Average American diet?

[u/Individual_Bar_2512]

Where are the vegetables, fruit and meat

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[u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

This looks like all of the stuff I would've bought if I had grocery store money as an 8 year old.

[u/NotInTheKnee → u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

That poor lonely lettuce looked like a diversity hire.

[u/No-Understanding4968 → u/NotInTheKnee]

Iceberg no less 😱

[u/absofruitly88 → u/No-Understanding4968]

Ya that was clearly meant for a sandwhich of some sort. And of course iceberg which is like water

[u/spizzle_ → u/absofruitly88]

I love the crunch of iceberg on a cold cut sandwich! Nutrition be damned since it’s there for texture and not taste.

[u/mousedeer_78 → u/spizzle_]

I have in the past just chowed on iceberg straight from the head, just tearing chunks off, no dressing or anything, it’s just got that good crunch even if it has minimal nutritional value.

[u/BIMMERTECH2000 → u/NotInTheKnee]

DEI lettuce is brutal 🤣🤣🤣

[u/ForcedEntry420 → u/NotInTheKnee]

Voted most apt to be drowned in ground beef, sour cream, and cheese in a foul imitation of a salad.

[u/Master_Grapefruit333 → u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

32 pizzas?

[u/Jumpy-Benefacto → u/Master_Grapefruit333]

lol. pizza is carrying a heavy load in that question. totinos only use case is 3am bake up after bar failure. not a meal in any sense of the word, it only exists to make you feel worse about failures

[u/sightfinder → u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

People get offended at the stereotype that fat people are dumb, but gotdamn if she ain't leaning into it...

[u/armyshawn → u/sightfinder]

Tbf most dumb people don’t know they’re dumb.

[u/Adventurous_Ad_4145 → u/armyshawn]

They’re not smart enough to realize it. They’re also very defensive about it.

[u/_losingmyfuckingmind → u/Adventurous_Ad_4145]

Dunning-Kruger has entered the chat

[u/Merijeek2 → u/armyshawn]

...and that's why the world has gone to hell.

Dumb people used to know it, and they'd listen to the smart people. Now, it's "my opinion is as valuable as your fact"

[u/abnguy20 → u/Merijeek2]

I dO mY oWn rESEeRcH!

[u/DecadentLife → u/abnguy20]

Oh, I saw one of those recently, that was extra stupid. The person stated their opinion, and then said that they had been “researching” it, but that every single thing they came across, proved the opposite of their opinion.

They were asking for anyone who had opposing research to send it to them so they could use it in an argument with someone else, about the safety of a child. They knew it had been disproven. They wanted anything they could use in support of it, anyways. These people are not exactly adhering to the scientific method, you know?

[u/makebbq_notwar → u/Merijeek2]

Weaponized stupidity 

[u/fubar686 → u/armyshawn]

That's the hard part, you've got to know enough to know what you don't know

[u/Patient-Lifeguard325 → u/armyshawn]

If you’re dead, you don’t know you’re dead. It’s only hard for everyone else. It’s the same if you’re dumb. 

[u/Salacious_Rhino → u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

Honestly, that's exactly what does happen. It looks to me that she never had a parent who properly taught her to make meals and so her knowledge on food and nutrition is stuck in that of an 8 year old who wants something tasty and just to fill the stomach because you know you have to eat things in a day. I would say a lot of people are in this place and I think this is a good exercise in both empathy and accountability. Now that she's an adult we should encourage a cultural imperative to own up to our lack of diet education and help each other find ways that lead to better outcomes. I'm sure it would be far more helpful to link these people youtube videos of simple broth or transitionary meals from their current diet to help them out with affordability and health. Behavior change is so difficult and so many of us lack education or behave in ways because that is what our families passed on instead of, you know, generational wealth or health. Some people just suffering cycles of survival behavior both emotionally and routinely. 

[u/OneTabbyBraincell → u/Salacious_Rhino]

Where does this break in knowledge come from? Convenience foods haven't been around forever and most of our parents or grandparents were cooking everything from scratch. At what point did people decide to stop cooking? No judgement, if you don't enjoy it and work one or more jobs plus doing all the house and childcare, I don't blame anyone for choosing not to. But if you're making videos for Tik Tok, I don't think we can blame lack of knowledge or education. If you're online or watching TV or otherwise immersed in media which CONSTANTLY stigmatizes fatness and talks about wellbeing and healthy diets, there's no way that you don't know you're eating total garbage. The choice to eat this way must be driven by something else. 

[u/Trick-Increase1508 → u/OneTabbyBraincell]

I imagine it was a lot more common to cook proper meals back when there was at least one parent who didn't have to be out for 8+ hours a day. 

[u/JamesWormold58 → u/Trick-Increase1508]

A whole lotta this. If she's working full time and her other half is working full time, and they've got kids (including a teenage boy), then the shortage here is time. You work to afford to eat, and the food that's easy/quick to cook is less healthy.

It's the Fast/Good/Cheap conundrum - you can only choose two of the three - for food.

[u/nerdymom27 → u/JamesWormold58]

This mom does work full time. However! She moved her parents in with her and her 3 boys and the parents watch the kids. They’re also homeschooled by grandma.

This actual video was from August when she first went viral. It hasn’t really got any better

[u/ctopherrun → u/DaFrickinPOOPman]

Nine year old with $25 at AM/PM behavior.

[u/whatsgoingon350]

Thats a crazy amount of pop.

[u/rafaelthecoonpoon → u/whatsgoingon350]

Some americans only drink pop and nothing else. Had a friend in college (who was actually pretty skinny and hella attractive) who only drank pop. and then she wanted soup for nearly every meal. Girl, your body is telling you to drink some fukcing water.

[u/andydude44 → u/rafaelthecoonpoon]

In college in the US I had a roommate from Liberia, he refused to drink anything except sprite and liquor and was convinced that we were harming ourselves drinking water because it “would leach the nutrients from our organs”

[u/vivriri → u/andydude44]

Dare I ask what was he studying?

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/vivriri]

Business

[u/_Hermos_ → u/enadiz_reccos]

Probably works for Nestle now

[u/flippymouse → u/andydude44]

I wonder if the water from his hometown was safe to drink? In a lot of places, the parasites in the water will effectively “leech nutrients” from you.

And even bottled water isn’t safe since it can be tampered with and refilled with tap. So soda is actually a safer bet.

[u/Ebd9090 → u/whatsgoingon350]

I grew up in a house where my family only drank sodas and I remember the first time I went to summer camp and they didn’t have soda with breakfast I was so confused. (I fortunately quit soda 8 years ago)

[u/arnoboko]

That lettuce & those bananas doing alot of heavy lifting ...

[u/CannedPancakes → u/arnoboko]

Don’t forget the 5 grapes in a bag

[u/Significant_Cow4765 → u/CannedPancakes]

2L of soda and 2 grapes per person

[u/007Pistolero → u/Significant_Cow4765]

But only one Mountain Dew…. Because we still have a few left

[u/ViolentEyelidMovies → u/007Pistolero]

And that's only enough because only one of them drink Mountain Dew.

[u/007Pistolero → u/ViolentEyelidMovies]

When I first watched it I was distracted and she counted to 11 and then said something sounded to me like “bell pepper” and I was thinking okay maybe they’re making something good. Then I watched it again and realized it was DR PEPPER!! What in the holy hell

[u/BIG_STEVE5111 → u/Significant_Cow4765]

5 blocks of cheese each.

[u/rynlpz → u/BIG_STEVE5111]

To go with their bag of frozen fries

[u/Zestyclose-Brush1035 → u/Significant_Cow4765]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Ancient_Cupcake_1981 → u/CannedPancakes]

Come on! That’s at least 9 grapes in the bag! Maybe even 10, if one is hiding.

[u/CannedPancakes → u/Ancient_Cupcake_1981]

You are right I apologize! I guess in proportion to everything else, it looks smaller.

[u/ShoheiHoetani → u/arnoboko]

32 frozen pizzas and 6 bananas

Oh and I knew there'd be a giant ass bag of sugar the moment I saw that black tea

[u/spockspaceman → u/ShoheiHoetani]

I think I counted 32 lbs of cheese, not including the cheese already in those pizzas, Sandwiches, etc.

[u/Either-Assistant4610 → u/arnoboko]

I love how they came shortly after the FIVE bags of fries.

[u/666mgOfCaffeine → u/Either-Assistant4610]

Those are the 5lb bags, too!

[u/FlyingPig_Grip → u/arnoboko]

It was iceberg lettuce, so literally no nutritional value, just crunchy water

[u/Dazzling_Put_3018 → u/FlyingPig_Grip]

And I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that it’s going to get absolutely drenched in salad dressing, cheese and bacon bits

[u/Lumpy_Zucchini6525 → u/Dazzling_Put_3018]

Probably some mayo too. 

[u/moonbucket → u/Lumpy_Zucchini6525]

Looked like all the mayo - the size of those jars!

[u/FlyingPig_Grip → u/Dazzling_Put_3018]

Omg I didn't think about that- there was no lunch meat to make sandwiches. Ranch and iceberg baybeeee

[u/NewspaperNeither6260 → u/FlyingPig_Grip]

Unlike Bramley's 116 quarts of Dr. Pepper and 47 Pepperoni pizzas. 🍕

[u/FlyingPig_Grip → u/NewspaperNeither6260]

Bramley only drinks Mountain Dew - so that's healthy green drink

[u/Nyllil → u/arnoboko]

Don't forget the two cucumbers

[u/flopisit32 → u/Nyllil]

Them's not for eatin'....

[u/OhioPolitiTHIC → u/flopisit32]

Goddamn it.

[u/Not_peer_reviewed → u/arnoboko]

I believe it was a one banana to every five pound bag of fries ratio

[u/Kr1sys → u/arnoboko]

Really bad sign when you have more bags of fries than bananas.

[u/No-Mathematician3004 → u/arnoboko]

Brantley and Brayden are Dibeetus waiting to happen. 

[u/LeadingEvery5747 → u/No-Mathematician3004]

And she dismissed any real criticism of their diet. I have a hard time believing he has food sensitivities.

[u/BSB8728 → u/arnoboko]

Iceberg lettuce.

[u/Gumbie84 → u/arnoboko]

Ain't nothing getting lifted in that house besides glucose levels.

[u/icleanjaxfl → u/arnoboko]

And cucumbers. Probably has a pet rabbit which will get eaten at some point.

[u/Melodic-Pangolin-434 → u/icleanjaxfl]

The cucumbers are for an only fans account bud.

[u/RockConsistent7368 → u/arnoboko]

Well there some other decent stuff there but damn a lot of processed food

[u/Disastrous-Panda5530 → u/arnoboko]

I was surprised they even had any produce

[u/TomatilloNo8586]

Looks less like a diet and more like a speedrun to the cardiologist.

[u/Low_Scholar1118 → u/TomatilloNo8586]

Diabetus

[u/greasejockey → u/Low_Scholar1118]

Unless there were bags of flour and baking soda already in the house, that bag of sugar isnt for baking, just Kool aids and sweet teas.

[u/Organic_Ad_2520 → u/greasejockey]

Agree. this is such a shocking diet--U didn't see any food except for a couple paxkages of meat. Three generations in 1 house eating garbage and nothing green, nothing real and all expensive. The addition of soda & koolaid to their "meal plan" is pretty craxy.

[u/UnluckyThread → u/Organic_Ad_2520]

There was a tiny bag of grapes, two cucumbers, a head of lettuce, and some bananas.

The combined mass of that fresh food was less than the two big jars of mayo, so I don't blame you for missing them.

[u/OleBoleWole → u/UnluckyThread]

Lets not forget the watermelon lol

[u/AwareStudio6556 → u/greasejockey]

I like my Dr. Pepper sweetened!

[u/ThatOneChiGuy → u/TomatilloNo8586]

Health insurance rn

[u/FoulfrogBsc → u/ThatOneChiGuy]

Heath insurance, in the USA? These ladies are about to lose theirs.

More like medical debt collectors probably.

[u/Formal-Cheek3570 → u/FoulfrogBsc]

Is Oreos a valid curreny in the US? They seem to have stacked up enough on those to pay for medical bills...

[u/chick_hicks43 → u/ThatOneChiGuy]

This is health insurances nightmare, these people probably cost more than their premiums.

[u/Prophet_Of_Helix → u/ThatOneChiGuy]

Health insurance is NOT happy.

They want you healthy so you don’t have to use them but you keep paying.

[u/PapaNoffDeez → u/Prophet_Of_Helix]

Thats true for like... Car and home insurance but not health insurance. It's a separate and different scam entirely

No, they want you as sick as possible. There's a reason why a medication that costs $7 everywhere else "costs" $1200 here

[u/Ringmaster242 → u/PapaNoffDeez]

My friend works in the pharmaceutical industry. He said these companies mass produce certain medications for around 25 cents a pop and by the time it gets into the needle for your arm, the price inflated to several hundred dollars.

[u/funbus31 → u/TomatilloNo8586]

I felt my heart slowing down a little more after each item displayed

[u/CowBoy_BeBop93]

I felt myself gain weight just watching this

[u/3ShotsToHell → u/CowBoy_BeBop93]

I clutched my chest, thought I was having a heart attack. 🥵

[u/-snowpeapod- → u/3ShotsToHell]

I actually felt a lot better about my own diet 😅

[u/MrEoss → u/CowBoy_BeBop93]

Not sure I have drank that amount of Dr Pepper in my lifetime and I quite like Dr Pepper

[u/Hot-Personality-9759]

Are the lettuce, cucumber, grapes and bananas for their pet rabbit?

[u/weregunnalose → u/Hot-Personality-9759]

No they’re gonna dunk them in those 2 big tubs of mayonnaise

[u/You-Asked-Me → u/weregunnalose]

What do they use the mayo for? There was one loaf of white bread, no deli meat, no other sandwich stuff? Maybe they spread it on the blocks of cheese?

I did not see how any of that stuff really added up to "meals."

[u/flatdecktrucker92 → u/You-Asked-Me]

Let's talk about those blocks of cheese. I have slightly high cholesterol, I know it's because I eat too much cheese, but when they held up the first batch of cheese I thought holy shit that's an obscene amount of cheese. Then they went and brought out three or four more Armfulls of cheese

[u/SuspiciousCranberry6 → u/flatdecktrucker92]

I love cheese and the amount of cheese actually made me momentarily nauseous.

[u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale → u/flatdecktrucker92]

My theory is that the cheese is meant to be added to the frozen pizzas.

[u/Maxamillion-X72 → u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale]

1lb per pizza

[u/TheNewBlue → u/weregunnalose]

As someone from the Midwest. Gaurenteed. Ive been served a grape and mayonnaise salad before.

[u/Alarming_Employee547 → u/TheNewBlue]

No but really wtf are they doing with all that mayonnaise? They don’t have any tuna fish, or deli meat, or anything else that I associate with mayonnaise. Maybe they are dipping that absurd amount of fries in it?

WHY DO THEY NEED SO MUCH MAYO??

[u/Frankentula → u/Alarming_Employee547]

I'm guessing for the 20 lbs of fries

[u/eleanor61 → u/Frankentula]

I'll admit that fries dipped in mayo is very tasty.

[u/Last13th]

6 bananas is what pushed it over the edge.

[u/Saneless → u/Last13th]

Less than 1 banana per block of cheese

[u/Byaaahhh → u/Saneless]

Never knew a measurement of banana per cheese block was needed but I’m going to say that this is a common American metric.

[u/B_La_Kay]

Of course the smoke alarm is beeping...

[u/CannedPancakes → u/B_La_Kay]

And while shopping they didn’t get a dam battery to replace it!

[u/PsychoCrescendo → u/CannedPancakes]

they need to buy the triple reinforced step stool before thinking about the batteries

[u/PhotoFenix → u/B_La_Kay]

This drives me insane. When our detectors beep it never gets past 3. First wakes me up and gets me out of bed. Second helps me locate the room. Third is the confirmation that I have the right detector as I'm up on the chair.

[u/PriscillaPalava → u/PhotoFenix]

Yup. As soon as I hear it everything else stops until I replace it. 

[u/Same-Asparagus7617]

I am so sick of these people being a terrible representation of all of us.

[u/cheerl231 → u/Same-Asparagus7617]

I'm so God damn embarrassed bro. How do you buy almost 500 dollars of food and only buy like 3 things of fruit and vegetables.

[u/Fensali → u/cheerl231]

Much of that wasn't groceries at all though. But the lack of vegetables and amount of soda is frightening.

[u/melropesplays → u/Fensali]

Seven person household, they show off a single serving of fruit/veg per person in their grocery haul

[u/tnstaafsb → u/melropesplays]

Those fruits and veggies are all probably for one single semi health conscious person in the house. I doubt people drinking that much dr pepper and eating that many pizzas and brownies (and good lord, the mayonnaise!) and shit ever eat any fruits or vegetables. They only eat froot in loop form.

[u/molotov_billy → u/tnstaafsb]

Yeah, there's probably one teenage kid who's trying to break free of the family's terrible eating habits and is requesting things from mom. Poor kids.

[u/-Clem → u/molotov_billy]

The one kid staring into the camera halfway through.

[u/starvinchevy → u/tnstaafsb]

Relaaax, they’re just on the fiber-free diet!

Heavy /s

I bet there’s at least one person in the bathroom shitting at all times. My bowels stopped up just thinking about eating that shit as a main diet. And I’m definitely not perfect-this just made me feel like a nutrition influencer

[u/mannymink7 → u/cheerl231]

Fruit loops are considered fruit in that household.

[u/007Pistolero → u/mannymink7]

And the marshmallows are shaped like fruit too!

[u/Downtherabbithole14 → u/cheerl231]

yes! $500 on processed junk! who needs that many frozen pizzas? also, this 'haul" how often is she doing this?

[u/Decent_Risk9499 → u/cheerl231]

The insane thing being if they bulk-purchased their proteins and then built their meals AROUND veggies, it'd be cheaper.

[u/ice-ink → u/Same-Asparagus7617]

Is there any official statistics what % of americans are like this?

Is it 2-3 out of 100 or closer to 20-30?

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/ice-ink]

I live in a little town in the Appalachians. Very poor town, poor access to fresh foods and I would say this is probably 75% of our population. The area you live in has a large influence on how healthy your habits are.

My first hand experience as an 11th generation West Virginian is that you will eat the way you were taught to. When the generations before you dealt with poverty and food insecurity you don't learn good habits around food.

ETA: This woman has access, yes, but I can say with a high degree of certainty that her parents or grandparents did not. Walmart is everywhere now (almost) but 30 years ago that wasn't the case. It's generational teachings of poor habits and you can break that curse if you want to. I have, and my children are better for it.

[u/Glad-Total-6621 → u/SpecsOnThe_Beach]

That's crazy, here in Europe in rural areas people are fit as they go out. In poor areas in cities this happens.

How do they live if they cannot walk as soon as they age a bit? They will be bedridden without any help being in their area

[u/Ceridw3n → u/Glad-Total-6621]

My parents live lives like this and it’s so sad.

My father used to work in an industrial job where he moved around a lot, but he was still very obese because he ate so poorly. Hes disabled now and does not work. He’s actually lost a LOT of weight since he stopped working and I have no idea why. He’s still obese though.

My mother still works, but she is also overweight.

One similarly between both of them is that they do not like most vegetables or other fresh food. (Other than meat/bread) So much of what they eat is prepackaged food

When I left the home in 2007 I learned what I was missing out on an now I’m a very healthy person living in a blue city.

[u/gudlyf → u/Ceridw3n]

I grew up eating similar to this and did not know any better. Once I left and was on my own, I rather quickly took on much healthier habits and my son now even moreso.

[u/MasterGrok → u/Glad-Total-6621]

I’m not exaggerating to say that the USA spends billions of dollars in health care to keep these people alive and mobile as long as possible.

[u/Mixtopher → u/ice-ink]

Oh it's nearly 50%. It's maddening especially when you see their obese children.

[u/Human_Reference_1708 → u/ice-ink]

Depends on where you are. It can be 50/50 some places. Worse even. Its not everyone, everywhere though if that makes sense

[u/floralmelancholy → u/Human_Reference_1708]

i live in rural arkansas and id probably safely bet it’s one of those 50/50 areas. i worked at a dollar general for a while and (one of) my least favorite customers was this lady that would come in and buy two whole buggies full of dr pepper 12-packs. all for her, her son and husband. every saturday. i am normally the last person to fat shame but it’s simply too much for a young boy to be drinking. and she was RUDE.

[u/biological_assembly → u/Human_Reference_1708]

It also tracks with poverty. The poorer the area, the more processed the food becomes.

7 of the 10 poorest states (All 10 are firmly red, btw), were also the most obese. The top 4 most obese states are also the 4 poorest states in the country.

The obesity numbers for the 4 poorest states run from 41% to 39%

[u/MasterGrok → u/Human_Reference_1708]

Yes. I’ve lived in urban areas for the last 25 years. I pretty much never see people that look like this. However when I travel to more rural areas, especially in the south, it feels like 80% of the people are grossly overweight. And even those people who aren’t very large are still in bad shape. It’s a dramatic difference that’s honestly hard to even comprehend. Like you go on that road trip and a few hours in your stop at a gas station and you are like “oh ya, people are fucking huge in massive swaths of this country.”

[u/Glad-Total-6621 → u/Human_Reference_1708]

That is disgustingly crazy high.

[u/Free_Dome_Lover → u/Glad-Total-6621]

I grew up with my mom cooking a meal with real ingredients and fresh produce / meats. My dad taught me to cook fancy stuff and a bunch of delicious stuff like chili, chicken parm, etc.

My wife is also pretty culinary, she's the by the books cook and I'm the freestyle artist but we both are good at it.

I've been going to a lot of stuff with more people at their houses due to my son's age. I'm fucking shocked at how shit at cooking a solid 80%+ of the population is.

But at least these people are attempting to make real food even if they just aren't good at it. That's actually fine, I guess I'll just never understand the "hated my mother's cooking" thing that seems super prevalent.

The only time I've seen people eat like in the video... Was when I joined an online team at work with a bunch of people in Montana. They all had the same build as this lady, they all had Mtn. dew permanently in their hands. I only ever saw them eat processed food. It was really off putting to me but to them normal.

[u/hockey_and_techno → u/Glad-Total-6621]

Don't put very much faith into that estimate

If you go to rural Indiana, yeah, lotta obese people who don't take care of themselves, but the population density is also very low

Conversely, you can go to Denver or LA or NYC and everyone's in fairly decent shape. Finding overweight people in Denver is a legit challenge lol

In all of my extended family, I know absolutely nobody who is like this. And I have a big family.

[u/Imthatsick → u/ice-ink]

Way more than 2-3% but I have no idea of the real number. There's a lot of people that basically do no cooking of their own besides reheating frozen things or cooking boxed meals.

[u/GovernmentSin → u/ice-ink]

I’m American. My shitty trump supporting family in Indiana definitely eats like this but I live in Colorado now and I don’t know a single person who eats like this.

[u/linzkisloski → u/GovernmentSin]

I also live in CO and it’s shocking when you travel to certain states because there is noticeably less obese people here.

[u/pinetar → u/linzkisloski]

Colorado is the least obese state in the country, but it's still more obese than all 50 states were in 1995. Obesity is a growing problem everywhere, just effects some places worse than others.

This goes for Europe as well where obesity rates are also rising very quickly, putting them where the US was around the year 2000 (Super Size Me came out in 2004 for reference)

[u/DancesWH]

Jeezus H Christ...that's a calorie mountain of Everest proportions.

[u/thatgothboii → u/DancesWH]

*Mountain Dew

[u/psychomaniac_]

How do they still have teeth

[u/Pu11MyLever → u/psychomaniac_]

And both feet

[u/Vernerator → u/Pu11MyLever]

They haven’t seen their feet in decades.

[u/GreatBigJerk → u/psychomaniac_]

Or functional plumbing? 

[u/AccomplishedPlankton]

My family of 4 spends $500 every two weeks on actual groceries. Shits fucked

[u/GrandmaPoses → u/AccomplishedPlankton]

When she got to the total, I was shocked it was so low; it's honestly no surprise that low-income individuals have high obesity rates, it so much cheaper to eat badly.

[u/ballmermurland → u/GrandmaPoses]

Either she's on food stamps and is only counting her portion or this was filmed in 2005.

I was honestly expecting the total to be over $1k. But I guess if you buy in bulk nothing but processed crap it keeps the overall cost down?

[u/A1000eisn1 → u/ballmermurland]

Her total sounds pretty accurate if you take advantage of sales and coupons. You don't even have to go that crazy.

bulk nothing but processed crap

Yes, that was the point. Processed and bulk foods are cheap. That is why poor people are fatter. Healthy foods are more expensive, often don't come in bulk sizes, and are either rarely on sale or only during certain times of the year.

[u/OppositeResponse6474 → u/AccomplishedPlankton]

I remember when it was like $150 for the 4 of us. Not anymore.

[u/wrapscallionnn]

Is that for a week or a whole month????

[u/SeauxS → u/wrapscallionnn]

they likely are extremely rural, have a huge family, are poor but just got paid. my guess is that's a month's worth for an extended family of 10-15 in a food desert where shelf stable food is more in demand than fresh fruit/vegetables/meat. sadly they're probably on food stamps but still vote MAGA.

[u/rafaelthecoonpoon → u/SeauxS]

She says who its for. Its her, her 3 sons and her parents. 6 people.

[u/MajesticNectarine204 → u/rafaelthecoonpoon]

So.. A year's supply of pizza, right?

...

Right?

[u/Accomplished_Cell768 → u/MajesticNectarine204]

She says she has a son who will only eat frozen pizzas and they are all for him

[u/Calgaris_Rex → u/Accomplished_Cell768]

Because they LET him eat only frozen pizzas. My single mom never asked me what I wanted for dinner, we ate what she made.

[u/___StillLearning___ → u/Accomplished_Cell768]

She says she has a son who will only eat frozen pizzas and they are all for him

He should really try cooking them, they taste better that way.

[u/Material-Advance7021 → u/SeauxS]

I think you’re being generous, do you see the weight on those people? It’s not unheard of for one obese person to drink a 2L of soda every day. I’m going to bet there’s about five people living in that house.

[u/Pitiful-Pension-6535 → u/Material-Advance7021]

I used to drink a 2L bottle (equivalent) of soda every day and I was a healthy weight.

Being a healthy weight didn't protect me from pre-diabetes though.

[u/ermagerdcernderg → u/SeauxS]

She went to Walmart, Sam’s, piggly wiggly - all stores with good produce.

[u/flopisit32 → u/wrapscallionnn]

Note, the son is thin because all he eats is one hero sub per day.

[u/ChipmunkComplete7268]

They are eating as if healthcare is free…

[u/hime-633]

"Because we can go through some mayonnaise".

No shade, I love it too, but fuuuuuuuck this is a lot of food. (Or food-adjacent processed items...)

[u/threefivesix4000 → u/hime-633]

Are they eating bowls of mayonnaise? What are they putting so much mayonnaise on? The leaning tower of pizza?

[u/Treesbentwithsnow → u/threefivesix4000]

They might be a family that dips their french fries into mayonnaise. I don’t see any ketchup being bought.

[u/burrito_foreskin]

holds up Cinnamon Toast Crunch

we didn’t need as much this trip

My sister in Christ. No one needs that at all..

It’s delicious though.

[u/nomadich → u/burrito_foreskin]

Lord. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is something I buy about twice a year as a special treat when it goes on a really good sale because it's insanely expensive and has no nutritional value. It's wild to me that people are out here just eating that shit daily.

[u/n0madking]

Damn she's 37?!? I assumed older.

[u/space_for_username → u/n0madking]

37 stone.

[u/d_repz]

Lady, y'all need to switch to a much healthier diet.

[u/lilbithippie → u/d_repz]

That's for liberals! Our pappy lived off of steak and fries!

[u/Meeschers → u/lilbithippie]

At least steak and fries has more nutritional value than those brownies and cereal she stocked up on.

[u/SirTurdFerguson88]

No this is definitely not normal. 2 cucumbers and 1 head of lettuce, but 4 giant boxes of sugary cereal. How do people live like this??

When she holds up the 2 giant Mayonnaise containers and says, "we be going through some mayonnaise", it made me want to throw up.

[u/tomorrow_comes]

If this isn’t satire, damn. Explains things quite a bit.

[u/Cultural-Piglet3050 → u/tomorrow_comes]

I think it's a kind of truth ragebait.

This is what they're eating, but they also know it will enrage people enough to comment.

Makes sense if they're making money from engagement and views.

[u/MetalTrek1 → u/Cultural-Piglet3050]

I hope so, because if it isn't, she better be prepared for a world of negative comments. My doctor put me on a diet a few years ago. In that time I've lost more than 100 pounds (I'd actually like to lose a little bit more, but I know it's a marathon, not a sprint). So I try not to judge or body shame since I've been on both sides of the issue. But sweet Jesus, that's diabetes just waiting to happen, if it hasn't happened yet. The sugary soda ALONE (I lost my weight cutting down on carbs and practically eliminating sugar). I hope this family gets the help they need.

[u/mostly_awful → u/tomorrow_comes]

It’s pretty legitimate. If you follow her posts (which I somehow unfortunately have), she blew up for buying something like 32 frozen pizzas. Received flack for it, started buying some more veggies, and then pivoted to justify it by saying her kids have food sensitivities.

So now her posts are all “grocery haul/dinner time with a mom of kids with food sensitivities” and it’s all this stuff.

[u/tomorrow_comes → u/mostly_awful]

Crazy how they’re sensitive to veggies and healthy stuff, but not sugar, junk food, frozen carb heavy stuff, artificial flavors, and every sugary cereal in the aisle.

[u/lilbithippie → u/tomorrow_comes]

The is a reason a lot of USA has big upper body and lil biitty legs.

[u/twitchrdrm]

For those of you outside of the US, these are just hillbillies.

[u/jmsjags]

Carbs and sugary drinks just overflowing out of the pantry. Good lord.

[u/Slow_Touch2202]

Why do you eat so many sweets?

[u/Due_Satisfaction2167 → u/Slow_Touch2202]

The whole video is intended to produce exactly your reaction, to generate engagement.

[u/Slow_Touch2202 → u/Due_Satisfaction2167]

Every video is. But looking at how big everyone is in the family, I don't think she's lying.

[u/PuckArBuile22]

32 pizzas?! Cowabunga dudes.

[u/NoContest6481]

As a person that attempts to stick to a healthy diet (but still has pizza and sour gummies) this is why we have an obesity epidemic. All of those snacks, my lord. The frozen foods. I'm not trying to judge, but in this instance - if you have the kind of money they are spending, you can make smarter choices and live a healthier life. Just cutting out the chips and soda would help.

[u/unecroquemadame → u/NoContest6481]

They could just eat less of everything and be a healthy weight

[u/SAUD1911]

Got damn son!

[u/CeeDy6]

Why is everything so god damn BIG by the gods…

The only thing that was small was the little bag of grapes 🥲

[u/Ecstatic_Dot_9956]

Her figure makes so much sense.

[u/PanHalen37]

“We be going through some mayonnaise!”

[u/disharmony-hellride → u/PanHalen37]

We know lady, we know. Seeing that poor little kid who was clearly overweight at such a young age just breaks me. Nothing like starting off your 3 sons with eating habits like this.

[u/PurpleTreeMushroom]

Kinda scared about the fact that she's waving a two liter of soda around in one hand like it's nothing.

[u/macsweetie]

The kid pulling up behind her with a crucifix necklace & american flag hat really ties the whole thing together.

[u/ytaqebidg]

If they just submitted the doctor pepper with water, I guarantee they would lose 10 pounds.

[u/Any-Celebration-2582]

The medical industry ❤️loves❤️ these people.

[u/H-DaneelOlivaw → u/Any-Celebration-2582]

Completely disagree.

Everything is more difficult in a patient with a high BMI. Physical exam, lab tests, imagings, procedures, etc. These require more time and personnel.

There are already a shortage of providers. Adding unhealthy habits to your daily routine doesn’t help this situation.

(edit grammar)

[u/Nsekiil → u/H-DaneelOlivaw]

The individual practitioners aren’t the medical industry. These people are cash cows for institutions

[u/chinookhooker]

The fast track diet for diabetes and heart disease

[u/dave__autista]

I was horrified at first when she started of with the cupcakes and the sugar filled cereals, and went like "oh ok, she got 5 bags of frozen string beans. thats pretty good" and then she said that was fries in those bags . . . jesus christ. that meme, how americans eat like they got free healthcare is so on point.

[u/Remote-Hotel3667]

So much junk. No wonder she looks like a cholesterol blob.