The Hoggie Bag
A friend bought me dinner last week, and was a little peeved that I only ate about a third of my chicken. No, I hadn't eaten beforehand. But, I'm not a member of The Clean Plate Club -- aka Eat Until You Barf.
Nobody is going to give you an award for finishing the enormous portion of food a lot of restaurants in this country serve as dinner for one. You will, however, get an ass the size of Kansas if you eat it.
Kim Severinson writes that a lot of people don't even realize how much they're eating -- which, some surmise, is why America is so increasingly obese. I just don't understand. How hard is to to figure out, if you eat a full plate of French fries at every meal and a steak the size of a roast, the results are not going to be pretty?
McDonald's is supposedly discontinuing the "supersize" option.
Lena at March 8, 2004 6:48 AM
Well, if they're like Starbucks, a McDonald's "small" is already huge. A family of five could survive for days on some of Starbucks' huge coffee/whipped cream thingies.
Amy Alkon at March 8, 2004 7:06 AM
I went to Cold Stone Creamery the other day. I mistakingly got the regular size. I figured out this size was about 800-1000 calories and I only got fat-free frozen yogurt (very yucky) and one topping in a cone. Note: When you ask for a cone they only have a humongous waffle one. Think about how many calories that would be with multiple toppings and ice cream? Gross.
Tiffany at March 10, 2004 9:44 AM
Actually, Tiffany, it's the fear of fat that's much of the problem. If you eat food with fat in it, you feel satiated. The non-fat stuff just sugars you up and makes you crash in 20 minutes -- hungry for more. I buy Ben and Jerry's and it takes me weeks to finish a pint. I eat about three spoonfuls at a time -- all I want because it's so rich.
Amy Alkon at March 10, 2004 10:09 AM
I didn't realize their frozen yogurt was fat-free until I checked out there website. No wonder it was so gross. Someone had recommended it to me.
Tiffany at March 11, 2004 1:57 PM