Well I have to admit that as we get bigger and bigger as a society putting the actual calorie count on the menu's would probably make us face up to our choices.  I still think it would take all of the fun out of eating out.  Do you know why restaurant food tastes so good?  Because it's so fattening.  They use real butter and cream because it tastes better.   I thought it was quite telling when there was a challenge on Top Chef to create a 500 calorie meal and they r...

I was watching the news the other day and there was a story on a grocery store that instituted a new system of adding stars to healthy foods.  I'll admit that the star system would make it really easy to compare different brands, etc.  If a food isn't a healthy choice, it doesn't get a star at all.  The healthier it is, it gets more stars.  Very easy and idiot proof.  No reading labels, no comparing calories,fat grams etc.

I just can't imagine that people don't know t...

Well fat people, get ready to be lonely. Loneliness leads to boredom which leads to ~sighs~ emotional eating. So the fat people will get fatter and the friends who ditch them will get skinnier. It turns out that obesity is a social disease. We are more likely to be fat if we have fat friends than if we have fat siblings. So right there goes the "I can't help it. It's genetics" excuse. It doesn't even matter if your fat friend lives in another state. I guess their bad choices can contamin...

I went to my first weight watchers meeting last night. This will be my first attempt at an organized weight loss program. I was really excited to get started. There are two different programs the core program which has certain approved foods that you eat and you just have to tune into your bodies hunger signals. There is no points, keeping track of calories etc. on this program. The other program is called the flex program. On this program, you can eat anything you want but you have to tra...