Pleasure Behind Obesity

I think that Adam at Men In Aprons hit the mail on the head with his post about overeating. Whether we like it or not, we are the masters of our own destiny.

We eat well here in the Fumbling Foodie household, and though neither my wife not I have ever had a tendancy toward obesity, it is clear that the older I get the more I have to watch what I eat. The ol' metabolism ain't what it used to be.

Rather than pig out on something that tastes good, I've learned to slow down and really savor and enjoy the textures and flavors.

And I've also learned to do the math. Consider this: a can of Mountain Dew (Rocket fuel for us programmers) is 170 calories. If there are 3500 calories to a human pound of wieght, and I drink 2 cans of Dew a day, that means in ten days I will have put on a POUND FROM THE DEW ALONE.