!
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Oh I see! Thanks! :ROFLMAO:
debodun said:
I drink a lot of soda, but it's diet or seltzers.
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Soda is full of chemicals like others said, especially aspartame. It's unhealthy.
Timewise 60+ said:
A few here seem to think our government should force added controls on behaviors of people. Now we all understand that our government, in all its wisdom, does already do some of this, (e.g., vaccines) But some think controlling what we eat should be included.

For those who really believe this. Then it may be time for you to move to one of those fine countries that specialize in controlling your lives, like the USSR or Cuba...
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I don't think the food makers should be allowed to sell fake food full of harmful chemicals that trick the brain into becoming addicted to it. That's what I'm talking about. Do you REALLY want to live where anything you buy from the store may be loaded with any kind of lethal chemicals and not know it? You shouldn't need to become a chemist and have to thoroughly research every single thing you buy from the store to make sure it's not hidden poison. You should be able to feel safe that what you buy from the store is at least real food and not poison.
 
Perhaps consumers should read the labels - and take responsibility for what they buy and consume. There are no invisible goblins in the grocery stores forcing you to buy junk food.
There is already too much government in our lives.
 
perChance said:
Perhaps consumers ..... take responsibility....
There is already too much government in our lives.
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Perchance: Exactly my sentiments...A moment please:

Nowadays, would any gov official or politician EVER take responsibility for ANYTHING ? Why should ordinary folks think to do so?

Foods we eat, weight, health is largely determined by your own free will.

A few quotes:

"I am the responsible official of government and I take full responsibility (for the invasion) " John F Kennedy...after the 1961 Bay of Pigs...

"The powers of the federal government are FEW and LIMITED" Benjamin Franklyn

"Free will. ...I only set the stage. You pull your own strings." - Al Pacino as John Milton, the real devil, in 1990s film "The Devil's Advocate"

"I am a free man! I AM NOT A NUMBER!" 1960s TV series "The Prisoner" by Patric McGoohan as #6.



Enjoy and be free!

Jon
 
horseless carriage said:
The answer is simple, the companies responsible should be treated in much the same way as the tobacco companies and the cause of obesity be highlighted in the same way that we know of the link between smoking and cancer. Whilst some have slipped through the net, many smokers of yesteryear are non smokers today. If draconian measures can succeed with tobacco, then why can it not succeed with diet?
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No, it's up to the individual to choose. The govt has banned advertising, open sporting events (sponsored by tobacco) they haven't stopped smoking or had makers follow a plan of "Least harm"

The states, ahhhh. THEY have done more. Alabama has a 67 cent pack tax. Washington state has $3.03 per pack tax. God. Most cartons are $88 or more in WA or OR.

I'd rather we adopted some EU food rules (No washing of eggs, no high fructose corn syrup and others) let's bring back PE to all schools, 1 hour a day.

I once was a smoker in high school in PE we had to run a mile and a half everyday for 3 months then other stuff. Imagine, a 15 year old blubber butt beating HALF THE CLASS in a event they should have mopped the floor with me.
 
Don M. said:
It seems like when we go to the stores....especially Walmart...half the people are overweight.....and their grocery carts always seem to have a case of beer or diet soda....could that be a contributor???
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Where I live and where I shop I have noticed that the "very large people" love to buy potato chips.
 

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Sitting in front of the telly and eating is another fast ticket to the land of the "Big and Fat."
 

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JaniceM said:
What it is, is lack of priorities.
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Another reason: There aren't many guarantees in life - with people, relationships, products.
But there is one guarantee: When you eat something you like, you are guaranteed to enjoy it.
I've never heard anyone say, "I had some ice cream & I didn't enjoy it."
 
Packages of snacks, etc have key words on them to attract the consumer. Back when Cholesterol was the biggest evil, I overheard a couple of big women looking at a bag of chips and deciding it was perfectly healthy because of the No Cholesterol in prominent letters. They bought a few large bags. We need more basic health education.

Today the words to see on a product are No Gluten or Vegan. That doesn’t mean they’re healthy. People need to know how to read the nutritional info and what it means in the big picture for your health.
 
Disgustedman said:
No, it's up to the individual to choose. The govt has banned advertising, open sporting events (sponsored by tobacco) they haven't stopped smoking or had makers follow a plan of "Least harm"

The states, ahhhh. THEY have done more. Alabama has a 67 cent pack tax. Washington state has $3.03 per pack tax. God. Most cartons are $88 or more in WA or OR.

I'd rather we adopted some EU food rules (No washing of eggs, no high fructose corn syrup and others) let's bring back PE to all schools, 1 hour a day.

I once was a smoker in high school in PE we had to run a mile and a half everyday for 3 months then other stuff. Imagine, a 15 year old blubber butt beating HALF THE CLASS in a event they should have mopped the floor with me.
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But the EU has no high fructose corn syrup because it's banned there. 😊 That's what I'm saying to do here.
win231 said:
Another reason: There aren't many guarantees in life - with people, relationships, products.
But there is one guarantee: When you eat something you like, you are guaranteed to enjoy it.
I've never heard anyone say, "I had some ice cream & I didn't enjoy it."
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That's true, I've heard of many people saying food is the friend they can count on. I was watching one obesity show and an obese man said that when he is stressed and he sees an plate of food, that plate tells him that everything is going to be okay. :( If only he knew that food will let him down too, when he eats too much of it. And no everything is NOT going to be okay overeating like that. I think that's why it's hard for some to stop, it's a coping mechanism, and emotional crutch. And food makers take advantage of hurting people by putting in chemicals to make it addictive so people crave and buy more. It's as addictive as cigarettes but harder to fight because you can't just stop eating like how you can stop smoking or stop drinking all together. Imagine trying to stop being an alcoholic while still need to drink a little bit of alcohol each day to live.
 
debodun said:
It's a terrible thing to have a constant gnawing hunger that seems like it's going to eat you from the inside out and the only thing tat stops it is a big slice of chocolate cake, apple pie or a banana split.
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I remember hold strong the addictive cravings for sugar were. Have been free of that for several years now.
 
Packerjohn said:
Where I live and where I shop I have noticed that the "very large people" love to buy potato chips.
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Something I've noticed for a long time: packages are larger than in the past, and there's also the trend that what normally would've been individual-sized packages is now multiple-sized.

For example, the little bags of chips in your post- if you want to buy one, it'd be "2 1/2 servings" size instead of one-serving size. So it seems people are encouraged to buy larger packages "assuming" it's one serving, yet much more.
 
Packerjohn said:
Sitting in front of the telly and eating is another fast ticket to the land of the "Big and Fat."
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I still believe one of the main reasons none of my family members developed weight problems was there wasn't this modern-day emphasis on snacking in general, and not what I call "t.v. snacking" either.

When I was a child, very rarely my father would go to the gas station and buy a half-gallon of ice cream for all of us.. and when I had little kids around once a month or so I'd get snacks together for a night of watching television... but in both cases they were rare occurrences, the idea of when you go to watch t.v. take a big bag of chips or box of cookies just never occurred to any of us.
 
I've heard of a study in which soup was served to normal weight and overweight people. Unknown to them, the bowls were constructed so they could be continuously filled from the bottom so the level remained constant. The normal weight people stopped eating when they had has enough. The overweight people continued to eat as long as there was something in the bowl.
 
debodun said:
I've heard of a study in which soup was served to normal weight and overweight people. Unknown to them, the bowls were constructed so they could be continuously filled from the bottom so the level remained constant. The normal weight people stopped eating when they had has enough. The overweight people continued to eat as long as there was something in the bowl.
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That's interesting.. it'd be useful if whomever conducted the study would follow up with it to determine the reason for the differences..
 
debodun said:
The normal weight people stopped eating when they had has enough. The overweight people continued to eat as long as there was something in the bowl.
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Dogs are similar......a neighbor in B.C. with two Labs said that if a 50lb bag of dog food burst open they'd eat until they 'exploded' (other people with Labs have said virtually the same thing) - whereas, on numerous occasions, I saw my Border Collie walk away from his bowl with one or two or more pieces left in it....he'd had enough, and he knew he had enough.
 
debodun said:
How did you get over it?
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So it's impossible to avoid all processed sugars. However you can work to make it a very small part of what goes in your mouth.

The main thing for me was deciding that it was my enemy. Was like putting poison in my mouth. If I was a high school athlete or a long distance runner that dense concentration of calories would have value, but for everyone else, it's inappropriate to consume that stuff.

I don't purchase anything that has anything more than minimal percentages of sugar in it. Never order dessert when in social settings.

There are a massive amount of food choices available for us that don't contain that poison.

I also never purchase empty calorie foods like white pasta or bread.

When I first crossed the line towards freedom, I opened any of that stuff that was in the kitchen, and poured it into the garbage bin. Somewhat symbolic for me. Sort of a first strike against the beast.

Those overwhelming cravings have not been a part of my life for many years.

I don't tell anyone else what they should eat. This is how I gained my freedom.
 
win231 said:
Another reason: There aren't many guarantees in life - with people, relationships, products.
But there is one guarantee: When you eat something you like, you are guaranteed to enjoy it.
I've never heard anyone say, "I had some ice cream & I didn't enjoy it."
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I never thought of it that way, Win, but think you have something there. Comfort foods can be rewarding, steadfast companions. which is doubtless why they've gotten that name.
 

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