WillYum

Crappy Calories

Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:55:24 PM

So back in California they've implemented a new law which requires Calorie counts on the menus you order from. It's motherfuck'n confusing -- took me half an hour to find the price (in computer time, I guess).

I was like "Who needs that?" So stupid, like if you care about your health then you'll know the calories or whatever, you can find them out -- sometimes they make it hard. I once wanted the calorie count for a food item they had and I had to email them and they never replied with the calorie count -- bleh....

But still, do we really need that?

Then the guy who ordered after me said, "Oh, now you're listing the calories? Let me see how bad mine is." His eyes get a little wider, "Whoa..." he remarked.

"I can't believe it."

Soon the manager and employees were complimenting him (he looked healthy) and he remarked that he did run 6 miles a day but still, it was a lot more calories than he thought it was. The biz still encouraged him and he remarked on how calories do count and that he really only needed 2000 calories a day.

Now -- it remains to see whether he cuts back on his coffee intake but he did say "I just didn't expect it to be so much."

Who woulda thought?

I mean, I'm not sure this one experience justifies a full nanny-state but processed foods can be extraordinarily bad for us as human beings and they are easily obscured behind nomnom awesome taste so that individuals who are at least partially responsible do have a hard time figuring out what they are putting in their body.

Do I fully agree? Well, I'm sort of ify... but clearly it seems to have helped at least one guy get it right. So...

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Comments

annaanna.yes # Monday, January 10, 2011 6:03:20 AM

gosh. calories. way to go, CA.

p.s. almost our birthdays ( :

WillYum # Monday, January 10, 2011 8:03:37 AM

my most favoritist yes + anna ever?! i thought she'd been eaten by a robot... (or a block of cheese... which doesn't sound too terrible when you think about it). tis true, tis soon!

for ur b-day i'm getting you a negative sign.

Nigel CliffCaptainPenguin # Monday, January 10, 2011 10:18:55 AM

The food fascists really have nothing better to do lets face it anyone with half a brain knows what is and isn't fattening

ShallowMuse # Monday, January 10, 2011 3:12:24 PM

Really? Cos i've heard of those cases of certain Americans eating MacDonalds 3 times a day for years and then being shocked to find out they've put on a ton of weight. BUT HOW?! (guess they dont even have half the brain)
Restaurants are just trying to cover their asses, i guess.

WillYum # Monday, January 10, 2011 4:48:41 PM

I still have mixed feelings. Here's a "healthy guy" (6 Miles!? Seriously!? that'd take me like... 4 hours, 2hrs to walk it and 2 hrs to complain about walking so far) and he didn't realize his coffee had so many calories. This is actually a new law my Mickydee macattack Muse, the restaurants fought it.

In fact, the people who WORKED at the restaurant were shocked to find out the chocolate croissant had 800 calories. The equivalent of three 3 Musketeer candy bars. Who would even suspect that a croissant with chocolate would have that many calories? I mean, you might as well have the three candy bars. (ironically, this was the food item I emailed them about to try and get the calorie count)

If food were restricted to that which was grown on a farm, I'd completely agree with you but they have chemists, chefs and marketers who work hard to design the cheapest, best tasting food regardless of health. It's not like 100 years ago when ingredients were limited to things everyone could cook-up in their own kitchen.

Is posting calories on the menu the best way? Idk but it's a start.

ShallowMuse # Monday, January 10, 2011 5:12:56 PM

Originally posted by WillYum:

4 hours, 2hrs to walk it and 2 hrs to complain about walking so far)

Talking about croissants! We made them in cooking class in high school and i was appalled at the amount of butter that goes into one! Hot damnit!

WillYum # Monday, January 10, 2011 5:19:44 PM

your "oh"palled face kinda makes me hungry for a croissant.

ShallowMuse # Monday, January 10, 2011 5:42:45 PM

and 800 calories

You know, i think i preferred it when i didnt know how many calories were in my croissants. Ignorance is bliss, but so is eating my croissant without feeling guilty!

WillYum # Monday, January 10, 2011 6:15:01 PM

yes. but if there's one major turn off -- girl-double-chin. so ... well, i guess we need type of fat warnings... like "DBLCHN" and "BRGUT" or "THNDRTHI" or maybe a "OMGANKL"

Stuff like that I think would really help the mildly obese. (let's face it, once you need both hands to count your belly rolls your prolly not worried about chin fat)

ShallowMuse # Monday, January 10, 2011 6:44:45 PM

BWAHAHAHAHA!
You're on a (fat) roll tonight my friend.

annaanna.yes # Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:03:28 AM

let's have a joint bday party with lots of chocolate croissants.

WillYum # Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:39:45 AM

omg... is admitting the truly powerful desire to do that a bad, bad thing?

annaanna.yes # Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:50:46 AM

i say no. let's do it pleaseeeee. it would be...delicious ( :

...among other things...

ShallowMuse # Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:05:48 AM

AHA! Now i can eat as many calorie laden foods and not have to worry about the dreaded DBLCHN!

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Double-chin-drug-tested-20110110

WillYum # Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:02:14 PM

I was all good until "Between 40 and 70 tiny injections are administered into the fat cells over several sessions, with the amount depending on the size of the double chin and the person, she said." that is a lot of needles

as for chocissants -- maybe if i jog twice that day. i'll have a meeting between my advisors (chin fat and belly roll) and maybe we can negotiate something for celebratory engorgement.