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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    regarding the ridiculous portion sizes in the US: my g/f and I went to Quebec City last year (land of the beautiful people) and ate at a Denny's type diner after the club. We ordered an appetizer of cheese sticks to share. Wow was I amazed when it came because there were like 4 or 6 sticks on the plate! Here there would probably be twenty fucking four in a big plastic basket!!! and served with bowls of ranch (there's that pesky HFCS again!)


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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    i agree. in vancouver keeping my weight down was so easy. when i ordered turkey when we went and ate, i just got turkey. no starchy sides. nothing.

    plus the water is yummy in bc. it takes like lime water to me.

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    Can't we order a diet drink?

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    ^ diet tastes like shit imo and has aspartame. you may as well drink a regular drink.

    ps: are you on a corgan hating mission today?

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    No. I love me some Corgan. I think you're really hot. The diet drink comment wasn't directed at you.

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    ^ oh well thanks then!

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    I generally avoid fast food, but like so many of us, sometimes I just got to have a fix... I enjoy it, life goes on. I really don't see it as being a big issue as long as it's in moderation (maybe like once or twice a month a most).

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    I don't wan't a large farva, I want a goddamn liter-a-cola!!!

    Heh. Sorry.

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    i always get the kids meals out here (the states) cuz even they are HUGE, in canada everything is so small and expensive. here it's BIG and CHEAP, hence why it's the fattest nation. and hence why i've gained 20 lbs since i've lived here! pfffffttttttt!

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    True story. I get excited for American steakhouses when we go to Grand Forks for the occasional weekend. The US has got to be the only country in the world where you can have two huge, awesome steak dinners and your bill is less then $30.
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    It really is disgusting. My ex-husband used to pitch a bitch-fit about it when we were in Australia; he thought all the portions were too small there, and it pissed him off that the restaurants didn't bring you free bread with the meal. We used to argue about it incessantly because he'd complain about the value and I'd point out that everyone around us looked healthy and not obese.

    When I go back home to visit, my family usually drags me out to an all-you-can-eat buffet. I don't know who invented this concept, but he should be shot. The food is nasty but nobody cares because you can eat fourteen pounds of it. We might as well just waddle up to a slop-trough, get table scraps imported from Europe or something.

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    ^^^

    I have to admit that for me the buffet is turn off, as the food is generally poor quality, and I try to limit how much I eat to a healthy amount. I'd rather just spend the money on better quality, lesser quantity.

    When I was in the Netherlands, a common joke is that American's must have "CHEESE" on everything, and not good cheese, just goopy stuff.

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    Default Re: oh, so this is why americans are so fat.

    Well no one is forcing this stuff down everyones throats. People could exert self control. That is always another option.

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