Settling These "Healthier" Fast Food Debates

There are two types of food ignorant people that I try my hardest not to backhand. As a nutritional consultant & person who uses her common sense, the statements  "Oh I don't cook with salt, I use Lawry's" and "I stay away from fast food"(while holding a Starbucks cup and a Chipotle wrap) grate my nerves. Lawry's first ingredient listed is salt. So, they are using salt. And if you are at a restaurant and no one takes your order while you are seated, that is fast food.

I'll cover my salt-free seasoning stance, one day. But now let's talk "healthier" fast food options. Yes, I put quotes around healthier. Some more than others, but all fast food have some processed elements in them. I don't shun fast food. I have clients who arrive for my assistance that don't cook. I can't expect them to go cold turkey. But we can all make a few better choices. Here are my go-to's.

McDonald's

I know the fries smell so inviting. I know having an iconic Big Mac is mouth-watering.  But the 6 piece McNuggets and Side Salad at just 298 calories makes your waist happier. Add a ketchup packet and it is 15 calories more. And it's all on the value side of the menu. Fewer calories and less money.

Pizza Hut

If you are a Supreme pizza consumer, this switch up shouldn't be too hard. Veggie Lover's Thin N' Crispy Crust (1 slice of a medium pizza) is just meatless and 180 calories. Oh please, don't add wings. Two naked, bone-out wings are 160 calories. Who just eats two wings? Let's not lie to ourselves. Go meatless for a meal.

Burger King

Most high caloric burger places have the same healthy "Take The Cheese Off" hack. I just prefer Burger King because flame-broiled is a less fatty cooking method. A hamburger is the clear best choice at 220 calories. But if you want to splurge a little more, a Whopper Jr topped with mayo, ketchup, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and pickles have 310 calories. Imagine the drop in calories if you take off the mayonnaise.

Taco Bell

If anyone asked me. This is actually my favorite fast-food spot, so I will tell you 2 of my favorite options. Any menu item from Taco Bell can be made more nutritious by making it “fresco style.” Fresco Style replaces the cheese, creamy sauces, sour cream, and/or guacamole with pico de gallo aka more veggies. Making my faves, Chicken Soft Taco Fresco Style, 150 calories, and the 7-Layer Burrito 340 calories.

Most male adults generally require 2,000-3000 calories per day to maintain weight while female adults need around 1,600-2,400 according to the U.S Department of Health. So, "healthier" choices like mine help you not go over.

Cook!

And though I don't wag my finger at fast food, I still believe it should only be eaten in Moderation. No one should eat fast food every day. Maybe twice a month is a better plan. If you would like more resources on "nutritious" fast food picks, check out these resource articles HERE & HERE.

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Pastor Ghosted My Faves, Last Year(Answering Questions)

Time to answer your questions. What do you guys have for me?

Q: You didn't do a Faves of 2019. I low key missed it. Did you like anything?

A: Yeah I really liked a few things in 2019

There was the book, A Princess in Theory: Reluctant Royals by Alyssa Cole. Look for it HERE. Which was weird because I stopped reading romance novels. Blame me being Woke to seduction actually being rape and a lot of romance lean heavy to gender, cultural, & racial stereotypes.

But this book was different and I enjoyed it a lot.

And of course, there was that one song.

Ever been in a relationship rut and have to remember why you are still with that person. Keepsake by Morisha Daneè (Listen to it HERE) is that song. The line "This love's my ministry. Our love is like poetry", told me this love is trying to have a powerful foundation. I first heard Keepsake on the show Hello Cupid Season 3. And mark my words. I was a fan of Ari Lennox when I only heard her stuff on web series. I have the same high hopes for Morisha Daneé.

This Post's Video Question & Answer

And here are the articles about the pastors I talked about in the video.

I Feel So Distant

After 5 Years, Pastor Resigns

If you do have questions send them to C.OUT.SPOKEN.DIVA@gmail.com. I will answer them.

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You're Musty, But I'll Date Ya

I need to update my side-eye pictures because I gave this Smell Dating meme one when I saw it. Shout out to my friend, Pink Red for sharing this on Facebook. My brain needed this hilarious jolt. I have several WTF questions & thoughts, but first proper research.

• Smell Dating has been out since 2016. It is the first mail-order smell dating service. Right now their first-round for registration is closed, but people can sign up for the second round.
• It is based on the science of pheromones: the chemical signals that most creatures (including humans) send out to entice mates. 
• The shirt cost $25.
• One receives several pieces of t-shirt without any additional information than the smell, not even gender.
• One makes their selection(s) and then are given the contact information of their selected.

I don't negate pheromone science. Perfumes & colognes are based on it. A great smelling man has turned my head a few times. I am not bashful to tell a guy he smells great. Also, I have a male friend whose natural scent made me offer him my very feminine scented deodorant. His girlfriend, at the time, though nothing of him being musty. I also won't even negate the $25 price tag. T-shirts & postage cost money.

Smell Dating nor my source articles, this ONE, this ONE, & this ONE, answered my one burning question, Who can wear a shirt for 72 hours straight without washing their body in between? Not using deodorant is not a problem. I was raised poor. Water & baking soda is a workable thing. Trust Me! But I don't care how long a 3-day weekend of nothing we think it feels like. Chafing is painful, ask babies & old people. Also, random gender-less choosing is unfair. You find out if your choice is a he, she, or they until you see the contact info. I think sex orientation & sexual identity questions should be at least on the t-shirt strip package. Pheromone attraction may be ancient. But I live in the current world, possible bigotry is real. And who wants to pay $25 to find out they know how to sniff out possible new, favorable scented friends in the end? Umm, that's Smell Friending. (I will sue for this idea. Give me my credit.)

I'm not going to say, "a sucker is born every moment" when it comes to people who have & will try to Smell Dating. I don't want to offend. I just won't be the Charms Green Apple Blow Pop. Now, let me bathe and smell clean. Mr. Right may find me in the Offline world, today.

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Whose Wedding is it Anyway?

Remember when I discussed the wedding that took place in the back yard of some project apartments. What about the couple that got married in their front yard? Well, add a proposal in a South African KFC and a wedding in a Walmart in Adamsville Al to the list of marital ceremonies, the masses decided to pick on.

People love to tear apart love.

The South African couple was mocked by a journalist who posted the picture to Twitter. The journalist didn't know or care that KFC was the lady's favorite lunch spot. But the couple got the last laugh. The couple married the last day of the year 2019 with the help of sponsors like Uber, Audi and of course KFC.

The story of Adamsville couple renewing their vows in a Walmart is sentimental, also. They met at that store. The picture was posted a few times on my Facebook timeline. I bet dollars to donuts they didn't go into the debt that many do when having their ceremonies. I was just amazed at the folks I know teasing this couple that whine about being single. I was also wholly surprised at the married folks I know that didn't have glamorous ceremonies or proposal background themselves, picking at them. Oh well, Electric Slide in the Electric Department.

*sigh*
I don't care where a couple gets married. It could be in a mobile wedding chapel. God, True Love and Pure Intentions is all I care about.

Dear Future Husband,
I am just going to assume you didn't make fun of these folk. If you did, chalk it up to mistakes you learned from the past and don't tell me.
Love,
Mrs. Love Love

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So, What's Coming Soon? (Answering Questions)

You remember the post, The Comment Section, Teaser, and Announcement. If you don't, look at it HERE. Well, the video below is what I teased you about.

That sounds fun! Do you have any other questions? If you do have questions send them to C.OUT.SPOKEN.DIVA@gmail.com. I will answer them.

Correction: Autopsy of a Decade was the Watch Night sermon by Bishop Jakes. Not Anatomy. Watch it HERE

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It's Been a Decade, Huh?

While everyone was taking the 10 Year Challenge, I was reflecting. Might as well, because I pretty much look the same, I just have a better camera to take selfies with. And I decided to share with you all Ten Things I've Learned During the Years of 2010 and 2019.

Life is to be Lived. As long as blood is pulsing through veins in my body, I Must Live!

Being "Woke" can be very exhausting. Know what you know and Rest on those facts.

Many don't want to change. They're comfortable being dumb, entitled, mean, narcissistic, obtuse, and worthless. Continue to shift away from them.

Say what you need to say and nothing more.

Grief Pain hurts a lot more as I get older. Yet the continuous Healing work feels more fulfilling. 

My Descriptive Definition added some new words to help aid it

I'm so Petty, I don't want to use that term anymore. I'm that Trivial.

I don't know how to "feel some kind of way" about anything. I'm sure about my feelings even if it's weird.

I'm an Open Book, but Not an Easy Read & the Cliff Notes to My Story Weren't Created. Either others should raise their comprehensive skills or they won't know my story.

I Truly Believe everyone should have their own happy dance. We should also find any reason to do it as much as possible.

Steps to Mine

2 Steps to the Left

2 Steps to the Right

Hip Roll, Hip Roll

Snap

Hip Roll, Hip Roll

After all of that & more in this decade, I Still Have Joy. If the Lord says the same, I'll see you next decade, 2020. And I will learn more to add to these things. I Promise!!!

Oh, one more thing...I'm Not 4 anymore, I have to stop sitting in the "Criss Cross Applesauce" position.

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I Don't Give a Share! (Oh Watchmen!)

Who is watching the show, The Watchmen? It is a good show. I never read the graphic material and only saw the movie is spurts. The live tweets about the Tulsa & Black Wall Street Bombing are what made me check it out. (I learned about it in college.) And of course, in my true fashion, my mind watches TV also and that is how this post hatched. 

Now, you don't need to watch the show, The Watchmen to read this post. 

Oh, wait!

I Need the Following people to leave this post:

• People don't want to read any spoilers from the show, The Watchmen Watch the show and come back.
• People who are offended by sexual talk
• People who are here just to gossip

Thank you for the clicks but I don't need you negative yap.

Let's say this is for open-minded, non-problematic adults.

On the show(who's background material is a 1980s comic) Watchmen, there is a character named Agent Laurie Blake.  Laurie is an FBI agent who was a Watchmen vigilante in the 80s & 90s. We meet her with a large briefcase. In it is a space-aged sex toy called Excalibur that is fashioned after her ex-boyfriend, Dr. Manhattan/Jon. It was an "eff you" gift from another ex because she was still pining for him. Dr. Manhattan/Jon, because of a lab accident is a post-human god.

He is thought to be on the moon, but he is on Earth in human form living by the name Cal Abar(Yes, the name Excalibur was a hint). Cal/Jon/Dr. Manhattan now has a wife named Angela, who is a current vigilante, Sister Night. When I found out Cal was Dr. Manhattan, I thought about Laurie's adult device. This was my tweet.

Now, here is my question for you guys. If your significant other's ex had a sex toy made in shape of your significant other's genitalia, would you be uncomfortable or upset?

I would be uncomfortable. Yet, my brain and bank account would have to overrule my emotions. I would buy all patents, patterns, and/or schematics of that particular adult device. Not to make money, but when the device(s) wear out or break, nothing can be replicated. I know I have the real thing. I just don't want anyone having my real thing while I currently have it. I Don't Share Like That!!!

Now, get in the comments on here or the social media site you see this on and let me know how you would feel. And if you watched the show, let me know that also. 

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