Fat and the Oreo

That's really neat, Paul. When they took that picture of you, were you actually talking or did they just tell you to act like you were talking? Reading about how Oreos are marketed - ack! I hate that advertisers are so inside peoples' heads.

I was actually talking (about BFB, its history, and so on.) That photo was way more interesting than an unused one of me just sitting at the computer, buh-logging. (Blogging is never an interesting photo subject, ever.)

Great shot, Paul! (Hydrox were better than Oreos, of course, but I think you are too young to remember them.) Maybe after seeing you, even more people (read "women") will want to join BFB..(wink).

Just out of curiousity Paul, do you see a big increase in registrations when you get linked like that?

Sometimes, yes; visits go up more than registrations though.

Reading that article makes me want to eat some Oreos! Must go eat lunch now.

Hydrox are okay, but Oreos are they only way to go :D Now, they would sell the filling seperately with the cookies I can make triple or quadruple stuffed Oreao BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D

I hated oreos as a kid, and would scrape that lardy white stuff out of them before I ate them. But I discovered the Health Valley oreo analogues a couple years ago, and I really liked them for awhile.

JeanC There are many recipies for faux oreos online, just make up the filling and doctor your oreos to suit.

I couldn't access that article and don't want to register and all just to read one article, maybe someone can give me some highlights. first of all I do not agree that addiction to any food is equivalent to addiction to drugs, drugs are not what the body is designed to use, but food it is, and oreos are just food stuffs albeit in a very process form but food nonetheless, food is afterall only fuel, drugs are not, unless you speak of herbs but that is another matter, in fact we are all addicted to food, air water sleep. if we get less than we need of any of these we suffer withdrawl symptoms, drugs can be weaned off and eventually the cravings will go away over time, but you never lose your cravings for what you need like food air or water etc. if you did you would die. RR

I couldn't access that article and don't want to register and all just to read one article Posted right below every entry on BFB (scroll up): "Many articles linked require a login to view. You should use bugmenot to access a username and password."

I love Trader Joe's version of stuffed cookies, if I am going ot eat stuffed cookies, but I lovelovelove the chocolate cookie of Oreos, I wish they'd sell them with no nasty filling! When we do buy them, my dh and I separate the cookies and I get the cookies and he makes double stuffs! Paul, good photo. Overall, I thought it was a good article. Yeah, there was the obligatory "fat crisis" but the part about the food industry and the trans fats etc was interesting.

160 calories for THREE oreos? *sarcasm* oh my god, that's such a ridiculous heaping load of calories! */sarcasm* but people have been eating oreos for a century - long before this epidemic... as long as they limit themselves to two or three they should have no problems

Maybe Oreos are an American thing: they're nice, but I could live without them. It's a good article, although a little too sharply focussed on one product. And that is a good picture, Paul. Although I'm a little surprised at how, well, slim you are (no offense meant).

(chuckle) You know, there was one point where someone who hated BFB started posting things around the web like, "And Paul ISN'T EVEN THAT FAT." That made me laugh. In any case, in this photo the angle is certainly at play here. (And now in retrospect I'm wondering if part of the reason the photo was shot from that angle was to hide a double chin and stomach... hm.)

I tried every login available on bugmenot, and NONE of them worked! I really, really don't want to register for that stupid paper. Any ideas?

Well, it *was* a very flattering photo, Paul, whether it does your physique justice or not. If I weren't an old married woman . . . ;-) Newspaper photographers usually seem to do the Citizen Kane shot, shooting everyone from below with a wide-angle lens and creating big stomachs and double chins even where none exist. I found the article quite informative. I don't really like Oreos, so I've never paid any attention to them, so it was rather eye-opening to find out what a cultural/marketing phenomenon they are. It was mighty odd that they should choose to contact you for this article. What were they expecting--some juicy quote about how everyone should be eating a pack a day so they can all look like us, since of course we all got this way from gorging on cookies?

I think the difficulty with Oreos is that it's very hard to limit it to just 3. Personally speaking, at least. While I don't think any food is "bad", I do think binging on these foods is not "good", at least. I think a lot of the chemical additives in these highly processed foods increase cravings more than whole foods. I don't think our bodies were exactly designed to use food in this form. Personally I love the mini Oreos. :) Hooray for the single serving packages that they sell at work. And nice picture, Paul!

My first login from bugmenot worked. Make sure to just enter the domain name, not the full address. There is one that works. Trust me. I like chocolate cream oreos. And peanut butter. Regular oreos are okay, too.

"And now in retrospect I'm wondering if part of the reason the photo was shot from that angle was to hide a double chin and stomach... hm" Yes, I agree. That is something I have also witnessed used with fat people. Most of the photogs I know do that and I've had some take my picture and tell me to sit down while they shoot from above. That it "is best this way." Gawd. Fat bigot photography. What next? Still, you looked adorable. Oh, and I live a block away from the Oreo factory and I've only been there at Christmas holiday time to get presents for others. It is not an addictive substance as the article claims. Some people like sweets while others do not. Making a big deal out of this or that foods only makes people fear food and feel ashamed. We should listen and respect what our body tells us it needs. Too bad the writer of this article(s) couldn't grasp that.

you go celestial. I agree there are no bad foods, I am sure if you ate only oreo cookies all the time you would get sick but that would be because of the low nutrition of it, but if you eat them for dessert after a wonderful meal, what is the problem? we have to realize that the news media is controlled by those who have the money, such as the government, drug companies and medical community doesn't want to do anything to piss off those who pay their salaries in research etc. so right away I think propaganda, which is different from education, education teaches you how to think, but progaganda teaches you what to think, this doesn't allow for contradictions that are just as valid as their points. so naturally you won't find these people open minded or reasonable. they will stick to their beliefs no matter what, even if it costs thousands of people their lives.you might find some exceptions, but the majority can only report what the government allows them to. these ones harden their hearts to the truth. RR