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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 01:34 PM Original message |
Our lovely and "healthy" restaurant food |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick and yes restaurants are PART of the problem |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
105. friend owned Marie Callendar's franchise |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. It is possible |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #105 |
147. This is what McDonald's does... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. I am staring the end of overeating by Kessler |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #147 |
164. yes...he said they put sugar in the salad bar |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm sorry - I do not understand what your opening post is saying. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That our restaurant food, no matter how hard you try to be wise and make wise choices |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So don't eat everything on the plate |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Portion size - that is definitely a problem in American restaurants. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. that is what I mean, carbs, salt and sugar |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. For Staters, You're At Burger King |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. That is why I never finish their burgers |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. I Agree |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Now we also have a whale of a job educating people |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. "Burger King the Junior burger, and just eat half of it." OH MY GOD! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. because I eat until I am full and very rarely do I want more after half |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
174. corn syrup is in almost everything at those fast food joints |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Deleted message |
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. You decide how much you eat - |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Most Restaurants Now Offer Food As Homogenous, Mass-Produced Widgets As Major Label Recordings Do |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Huh? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Have It Your Way, Then |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I'm not as smart or sharp as you - |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #79 |
146. Not Exactly |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Oh on that one, I took a marketing course |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Maybe you didn't understand my post - |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. I Understood Your Post Perfectly |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. No, you did not understand it - |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Alas |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. As I said in my initial post, |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. OT PM: Excuse me, I thought we were pals. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #77 |
119. We sued the crap out of Philip Morris for blatantly addicting kids |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. We are finding that there are addictive compopnents to the junk food |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. While I think there is some truth to that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Of course nothing is as addictive as nicotine |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Doubtful |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. that takes us into our national food policy |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. HFCS are used because we subsidize corn and put tariffs on sugar |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. attitudes are changing but the evidence on CHFS will mean they will go |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
152. The Corporate Food Industry Is Every Bit As Research-Driven As Philip Morris |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too much salt makes food taste better and you retain water. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well I did order them |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. ugh |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Working in France for 3.5 months, I ate at restaurants daily and lost weight. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. two and a half hours, you ate until you were satisfied |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. And I bet your portions were much smaller, weren't they? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. LOL Going to paris and losing weight is not how it usually goes down when les americaines wobble in |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. envy envy envy envy envy |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
64. LOL, I gained weight when I went to Paris. Walked a lot, but it was winter and I ate too much. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm currently reading The End to Overeating |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. One trick I use is if they have half portiions |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
70. We'll be in Italy, so not sure how portions are going to be |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Europeans tend to have more sensible portions |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. i lost weight when i lived in italy for 3 months |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
66. I just got it into the IPOD to read after Sharlet's book |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not wishing to be critial, but --- who made you eat everything? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I didn't and that is the point |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. (shrug) Not healthy for *you*, perhaps. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Not healthy for anyone |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks for deciding what's healthy for me... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. They Aren't Responding, They're Creating the Market Via Tweaking Customer Perceptions |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
187. Only if people are dumb enough to buy into it |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
156. Are You Not Aware That Marketers *Create* Demand? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. America is all about quantity not quality. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I know, got the reminder of that |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I go online and look at the menu before we go to the restaurant... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, they are part of the problem. Plus, have you noticed how many |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Because asking for a take home container is sooooo hard to do. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Becuase I did not finish the meal |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Blame the restaurant. It's all their fault. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Whether you like it or not THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. If one raises their kids as I did mine, they aren't obese and they know how to order food. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. My kids have feathers so no |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
188. Does this mean you're for the birds? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
179. Please! Please! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
139. Did you mean |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I'll speak slowly |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I took it to read her sister's kitchen was under construction. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. and me and the kids were staying at her place |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. And their prepared food is not that healthy either |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. To match your thinking. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. No that is your thinking, you are one of the Personal responsiblty crowd |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Yes, I suggested eating smaller portions, taking some home, and picking healthier restaurants. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Given we seldomly go out and this weekend was a good reminder of WHY |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
189. Maybe you should eat at a better class of restaurant |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
104. So...personal responsibility is a BAD thing except when it is exercised to savage corporations? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. What part of it is both the corporations and citizens are you missing? |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Speaking of cravings, I met an idiot who wants to legalize marijuana and outlaw |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. I am all for legalizing drugs since prohibition has fully failed |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. I still think you're just pulling our legs. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. look in mirror |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
99. Oh, you're quite a wit |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #99 |
145. you'd be that, and less |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #145 |
180. At least I comprehend what I read |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're right, it shouldn't be an everyday thing. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. We go out rarely, but I had no choice with the remodel |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Eating out is easy, even at crap places. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. what part of I DID ALL THAT are people incapable of readying? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Does "Kcal" mean "kilocal"? Meaning "1000 calories"? So you had a 1.2 million calorie salad? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. When people talk about calories, they are actually referring to Kilocalories. |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. I will give you 20 dollars for one kilobuck. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Well I could have used European caloric measurements (Joules) |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Sorry. I wasn't directing that at you specifically. Just making an observation. |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
89. There is no salt, carbs or sugar in salad. Maybe in the dressing. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. that was the caloric number |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. The garden salad was 1330 cals but it's all in the dressing and croutons. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. I know that, but this is the TOTAL intake from a FULL SALAD |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. that includes bread and salad dressing. Do they make you eat those? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. And your point? THAT IS THE FULL CALORIC INTAKE FROM THE SALAD AS PRESENTED |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. No, I don't think I have any readying (sic) comprehension problems. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Yes I know you can die from consuming too much water |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Actually, no I have absolutely no problem with a restaurant offering any fucking thing they want |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. whatever you say Mrs Libertarian, corpos can do whatever they want |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
110. "Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in!" - Godfather III |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. So tell me, if you are in favor of full disclosure WHY did the restaurant |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #115 |
126. There is no rational connection between my favoring full disclosure and your question. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Let mr play a game of what if... what if we find out |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #110 |
121. Help me out here...why is personal responsibility such a horrid thing? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Becuase in this case it is not the whole answer |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. I have no idea what YOU're smoking...but I smoked cigarettes for 47 years. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. congrats, you are the excpetion to the rule |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #128 |
190. And your breathing ability, your immune system and your stamina sucks |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #121 |
132. It's not. It's a good thing. We Democrats favor it. |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Thank you. I favor disclosure too...apparently some aren't bright enough to use the info. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. what the fuck are you talking about? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #121 |
175. It's Not, But Corporations Must Also Be Held Responsible |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #110 |
166. The horror, the horror - |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #166 |
170. into the heart of darkness |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. It's not libertarian thinking, it's common sense. |
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teranchala (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I think somebody is yanking our chain. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #101 |
113. And you;'d be wrong |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #101 |
133. Nah... I think many people just don't understand what's in food. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. So in the end corporations are free to do as they will |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #107 |
130. Part of it is the restaurant wanting to make a profit. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #130 |
140. And you would have no problem if regulations were put in place |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #140 |
161. I have no problem with regulating unhealthy ingredients. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #161 |
167. Of course since fatties are lazy... of course, face-palm! |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #167 |
171. Whoa!!!! Over react much? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. You are like a few here, and no I don't think you have a clue |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. I have no idea what threads you're talking about. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #173 |
182. my crusade .... is to get corporations held resposible |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #130 |
144. Good post. People have to learn to eat to live, not live to eat. |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #144 |
162. Yes, exactly. Couldn't agree more with everything you've said. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Naw, that's too sensible - |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
93. Americans love quantity over quality, adore a bargain, and go out to eat -- |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #93 |
137. The "all-you-can-eat" phenomenon - |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. Oh hell yeah...you can balloon up big-time eating out all the time |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yeah I am glad I am back home |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Super-size me! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. yeah you are right, super size me |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. That "documentary" was a total farce |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Hi...how are you? |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
88. i think there are people who eat mcdonald's every day |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yeah, it's a shock if you look at the calorie counts... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Or even here at DU |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. WOW! 300,000 - 400,000 calories in stew! That's truly incredible. Really. |
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Obama2012 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
185. What we call a calorie is shorthand for Kcal |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
94. i am pre-diabetic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. As a diabetic I can share some tricks |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #97 |
186. thanks...i am still in the process of being diagnosed |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Hi, welcome to the United States, been here long? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. Perhaps You Can Explain Why More and More Restaurants Add "Plate Sharing Fees" For Split Portions? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. I'll mention one, Islands.. they have half salads |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #81 |
159. That's Great |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
122. I grew up in the US, lived overseas for most of the Bush administration |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #122 |
142. I grew up in Mexico |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #122 |
176. I Want to Say This Started In the Early/Mid 1990s |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. I have had the opportunity to visit a restaurant supplier of food store |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Worked food services as a college student |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. don't know where you live. that sure ain't true of local restaurants where I live. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
178. Cali, You're In a Little-Developed Area With Tons of Independently-Owned Fine Restaurants |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
103. I think it depends |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. I wish it were national chains only |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #108 |
117. It is also cheaper to use the prepared stuff |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
74. I blame corporations exclusively for obesity. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. In cali now they have to by law offer nutritional info |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. We use the "eat half" method. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I could not with kids |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Agreed. It's a great way to save all the way around. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
163. I use that method, too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. When we go out for steak, I always get the BIG one |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
155. I went to two grocery stores when I visited my brother in Dallas. NO ONE WAS THERE on a Saturday. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #155 |
168. I park as far as I can regardless, but your brother is right, it is part of the culture |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
160. Ha, if you are in Southern Cal.. did you ever go to Claim Jumper? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #160 |
169. I have never been there, just heard it from second hand, aka SIS and BIL |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
177. I stopped going to restrauants all together |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #177 |
181. Readying the end of overeating, and you are right, |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
183. It depends on the resturant |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #183 |
184. And having worked food service I can bet |
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