Stick It To Fast Food this November

We've decided to 

 for the month of November.

What an amazing grass-root movement, developed by a bunch of teenagers, this is. Is anyone else not entirely surprised that they were able to do SOMETHING while the medical industry and government have been chasing their tails when it comes to our obesity epidemic and our recent dramatic rise in chronic (read mostly preventable) diseases?

A big congrats to this teens for figuring out that -

"Fast Food isn’t real food. It was designed by scientists in white lab coats. Sure, sometimes it tastes good, but that’s their trick. If you put enough salt, sugar and fat in anything, it’ll taste good. Fast food companies are getting rich feeding us garbage. And it’s making us fat and sick."

- and deciding to do something about it!

In my personal and professional opinion our food environment - everything from what happens at the farmers field to our dinner table - is currently the biggest factor impacting our health at this time. The problem with our food environment is that it is so multi-factoral - Where do we start?! I've always been an advocate of start somewhere. If that's eating organic foods - Great! If that is avoiding GMO - Great! If that is sitting down as a family at the table to eat dinner every night - Great! If that is not letting your children watch TV that has food commercials targeting them - Great! If that is learning to cook real food - Great! If that is going to farmers markets and supporting other local producers - Great! If that's is organising a boycott on fast food - Great!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not preeching that you should be more like me. I love me some Dairy Queen Blizzards and buying pizza on those cold rainy days is so much easier then making dinner. Fast food (and I use the term 'food' VERY losely) tastes good and it is so very very easy. And you know what?! That's why they make the big bucks. I get it. I know. It's hard to say 'No'. The problem is that it is so normal. It is not uncommon for many people to eat fast food everyday. That bagel or muffin from your coffee shop on the way to work, that quick lunch b/c you are in a hurry and pizza or burgers for dinner b/c you are so tired at the end of the day, it's all fast food.

I challenge each and every one of you...all 20 or so... to join the Little Man, the Littlest Man and I in our pledge to Stick it to Fast Food for the month of November. ('cause I'm nursing I guess the Littlest Man gets in on mine). Help me, help the high shcool students, help yourself 'de-normalize' fast food.

PS: Grandma and Nana...consider this a notification that when the Little Man is with you this month there is no fast food. Who only knows what you two give him when I'm not around.
kidding....i love you!

For more information and to PLEDGE check out:
www.stickittofastfood.org