@Adirondackwannabe It’s mostly the insomnia talking. I was dead tired last night, but couldn’t sleep. I was trying to come up with some good food threads and I had been looking at Pinterest, which is kind of like a food binge in and of itself. Then I was thinking about some of the people I know who often talk about going out and drinking or eating way too much food, on a fairly regular basis, which is kind of weird to me. You all know I enjoy eating and talking about food, but I think I’m pretty practical and the idea of binge eating kind of freaks me out. I’m the type of person to bring along a cooler when I go out to eat, knowing that I’m going to bring home some tasty leftovers for the next day. No need to gorge on everything in one sitting.
I was also thinking of a couple of family members that are in need of losing some weight (their idea not mine) in the range of 50 pounds or so, but instead of eating a healthy diet consisting of nutrition-dense foods, shrinking the portion sizes, and having a regular exercise routine, they’ve opted for the eat lots of bacon because the cavemen did it diet. Needless to say, they haven’t lost any weight and they’re always sick or have mysterious aches and pains. One of my cousins just posted a picture of some type of Hawaiian red sea salt with a caption that says: this just might be the product I need for losing weight. Huh? I think people are always looking for some type of a miracle product to help them lose or maintain a healthy weight, but they often don’t even think about the nutritional value of what they eat.
I was just thinking that it would be great fun to have a Fluther potluck in which we brought all the foods that people like to binge on. Forget the salads and casseroles, bring on the chocolate donuts and cheese balls! @Coloma and @Cupcake I love cheese balls too.