Day five of 'dumb diets' week is an ode to the 'fat free' lifestyle.
The same year that I was obsessed with this movie, I became convinced that if I ate no fat I would get skinny.
As if a gift from heaven above, Nabisco came out with fat free Devil's food cookies about the same time. I remember it took some luck to score a box, because they were selling so fast.
I think this was also around the time that WOW chips came out. Remember the chips fried in Olestra? LIKE Doritos, but with a warning of 'anal leakage' printed on the back. WOW indeed!
My other fat free faves were skittles, starburst, and pasta.
It is no surprise that I did not get skinny despite my commitment to SnackWells and skittles. And I developed a pretty bad snacking habit. SnackWell my ass.
I remember those cookies very well!
ReplyDeleteI did the fat free diet in college. There are no no fat grams in beer. Or vodka.
ReplyDeleteI used to eat so many of those cookies because I thought that calories didnt count...OK...so I also rememeber Olestra that made my poo all greasy...mmm..what a thought...greasy poo..and then you look in toilet and think wow all that couldve been in me..Woo Hoo..!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm loving this dumb diets series.
ReplyDeleteAnd I seem to remember an unpleasant weekend at the lake with WOW chips.
Oooo, that reminds me of the Entenmann's "Fat Free" iced brownies that were about 18 inches by 6 inches. I'd cut off a tiny strip and enjoy it like nothing I'd ever had before! My sisters and I were convinced it was not fat free at all, but since it said it was, on the box, we kept eating it. It was so moist and deeelicous! I looked for it a year or so ago and couldn't find it at all. Someone probably finally took it to a lab and reported them for the false label.
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