Wow, I am stunned at how much we are willing to compromise for the convenience sake.
I am stunned by the fact that I am stunned.
This is no big surprise, and yet, I am surprised.
The other day, I completely took a head long dive off the Niagara Falls in wrecking what little semblance I had to a decent diet.
I went to an "unnamed" place and ordered a little, bitty sausage McMuffin with egg for breakfast.
And for lunch, I went to an "unnamed" place and ordered a bacon deluxe single burger.
Those two sandwiches, which cost me around 8 bucks total and for which I spent a total wait time of about 5 minutes, accounted for 64 grams of fat and over 2300 mg of sodium.
That was two little sandwiches.
Most doctors recommend we keep our daily sodium intake below 1500 mg and fat at about 65 grams.
For the convenience of fast food, fast service, and cheap eat (basically); we are killing ourselves.
Okay, maybe that is too strong a statement.
I will not deny it; I am a serial offender when it comes to fast food.
Although, much cleaner now; in my younger days, a double or triple whopper was no big deal.
I do not even want to think about what is in those monstrosities.
Do not get me wrong, I am not one of those who want to regulate what you eat or drink, and I definitely do not believe in a fast food tax.
We all make our choices, and sometimes, we make bad choices.
The key though, I believe, is that we all acknowledge the choice we make and accept both the consequence and responsibility for it.
It is not the fast food joint that forces us to walk in, fork over our hard earned money, and eat that great tasting single bacon deluxe with 1300 plus mg of sodium.
We choose.
And that is a great thing.
Because when we acknowledge and accept responsibility for that choice, we gain control.
In gaining control, next time, we do not need to grab that double whopper.
We can then choose to brown bag it, or really read the nutritional chart before ordering.
Okay, nutritional chart in a fast food joint - wow - talk about your classic oxymoron.
Because fast food joints are convenient and sometimes when we are pressed for time, it is a reasonable option.
Today, I again went to my favorite joint, but instead of that burger; I thought I would have the honey BBQ, boneless chicken wings.
Hey, it is chicken, how bad could it be? It was bad.
That tray of ten chicken pieces with honey BBQ sauce has 18 grams of fat (half the burger, good right?) but it has 1900 plus mg of sodium.
Holy guacamole, Batman.
With knowledge we can make choose to go left or right intelligently.
There are no excuses; no more it is just a little sausage McMuffin.
You want that breakfast sandwich, fine; just understand that it is what you want to do.
I think it will actually help you get back on track, diet wise, faster and better.
And more importantly, help you stay on track.
When we do what we do because we choose, then faced with a similar choice in the future, we can do otherwise.
How great is that? I walked over to Jamba Juice and got a fruit smoothie instead.
And I had a great chest/back and bicep/triceps work out afterwards (but that is another story).
I am stunned by the fact that I am stunned.
This is no big surprise, and yet, I am surprised.
The other day, I completely took a head long dive off the Niagara Falls in wrecking what little semblance I had to a decent diet.
I went to an "unnamed" place and ordered a little, bitty sausage McMuffin with egg for breakfast.
And for lunch, I went to an "unnamed" place and ordered a bacon deluxe single burger.
Those two sandwiches, which cost me around 8 bucks total and for which I spent a total wait time of about 5 minutes, accounted for 64 grams of fat and over 2300 mg of sodium.
That was two little sandwiches.
Most doctors recommend we keep our daily sodium intake below 1500 mg and fat at about 65 grams.
For the convenience of fast food, fast service, and cheap eat (basically); we are killing ourselves.
Okay, maybe that is too strong a statement.
I will not deny it; I am a serial offender when it comes to fast food.
Although, much cleaner now; in my younger days, a double or triple whopper was no big deal.
I do not even want to think about what is in those monstrosities.
Do not get me wrong, I am not one of those who want to regulate what you eat or drink, and I definitely do not believe in a fast food tax.
We all make our choices, and sometimes, we make bad choices.
The key though, I believe, is that we all acknowledge the choice we make and accept both the consequence and responsibility for it.
It is not the fast food joint that forces us to walk in, fork over our hard earned money, and eat that great tasting single bacon deluxe with 1300 plus mg of sodium.
We choose.
And that is a great thing.
Because when we acknowledge and accept responsibility for that choice, we gain control.
In gaining control, next time, we do not need to grab that double whopper.
We can then choose to brown bag it, or really read the nutritional chart before ordering.
Okay, nutritional chart in a fast food joint - wow - talk about your classic oxymoron.
Because fast food joints are convenient and sometimes when we are pressed for time, it is a reasonable option.
Today, I again went to my favorite joint, but instead of that burger; I thought I would have the honey BBQ, boneless chicken wings.
Hey, it is chicken, how bad could it be? It was bad.
That tray of ten chicken pieces with honey BBQ sauce has 18 grams of fat (half the burger, good right?) but it has 1900 plus mg of sodium.
Holy guacamole, Batman.
With knowledge we can make choose to go left or right intelligently.
There are no excuses; no more it is just a little sausage McMuffin.
You want that breakfast sandwich, fine; just understand that it is what you want to do.
I think it will actually help you get back on track, diet wise, faster and better.
And more importantly, help you stay on track.
When we do what we do because we choose, then faced with a similar choice in the future, we can do otherwise.
How great is that? I walked over to Jamba Juice and got a fruit smoothie instead.
And I had a great chest/back and bicep/triceps work out afterwards (but that is another story).
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