Eat less McDonald's

Mike and I recently watched Supersize Me. Haven't heard of it? Basically I guy goes from eating fairly healthy and exercising regularly - to eating a diet consisting of nothing except for McDonald's and no longer exercising. In fact, he starts taking more cabs, because he wants to keep the amount of steps he takes in a day at the national average.

Anyway, I was really hoping this movie would totally gross me out.

But it didn't. I was hoping it would make me think, "Man, I'm never going to want to eat at McDonald's again." Instead, I thought, "Hmmm, I could go for a Big Mac. I love my Big Macs."

Of course eating nothing but McDonald's for a month is not a good idea. Especially, if you insist on getting a meal every time - french fries twice a day and soda. Woah.

But what he did discover, which I totally believe is this - McDonald's food is addictive.

I could go weeks without a Big Mac or a Cheeseburger Happy Meal (with apples), but then once I treat myself and the kids - I want it again - right away.

So, I'm going to try to go to McDonald's less this year. I'd really like to say I'm not going to go at all, but that's just not realistic.

Also - I'm going to try to cook. Once a month I'm going to make something that seems difficult or fancy to me. I've always said, "I can't cook healthy foods." The only things I know how to make are loaded with carbs or come from a box or both. So, I'm going to try to cook from the meat and produce aisle. Once a month. Also, crock pot recipes do not count.

*Oh - and another surprising thing from the movie - he showed some school up in Wisconsin serving amazing school lunches - organic/fresh vegetables and the lunch ladies were actually putting together lasagna for the students. It looked amazingly delicious.