Give Yourself A Kiss

A Hershey's Kiss that is.  And it's so thoughtful of the good people from Hershey, Pennsylvania to wrap the little delicacies in just-right-for-the-season colors of metallic red and green.  Thoughtful, because now a Hershey's Kiss is just an arm-length away, thanks to merchants, grandmas and executive assistants placing them in candy bowls as Holiday decoration.

So how does this make fatness simple?  Simple:  it's called "mindless eating".  The Hershey's website says 9 pieces (9 "Kisses"--doesn't that sound nicer?) contain 230 calories.  Not terrible really. But not a ton of nutrition either and lots of calories from fat.  And since bowls of candy, plates of cookies and trays of fudge are everywhere from Thanksgiving through Christmas, mindless eating can turn into serious weight gain.  Considering the Halloween treats were just finished up by mid-November (aren't the orange and black M&M's adorable?), we're tempted by "seasonal candy" for what amounts to the last quarter of the year.  And then on January 2, the Valentines treats come out...then the marshmallow Peeps...ah, the circle of life. 

FATNESS MADE SIMPLE RULE:  Don't think. Just eat.  

THINNESS MADE SIMPLE COROLLARY:  Just think. Don't eat.