This post is only 100 calories!

Anyone who's strolled down to their local supermarket, peered into a snack machine, or had a sweet tooth within the past twelve months will no doubtedly have noticed this....



THE INVASION OF 100 CALORIE SNACK PACKS....



Nabisco, one of the head honchos of child obesity the snacking kingdom, has claimed that "Now you can indulge and still know that you're making a smart choice."And so they fly a gigantic maroon banner across their boxes, delivering to the world what it wants: happy snacking without the worry of gaining weight.

And indeed, the advent of these mini packs have been a blessing...for the companies that manufacture them, that is.

Despite the mediocre pricing (has ANYONE realized that they are paying $3.29 for 500 calories worth of food?), these handy, irresistable little portion-controlled products have spread across the continent entire f*cking planet. In supermarkets, in schools (I've spotted them in my high school, actually), at news stands...hell, you could be munching on them right now as you're reading this.

As an environmentalist (a.k.a. Mother Nature's b*tch), this overpackaging to me is sheer blasphemy. "Fewer bites. Fewer calories." And a helluva lot more solid waste, most of it being mylar coated foil or something equally non-reusable/ recyclable. So yea. Thanks to mindless consumerism for making our land fills obese!

My overall verdict is that the only things these 100 calorie packs help people lose is money. But for people that have absolutely zero self-control, I suppose this is the only solution.

Then again you could just stop eating junk food altogether and save your calories for food actually worth consuming.
I'd give up a couple of packs of "Oreo Thins" ANY DAY so that I could enjoy a hot bowl of soup.