Balance of Food

We've all seen the stereotypical shopping carts. We think we can read a person based on the contents of their cart. I overheard a conversation about the new spray-on salad dressings. I have ragged on this Wish-Bone product because high-fructose corn syrup is high on the ingredient list. The concept is not too bad, but you do need fat in your diet. I looked up and saw two young women talking about the product. The one who was praising the product was a bit on the heavy side. Not fat, but sizable. I didn't think much of it until I looked down at her cart. It had several packages of these "100-calorie" snack packs. I'm not crazy about these products as well. They are reduced-quality versions of popular snacks designed to give a comfort zone of "well, it's only 100 calories." There are healthier ways to get 100 calories. And if you are going to eat the "offending" product, eat fewer pieces of the original instead of a inferior version. She also had a bunch of grapes, the only sensible item in the cart. But I wondered, "Is this the way large women think they are supposed to grocery shop?" It got even worse later: I saw them again a few aisles later. There were several Weight Watchers products added to the cart. I shook my head. Wow!! If this was honestly working for you, fine. But it seemed like she was shopping this way because she felt like she had to, and I don't think it would be an effective way to lose weight, if that is what she was trying to do. I don't say this to be judgmental. I just thought that it was sad that this woman, who wasn't that big, felt like she had to eat this way because she didn't fit into some homogenized mentality.