While looking for news for my entry today, I kept coming across the same three stories.
1. The FDA is recommending that restaurants shrink portions
2. The long-term health costs of supersizing meals at fast-food joints can outweigh the "savings" of biggie sizing
3. Poverty throughout the world, for example Malawi means that there are millions who can't afford to feed themselves.
Add these stories to the old warhorse "Americans ever fatter, eating out more than ever, yadda yadda yadda" and I think you see where I might be going with this.
Call it philanthropic food, donation dinner, beneficient brunch....Why not try something for the next month, and I'll do it too. Instead of one meal out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or even a snack or coffee each week--brown bag it, bring it to work, cook a bigger meal and eat leftovers, or even just get something smaller when you go out.
Take the cost of the meal that you didn't go out and eat, and send it off to your food charity of choice.
What's in it for you
You'll get a happy feeling from giving someone else a happy meal, and you'll eat healthier to boot. I can't say that you'll lose 20 lbs or get nominated for sainthood, but a little effort can produce big results.