And THIS is why I am doing what I am doing....

I have never been more proud of changing my habits and also my family's habits. I think that after reading about and seeing the picture of the latest offering from KFC, even the OLD me would have been disgusted. We as a community of Americans need to change the way we look at food. Why are the marketing geniuses at these fast food corporations coming out with these foods? Certainly they study trends and ask people what it is THEY want. Was this the answer? A few years ago, shortly after "Supersize Me" was realeased, the fast food industry answered by eliminating "Super Size" and by introducing new lines of healthy fast food. Do you remember the "Adult Happy Meal" that had the salad and bottled water? Or the McSalad Shaker that was a salad to eat on the go? What happened? Did we forget about the lessons taught in that movie already? Truth be told, we all knew what Morgan Spurlock's message was going to be even before popping the movie into our DVD players. We all KNEW this food was bad for us. Somehow though, seeing his body change and get sick over the course of 30 days convinced us to make smarter choices, even if only for a little while. Looks like we are back to square one. Who is our next savior? Jamie Oliver? Me? You? Let's make a committment to our families to stop this madness! Make better choices! Lead by example. I can't tell you how many people I have touched already and I only subscribed to this lifestyle a few months ago! People are asking me "What are you doing differently?". They are asking me for tips and recipes. What I am doing isn't a secret. We know what is good for us and we know what is bad for us. It is never too late to start eating right. You are never too heavy or too out of shape to see the benefits of changing your eating habits.

Alexia