We hardly ever eat at McDonald's. In fact ~ I can count on one hand the number of time we have been this past year. We rarely order pizza. If the package has hydrogenated oil, TBHQ or high fructose corn syrup on it, it does not ever find its way into my shopping cart. I buy natural and organic as much as I can. At restaurants, my kids don't have french fries with their kids meals, they eat steamed broccoli. We eat meat, but only buy it from Whole Foods. We stress the importance of eating healthy foods, taking care of our bodies so they will take care of us for a long long time and exercise.
Yesterday Tyler and I had a conversation about donuts. He asked me if they are healthy and I told him that no, not in any circumstance are they healthy. They are filled with chemicals and oils that our bodies don't know what to do with. He thought it could be one of those once a year treats that we enjoyed on our birthdays.
Some of you know that I completed a 60 pound weight loss last January (it's almost my anniversary!). I have not eaten a Krispy Kreme donut in probably 4 years. I have tried not to even think about a Krispy Kreme. But Tyler's conversation with me sparked a conversation with Shawn about the difference between healthy kids and deprived kids. Deprived kids that might some day go off the deep end and once given the ability to control what food goes into their bodies, make choices that are not healthy...
So today we decided to get donuts for breakfast.
All I can say is... Wow. It was almost an orgasmic experience, folks. And I have never seen such excited kids... Gavin might have never had one before and Tyler hasn't had one since he was a toddler and doesn't really remember. And that deprivation made for some really excited kids...
(note the banana on the plate ~ which offsets all the yucky stuff that makes these things taste so good, right?)
Watch Tyler suck up the glaze crumbs (it's a little long ~ about 2 minutes):
So this is the excitement of our Sunday morning. Now we need to go work out :)
9 comments:
Ten bucks says that donuts are now uttered every morning in your house for at least a week...as in mom, can we have.....
make your own? baked in the oven? They are awesome without all the caca....
60 pound weight loss. WOW, you RULE. They sound awesome and the video makes me hungry. :)
My girls were desperate for candy canes, finally holding the v=coveted striped candies in tehir hands they made it about 3 licks.
"All done, no like it."
It made my organic, sugarless body sing.
WOW. 60 pounds...that is awesome! Now, those boys enjoyed their donuts...very cute and fun to watch. Thanks for sharing that!
60 pounds? Wow! Good for you! Now if that were a Dunkin Donut (old fashioned, if you're asking, which you're not! *grin*) then you'd be talking my language.
Love the banana addition! LOL!
Although we try to buy organic most of the time my kids aren't deprived of sweets. I have quite the sweet tooth myself and I swear everywhere you go around here there are munchkins (donut holes from Dunkin' Donuts).
that's the damn problem with donuts... they;re like crack!!
60 lbs is AWESOME!
you are right... a now and then treat is a good thing
and to avoid that begging that jen mentions, you could make it a ritual... like the first sunday of every month or something... so it's not too often but also not too infrequent.
and your dedication to healthy foods is truly inspiring.
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