Carbs is something we can't live without, as a general rule for me at least.. :)

LOL.. you're supposed to cut the portions down..

and go more frequency..

You mean you're eating 4 or 5 FULL meals a day?.. Wow:eek:

I'll leave it to those who know me to judge whether I was joking... :p

Umm.. its full sized meal of 400 calories apiece... :p

Not full sized meal of 1000 calories apiece.. :D

How's about an Eating Challenge DO? :D

Carbs is hard to go without..

LOL! Everyone including those who eat 4 or 5 meals a day is in shape..

Slim is a shape and round is a shape..:p:)

Indeed.. its almost everywhere... except green stuff.. :p


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LOL best quote of the day! :D

And it barely started.. ;)

Double LOL..

Depends where in the world you're typing.:D

:D Or on the timezone you're in.. :p

All this talk of diets is depressing me, so back to the OP ...

A couple of rules stolen from Calvin Trillin (paraphrased):

1) If you walk into a BBQ joint and it has plates and silverware, or worse yet, waiters/waitresses, turn around and walk back out.

2) If you're in an unfamiliar city, never consider eating ethnic food unless the particular ethnicity has sufficient population to elect a city councilman.

I've found both of these to be rather reliable. While there are certainly exceptions to #2, it's really a cr@pshoot eating Italian in Tallahassee or Thai in Memphis. There are no exceptions to #1!

Directions to said BBQ joint should include, "Turn off of the main road."

1. If anyone dares to serve me that abomination called miracle whip(eh), when I ask for Mayo, I will return the food. They are complete opposites. Miracle whip is some nasty chemical sweet gummy concoction. Mayonnaise is a wonderful light, eggy, creamy, salty, fatty, spread that is the perfect condiment for sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, french fries, or many other things. And anyone that uses "lite" mayo is defeating the purpose. Mayo is eggs, oil, salt, and an acid like vinegar or lemon juice. Any chemical's they add or processing they do to make it "lite" is just going to kill you faster than whatever it was you mistakenly thought needed removing to make it that way.

2. BBQ restaurants that don't know what "fatty brisket" is. I can't stand the lean side of the brisket, there's no reason to serve it in my opinion. But the perfectly marbled and juicy deckle or point portion is the only BBQ beef for me. Everything else can be used for the far inferior chopped beef.

3. Restaurants that don't properly salt their food. Salt is the most important culinary ingredient in history, so important it has been used for money. Don't misuse it. I know people like varying degrees of saltiness, but it should never be left unsalted for you to top at the table, that's not the same. You only get too much sodium in your diet if you eat processed foods, not from salting while cooking, your food would be inedible if you tried to get too much sodium.

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1. Turkey bacon MUST be prepared in the microwave.
2. Any frozen dinner that cannot be prepared in the conventional oven is worthless.
3. Syrup does not belong on pancakes; blackberry jam does.

[QUOTE=MrColdShower;16657621]1. Turkey bacon MUST be prepared in the microwave.
worthless.
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Turkey bacon is just wrong...kind of like "light" mayonnaise. I know it's the healthier way to go - sort of (ever checked out the sodium content of ground turkey, turkey bacon etc?). It's just not the same as REAL stuff.