Everything comes in chocolate...except tomatoes

I'm having a rough time these past two weeks with my weight loss plan. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing, I'm staying within my points, we've been walking 4 times the past week (which is 4 times more than we went walking the past two weeks!) and I still can't seem to get past this spot on the scales. It's starting to wear on me a bit. As I've been ruminating on this dilemma, I've come to realize that America is not a weight loss friendly place to be! Just about everything in our society is geared towards getting us to over consume, in one way or another. Ad execs aren't stupid. They know that we Americans love our food like no other place on the planet so food is what they use to sell their products. Okay, so they use sex, too, but that's not the point of this post so we'll leave that for another time. Back to the food issue. Have you ever noticed how many products use food names to attract us?
Take paint, for example. Check out some of the names given to various paint colors:

whipped strawberry

sweet melon

hint of cherry

raspberry sorbet

pumpkin custard

buttercup squash

golden butter

top banana

fruit compote

lime burst

sonic plum

grapolicious

rich chocolate

smoked almond

chocolate raspberry

sugarcane pink

My gosh, after having looked at those color choices, I'd have to take a lunch break just so I could focus on my decision! Then there's clothes. Clothes "colors" are just as tantalizing. How about a lovely sweater in a color called:

mocha

oatmeal

chocolate

pale ale

plum

berry crush

Godiva (that's just WRONG!)

or

candy pink

You could even pick up a coat to complement your sweater or shirt. Coats come in colors like:

hazelnut

or

melonade

Yummy, right? You can even dress your bed as deliciously as you dress your bod. Sheet colors come in:

chocolate

cinnamon

butter

mulberry

kiwi

and

tangelo

And bath towels! Just as tasty. You can have flavors...er, I mean colors, like:

cocoa

real pecan

chocolate truffle

toasted almond

lime zest

and

lemon twist

Starting to feel like maybe your furniture isn't good enough for your life's menu? Try buying a couch with one of these color fabrics:

honey

berry

cranberry

salt (yes, I said salt!)

and the ever present

chocolate

You can even have your wooden furniture finished in stains called:

espresso

cherry

walnut

maple

pecan

and

honey

You can have curtains and window shades in colors called:

chocolate (of course)

plum

eggplant

oyster

champagne

latte

pumpkin

and

wine red

Feeling kind of unappetizing yourself after you've lavished all that yummy goodness around the house? Don't fret. You can color your hair is all manner of tasty flavors like:

espresso

chocolate mousse

cherry cordial

caramel kiss

iced mocha

spiced chestnut

caramel glaze

truffle

chocolate macaroon

cinnamon stick

almond rocca

french eclair

praline

biscotti

tiramisu

butterscotch creme

toasted coconut

iced meringue

dulce de leche

and

creme brulee'

'Course, once you've done that, you'll need to find the perfect lipstick to complement your new color scheme. Try one of these:

peach luster

honey

mocha

raspberry ice

juicy apricot

candied apple

or

cherry desirable

Will the madness ever end?? It seems like I can't turn my head a quarter inch without encountering something that's been given a name geared to make me salivate! It's no wonder America is fat. And since I've sat here and typed out all these delicious food names, I now feel the need to go visit my kitchen. Wonder if I can convince myself that the bowl of cherry tomatoes I'm eye-balling is actually a box of Godiva chocolates? Yeah...I didn't think so.

At the behest of Shabby in the City, I am entering this post into Scribbit, Motherhood in Alaska's September's Write Away Contest . I hesitate to do this, as I have read Shabby's entry and mine simply doesn't compare. I'm telling you now, her post is outstanding. Actually, forget my post...head on over to Shabby's and read hers. She's managed to turn the subject of color into a world of envisioned wonder. Go read it - I think you'll see what I mean!