We are a nation of fatties!

[nehalem256]

Two faults with this:

1. Out of context. A twinkie diet is less likely to have the nutrients you need even with supplements.
2. "Compact power". You try and eat 2000 calories of broccoli in one sitting. You only need something akin to 4 twinkies.

So yes, if you ate LESS junk food, you get LESS calories, but eating less junk food is not a reasonable parameter. Also, (w/o reading) did she take any vitamins? Was she hungry on only 3 twinkies a day? Did she cut them into small pieces so she would NOT feel hungry? Did she use other means to forestall her hunger (drink water?).

Just because dog shit is low in calories does not make it the best dietary aid.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-hostess-twinkies-i113361

It would actually be about 13 twinkies.

 

[Mursilis]

Why does this Fatty = Diabetes = Early Death bother you... Can't you see the subtle effort to remedy the Social Security issues... and the medicare bit is not as often invoked cuz these folks work.. mostly... and they're not 65 nor will they be as a rule...

Let it be... it is good for the nation in an absurd sorta way.

They still drive up healthcare costs for the rest of us, and soon enough, we'll all be paying for them either way.

 

[nextJin]

The reason everyone is fat is because they are either lazy, poor, emotional eaters, depressed, or have very extreme time management issues.

I eat Paleo and it's both expensive (All grass fed beef, open water fish, etc) and time consuming to eat right (meal prep, cooking for an entire week, etc.). One thing I will try my damnedest is to have my kids eat Paleo made meals for their school lunches. The food they serve you is almost no better than McDonalds.

If anyone has ever seen Food Inc. It gives you good examples of why it is so expensive to actually eat healthy.

 

[nehalem256]

They still drive up healthcare costs for the rest of us, and soon enough, we'll all be paying for them either way.

This is the absurdity of liberalism. They demand that government treat them like children, by providing for them, and then whine when government treats them like children, by telling them how to live their life.

 

[zephyrprime]

2. "Compact power". You try and eat 2000 calories of broccoli in one sitting. You only need something akin to 4 twinkies.

A twinkie has 150 calories. Come on. I've had a twinkie and it's very light weight. There's now way for it to be 500 calories each. It would take 13.3 twinkies to equal 2000 calories.

 

[mchammer187]

A twinkie has 150 calories. Come one. I've had a twinkie and it's very light weight. There's now way for it to be 500 calories each. It would take 13.3 twinkies to equal 2000 calories.

I think the average male could easily eat 13 twinkies in one sitting if they tried.

that is only 1.2 pounds of food (19.5oz)

You could eat 2 lb steaks that don't have as many calories as 1.2 pounds of twinkies

 

[nehalem256]

I think the average male could easily eat 13 twinkies in one sitting if they tried.

that is only 1.2 pounds of food (19.5oz)

You could eat 2 lb steaks that don't have as many calories as 1.2 pounds of twinkies

I am sure you could eat that much if your tried. But I doubt anyone would.

And 2lb steak would be massive. That is also not something people would normally consume in one sitting.

 

[fskimospy]

I think the average male could easily eat 13 twinkies in one sitting if they tried.

that is only 1.2 pounds of food (19.5oz)

You could eat 2 lb steaks that don't have as many calories as 1.2 pounds of twinkies

I'm reasonably sure that eating 13 twinkies would make me ill. I'm not sure how many of the 2000 calories I would really take in before nausea set in.

 

[cybrsage]

I'm reasonably sure that eating 13 twinkies would make me ill. I'm not sure how many of the 2000 calories I would really take in before nausea set in.

Which would further reduce your caloric intake. The diet works! 😀

 

[Ninjahedge]

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-hostess-twinkies-i113361

It would actually be about 13 twinkies.

Point being:

Place equal caloric counts of twinkies and broccoli and see which you could physically consume and how fast could you do so.

http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/usda/broccoli?portionid=49469&portionamount=1.000

2000/154 = 13 POUNDS of broccoli.
13 twinkies = 1.51oz x 13/16oz per lb = 1.22lbs

Oh, one other thing:

http://blogs.webmd.com/pamela-peeke-md/2010/11/the-twinkie-diet-caution-toxic.html

However, the method he chose is absolutely unhealthy. You cannot sustain the weight reduction nor achieve optimal health in the long term consuming 60% science fair projects that contain more chemicals than an oil rig. Here’s my prediction. One year from now, he’ll either have gained all of the weight back and then some, or he will have gotten help with portion control and consume a healthy diet of whole foods, occasional treats, and lean proteins, combined with regular exercise. I’m hoping for his sake, and that of his students, that he opts for the latter

 

[shortylickens]

Twinkies are highly processed starch and sugar. They make you MORE hungry the more you eat, like poisoned quadrotriticale.
I still believe in the eat until you are full philosophy, just swap out your starch with fiber.
Get a big salad, eat that first, then see if you have a little room left over for the garbage.

 

[CycloWizard]

Let me see if I got this right - if a 13 is pregnant it's no one's business if she wants an abortion BUT if that same 13 is fat then, by Jesus, we need the government to come in, jail her parents, and force her to lose weight.

Got it :|

Yes - this is the much-touted stance of the left: the right to choose.*************

Not sure if that is enough asterisks to denote all of the apparent exceptions to this right, but you get the point.

 

[nehalem256]

Yes - this is the much-touted stance of the left: the right to choose.*************

Not sure if that is enough asterisks to denote all of the apparent exceptions to this right, but you get the point.

I think you mean a WOMAN'S right to choose. Men apparently dont deserve any choice. So much for equality.

 

[cybrsage]

I think you mean a WOMAN'S right to choose. Men apparently dont deserve any choice. So much for equality.

When you gain the ability to help create a new human, then you will gain equality. But since a baby is made without any help from a man at all...

 

[nehalem256]

When you gain the ability to help create a new human, then you will gain equality. But since a baby is made without any help from a man at all...

Last time I check men did help create a new human. They just dont have any rights. Only responsibilities.

 

[Cerb]

But my elementary, in another district, only had canned/prepped foods of questionable quality. I have also been to a place where they thought that "Manhattan" clam chowder was simple NE chowder w/paprika.

Blasphemy! It's still NECC, with paprika in it, just better, because paprika is delicious.

But yeah, I'd be worried about that. I remember what my school lunches were like, and I really should have been brown bagging, in hindsight.

Well taco bell would be included. I just didn't want to type out the name of every single fast food place. However, it'd be tough to determine legally what is fast food and what is not. I mean if I go into a cafe and order a burger its not fast food, but if i go to mcdonalds it is fast food? Maybe fast food is like porn: you know it when you see it?

Anyway I'm just trying to draw attention to the point that the fast food industry is major player in why we are so fat today.

*woosh* Made any cute sweaters, lately?

Why does this Fatty = Diabetes = Early Death bother you... Can't you see the subtle effort to remedy the Social Security issues... and the medicare bit is not as often invoked cuz these folks work.. mostly... and they're not 65 nor will they be as a rule...

Let it be... it is good for the nation in an absurd sorta way.

No. Modern medicine is good enough to keep such people alive, even if it can't keep them healthy.

I eat Paleo and it's both expensive (All grass fed beef, open water fish, etc) and time consuming to eat right (meal prep, cooking for an entire week, etc.). One thing I will try my damnedest is to have my kids eat Paleo made meals for their school lunches. The food they serve you is almost no better than McDonalds.

Probably worse. While not good for you or anything, people think McD's food is far worse than it is, relative to other foods, like cheap frozen prepared foods that cafeterias often use.

 

[shortylickens]

I agree McDonalds isnt the worst of the worst, but thats just an indicator we need to improve food quality across the board. School cafeteria food in particular.
Reagan did a lot of good but he fucked over public schools and is part of the reason we're so far behind in education. He also let us continue eating garbage when realistically we could have done so much better.

 

[IBMer]

You'd be surprised what you can live on. I watched a freaky eater episode where someone had lived on nothing but French Fries for 26 years because she had a genetic disorder that made it so changes texture, color and taste made food was completely inedible. Simply changing the fries to a blue color or a red color was enough to make her gag or throw up while eating it. Funny enough she was also pretty skinny.

 

[Exterous]

We also could just ban McDonalds, Burgerking, and all the fast food companies which would be the most definitive thing to do. Yes we lose their economic input but we also save a crazy amount in obesity related illnesses. Personally I think I'd take the better health. Besides other food industries would arise to take their place. I mean people have to eat something right?

Oooorrrr we could just be responsible for eating a healthy diet. Personal responsibility - its a crazy idea!

But hey - lets just close down company with a $93 billion market cap that employs 400,000+ people instead

 

[nextJin]

You'd be surprised what you can live on. I watched a freaky eater episode where someone had lived on nothing but French Fries for 26 years because she had a genetic disorder that made it so changes texture, color and taste made food was completely inedible. Simply changing the fries to a blue color or a red color was enough to make her gag or throw up while eating it. Funny enough she was also pretty skinny.

Yea I remember that one too, it was extremely strange and iirc her daughter was doing the same thing?

 

[Ninjahedge]

Did she see the fries before eating them?

I think this may be psychological as well as physiological.

 

[rudder]

A twinkie has 150 calories. Come on. I've had a twinkie and it's very light weight. There's now way for it to be 500 calories each. It would take 13.3 twinkies to equal 2000 calories.

So what if it is only 150 calories? It is 150 calories of some crap that will offer no nutritional value and spike your insulin to boot.

 

[bfdd]

People just need to learn to "enjoy" the pain of "starving" themselves for a little while. It makes eating the next meal oh so much better. I fantasize about food exponentially more than I fantasize about sex, still in my "range" from losing weight last year. about 6'1" 190. I eat whatever the fuck I feel like, whenever the fuck I feel like.

 

[rudder]

Oooorrrr we could just be responsible for eating a healthy diet. Personal responsibility - its a crazy idea!

But hey - lets just close down company with a $93 billion market cap that employs 400,000+ people instead

Yeh no need to ban whole industries. If people demanded better fare from Mcdonald's... the company would comply. I would eat there if they had boca burgers and oven baked fries.

I don't want to live in a nanny state like San Francisco which feels the need to ban happy meals and make food decisions for you.

Make people pay for more of their obesity related healthcare costs and I bet McDonalds would have 5 types of boca burgers on their menu in no time at all.

 

[bfdd]

Yeh no need to ban whole industries. If people demanded better fare from Mcdonald's... the company would comply. I would eat there if they had boca burgers and oven baked fries.

I don't want to live in a nanny state like San Francisco which feels the need to ban happy meals and make food decisions for you.

Make people pay for more of their obesity related healthcare costs and I bet McDonalds would have 5 types of boca burgers on their menu in no time at all.

Uh the only people demanding McDonalds change their food are the people who don't eat there and they've made it WORSE over the years. Who pushed us to eat transfats? Vegetarian hippies who pushed vegetable oil and demonized everything else. Seriously McDonalds isn't that bad it's called MODERATION. Don't drink fucking half a gallon of sugar with water in it and don't eat a pound of potato a few times a day and you should be ok.