Can Fast Food Be Healthy?
The words fast food and healthy do not usually go together but can they? Is it possible to enjoy fast food without loading up on fat? I think the answer is yes. Many fast food chains offer healthy, low calorie options, but that is not usually what we are there for. Just like many Americans I love french fries and burgers, but I also love a great salad, turkey sandwich, or a yummy soup.
At Wendy's you can get a half size caesar side salad for 250 calories and you can add a small chili for another 180 calories. That's not bad and is actually really filling. Or you can grab some Panera Bread for breakfast and have their breakfast power sandwich, which is delicious, for 340 calories. Go back for lunch and get their cream of chicken wild Rice soup for 310 calories.
Don't get me wrong, I love cooking and taking leftovers for lunch. But sometimes there are no leftovers from the night before, or I am craving something different. It is nice to know that I can get fast food, and have healthy options. Now, whether or not I am choosing the healthy options is between me, and my scale.
I would also like to add the caveat that low calorie doesn't necessarily mean healthy. Don't forget to look at the fat, sugar, and sodium content.
When you go fast food, do you go healthy?
Saturdays...Do They Make You Miss The Weekdays?
My weekdays are crazy with dropping off kids, going to work, picking up kids, cooking dinner, and bath and bedtime rituals. All week long I look forward to the weekend and when it comes I ask myself what exactly was I looking forward to? As a mom with young girls my Saturdays are super busy. I need to squeeze in a workout, both my girls have swimming and dance classes, there's the obligatory family fun time usually to Sea World or the zoo, and hopefully date night with the hubby.
Don't get me wrong, I love my family and feel unbelievably fortunate, but my Saturdays are exhausting. Rare are the days of sleeping in and silence but I guess I would not have it any other way. Despite my griping this is what I signed up for. Every time I think to complain I remind myself that my girls are growing up fast and before I know it I will have an empty nest.
I do get to have wonderful Sundays though. A nice cup of coffee, watching the news, chatting with my husband, and relaxing. So I guess my Saturdays are busy but in a good way. And my Sundays are awesome and revitalizing. When I think more about it I would not change a thing.
How are you spending your Saturdays???
To Be Organic Or Not To Be... Is Buying Organic Worth The Cost?
I must say that the word organic has a nice ring to it. It makes me think natural and healthy but unfortunately also makes me think expensive. The cost of organic fruits and vegetables are nearly double that of the chemically soaked others. So I guess the question is "is it worth it to buy organic?" I think the answer is both yes and no. I saw a news story once that talked about the value both monetary and health wise in buying organic. The story basically said it is worth the cost if you are purchasing fruits with thin skins, such as tomatoes and peaches because the pesticides and chemicals are more likely to penetrate the fruit. But not worth it for the likes of banana or melons with thicker skins.
I grow my own tomatoes so I guess I am safe there but I also started buying free range, cage free organic eggs. These eggs are nearly triple the price of your typical dozen but I feel good about "possibly" supporting a more humane existence for the chickens. That brings me to my other concern and that is trust. How do we know that these products are truly what they say they are. How do I know these chicken weren't kept in cages and fed hormones and chemically tainted feed. I guess I will never know for certain but I guess I can hope and know that I am always trying to do what is best for my family.
Thoughts? Do you buy organic food? Do you buy other organic materials such as towels and sheets?