That's exactly why I started doing it ... wasn't about to dirty up a measuring cup, as well as a
bowl - and didn't feel like eating out of a measuring cup. <G> But I know icecream is one of those
items I could get in trouble with, so onto the scale it went. I still stick with it now. At least if
I feel like I want a bigger serving, I know what I have to do to accomodate it.
Joyce
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:30:11 -0600, Prairie Roots <
[email protected]> wrote:
>This is going to sound really stupid, but weighing my ice cream as the the means of measure is not
>something that had ever occurred to me before. It makes perfect sense since ice cream doesn't fit
>nicely in a measuring cup. Thanks so much for the tip. Honestly. I mean, this might be just the
>trick to help me not cheat. Or if I do, to know exactly by how much I'm cheating.
>
>The things I learn from this group.
>
>On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 02:59:32 -0600, Joyce <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Hey, thanks for sharing the article - I found it very interesting reading! Ok, guess that's where
>>my analness comes into play. I don't have a problem with the tubs of icecream ... I weigh the
>>scoops. <G> Yup, each and every danged time I have any - regardless as to a sundae or a float ...
>>cup or bowl goes on the scale, every bit is accounted for.
>>
>>Funny, I no longer weigh or measure many things - but that danged icecream is one that I do.
>>Probably a good thing, huh?
>>
>>Joyce
>>
>>On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:47:15 -0800, Fred <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=751&e=6&u=/ap/20040103/ap_on_he_me/food-
>>>_portions
>>>
>>>
>>>That's why I will NOT buy this new item. Funny, just this morning (when it was MINUS 14F) I was
>>>discussing the info on the above link and that certain things, including Skinny Cows, limited
>>>portions and that was why they were "good!" A TUB will make me a TUB!!!!
>>>
>>>But for this who want instant info rather than a link (sorry for length and copyright)
>>>
>>>
>>>Food Portions
>>>
>>>Sat Jan 3, 3:07 PM ET
>>>
>>>CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - With self-refilling bowls of soup and jumbo buckets of stale popcorn, professor
>>>Brian Wansink has identified one culprit for U.S. obesity: excessive food portions.
>>>
>>>The University of Illinois researcher has set up several food experiments that show the more
>>>people are given, the more they will eat — regardless of whether they are full or think the food
>>>tastes good.
>>>
>>>"In the obesity war, portion size is the first casualty," said Wansink, who founded the
>>>University of Illinois' Food & Brand Lab. "It's easy to point at, and we don't have to take
>>>responsibility because we can blame the restaurant or the packaged food manufacturer."
>>>
>>>Wansink and other researchers hope the results can help the federal government devise more user-
>>>friendly nutrition labels for packaged foods. For example, instead of stating that a handful of
>>>granola has 200 calories, the label instead could say the consumer would have to walk 2 miles to
>>>burn it off.
>>>
>>>His experiments — which have included tomato soup, popcorn and potato chips — target the visual
>>>clues people use to tell them it's time to stop eating.
>>>
>>>In the soup experiment, participants come to the lab expecting a taste test. Some bowls are
>>>rigged with hidden tubes that keep them full, while others are not.
>>>
>>>Over two years of the experiment, students with bottomless bowls tended to eat 40 percent more
>>>than test subjects with regular bowls.
>>>
>>>"I wasn't aware of it," said Nina Huesgen, one of the students who got a trick bowl in a recent
>>>experiment. "That's why I feel so filled up, I guess."
>>>
>>>James Painter, chairman of Eastern Illinois University's Family and Consumer Sciences Department,
>>>who collaborated with Wansink on the experiment, said one student drank almost a quart of soup.
>>>
>>>"I said, 'What were you doing?' And he said, 'I was trying to reach the bottom of the bowl,'"
>>>Painter said.
>>>
>>>Another telling experiment came outside Philadelphia, where Wansink offered free popcorn to
>>>moviegoers at a $1 movie theater. Half the audience was given fresh popcorn, either in small
>>>containers or in jumbo buckets; half received 14-day-old popcorn in small and jumbo containers.
>>>
>>>Even though 82 percent of the people with the old popcorn reported it tasted terrible, those with
>>>the jumbo buckets ate 33 percent more than those with the smaller container.
>>>
>>>Wansink has come up with ways the food industry could help, such as offering visual clues to what
>>>an adequate portion should be.
>>>
>>>An experiment with Lay's Stax potato chips gave one group regular chips, a second group chips in
>>>which every seventh chip was red, and a third group chips in which every 14th chip was red.
>>>
>>>The groups weren't told the reason for the red chips but still used them to determine how much to
>>>eat, Wansink said. The participants who ate the least had the potato chips in which every seventh
>>>chip was red, followed by the group in which every 14th chip was red.
>>>
>>>Such research has produced commonsense tips for the weight-conscious.
>>>
>>>For example, people who drank out of short, fat glasses consumed considerably more than those who
>>>used tall, skinny glasses, even though the glasses held the same amount.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"The tendency we have is to focus on heights instead of widths," Wansink wrote in a report on the
>>>study. "That's why, for instance, people say, 'Boy, is the St. Louis Arch high.' But they never
>>>say, 'Boy, is it wide,' even though the dimensions are identical."
>>>
>>>___
>>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 04:11:09 -0600, Joyce <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm sure you all are just holding your breath on this one - like we need another new item to
>>>>tempt us. <G>
>>>>
>>>>When at the store the other day I noticed a display of new skinny cow items ... scoopable
>>>>icecream in quart sized tubs! My local store had vanilla, mint chocolate chip, strawberry
>>>>cheesecake and maybe another variety that is not coming to my mind at the moment. I picked up a
>>>>vanilla, is really a nice switch from the sandwiches and bars. As much as I like the no fat/no
>>>>sugar added icecreams, the skinny cow stuff is definitely better!
>>>>
>>>>Joyce
>
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