Oh, yeah. About food portions. When I was on my own after my first wife bailed out, I was young enough to stop at McDonald's and such frequently without immediate ill affects - either gastro or weight related. LOL.
Anyway, I was fine with a medium sized drink, small fries and one of their regular cheeseburgers - I often didn't finish the entire drink. Then they started all the supersizing and meal combos. Over the years I started eating just a bit more and getting larger drinks. Pretty soon it was 2 burgers, supersized fries and extra large drink - an that was before I had to drink diet soda, so the drink alone was probably 300 calories!
I remember when the "Big Gulps" and other super-sized soft drink cups from the convenience stores seemed like wretched excess! It was only after the lawsuits and negative attention peaked that they stopped the continuous expansion of the portions. Processed foods are not only more calorie dense so we get way too many calories before we feel full, they act just like drugs in that the more we eat, the more it takes to provide that feeling.
I saw a photo series that showed restaurant sized from the 1950s compared to today. Truly scary!
