This is why you are fat
 

wow - is it sad that some of these made my mouth water???

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

wow...most of those actually made me want to vomit. I think i'm slowly getting adversion to fatty fried foods and looking at that stuff made me grossed out.

Haha, someone sent me that yesterday. Made me hungry! :devil:

That Oreo... omg... I'd like one of those for lunch, please.

though these recipes are clearly excessive, this calorie counting thing has really shocked me over the last 2 months. though i am a big girl, i do not tend to eat much more than most of those around me (unless on a binge) so i never realized how many calories those around me and myself would eat on a normal day. pre life plan, i would feel disdain for dieters who were so snobby about what other people are eating, but now i realize that most people are naively eating 2 or 3 times their recommended calories each day and that is freaky. i watch friends of all sizes pile the food on their plates at our weekly dinner party and think, wow! that is my daily calorie allowance being consumed in one sitting.

A friend sent this to me last night - a few of the pics made me hungry!

None of the pictures made me hungry although I would've tried cheesecake on a stick at one point in my life.

That stuff was disgusting! That would make me vomit not fat! Gross!!!

I must be living under a rock. The only thing that looked familiar to me was the pizza.

It's like, please, please... let me have a heart attack. now!

Also, as someone who grew up in Rochester, the Garbage Plate seems so out of place on that list!

I mean, come on, that other stuff is obviously meant to be silly, while garbage plates are a valid meal! Especially at 3am.. after a few drinks...

And they forgot to mention that it's always served with a roll and butter. Like that's necessary. :p

I can't belive Poutine isn't on the list. Or the "horseshoe" sandwhich.

Poutine is canadian (Quebec, I think) a huge plate of french fries, cheese curd, and gravy (and sometimes other additions like the famous canadian chef who adds foie gras).

The Horse shoe is a sandwhich of some type (varies from area to area, a hamburger, or hot beef or ham and cheese, sometimes on grilled bread) on top of a bed of french fries and then covered with cheese sauce and sometimes gravy, reputed to have been created in Washington D.C. (though I've only encountered it on menus in the Midwest).

I haven't tried either, and not planning to (It's sacreligious in the midwest, but I'm not a big fan of gravy, even on mashed potatoes or meat).

This is absolutely food porn, me too, I wouldn't mind the Mega Double Stuff Oreo!

I've never heard of any of them, but would try this one!
Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough

~CGH~

I won't lie there were a few things that looked yummy to me.

That garbage plate reminds me of "carne asada fries." If anyone has been to San diego or lives near there you know what I'm talking about!

French fries, grilled steak slices on top, then covered in cheese, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa- mmmm it's so good but so bad for you! It reminds me of the garbage plate that's about the size of it.

Who puts a whole corndog on a pizza lol- I mean come on now- slice it up at least! lol.

Ew.
I can feel my Gallbladder in pain just by looking at those.

I ain't ashamed to admit that some of those pictures looked good. Obviously the portions were too big...but most of them I wouldn't walk away from..smaller portions of course :dizzy:

The bad part is that someone sent this to me first thing in the morning..so of course I started the day hungry...curses!;)

Remember..everything in moderation...even a fried twinky..split it with someone..same for the deep fried candy bar...Oh Boy..........never mind.......................................:^:
K

lol yeah I have to admit I've never seen any of these served before.

The only thing out of those listed I would be interested in (ok - I would love to have) was the Garbage Plate. The rest was repulsive, to put it mildly.

Kaplods: although I am Canadian, I have never had poutine and I am not interested having it. But then again, I have never been an example of the mainstream. :-)

My husband has wanted to take a trip to Montreal ever since he saw Anthony Bourdain eating and reviewing poutine at the Au Pied du Cochon restaurant. My husband is already a cheese curd, cheese, and potato addict (and he likes gravy too), so poutine has a magical allure for him. I told him we could go when he's reduced his risk of heart attack enough through weight loss and getting his blood sugar and cholesterol under control to a point that I'm not afraid he'll pass out after one bite.

He's doing fairly well, so I imagine one day a trip to Montreal, and even poutine may be in our future (but it will never be on the regular menu).

Originally Posted by kaplods:
I can't belive Poutine isn't on the list. Or the "horseshoe" sandwhich.

Poutine is canadian (Quebec, I think) a huge plate of french fries, cheese curd, and gravy (and sometimes other additions like the famous canadian chef who adds foie gras).

Yup, Poutine is "normal" here. Every restaurant has it, including fast food (McDondalds, Burger King, Wendy's etc) On combo's it cost like $1 more to upgrade your regular fries to poutine! Evil :devil:

Carnival food never interested me.

Most of those OMG. Some of them are clearly trying to get into the Guinness book rather than on somebody's table (the mega-Oreo and the 7# burrito). I wouldn't mind a modest portion of the garbage plate though. And I've had Welsh rarebit (that's a traditional dish, not something somebody just made up as part of the never-ending quest to make the fattiest new state-fair/pub grub: how did that get in there?)

Originally Posted by Tomato:

although I am Canadian, I have never had poutine and I am not interested having it. But then again, I have never been an example of the mainstream. :-)

I am Canadian too, and finally tried it this year. Man it was good. It's a good, good thing :-)

~CGH~

Denver can claim the burrito. Ever since DH saw the Man vs. Food episode that featured the joint that has that burrito, he threatens to go there one of these Sundays.

Kaplods: haha, horseshoes! :) Those originated in my hometown of Springfield, IL, and every time I go back home for Thanksgiving--I have to have one. I don't care how fattening it is... I love it! Once a year shouldn't be bad, huh? :)

Here's a pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...c/DSC01876.jpg

Wow, finally a site with foods that seem too rich for me! I'd probably take a bite out of any one of them, but seriously, I don't think adding seventeen different kinds of animal products and then boiling it in oil is all that enticing.

I don't think eating anything once a year is a problem for any of us (unless we have scores of once a year treats, which means we're having something crazy almost every week).

If only my problem was eating "crazy stuff," it would be a lot easier to lose weight. I remember a doctor telling me I could lose a lot of weight, just by cutting out candy, cake, ice cream and other desserts (which I hardly ever eat). It's definitely "meal food," that's always been my problem, so the deep fried candy bars don't look all that tempting to me (that doesn't mean that if I was forced to take a bite, I wouldn't enjoy it - but my problem is portion control wit meal food like shepherd's pie, roast beef with carrots and potatoes, spaghetti in meatsauce and almost any ethnic food - especially chinese, indian, southeast asian.

I've had a couple of run-ins with some of the food there:

Garbage plate: My ex-roomie is from Utica, NY. We had it after a case of the worst Central NY beer that I can think of.

Poutine: In a bar next to McGill in Montreal. How are all of the women there so skinny when they are surrounded by one of the most fattening foods? I tried to give my leftover box to a street punk and he told me it was disgusting.

Horseshoe: I work in Central Il. Ugh.

What's interesting (or disturbing) is that I also made some weird concoctions as a way to get more calories into me. A limited sample:

-Nuke a quarter block of Monterey Jack cheese to eat with saltines.

-Eat an entire box of mac and cheese, with 3 hot dogs. You know, for protein.

-Dump more cookie dough into the cookie dough ice cream and slather it with chocolate syrup.

-Three-tiered grilled cheese sandwiches.

-Make a pie crust just to eat it. Why didn't I just grab the tub of crisco and go for it?

Jeez, no wonder I was fat!

Originally Posted by kaplods:
I remember a doctor telling me I could lose a lot of weight, just by cutting out candy, cake, ice cream and other desserts (which I hardly ever eat).

I had an little bitty 2lb. bag of sugar that I bought when I moved here 5 yrs ago. I threw away the 1.5 lb that was still left over last year. Even honey goes bad in my house.

I'm Canadian too, but I'm on the west coast, poutine is predominantly an east coast thing, it's not served anywhere here, well that I know of anyway... I lived on the east coast for a few years and I remember thinking poutine was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen, fries with cheese curds? Who eats this? My boyfriend at the time loved it and even topped the gravy with ketchup, I thought he was out of his mind. Another big east coast fave is donairs, which is a heap of some kind of greasy meat cooked on a stick and then covered in a sweet sauce and served on a pita. That should probably make the list too! I have to admit though, I'd love a bite of that snickers pie!

Originally Posted by Eves:
-Eat an entire box of mac and cheese, with 3 hot dogs. You know, for protein.

I have to laugh because about once a year, DH and I will look at eachother and go, "you know what sounds good right now? Shells and cheese with hot dogs." And we have it. Sometimes it's fun to eat like a 4 year old :^:

Anything desserty, I'd probably want to try. Anything meaty I'd like to sit out for.

I showed my boyfriend and he pretty much said he wanted everything.

We were watching the Travel Channel and I guess the official food of Uruguay is the chivito:

http://www.visitinguruguay.com/blog/...chivito2_3.jpg

Guess who decided he wants to visit Uruguay!

I like how he looks now but I sometimes wish his eat-anything diet would backfire and put on a few lbs. He likes how he looks now too and I know he'd shape up his diet fast if he started gaining weight. Me, it takes many many lbs gained before I turn that horse around.

Wow. Every single one of those made me want to puke.
... Or not eat ever again. Those foods are disgusting.
And never in my life have I wanted to eat them.
I just eat too much of sort of bad things.

Junebug - have you ever added frozen peas? That's what we did in college.

If they're laying around I will throw some in. DH seems to like more than I do. I'm just after the good stuff :p

i dont like most meats, so all the bacon stuff looks gross to me... but i really want the Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough!!!!!

I can't believe an old New Orleans tradition of a King Cake is on there! Of course they made the King Cake look disgusting an sorta mooshed up! LOL!

Baked inside each King Cake is a tiny plastic baby and whoever gets the piece with the baby inside is the one who has to host the next King Cake party!

And I know most of those dishes were made to look extreme, before my diet I probably would have tried to tackle that giant bacon cheese burger! :D

Corefull said it all its food porn, you know you shouldn't look but you can't stop yourself from atleast wondering!

Barbecued meats are one of my guilty loves, so the bacon wrapped sausage glazed with barbecue sauce did call to me to at least want a bite.

We have a yearly county fair in our town, and most years we do go. I plan for it by being very careful with my calories several days before (and several days after). Some of my fav fair foods are fairly light by junk food standards - shaved ice (high in sugar, but no fat) or "monkey tails" (bananas coated in chocolate or flavored white chocolate coating. Key lime is my favorite, bright green waxy coating over a 'nana looks very scary).

Funnel cake is another absolute fav, but at least hubby and I split it (in years past, I would have made him get his own, and maybe have to go back a second day to have it again).

It's weird too, because I'm normally not a big fan of sweets, but amusement parks and fairs bring out my sweet tooth for some reason (but I want the grilled meats and sweet corn too).

Gross....especially the krispy kreme/sloppy joe thing. :puke

LOL :) Well ive tought myself to see food for what it is, pounds of yellow flab on my body, i love food with colour and vitamins, beige food usually meand trouble!! But i still crave sugar tho.. Maybe some day ill teach myself moderation.. :)