Comments on: What’s Your Weakness?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:44:08 +0000

I’ve been a candy addict myself since the mid-80’s when my ultra-cool babysitter would take my sister and I to 7/11 to load up sweet tarts, pixie sticks, bazooka; then, back to the house for pg-13 movies like ferris bueler and real genius.

Check out the candy addict blog, it’s awesome: http://candyaddict.com/blog/index.php

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:07:13 +0000

I’m the exact reverse: got to follow sweet with salty… but it has the same 40-pound effect. Ugh.

By: Margi

Margi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:13:58 +0000

Oh, my snacking is horrible. I’m all over the place. But mostly, I have to follow that crunchy salty with a sweet.

Hence my 40 extra freaking pounds. Can’t even blame ‘em on baby. Mostly. Heh.

By: CD

CD — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:02:16 +0000

Chocolate; salty and crunchy; they all sound good. Sugar free chocolates are getting better (one of the major chocolate brands has little mini candy bars that are perfect for a hit of chocolate).

The viral idea is interesting. Or maybe there is some call and response thing happening in nature that we don’t understand yet that’s causing this increase in our consumption and size. Yeah, that’s it.

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:21 +0000

See, that logic makes PERFECT sense to me. I use the same reasoning with potato chips.

By: Owen Cutajar

Owen Cutajar — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:11:05 +0000

Chocolate is my weakness .. and I don’t understand why I pile on pounds when I eat it. After all, it IS a health food.

Here’s why:

Chocolate is a Vegetable:
Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans.
Bean=vegetable.
Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS.
Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category.

Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.

To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars ARE a health food.

PROMISE !