What's what?

As you may know, the federal government came out with an update to the Food Pyramid this summer.  They keep trying to tell us what and how to eat, but we can't seem to get a handle on it for some reason.  This is their newest guideline which is, admittedly less confusing than that pyramid!:
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/



I stumbled on a blog this morning that has another version- one that is even more to the point!:
http://ediblearia.com/2011/07/28/dietary-guidelines/


Love it! Yea for clean eating!

Ugh!

Today I had the first fast-food burger/diet Coke/French fries that I’ve had in a long time.  I was out shopping, I was starving and it sounded so good.  And it was good, going down.  Now a few hours later, I am stuck on the couch with absolutely no energy and feeling like a slug.  Could it really make such a huge difference in such a short time?  I’m guessing that yes, it does.  So- my little step outside of clean eating has just proven to me that it’s not worth the few minutes of enjoyment to lose the energy and healthy feeling that comes with eating clean.