Ok, now you are sounding more human. With "no fast food for 20 years" I figured you definition of fast food was different than mine.
Yep it's hard to eat out, but I found most restaurants accommodating when they can be, sometimes though I have to settle for just a baked potato and a salad. I don't know why everyone thinks you have to have bacon, butter, or oil on all veggies. When you do your healthy cooking at home you don't add those things to your veggies do you? If you do you might as well eat out.
You did say fast food is expensive and not as healthy, but at Soupersalad I can eat 23 different veggies for about $7.
If I am going to spend $7, I'll wait until later and pop another $3 for a truly "sit down" meal. Besides, I'd have to drive almost 30 miles to get to a SouperSalad, so, with fuel burn, isn't just $7, and sure isn't going to get a "quick bite" I can eat for a week, REALLY WELL, on $7, by cooking at home. And I do enjoy cooking, so that makes a difference too. Now, I am ready for the fresh stuff to com ein from the garden, but am watching the forecast closely. We may not be finished with winter yet, and we are already in May.
And, with my fresh veggies, I usually add olive oil, salt and pepper, and throw them on the grill. I do make some squash casseroles, that are not as calorie friendly.
Yes, I use butter, and most things natural. My family always ate what they grew, be it beef, hogs or chickens, along with the eggs. Most made it close to or into the 100s, and that's not bad, having lived through epidmics such as TB, polio, and flu. Cheese is the one food that I could not live without. I think the key is moderation.
I have studied physiology, and am convinced that one can have a cholesterol of 10,000, and it not be a problem, until there is inflammation of the arterial walls. That is what starts the plaque deposits. Over processed foods and refined sugars are what causes the inflammation of vessels. Lucky for me, I don't have much of a sweet tooth. I can buy a Lindt, dark chocolate candy bar, and have to keep it in the freezer, as it will last me a year!
Yes, I am human! (Wonder Woman, but still human!) :laughing: