This weekend I had an opportunity to help our boy scout troop raise money for camp scholarships by working at shift at the "brat wagon". We sold burgers, brats and dogs from a cart outside a local grocery store. I had the early shift this morning starting at 10am and ending just as the lunch rush started. It was nice to help out the troop. I ended up manning the grill warming up the pre-cooked meat. I found the experience a little unsettling.
Who is buying a brat at 10am? Well, fat people. Until a little before noon when normal lunch time begins we did not have a single normal weight person purchase food. A few bought 2 meals, a burger and a brat which comes with 2 bags of chips and 2 cans of pop. One guy rolled up in the grocery stores automatic cart because he could barely walk and said he needed to finish his cigarette before he could order! I kept wondering if any of these people had ever seen the "Biggest Looser". I felt like I was watching a scene from one of the contestants "life before" videos.
This past week I read something in Family Circle Magazine where they guy asks what a couple eating chili cheese fries, a couple eating deep friend calamari and a mom eating an extra large deep dish pizza have in common? They all told the doctor, "I can't control what my kids eat." Funny, sad, true. I can't help but ask myself some days if I am not the reason my daughter won't eat anything. I mean I do eat lots of veggies and I love healthy food but I would be lying if I claimed I didn't introduce more than my share of unhealthy food into her diet and enjoy those foods myself. It was definitely a little unsettling.
Since I was feeling so unsettled after the brat wagon I went into the grocery store and bought lots of veggies, went home and made a salad (of course I heated up chicken nuggets for Isabelle. Try not to judge me.) Then I went to the gym to work out. Turns out the other thing unsettling is my food when I work out in the afternoon. I guess I should go back to pre-meal work outs.
Just thought I would share.
