I don't lie to myself about food value. I lie to myself about my eating habits, like: I don't eat blueberry pie often enough for it to hurt me. Besides, the blueberries are chock full of nutrients. Both statements are absolutely true. But the problem comes the next day when I say; "One snickers bar isn't going to kill me, and the peanuts are full of protien." The next day is "This small bag of chips isn't going to do me in, even though the chips have no redeeming value, I rarely eat chips."
See the pattern? In and of themselves, each comment is correct, if I didn't cheat and eat something else the next day that sabotaged my diet. Fortunately, I don't go through daily junk food snacks. But it does happen often enough to not be good. My biggest problem is that wholesome foods that I love aren't available in the snack machines at work. And I don't always give myself enough time in the morning to prepare a days worth of healthy snacks, or are traveling and can't conveniently carry them with me.
Our modern lifestyles are killing us, one lie at a time.
Seeeeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
