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I’ve been off the Atkins Diet for about 3 months now (and of course have gained roughly 30 pounds), and I still haven’t gotten over how delicious cereal tastes. I missed it so much, and now I’m eating stuff that I never had an interest in before. Who’d’ve thought that Apple Jacks (or the Acme-brand equivalent) would be so tasty? Here’s a shortish list of all my favorite cereals:

• Frosted Shredded Wheat – All the healthy benefits of fiber and wheat grain, plus a goodly dab of solidified cake frosting in each bite! I can quite seriously eat like 3 bowls of this stuff in a sitting. This is one that I buy almost every time I go to the store.
• Corn Pops – My mother’s all time favorite, I buy a box occasionally. I have one at home that I’ve eaten most of, and should probably finish soon. One question: what’s up with the weird semi-metallic inner bag? Corn Pops have always had it, but it’s never made sense to me. Most other cereals just have a standard plastic bag, but apparently Corn Pops are prone to radioactive decay or something.
• Grape Nuts – Haha! Just kidding. Grape Nuts taste like reconstituted fart.
• Apple Jacks – I don’t think I’d ever had these before. With occasional exceptions (mostly Corn Pops and Captain Crunch), my mom avoided buying us sugary cereals. I figured I’d give them a try. They should probably change the brand name to “Sugar Coma.” Simply phenomenal.
• Captain Crunch – A one-time favorite, but I ate so many bowls of it in high school and college that I can no longer stomach it. Also it tears the flesh from the roof of your mouth.
• Froot Loops – Basically Apple Jacks with a jungle vibe and some additional colors.

One thing that I was never permitted in my youth was chocolate cereals or ones with marshmallows in ’em. So I plan to give those a try soon as well. I’m looking forward to weighing 260 pounds again. Yay!