Almost everyone seems to pick on fast food these days and I guess it’s with good reason because most of the choices on the menu are high in sodium and fat and usually pretty hefty in the calorie column as well.

But there are days in our lives where fast food is the only choice if we want to have anything to eat at all – especially this time of year with the extra work of Christmas shopping, wrapping presents, decorating, baking cookies, and parties whether they are ones we host or need to make time to attend (whew! – I got tired just from writing all that!)

What I like about an article I read this morning from Men’s Health about the burgers they consider the 6 worst among fast food choices is that they also offer healthy choices.

Instead of lecturing people to completely avoid fast food (admirable but not realistic for most of us), they offer better choices that aren’t the “side salad with fat free dressing” or “plain baked potato” that wouldn’t be enough food to satisfy a little bitty mouse.

The article does shed more light on the reason why so many of us Americans are fat. The Burger King Triple Whopper Sandwich with Cheese and Mayo that weighs in at 1,250 calories (more than some people eat in an entire day while dieting and who only eats a burger for the day and says the rest of the day – “gee I’m stuffed and can’t eat another thing”).

Truthfully this article won’t convice me to completely avoid my favorite burger every once in a while, but it will help me find the resolve to not eat it as often.