Firedancer69's blog post - Attack of the evil cheese!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 3:05:55 AM

My fellow Americans (let's face it, I'm mostly talking to you, but of course I would appreciate input from people all over the world.)
I truly believe that cheese is evil, and is going to destroy out country before anything else (except maybe global warming.)
I'm going to start at the beginning, 1.5-2 years ago I was listening to NPR on my radio driving home. There was a story on that was urging people to give up cheese, and I thought "NO, I love cheese!" I was overweight thought, and I thought I was eating healthy foods, I had never thought of cheese as an unhealthy food. Did you know that ONE serving size of cheese is equal to 2 playing dice. (I learned that at OMSI, lol Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.) I never realized I was consuming way over the moderate portions of cheese as I should have been. I decided to give up cheese for lent. People laughed at me, but in the first 3 weeks up giving it up, I lost 8 lbs. In fact, after not eating for so long, the first time I ate cheese again, I literally got sick after eating it. Giving up cheese also made me realize that we Americans put cheese on EVERYTHING! Sandwiches, soups, salads, pizza, shepherds pie, even bread. People thought I was absolutely crazy for giving it up, but I'm very happy I did. Now I will occasionally eat cheese, but I've learned to eat it in moderation. That is really my key point here, moderation. I could go on and on about this, but I won't bore you. Just remember 1 square inch of cheese has 8g saturated fat and not nearly as much protein as you would think.

My resources include:

[url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/02/02/146299792/billboards-slather-on-the-guilt-with-anti-cheese-campaign[/url]

As well as watching HBO's "The weight of the Nation."

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tight_wet_lips on 27-Mar-13 3:09:17

The wine I drink with my cheese, counter acts the possible weight gain....lol

RockerOwl on 27-Mar-13 3:09:36

Huh.... interesting kinda like the paleo diet idea.

sammiealice on 27-Mar-13 3:13:58

switch to something less fatty---champange and strawberries dipped in dark chocolate :)

tight_wet_lips on 27-Mar-13 3:16:56

lol @ sammie

Firedancer69 on 27-Mar-13 3:23:14

don't get me started on how dark chocolate is good for it! lol I really wish I liked dark chocolate.

bighoss2 on 27-Mar-13 3:42:49

you can have my cheese when you pry it from my cold dead bacon greased fingers!

Whispermyname on 27-Mar-13 8:52:39

Yeah I'm afraid cheese is my biggest weakness :-(

Viszla1 on 27-Mar-13 9:11:57

Lol but agree with all especially the wine bit

overshort2 on 27-Mar-13 12:06:49

Yep, cheese is evil. I love it, too. You're right about learning to eat it in moderation. That's true of any food. Master your cheese, don't let it master you. Having said that, I can't give it up. Have lost significant weight, though, by using a calorie counting app on my Iphone.

lordbaron on 27-Mar-13 14:48:23

Well your first mistake was taking anything on MPR seriously.

mirekk on 27-Mar-13 22:43:39

Yes t-w-l,so very true.Wine and cheese is my second addiction...after Fire

hanson on 28-Mar-13 7:24:18

Yep! I totally agree, and you too can have a body like mine!
.... if you neglect it LOL

nudiebare on 31-Mar-13 23:19:23

haha, had to laugh at Hoss.

I really think anything in moderation with a healthy exercise regime!

loz tho to a funny blog.

Onionheart on 3-Apr-13 15:19:23

quite often you can make a chinese person nauseous by asking them to sniff cheddar cheese. they never touch the stuff.

roqsolid on 17-Jul-13 4:44:21

but... CHEESE! Cumming from Wisconsin this is hard news to take... I love cheese. As Benjamin Franklin once said (roughly): "All things in moderation,including moderation!"