Quantity vs. Quality

From the time I was little I remember all the commercials for the fast food chains. You want a Biggie! Supersize it! Big Mac! Deep fried yummies! As i've gotten older i've gotten a deeper appreciation for food and how it makes us tick. Me and the girls sat down to lunch today, sliced turkey, cheese, pickles, olives, cottage cheese, and a handful of chips divided amongst us three. With an apple for dessert we almost hit all food groups in a meal. Since i've been actively working out, I have also learned quite a bit about the quality of caloies you are intaking... Say a Whopper is 700 calories... you could have had a footlong turkey sandwich from subway with a ton of fresh vegetables. Not only would that last you longer, it would be SO much better for you. That being said, I don't completely go with Michelle Obama's ideas of school age nutrition. Maybe instead of downsizing the calories, we should replace the beef filler with real beef. We are the world's highest exporter of prime beef, why not use some of that for our kids? Bryce and I have both endeavored to become healthier and in so doing but our portion sizes down to appropriate sizes. It is amazing what a good diet and exercise can do for a body! We all have our guily pleasures (Bryce's is the bag of cookies in the pantry, mine happens to be a bowl of cake in the evenings!) and we should never have to give those up, but everything in moderation! Like a glass of chocolate milk has fewer empty calories and is ten times better for you than coffee in the morning. As much as I adore coffee, chocolate milk is hardly a bad substitution! And there are short cuts like that everywhere! I tried Jillian Michael's diet that went with her video and she focuses on both quality and quantity, but I don't like humus or pita chips so every snack in a week is out! I have dropped many inches and about 10 pounds of weight while just restraining myself in regards to eating and letting myself go go go in regards to exercise! I will post more recipes I have made more healthy or brand new ones I just found over the next few days!