Obesity

[annedonnelly]

Re portion control: when I had a new kitchen fitted last year they wouldn't fit wall cupboards the same depth as previously because "your dinner plates won't fit". So in the 30 years since I last bought them standard dinner plates have got larger. If your plate is larger you're going to put more on it, aren't you?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Re portion control: when I had a new kitchen fitted last year they wouldn't fit wall cupboards the same depth as previously because "your dinner plates won't fit". So in the 30 years since I last bought them standard dinner plates have got larger. If your plate is larger you're going to put more on it, aren't you?

Yes we tried buying some bowls, smaller than a plate which worked for a while, until like last night, a jacket potato, a piece of gammon, the corn on the cob wouldn't fit on the plate, solution get an additional bowl!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I said nothing about choice.

Maybe I am reading between the lines, but I get the impression that you believe fat people are just weak willed & it's their own fault they are overweight. Which to a degree is correct but it is far more complex than that, just like alcoholics, gamblers, hoarders, obesity is a mental issue, but currently I'm not sure society treats it as such.

 

[ianrauk]

Re portion control: when I had a new kitchen fitted last year they wouldn't fit wall cupboards the same depth as previously because "your dinner plates won't fit". So in the 30 years since I last bought them standard dinner plates have got larger. If your plate is larger you're going to put more on it, aren't you?

 

[battered]

Re portion control: when I had a new kitchen fitted last year they wouldn't fit wall cupboards the same depth as previously because "your dinner plates won't fit". So in the 30 years since I last bought them standard dinner plates have got larger. If your plate is larger you're going to put more on it, aren't you?

I'm not surprised. Last year I did some work for a cake manufacturer. We exported some to the USA and had to rejig the packaging. Serves 8? No chance. Serves 6 in the USA. So it went on, with enormous helpings being the norm.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

The problem has been amplified by services like Deliveroo and Just Eat, people don't even have to get off the sofa to get their calories.
And the only "treat" people have been able to have out is a Drive Through from Mc-edees.

Earlier in the year I went on a work trip and had to visit a takeaway in the evening. I was the only customer collecting in person while a whole series of delivery orders went out. Are people incapable of walking to the chip shop?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm not surprised. Last year I did some work for a cake manufacturer. We exported some to the USA and had to rejig the packaging. Serves 8? No chance. Serves 6 in the USA. So it went on, with enormous helpings being the norm.

I can understand that, some of the UK portions are unrealistic

 

[Reynard]

The portions on pre-packaged cakes always gets me...

I just can't finish what the packaging says is a recommended portion. I like a bit of cake, but I don't eat a great deal of sweet food, so the "this is too sweet" gets me long before "this is too much".

Take a chocolate muffin for instance. That's pushing 500 calories, which is the same as a decent plate of food. Yet it's seen as a snack alongside a cup of coffee or tea or whatever.

Am I mad for cutting my muffins in half and saving the rest for the next day?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Maybe I am reading between the lines, but I get the impression that you believe fat people are just weak willed & it's their own fault they are overweight. Which to a degree is correct but it is far more complex than that, just like alcoholics, gamblers, hoarders, obesity is a mental issue, but currently I'm not sure society treats it as such.

You are reading something between the lines that isn’t there.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You are reading something between the lines that isn’t there.

Thank you for clearing that up & I welcome your change of heart

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Thank you for clearing that up & I welcome your change of heart

Less of the passive aggressive if you please. You thought something that wasn’t there, I corrected you, I accept your apology.

 

[battered]

The portions on pre-packaged cakes always gets me...

I just can't finish what the packaging says is a recommended portion. I like a bit of cake, but I don't eat a great deal of sweet food, so the "this is too sweet" gets me long before "this is too much".

Take a chocolate muffin for instance. That's pushing 500 calories, which is the same as a decent plate of food. Yet it's seen as a snack alongside a cup of coffee or tea or whatever.

Am I mad for cutting my muffins in half and saving the rest for the next day?

No, not at all. Feel free to cut your muffins into as many pieces as you see fit (ooer missus!)
I've never got the hang of muffins. They look GREAT, I buy one and sit down dribbling, then I discover that it has a rather boring texture and no discernible flavour beyond that of sweetness. It's a real shame.

 

[BoldonLad]

....

Am I mad for cutting my muffins in half and saving the rest for the next day?

Are you my wife's twin?

My wife:

- cuts muffins in half, and keeps half for tomorrow
- opens a box (or packet) of Maltese's and eats three, keeping rest for later
- opens a bar of chocolate, and eats one square
- opens a Terrys Chocolate Orange, and eats one segment

 

[annedonnelly]

Are you my wife's twin?

My wife:

- cuts muffins in half, and keeps half for tomorrow
- opens a box (or packet) of Maltese's and eats three, keeping rest for later
- opens a bar of chocolate, and eats one square
- opens a Terrys Chocolate Orange, and eats one segment

I am not your wife, but I would do exactly that.

I have a box with some chocolate remaining from an Easter egg I was given. How long is it since Easter?

Wouldn't waste my time with muffins though - not those American things. Now a nice English muffin... toasted...

 

[Reynard]

Hah, well I'm not as bonkers as I thought then...

I'll agree, some muffins are rather meh, but the Tesco bakery does these gorgeous triple chocolate jobbies with a a dollop of ganache hidden in the middle. They also do lemon drizzle ones filled with lemon curd...

On the other hand, if I open a large (sharing) bag of crisps and leave them on the table, or a pack of pretzel sticks or marmite rice cakes, and suddenly, *POOF* they're gone.

It does help if I take out a portion and put the bag away. Out of sight and out of mind, like...