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  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,022 Member
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    ...making food more calorie laden than needed is wrong

    Who decides how many calories are "needed?" You? Does this amount differ from person to person or meal to meal?

    If I need 1600 calories a day, can I go to TGI Fridays and order 10 potato skins? Is that okay with you?

    I was wrong. You're not French. You're a straight up Communist.
  • MandyMason7
    MandyMason7 Posts: 185 Member
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    Hello:

    I'm Canadian, we don't have TGIF. I would like to know who I am to blame for becoming fat? Is it because I live on the border and American air has seeped over contaminating my "we don't even HAVE a buffet" town?

    Please respond quickly, I just gained a pound.

    I like you.
  • mojohowitz
    mojohowitz Posts: 900 Member
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    How many times does this argument have to play out? It always seems to draw in the same people, too.


    Like me. Dammit! Sucked in again.
  • fliedlice84
    fliedlice84 Posts: 9
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    Where's the "like" button?!? LOL!
  • melaniefave41
    melaniefave41 Posts: 222 Member
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    Well, now I know where I'm going if I'm ever without cooking facilities and down to my last ten bucks.

    I wonder how many hours you can sit there and stuff your face before the manager throws you out?

    Probably as long as a Buffet?

    Does it matter if you're not interested?

    True, a buffet is about the same deal. Since losing weight I've pretty much wiped the concept of those from my memory.

    Meh, I love my 3 trips a year to the awesome casino buffets and the OCB for breakfast after our hockey trip.


    OCB!!! Ha!ha! I've never heard other people call it that. Yum.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    OP quick question for you, or a question for anyone really who chooses to answer. Which world, as an adult, would you like to live in:

    World A: One person has decided that the world should conform to their own personal needs and has set up regulations for businesses and social life that will make the world the most convenient for them and there needs. They eat 3 times a day and want to get about 1500 calories per day so they require that all restaurant served meals come to an even 500 calories so that they don't have to think about it and can just grab whatever 3 meals look tasty throughout the day. Of course that might not conform to everyone's needs but hey, its convenient for them and that is what matters.

    World B: A consumer driven marketplace has allowed for a large amount of diversity in choices that are available. Meals served at restaurants range all over the place from 100 calorie green leaf salads to 2000 calorie triple bacon cheeseburgers. No one is forced to eat what they don't want to eat but they have a choice based on what is available in the market.


    By the way before we launch into some silliness about conservative versus liberal (well American politics anyways) let me say I'm actually quite liberal in my politics and support things such as government provided universal healthcare provided by taxation. That said I also think that when it comes down to what you put in your own mouth that its about personal responsibility.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
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    Poutine.

    POUTINE!

    THE HOCKEY FOOD OF THE GODS!

    Poutine is one of the greatest things about being Canadian.


    "Break out the stretchy pants, Toronto. All-you-can-eat poutine is coming to town"

    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5556797
    Holy eff we need this in Edmonton! :love: :love: :love:
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    Poutine.

    POUTINE!

    THE HOCKEY FOOD OF THE GODS!

    Poutine is one of the greatest things about being Canadian.


    "Break out the stretchy pants, Toronto. All-you-can-eat poutine is coming to town"

    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5556797
    Holy eff we need this in Edmonton! :love: :love: :love:

    Isn't that next door to Jasper and the Canadian Rockies? Damn, wish I could hop in my car and take a quick ride to that sort of wilderness for a nice poutine-fueled hike.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
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    ...Another "stuff your face America" let's get fatter move.

    I'm only supporting restaurants taking the healthful high road.

    To me, the problem lies with the customers. The people themselves create the demand. We live in a greedy, gluttonous society. (Yes, I'm judging :ohwell: ) If the people didn't love the trough, the restaurants wouldn't serve it up. From the looks of the people in my community, all-you-can-eat isn't going away any time soon.

    I'm glad you're choosing to eat healthier (that's my choice, too.) Stuffing one's face with a never-ending smorgasbord of cheap, crappy food is kind of disgusting, but that's just my opinion, and my opinion is no more valuable than the next person's.

    For me it's not about making a statement or achieving a moral high ground, it's about just doing the right thing for myself. Don't worry about other people's crappy choices. I'm sure you do things that other people think are horrible, too. :laugh:
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
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    Poutine.

    POUTINE!

    THE HOCKEY FOOD OF THE GODS!

    Poutine is one of the greatest things about being Canadian.


    "Break out the stretchy pants, Toronto. All-you-can-eat poutine is coming to town"

    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5556797
    Holy eff we need this in Edmonton! :love: :love: :love:

    Isn't that next door to Jasper and the Canadian Rockies? Damn, wish I could hop in my car and take a quick ride to that sort of wilderness for a nice poutine-fueled hike.
    Yes! It's about 4hrs from the Rocky Mountains (either Jasper or Banff)! Calgary is only an hour, but who cares.

    It's pretty awesome!

    ETA: spelling.
  • acstansell
    acstansell Posts: 567 Member
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    This is my husband's favorite place to eat. I like it too, but sometimes a break can be nice. Anyway, I doubt we'd partake in this, but they are shoveling the stuff in your face. You choose to do the all you can eat apps.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    This is my husband's favorite place to eat. I like it too, but sometimes a break can be nice. Anyway, I doubt we'd partake in this, but they are shoveling the stuff in your face. You choose to do the all you can eat apps.

    How are they shoveling stuff in your face? Pretty sure that'd be illegal if a place were holding you down, forcing you to buy stuff and literally stuffing food into your mouth.
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
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    Mmm closed diary.... would be interesting to pick yours apart and catch all the irony.
    Truth! I love how when some people start to become more active and eat healthier that some develop that "holier than thou" attitude and all of a sudden mozzarella sticks are 'GROSS"...please...most of those people were eating their *kitten* off 6 months ago..geezus
  • dmenchac
    dmenchac Posts: 447 Member
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    Small print on the chain's website says, "Buy one appetizer at $10 each (per person) and get free refills on same appetizer." That means if you want those mozzarella sticks, you have to really want those mozzarella sticks. And it pays to want a lot of them.
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
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    Small print on the chain's website says, "Buy one appetizer at $10 each (per person) and get free refills on same appetizer." That means if you want those mozzarella sticks, you have to really want those mozzarella sticks. And it pays to want a lot of them.
    I really f**king want those mozzarella sticks...believe me....lol
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
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    Small print on the chain's website says, "Buy one appetizer at $10 each (per person) and get free refills on same appetizer." That means if you want those mozzarella sticks, you have to really want those mozzarella sticks. And it pays to want a lot of them.

    I don't see $20 for me and the wife to go out for endless buffalo wings during a game much of a catch.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    Poutine.

    POUTINE!

    THE HOCKEY FOOD OF THE GODS!

    Poutine is one of the greatest things about being Canadian.


    "Break out the stretchy pants, Toronto. All-you-can-eat poutine is coming to town"

    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5556797
    Holy eff we need this in Edmonton! :love: :love: :love:

    Isn't that next door to Jasper and the Canadian Rockies? Damn, wish I could hop in my car and take a quick ride to that sort of wilderness for a nice poutine-fueled hike.
    Yes! It's about 4hrs from the Rocky Mountains (either Jasper or Banff)! Calgary is only an hour, but who cares.

    It's pretty awesome!

    ETA: spelling.

    Ive done two backpacks out there. A 160 mile through Banff, Kootney and Yoho and a 200 mile through Jasper and Mt Robson Provencial.

    Have two pics in my profile frome those hikes, beautiful country.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
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    OP quick question for you, or a question for anyone really who chooses to answer. Which world, as an adult, would you like to live in:

    World A: One person has decided that the world should conform to their own personal needs and has set up regulations for businesses and social life that will make the world the most convenient for them and there needs. They eat 3 times a day and want to get about 1500 calories per day so they require that all restaurant served meals come to an even 500 calories so that they don't have to think about it and can just grab whatever 3 meals look tasty throughout the day. Of course that might not conform to everyone's needs but hey, its convenient for them and that is what matters.

    World B: A consumer driven marketplace has allowed for a large amount of diversity in choices that are available. Meals served at restaurants range all over the place from 100 calorie green leaf salads to 2000 calorie triple bacon cheeseburgers. No one is forced to eat what they don't want to eat but they have a choice based on what is available in the market.


    By the way before we launch into some silliness about conservative versus liberal (well American politics anyways) let me say I'm actually quite liberal in my politics and support things such as government provided universal healthcare provided by taxation. That said I also think that when it comes down to what you put in your own mouth that its about personal responsibility.
    So, you're fine with the government forcing things with which you agree, just not restaurant meals. A whose ox is gored political philosophy. Nice.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    This is my husband's favorite place to eat. I like it too, but sometimes a break can be nice. Anyway, I doubt we'd partake in this, but they are shoveling the stuff in your face. You choose to do the all you can eat apps.

    How are they shoveling stuff in your face? Pretty sure that'd be illegal if a place were holding you down, forcing you to buy stuff and literally stuffing food into your mouth.

    Ha ha, reminds me of a sushi conveyor belt style restaurant and outdoor garden that had a poorly translated sign that proclaimed proudly that you could "Enjoy that you is in the nature while food is brought to your face"
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    OP quick question for you, or a question for anyone really who chooses to answer. Which world, as an adult, would you like to live in:

    World A: One person has decided that the world should conform to their own personal needs and has set up regulations for businesses and social life that will make the world the most convenient for them and there needs. They eat 3 times a day and want to get about 1500 calories per day so they require that all restaurant served meals come to an even 500 calories so that they don't have to think about it and can just grab whatever 3 meals look tasty throughout the day. Of course that might not conform to everyone's needs but hey, its convenient for them and that is what matters.

    World B: A consumer driven marketplace has allowed for a large amount of diversity in choices that are available. Meals served at restaurants range all over the place from 100 calorie green leaf salads to 2000 calorie triple bacon cheeseburgers. No one is forced to eat what they don't want to eat but they have a choice based on what is available in the market.


    By the way before we launch into some silliness about conservative versus liberal (well American politics anyways) let me say I'm actually quite liberal in my politics and support things such as government provided universal healthcare provided by taxation. That said I also think that when it comes down to what you put in your own mouth that its about personal responsibility.
    So, you're fine with the government forcing things with which you agree, just not restaurant meals. A whose ox is gored political philosophy. Nice.

    What? You mean health care? Yeah I view that as a basic human right that the citizenry of any country should be entitled to along with basic civil protections such as a police force, the ability to own and purchase land and shelter and food. I am not sure how one "forces" health care on someone anymore than you could have roads "forced" on you.

    If we are going to have a government at all I view its purpose as allowing its citizenry a base of general health in which to participate in the free market. We do not profit economically ot socially from not treating the sick.

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