Double covered smothered capped extra sauced anything.
Pizza with double toppings, extra cheese, extra sauce anyone?
Can I upsize that for you for just fifty cents more? Large fry, extra large fry, biggie drink, the gulper?
Cheese fries with double cheese, extra chili and throw those peppers on there too why doncha!
Anything labeled, “Double smothered and covered” can’t be good for you.
But boy oh boy dies it make us wanna eat it!
Fried foods. They taste so good. Fried chicken, fried okra, deep fried mac and cheese wedges, deep fried pickles (I’ve had these. They are tasty, strange, but tasty), deep fried cookie dough, deep fried eggs called Scotch Eggs, deep fried cheesecake or how about a deep fried cheeseburger? Then there’s always deep fried candy bars or deep fried Twinkies, there’s even deep fried Coca Cola. Basically you can roll anything you can think of in a batter and deep fry it and we the people will eat it. Healthy choices, right?
Then we have your eternally tasty chocolate covered bacon, dipped or rolled in toppings of your choice such as
sea salt, pistchios or almonds, or how about bacon bits? Yum, er, huh?
Do you ever see anybody order double lettuce and tomato?
(Well, double tomato, yes. My friend Steph. She is the tomato queen 
).
Can you give me extra salad with that? Or have you ever been asked, “Would you like extra lettuce with that?” Hmmmmm, no you say? But they will ask if you want extra cheese or double meat? Hmmmmmm…..
Could we get a side of berries with that? Yes we do occasionally ask for a side of fruit to go with our double extra large smothered topped food. Is that so we feel like at least we made one healthy choice for ourselves, so we feel a little less guilty about all the others? Could it be that fruit is sweet, and maybe the sweetness appeals to our sweet tooth some as well? After we consume said fruit we always feel healthier. “Whadya mean my cholesterol is high? I have fruit for breakfast everyday!” …. failing to mention the double smothered biscuit with sausage or bacon they consume four times a week…. . Selective disclosure maybe?
You’ve probably all heard of Super Size Me. It is a documentary made in 2004 by a guy who only ate McDonalds for a month. His MickeyD diet didn’t do him any favors. It’s actually pretty disgusting to watch, but was also a very graphic point that a lot of fast food is really bad for you. If you haven’t seen it, I think it would be a great education for you. It was for me.
There are healthier diets out there. We all have to choose those diets ourselves over the tasty and convenient trash that is marketed to us. I have used different diets and achieved some good results. Unfortunately I still eat too much. Period. So I’ve gained the weight back that I kept off for so long. Le sigh, I guess I need to stay away from those fried pickles huh? I hope we all choose a healthier route for ourselves. Have fun with dinner ok? Let’s see, MickeyD’s or Chic-Fil-a? Can I get fries with that?
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Angela W Fitch 
I am Jen, former Army brat, and eldest of three and now a 31 year old mother of five, living here in our beautiful Colorado. I’ve always been a free spirit with a zest for life which evolved into being a “wild child” in my early preteen years. After some very traumatic circumstances, I fell into a deep depression which landed me in “the system.” I was in and out of group homes, hospitals, and “therapeutic” foster homes. Shortly after returning home at 15 I ran away which lead me down a true path of destruction. I found myself hitch-hiking around Texas and Mexico with a man ten years older than me who was an alcoholic with a horrible addiction to crack. I found myself broken, alone, homeless, and pregnant at seventeen.
Attachment Disorder (RAD) and sever ADHD. After years of therapy, nutrition changes… you name it, he was recommended by multiple psychologists and psychiatrist to be placed in a residential hospital for the safety of our family. Having been a child of the system I know this is not the answer. Countless hours of prayer and many tears later, God has opened a door for healing through a ministry that loves and speaks life into teens like, Charles. Shepherd’s Hill Academy is our answer to prayer. The hurdle is the tuition that is over $50,000 annually.
…food, sewing crafts and no-sew crafts, hardware crafts, and paper crafts…..as well as a surprise or two! So sit back and relax! It’s all about having fun…..
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