[jeffc]

...and everyone is overweight and diabetes is off the wall.

I have a theory about that: I don't watch much TV but when I do I DVR what I want to see. Still, FF'ing through the commercials it seems like every other ad is for food, whether it is for a restaurant or something available in a supermarket, so many food ads - and you know the food never looks in the store or restaurant like it does on TV! And the ads repeat themselves every ten minutes. Just watching the ads blip on by quickly makes me hungry.

That's my theory.

Should I tweet Bloomberg and he can make the ads go away? (/s)....

[SamAdams76]

Now I was at a TGI Friday's in Tarrytown, NY tonight having dinner at the bar and watching the start of the NE/NYJ game. Now I'm not sure if what I had was gluten-free but I'll tell you what it was, it was a bacon cheeseburger with fries and I had two "large" glasses of Octoberfest beer (by Sam Adams).

Now it was a crazy night here in Tarrytown, NY, I mean there was thunder and lightning and torrential rains and it's quite muggy outside and the crickets are chirping, chirping, chirping.

Peanuts...are they gluten free? So I'm in my hotel room right now watching the game and surfing this here Free Republic and eating a back of salt-free roasted peanuts. I have to shell them as I eat them so I'm making a bit of a mess in my hotel room. Going to have to leave a larger than normal housekeeping tip on the table tomorrow morning.

[Sacajaweau]

I think you're absolutely right. One of my biggies are these 100 calorie snacks....except I'll bet 90% of the buyers never had a "treat" snack before.

Watch Dr. Oz....he'll have you in the store buying all kinds of crap...crap you didn't need before.

After not eating breakfast for almost 70 years, I thought I would do better if I had oatmeal and a banana in the morning. Gosh darn if I didn't gain weight. I stopped that.

I weigh the same as I did when I was 17...and I'm 70.