Food

Mood: Hungry
Cups of Coffee: 4

I read recently about a guy who spent a year taking photographs of everything he consumed and published it. And he's making money off of this.

You know, why is it that I have a difficult enough time finding money to do something interesting and/or practical, yet some moron can just take pictures of things he eats and get a truckload for it? Well, here's my contribution to that idea - The above picture is what I had for breakfast this morning... now give me my two cents!

And while I'm on the topic of food and money, let me go off on this little rant: Why the hell does it cost so much to eat healthy? Over the past few weeks, K and I have made an extra effort to eat healthier: cutting out fried foods; eating little to no red meat; eating fruit instead of cake; etc... Last weekend, I did most of my grocery shopping in the produce section. I spent an hour or so, making a menu for the week and creating a list so as not to make any compulsive purchased and thus save money. By the time I was done shopping, my cart was half as full as it normally is and yet I spent 35% more than I normally do!

It blows my mind that this country has an ever-growing problem with obesity and yet the food industry really doesn't do much to help. This topic is touched upon in Morgan Spurlock's documentary, Super Size Me, but it really hits home when you're experiencing it first hand. I can get a ton more overly-processed, fatty, salt-ladened food than I can healthy options for a certain price. Don't believe me? Go to Taco Bell and see what you can get for $10 as opposed to healthy options at the grocery store for $10.

*sigh*