And I'd have to march right across the street and start chewing right along side ya kiddo! I have to say this was an amusing thread to have dinner by.........Cheeseburger Salad: romaine, grilled ground beef, shredded CHEESE and lots of mayo on top. YUMMMMMMMMMMM. By the time I hit the grocery store I'm too tired to give a darn about what other people are buying. Kuddos for you for being so blessed observant that late in the day. I can't eat half of the fake stuff anyway. Sugar alcohols send me right to the potty... I'm forced to live a WOL with mostly real foods and damn few treats. Just the way I like it. But to each his own.

I will submit my 2 cents worth on this subject and will surely fall short of Dennis Millers' rantical ability but here goes-

Am I really nieve enough to believe that the companies who sell these products are thinking of MY good health? NOT! Anticipating the next quarters financial results and stock prices gives them more excitement than their next sexual encounter. When I started LCing more than 18 months ago you could barely find a box of Splenda on the grocery shelf, much less anything else. Tangerine Diet Rite soda (already made w/ Splenda) with some heavy whipping cream served over ice was the closest thing to a creamsicle you could get. With these new products the manufacturers are getting richer by the day. Don't get me wrong because I do use some of them occassionally. The carb options teriyaki sauce and steak sauce and splenda for my coffee and iced tea are staples in my cabinet. I also keep a can of shake mix handy for quick protien drinks and whipping up with some cream for a protien pudding. (Hmmm haven't made that for a while. I'm off to the kitchen as soon as I finish this post) Buying a package of almond flour during the holidays in attempts to make a few cookies and small cakes made me feel in more of a holiday spirit. And our lovely SuzanneM just recently gifted me with a package of her lc garlic / herb tortillas. Excellent I might add. The carb smart ice creams are an occasional treat and mosty for my preteen daughter too. Besides, who can afford most of this stuff???!!! Will the increasing availability of lc products be short lived? Is it a passing fad? You betcha. As soon as the majority of the American public finds another WOE that gives better results, companies will discontinue today's products as soon as sales show signs of plumeting. Before that you can believe they will already be looking for more ways to help us empty our wallets of the almighty vanity dollar. Will the Hardee's LC breakfast bowl vanish off the menu within a few months? If so, I'll have to go back to ordering just 2 round eggs and a couple of sausage patties at McD's when I need a quickie breakfast, picking the bread off of Wendy's dollar menu burgers at lunch and having a bit of ricotta, splenda, cinnamon and cream when I need a sweet treat. An how about McDonald's publically declaring they will NOT develope a lc menu???!!!! Brave and dumb. I'll bet the executive who made that decision will not be employed next year.

Biggest price gouging I've observed? $1.19 for 1 container of LC yogurt half the size of the store brand of yogurt that I used to buy at 6 for $1.00. Suz, if you ever see me with that in my cart I hope you smack the crap out of me.

Best Bargain? SPLENDA! No matter what the cost, that stuff just tastes sooooooooo much better than any other AS I've ever had. LC'ing or any other WOE.

Of course, it's just my opinion and may the Grammar & Spell Check God's forgive me~