Comments on: Super-Sizing Your Meal Costs More Than You Think http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/ personal finance that makes cents Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mela http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-136412 Mela Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:59:37 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-136412 I save money by supersizing a meal and splitting the fries & drink between 1-4 adults. Then each person buys just the burger. I save money by supersizing a meal and splitting the fries & drink between 1-4 adults. Then each person buys just the burger.

]]> By: Sirius Stuff » Can’t buy a regular hamburger at McDonald’s anymore? http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-123 Sirius Stuff » Can’t buy a regular hamburger at McDonald’s anymore? Thu, 25 May 2006 06:36:07 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-123 [...] Super-Sizing Your Meal Costs More Than You Think talks about the hidden costs of super-sizing. “Once on the lips, forever on the hips” or something like that. [...] [...] Super-Sizing Your Meal Costs More Than You Think talks about the hidden costs of super-sizing. “Once on the lips, forever on the hips” or something like that. [...]

]]> By: cribcage http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-122 cribcage Thu, 25 May 2006 04:44:51 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/24/super-sizing-your-meal-costs-more-than-you-think/#comment-122 Today, as I was eating lunch, I thought about how I was always taught to clean my plate. For decades, that was America's attitude toward food: "There are children starving in Africa. Don't waste food." I suppose it was probably a maxim held over from the Great Depression. But now, we're all fat. And every nutritionist I've read is preaching the opposite: "Leave some on the plate." Five small meals are preferable to three large ones, they say. Never eat more than the volume of your own head during one meal. Et cetera. The bottom line, Eat less. Everything I've heard, everything I've read, says that super-sizing your meal is exactly the wrong thing to do. Plus, fast food sucks. Seriously: Quit eating McDonald's for a couple years, then go back and try the French fries. You won't be able to swallow. They're <i>terrible</i>. Addictive, maybe — but gross. Break the habit and see if I'm wrong. Today, as I was eating lunch, I thought about how I was always taught to clean my plate. For decades, that was America’s attitude toward food: “There are children starving in Africa. Don’t waste food.” I suppose it was probably a maxim held over from the Great Depression.

But now, we’re all fat. And every nutritionist I’ve read is preaching the opposite: “Leave some on the plate.” Five small meals are preferable to three large ones, they say. Never eat more than the volume of your own head during one meal. Et cetera. The bottom line, Eat less. Everything I’ve heard, everything I’ve read, says that super-sizing your meal is exactly the wrong thing to do.

Plus, fast food sucks. Seriously: Quit eating McDonald’s for a couple years, then go back and try the French fries. You won’t be able to swallow. They’re terrible. Addictive, maybe — but gross. Break the habit and see if I’m wrong.

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