Speed.
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I may not have put on all this weight in a couple of days, but I sure wish it would melt away that fast. What I can see is that it’s going to be a tough slog to shed this tonnage, and that I’ll be hungry and crabby for a good bit of the time.
I read yesterday (thanks to Diet-Blog) that the average American has changed their eating patterns as follows:
“According to the CDC report, we ate 1775 pounds of food per year per person in 2000, up from 1497 pounds in 1970.
In the ’70s we ate 136 pounds of flour and cereal products and now it’s up to 200 pounds per person – and the increase is almost all from processed, white flour, high sugar foods. Not to mention, everything has been Super-sized. Example: 1955 McDonald’s French fries – 2.4 ounces, 210 calories. 2004 Super size Fries – 7 ounces, 610 calories. “
So let’s see, that’s 278 pounds of food more than my mother ate. Is it any wonder I out-weigh her by 65 pounds? I think I need to go back to the ’70s and see if I get a mulligan on my 35 year relationship with food. Because I’d probably weigh the right amount if I cut out 278 pounds of food per annum. Goodbye Cheetos and Big Macs. Hello flank steak and tomatoes.
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