there's nothing wrong with having a slice of pizza or a burger every now and then, but when it becomes your staple food instead of an occasional treat, then you're just asking for trouble down the road.
I agree, Mary! And all with your comments. It is so frustrating and challenging to eat healthfully, especially after a long day at work. Our awareness of the health issues is a plus for us. It allows mindful eating at least some of the time, and a willingness to cut back on the junk and to pay attention to our portions. I suppose some of that is because I'm aging a bit and concerned with longevity in a way that might have been less of a concern when younger, but my mom was an important influence, too.
ItMy daughter and I did manage a critique of the school cafeteria in our discussion, which she brought up, about how salad bar used to be part of the meal plan option without costing extra. Now students are charged extra for the only healthy choices on the menu - mostly whole foods in the salad bar. We both agree that if the cafeteria simply eliminated the processed vegies "which no one ever eats anyway," the cafeteria would recoup at least part of their losses for not charging extra at the salad bar.
But what service industry operates that intelligently? And how many teens are that mindful of healthy eating, even when their parents struggle to teach it? When I cook healthy meals I am exhausted afterwards and rewarded with snyde remarks and/or people aren't hungry or want to go out. So, I'm not only struggling with my own penchant for finding someone else to feed us (the restaurant industry), but also my adult (?) child's complete disinterest in my cooking or my efforts or in learning useful info about nutrition most of the time.
