Half and Half
Jan. 2nd, 2007 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annuinOn an episode of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy earlier they were doing a weight loss challenge for a newly wed couple, because apparently newlyweds tend to chub up quite a bit once they hit the "comfortable" married zone.
When asked why they thought they were getting fatter, they pretty much answered with "I'm not sure". Mind you, they ate ice-cream nearly every night, and the guy was saying that usually he'd polish off half a Breyers tub in a single sitting. I think Breyers comes in 1/2 gallon tubs... and I think one tub was 14 servings, or so Carson was saying. Their dinners consisted of massive servings, and the woman ate her cereal not with 1% or 2% milk, or even whole... she had Half and Half* on it.
Who even eats cereal with Half and Half on it? The idea alone is enough to make me gag. The only time I've heard of something similarly ridiculous it was reading a post ages ago by someone who decided (F)Atkins was the stupidest thing she'd ever heard of after her brother had started eating his cereal with full cream, because cream had less carbs than milk, and he didn't seem to realise how completely ludicrous that was.
I guess I'm just baffled by the fact that these people seemed to be clueless as to where the faults in their diet lay. My diet is by no means perfect, but at least I know where my trouble spots are.
*"Half and Half" being half cream and half whole milk, for those of you for whom the term is new.
When asked why they thought they were getting fatter, they pretty much answered with "I'm not sure". Mind you, they ate ice-cream nearly every night, and the guy was saying that usually he'd polish off half a Breyers tub in a single sitting. I think Breyers comes in 1/2 gallon tubs... and I think one tub was 14 servings, or so Carson was saying. Their dinners consisted of massive servings, and the woman ate her cereal not with 1% or 2% milk, or even whole... she had Half and Half* on it.
Who even eats cereal with Half and Half on it? The idea alone is enough to make me gag. The only time I've heard of something similarly ridiculous it was reading a post ages ago by someone who decided (F)Atkins was the stupidest thing she'd ever heard of after her brother had started eating his cereal with full cream, because cream had less carbs than milk, and he didn't seem to realise how completely ludicrous that was.
I guess I'm just baffled by the fact that these people seemed to be clueless as to where the faults in their diet lay. My diet is by no means perfect, but at least I know where my trouble spots are.
*"Half and Half" being half cream and half whole milk, for those of you for whom the term is new.
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Date: 2007-01-02 09:48 pm (UTC)Denial is a strong component in these things sometimes. Much like with any addiction, if you don't accept that you have a problem, then you can avoid actually dealing with the problem.
Once you saw how much they ate and drank the answers they needed were pretty obvious!
I think everyone has problems realising what a normal portion looks like. Here in the US it's hard because if you go to an average chain family restaurant (like a Lonestar or something), the portions you get served are massive, and are really about twice what a normal sane portion ought to be. Hence the prevalence of doggy bags too. I remember one program saying that if you wanted to lose weight and still eat out, ask for the doggy bag up front, halve the portion you're served, put half in the doggy bag and eat the remaining half. But if you don't realise this, and you come to think that those portions are representative of a normal portion, then you can get into trouble really easily.