“Would you like to super-size your order?” Have you ever been asked that question? It seems like a sweet deal. You get more food for just a little bit more money. It may not seem like a big deal at the time—what’s a few more fries—but if you super-size every single time you eat, you are adding on a tremendous amount of calories. When you add them up over the long haul you are packing on too much fat.
I think the super-size mentality has gone even beyond the fast food chains. Do you find yourself super-sizing at home? You dish your plate and then you think, “Well just a little bit more.” I have children who are notorious for taking heaping piles of food because they are so hungry at the moment but end up eating only half of it. I always tell them, “Just take a little and then you can go back for more.” I know I have done the same thing.
I recently read an article that made claims that super-sizing has even gone to biblical proportions. Researchers claim that over the last millennium the food painted in the “Last Supper” has grown. Apparently they used a computer to figure this all out. They compared the size of the food to the size of the heads in 52 paintings of the “Last Supper.” Which by the way, the “Last Supper” is a famous painting of Jesus and his disciples eating a final meal before his death. Statistics showed that between the years 1,000 and 2,000 the main dish grew by 69%, the size of the plate by 66% and the bread by 23%.
I think this is very indicative of our society. We want more of everything which goes beyond even food. But it becomes especially dangerous when we adopt this mentality with food. If we keep super-sizing our food, we are going to be very super-sized people. It’s time to put down the fork, cut the portions, eat until we are satisfied and just say no the next time you are asked, “Would you like to super-size that?”
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