Does trying count?

Like most people, we try to make healthy choices on a daily basis.  Many days, we are fairly successful in selecting meal items and portion sizes that support a healthy lifestyle and help us maintain a decent calorie balance.  Lately we've even started a new circuit training routine in addition to the running or walking we already try to squeeze in as often as possible.  Still, we do enjoy many items that are not low-cal, heart healthy, or cholesterol-lowering.  Because of this, we're fans of the everything-in-moderation approach rather than the quit-eating-or-drinking-this-or-that approach.

(Obvious) confession: some days we just downright lose the health battle, almost always to that nag in our heads (and/or bellies) known as temptation.  It's to be expected, and often is the result of a kitchen in need of a grocery re-stock, working late, being out and about and hungry all at the same time ... the list could go on.  However, all-in-all, we generally do pretty well.  And just when I start to think we have a manageable handle on our eating habits, Sonic has to go and do something like this:

 

 

New hot dog varieties!  Say what you will about hot dogs (I'm not listening, by the way), but we are not ashamed to be fans of these All-American treats.  When one is available, we rarely pass up the opportunity to indulge (ball games, travel to hot dog hot spots, summer cook-outs ... really, who needs a reason?  Not us).  Chicago style, NY style, with relish, pickles, mustard, onions, kraut.  You name it, we love it.  So when we discovered Sonic's new genius ploy to get us to drive on in, it really was more a matter of when than of if.

Try as we might, there are just certain food and drink items (ones that don't hover anywhere near healthy) that we can't won't pass up when given the chance.  We are human, after all, and we find value in enjoyment.  Plus, like I said, we try most days to be good.  And trying counts, right?