In defense of the NY soda ban

Originally Posted By EmmaJayne

Personally I'd love to see US portion sizes shrink. I always feel so wasteful on vacation there with how much food I seem to throw out and especially soda. I've never used the refill station at a McDonalds etc and even when I order a small I throw half in the bin- there's just too much of it and I'm not used to eating/ drinking so much in one sitting!

 

Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

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Originally Posted By ecdc

>>I always feel so wasteful on vacation there with how much food I seem to throw out<<

+1

I've just had to make peace with the fact that I'll be throwing away food most of the time when I eat out. Doggie bag just guarantees another hi-calorie meal the next day. Eating out and losing weight isn't impossible, but it's tricky.

 

Originally Posted By gurgitoy2

It's funny, when I eat out, sometimes I just order a salad or an appetizer, because the portions are more agreeable for me. But, I get strange looks from the wait staff, and the people I'm with. Like "is that all you're going to eat? Aren't you hungry?" I just don't eat the huge American sized portions...it's way too much food for me. I hate going to Diners for that reason because it's just so wasteful.

 

Originally Posted By TomSawyer

I wonder how many parents who let their kids drink soda would let them eat the equivalent amount of sugar cubes?

Would you let your kid eat 16 or 17 sugar cubes instead of drinking a bottle of soda? Would you let them eat a pile of sugar cubes along side their burger and fries?

I would think that most parents would at least pause if they thought of it that way.

 

Originally Posted By gurgitoy2

LOL, they would if they were on "Toddlers and Tiaras" and had their kids in pageants. I've seen them load up the girls on sugar...to the point they call those "pixie stix" candies "pageant crack". So, yeah, I'll bet some parents would feed their kids sugar cubes...