Comments on: Single Serving Packs Don’t Curb Overeating

By: Alger

Alger — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:24:20 +0000

Give please. Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
I am from Colombia and bad know English, give true I wrote the following sentence: “Cheap airfares and airline tickets with faredetective.”

Best regards 8), Alger.

By: On the cheap « No Magic Pill

On the cheap « No Magic Pill — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:39:58 +0000

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Nom nom nom nom… « No Magic Pill — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:14:00 +0000

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By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:12:34 +0000

Interesting, because there have been studies that show that whenever you have to pause to think about continuing to eat, you’re more likely to stop.

By: weelittleme

weelittleme — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:31:57 +0000

My #1 peeve about these silly packs and most “diet” foods for that matter is that they are still 100% junk but they lack 99% of the satisfaction power of indulging in a rare treat of something you really want. Oreos are nostalgic for me. I love the things. And if I really want an Oreo I think I would go ahead and have one but these packs of oreo “things” aren’t really oreos they are weird bland crackers and I could eat a whole box of packs and have 0 satisfaction.

The 2nd horrible thing about them is that they propagate the idea that a 100 calorie pack of “oreos” is something you could eat daily as a snack. That is rubbish. I haven’t had an oreo in probably over a year but if I loved them that much I would have a couple oreos a couple times a year maybe not a pile of this junk daily.

My diet is far from perfect but if I want to indulge you better believe that 99% of the time it is going to be in something really good and always the genuine article. I read so many blogs of people try to lose weight and they are finding all these foods that are 1 point and they get so excited but they are still eating junk only less satisfying junk. Arhgghgh okay vent over.

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:55:43 +0000

I’m likely to agree with this one too. If I am given a small bag of something, I’ll finish the whole thing, whether I really want it or not. If I’m eating out of a bigger bag, I’ll pull out reasonable portions for myself. I even eat ice cream straight out of the container because I tend to eat *less* that way – I’m more aware than if it is scooped into a bowl, because then I (or my husband) scoop too much and we finish whatever is in the bowl.

And yes, if you eat real foods, and not the kinds of foods that can be packed into “100-calorie packs,” then you’ll probably be more okay without even really trying. What would a 100-calorie pack of broccoli look like?

By: robin

robin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:47:55 +0000

I tried all the fat free, fatless, low fat stuff – but the only thing that has ever worked for me is portion control (of regular foods). So I agree with the study!