This Is Why You're Fat
This Is Why You're Fat posts reader pictures of the incredible calorie bombs they've discovered, like The Hamdog, "A hot dog wrapped in a beef patty that's deep fried, covered with chili, cheese, onions, served on a hoagie bun topped with two fistfuls of fries and a fried egg." Really, it's about efficiency. Who has time for all those meals when you can just eat one and get all the calories you need for the next couple of days?
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This is why I'm nauseated was what I felt after surfing the site.
This is why I have deja vu. Haven't we already seen this before?
Why do you have to show me a HamDog this early in the day?
No, this is not why you're fat because chances are nearly 100% that you've never eaten one of those, let alone been in the same room as one.
Once again, let's stick to consumer issues here. Not placing blame where absolutely none exists.
It should be called "This Is Why No One Will Sit Next To You, Stinky"
I acutally just saw a special on obesity where the "experts" stated that it was not what we are eating or even how much.
They said that the average American only eats 200 more calories a day than we did 30 years ago and that our problem is that we are less active.
Granted some people are probably fat because they can get a Hamdog, god knows I would be if I could find one around here. I may even try to make one at home tonight.
Yuck! that looks Completely unappetizing....Seriously who would eat that?
Where do they even get this stuff? The McNuggetTini? Do people just send in the insanity they create or are there places that actually serve these things?
The gravy on pizza thing reminds me of the "House of Gravy" skit on Blue Collar TV.
The Bob Evans Sausage Gravy dispenser was pretty surprising. Surprising that it was real, that is.
However, the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza gave me a craving to drive there just to get one. That would feed me for a couple of days. Mmmm...
Remove the egg and I'm there. My cholesterol be damned!
*Raises Hand
Honestly, I went through three pages of stuff on that website and didn't see a single dish I wouldn't eat.
Don't judge me, I like cholesterol.
@GMFish: Exactly. I'd go so far as to say that imbibing in one of these things occasionally also won't make you fat. It's the slow, regular, high consumption that does it, not a rare indulgence.
I'd try one.
@GMFish: Just playing devil's advocate here, but just from doing a quick look at the blog it seems to picking examples of this weird phenomena whereby things are considered "American Cuisine" or "Soul Food" that are basically just intended on making food with as much cheese/bacon/calories/cholesterol as possible.
there ARE great examples of American food that are original, delicious and not deep-fried: [www.twisted-fork.com]
I'll take one with a diet coke, I'm on a diet.
Ugh, excuse me while go throw up now...
They lost me with the fried egg on top, otherwise.. yummmmmm.
The junk food pizza looks amazing... mmmmmmmmmm.
Can I have some Burger King Burger shots first and use this gut-bomb as a backer!??
I went through the list of "food" on that site with my kids.
I will admit: there were a few things that I would try shown there. My daughter was very impressed with the uber-oreo and my son the Happy Meal Pizza.
I'm not too sure about the McMartini...I don't know if the BBQ sauce would work with the chocolate.
Hamdog is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
Slap a donut on top of it and now we're talking.
@Lo-Pan: 200 extra calories / day * 365 days a year = 73,300 extra calories per year. 1 pound of fat = 3500 extra calories, so do the math. We obviously don't gain 20 lbs of fat per year (well most of us anyway) but it does add up.
But you're correct, activity probably plays more of a role than most people care to admit. One of the biggest ironies about being an american is we hate being called lazy, yet almost everything in our society is built around making things easier / involve less physical labor.
My dad sent me this CBS News video on the Heart Attack Grill [www.cbsnews.com] . On the one hand appalling, on the other... brilliant business model?
I want to try the peanut butter covered deep fried brownie :)
@Rectilinear Propagation: Uh, not that I want one or anything, but where can you get a "McNuggetTini?"
The Hamdog was invented in a bar in Oakhurst, GA (Atlanta) called Mulligan's that no longer exists.
@zarex42: "It's the slow, regular, high consumption that does it, not a rare indulgence"
Combined with copious amounts of inactivity, of course. ;-)
I'm fat 'cause I eat,
you ain't 'cause you don't.
This is why, this is why, this is why I'm fat.
then we have those shows on tv which ENCOURAGE gorging...Man Versus Food is vomit worthy. the next food eating competition I see on TV is gonna make me hurl. we are such a wasteful society.
@lpranal:
More weight = more calories to maintain the weight. This means you cannot directly calculate your numbers like that.
An extremely obese person might have to consume 3500 calories just to maintain their present weight.
This isn't some sort of crazy pseudoscience, ask your doctor, or even a dietician. If they are honest they will explain that a fatter person can lose weight faster than a thinner person, since the fatter person burns (a lot if they are extremely fat) more calories just sitting there than a slimmer person.
Used properly, this knowledge would help a lot of overweight people lose weight, since they could get a good headstart on dieting. But instead, we argue that they are lazy and need to exercise to lose weight. While healthy weight loss does involve physical activity, the fact is that that vast majority of your calories are burned just sitting on your ass. In fact, compared to light exercise, you could burn more calories just sleeping less.
This should help:
Oh, and more fun is that eating food like this burns more calories than what most people consider exercising (X minutes walking on a treadmill). Of course, the intake of the extra calories far offsets that, but it brings me to my argument:
Society is fat because we don't teach the basics about how calories work. If we did that, all those stupid weight loss plans would be reduced to this:
- Work out your BMR.
- Add in any exercise you plan to do to the above.
- Add the calories in food you eat, subtracting calories expended from eating itself. Subtract this result from your BMR.
- The result is your net gain/loss.
- Decide which way you want to go. Remember 3500 calories = 1 pound, and more than 2 pounds of weight loss a week is considered unsafe except in extreme cases. Change calorie intake to suit.
The above will always work 100% for anyone who does not have a compromised metabolism. You don't have to give up bad food (although, for your personal fitness, you should) like transfatty fries and hamburgers dripping with grease. You will have to choose between smaller portions of these vs. substituting them with something else, though.
Exercise should not be done for weight loss. It should be done for fitness. It is important, but doing it just to lose weight is a terrible idea. It makes losing weight seem like a punishment, and it makes people think they can continue on their current meal plans by just adding in exercise.
BTW: I'm fat. But that's because at this point in life I've made the conscious decision to focus on more important things.
Everyone in Chicago:
Go to Kumas Corner to eat one of the best burgers ever... Its huge and terrible for you but they are so good. One of them called "The Goblin Cock" is a half pound burger and a huge hotdog, topped with fried onion crisps and all the fixings...
thank god for Lipitor
@Rectilinear Propagation: It reminds me of the old SNL "Taco Town" skit where the keep wrapping stuff around a taco. I'd link it, because I can't get it out of my head.
@GMFish: Not only are you unlikely to have been in the same room as this particular culinary delight -- you probably wont' ever be. The establishment that served the HamDog (and the Luther, as celebrated on the Boondocks cartoon) went out of business a couple of years ago.
@About.A.Starflygirl: You are correct for 2 points. Bonus points if you can remember the name of the cheeseburger that used Krispy Kreme donuts for buns. This place also served deep fried twinkies and snickers bars.Healt was never a concern. The owner was on The Tonight Show demonstrating cooking The Hamdog, then the bar closed shortly there after. I think they have been closed for over two and a half years now.
I can't stand reading about bills that want to LIMIT restaurant portions. If I want a chocolate cake the size of a fax machine it's my right dammit.
I actually LIKE giant portions. The first thing I do is part my plated like Moses at the river and actually have the discipline to only eat one side.
Then I have lunch the next day, and maybe even the next, and I've saved some bucks on lunch or dinner.
Keep 'em coming.
@shepd:
"the fact is that that vast majority of your calories are burned just sitting on your ass. In fact, compared to light exercise, you could burn more calories just sleeping less."
That's not true. If you take in more calories than you expend, you will gain weight. Basal metabolic rate has nothing to do with it. Also, the article you posted said:
"BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass. Increasing muscle mass increases BMR. "
If you just rest on your ass, you don't build lean muscle mass. Which will not burn as many calories. Note also that if you starve yourself, your body will hang on to everything you give it because it thinks it's in famine.
Try this one:
[www.mayoclinic.com]
Fifth paragraph down:
"Regardless of where they come from, calories you eat are either converted to physical energy or stored within your body as fat. Unless you use these stored calories - either by reducing calorie intake so that your body must draw on reserves for energy, or by increasing physical activity so that you burn more calories - these calories will remain within your body as fat."
And...most people need to get MORE sleep, not less.
I had the privilege of eating a Hamdog. It was delicious. However Mulligans the bar that made it is now closed, and the HamDog is no more.
"Now that's a taco."
You could feed a village with that thing!
Color me crazy, but I want that bacon cheese burger pizza -
Giant burger between two large meat pizzas, eggs, bacon, colby and pepper jack cheese.
That is amazing.. and now I'm hungry.