It's no secret, the TV is laden with ads for food food food all the time. There are entire networks dedicated strictly to food. Millions and millions of dollars go into making food look better for TV. There are shows about the importance of healthy eating with ads for KFC during their breaks. We all know this...
So this morning I woke up STARVING. Like, literally tummy growling, light headed, NEED SOMETHING NOW hungry. My husband was already awake, thanks to people from work calling way early this morning, and the kids were awake too. (thankfully, they let me sleep in! <3) I got up and went to the kitchen and both kids come running in asking for breakfast. I made them their breakfast, and as I'm putting it on the table, out of the corner of my eye I see the TV in the living room. My husband is watching Anthony Bordaine and Mr. Bordaine is in the deep south. Growing up, my family ate all the yummies from the deep south... it's my ultimate comfort food. Hypnotized, I watched as they made and ate my all-time favorite breakfast EVER, fried chicken and waffles with extra butter and maple syrup. I stood there drooling until commercial break. I walked back to the kitchen, looked disdainfully at the packet of oatmeal I was preparing, then up to my favorite southern cook book... To smack myself back into reality, I looked up the calorie intake for the exact meal I wanted. I knew it was more than I would want to eat.
I looked up the meal they were eating:
1 large fried chicken breast, 1 fried chicken leg, 1 plate-sized belgian waffle, 1/8 cup (approx.) maple syrup and 2 T butter - (ready for this??) 1243 calories. TWELVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE CALORIES!!! I used to LOVE eating this exact meal, sans the one chicken leg, which saves me about 150 calories... My jaw hit the floor when I hit the total.
I grabbed my perfectly healthy packet of delicious chai oatmeal, mixed in a tablespoon of pumpkin butter and made myself 2 egg whites. I'm perfectly satiated. TV, you have lost this round.