Happy weekend to all my 100 calorie fans!!!  WOW!  The 100 Calorie phenomenon is exploding and if I Google 100 Calorie Diet or The 100 Calorie Diet or even myself, Susie Trimble, there is lots and lots of information for all you guys and gals on the web!!!

I came across a very interesting article written by Ed Levine that I thought you might enjoy.  He talks about putting everything under the sun into 100 calorie.  Good idea, but The 100 Calorie Diet is about eating everything in 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500+ calorie units.  I’m waiting for the day that the food industry catches on and packages food in 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500+ calorie units, not just 100 calorie.  Enjoy Ed’s article!!!

The 100-Calorie Diet Solution
By: Ed Levine

This article about the burgeoning popularity of 100-calorie snack food packages stated the obvious in its headline: "Fewer Bites. Fewer Calories. Lot More Profit," and "Snacks in Small Single-Serving Packs Aren’t Economical, but People Buy Them."
Of course snack-food manufacturers make more money selling six-packs of 100-calorie bags of everything from Goldfish to Oreo Thins. And yes, if I could find the wherewithal to just buy a big bag of Goldfish and divide them neatly into 100-calorie portions using plastic bags and ties, I would save lots of money. But the reality of the situation is if I bought the big bag of Goldfish, I would polish them off in a couple of forays to the kitchen between innings of a televised Yankee game. I don’t have the self-discipline to divide the big bag in order to practice portion control, and furthermore, I doubt that most other people struggling with their weight do either.

In fact I have a radical notion that might just solve my weight problem.

I think the answer is that all foods should be sold in 100-calorie packages. That way I would know exactly how many calories I was consuming and that if I just had 15 hundred-calorie bags in a day I would lose weight. If Popeye’s would sell fried chicken in 100-calorie portions, that would be swell. If Thomas Keller would sell 100-calorie portions of his coffee and doughnuts dessert at the French Laundry and Per Se, my problems would be solved. If I could buy a hundred-calorie portion of an In-N-Out cheeseburger, life would be grand. Ditto for a scoop of Graeter’s ice cream. If Hot Doug’s in Chicago would sell french fries fried in duck fat in 100-calorie portions, life would be great. The same is true for the hot dogs topped with french fries at Gene and Jude’s, the hot dog stand I insist on stopping at on my way to O’Hare every time I go to Chicago. My life would be just about perfect if I could buy a 100-calorie portion of the Southside Market’s beef sausage in Elgin, Texas, or a similarly sized pork shoulder sandwich at Big Bob Gibson’s in Decatur, Alabama. Tell me — in your fantasy life, what would you like to see 100-calorie packages of?

I tell you, the 100-Calorie Solution just might be the answer to my prayers. Whaddaya think?

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