Comments on: A Nation of Over Consumers http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/ Springfield, MO Personal Trainer Pamela Hernandez is your guide on the journey to health and fitness. Personal training for weight loss in Springfield, MO. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pamela http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Pamela Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:17:43 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-164 I totally get the bagel thing. I find buying the mini bagels (Pepperidge Farms I think) I can enjoy them in a managble way. What I also find interesting is the difference in portion size by region. When we go to SF, the restaurants provide much more reasonable portions than the overload you see in the Midwest. I totally get the bagel thing. I find buying the mini bagels (Pepperidge Farms I think) I can enjoy them in a managble way. What I also find interesting is the difference in portion size by region. When we go to SF, the restaurants provide much more reasonable portions than the overload you see in the Midwest.

]]> By: Passionfruit http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Passionfruit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:24:58 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-163 Great article, Pamela. I think it's interesting, too, how hard it is to eat half a portion of something. Even if bagels now are double the size they initially were, I have an easier time eating a small bagel than I do eating half a large bagle. Half of something feels a bit like deprivation-- totally psychological. Berlinoise, interesting that you cannot eat popcorn. I find if I add stevia/splenda to it it can be so voluminous and time-consuming and stimulating and a good substitute for the baked goods we all love. We are all so different. Great article, Pamela. I think it’s interesting, too, how hard it is to eat half a portion of something. Even if bagels now are double the size they initially were, I have an easier time eating a small bagel than I do eating half a large bagle. Half of something feels a bit like deprivation– totally psychological.

Berlinoise, interesting that you cannot eat popcorn. I find if I add stevia/splenda to it it can be so voluminous and time-consuming and stimulating and a good substitute for the baked goods we all love. We are all so different.

]]> By: Pamela http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Pamela Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:03:29 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-154 Thanks for checking out the blog, Traci. It is mind boggling. I think a lot of people are trying to do the right thing, but the deck keeps getting stacked higher and higher against us. The more info I or anyone else can share the better. Thanks for checking out the blog, Traci. It is mind boggling. I think a lot of people are trying to do the right thing, but the deck keeps getting stacked higher and higher against us. The more info I or anyone else can share the better.

]]> By: 38traci http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-152 38traci Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:54:32 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-152 Wow! I came over from reading your great post on Lady Bloggers Society and I am sitting here speechless. I have been trying to lead my family in more conscious, healthy eating. I knew our portions had grown but the extent is mind-boggling. Thank you for sharing this. :-) Traci 38andgrowing.blogspot.com Wow! I came over from reading your great post on Lady Bloggers Society and I am sitting here speechless. I have been trying to lead my family in more conscious, healthy eating. I knew our portions had grown but the extent is mind-boggling. Thank you for sharing this.
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Traci
38andgrowing.blogspot.com

]]> By: Pamela http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Pamela Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:08:16 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-138 I love popcorn, but don't eat it often due to all the salt. When I do get it at the movies I order the kid's size. They always try to upsell me. I guess they don't understand that I actually want a small amount of food on purpose. I love popcorn, but don’t eat it often due to all the salt. When I do get it at the movies I order the kid’s size. They always try to upsell me. I guess they don’t understand that I actually want a small amount of food on purpose.

]]> By: berlinoise http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/02/a-nation-of-over-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-137 berlinoise Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:11:07 +0000 http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/?p=1199#comment-137 Oh my God, those statistics are scary! I guess it's good that I drink my coffee black without sugar - certainly given the amount I drink. Popcorn rates as one of my trigger foods, so I just don't touch it. If I start at all, I don't stop. That's pretty much my philosophy with all my trigger foods. Oh my God, those statistics are scary! I guess it’s good that I drink my coffee black without sugar – certainly given the amount I drink. Popcorn rates as one of my trigger foods, so I just don’t touch it. If I start at all, I don’t stop. That’s pretty much my philosophy with all my trigger foods.

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