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    ITS ALWAYS BIGGER IN TEXAS. Anyone from Texas?

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    • Posts: 1,458 Member
      I'm in TX! If anyone would like to add me, feel free!! How many chains started in TX??

      TX roadhouse
      Dairy Queen
      Bush's chicken
      Dr. Pepper, not a chain, but anyway...
      Rudy's
      Sea Island Shrimp House
      7-11

      any others??
      HEB
      Shinner beer
      Taco cabana
      Churches chicken
      Jim's resturant
      Big red
    • Posts: 78 Member
      Dallas I can avoid almost everything but ice cream
    • Posts: 105 Member
      Houstonian here, anyone feel free to add me. I have too many temptations to add here, but Chips and Salsa are definetly hard to avoid in Texas. They are served at breakfast, lunch and dinner and I could eat them just as many times.
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      Haha nice!
    • Posts: 28
      South Texas here....I rarely fiend for junk food because I eat it ALL in moderation on my cheat days.....beer would at the top of my list.....followed by pizza, & chocolate! haha
    • Posts: 2,712 Member
      Y'all knock it off with the drug talk up in here!! People are trying to avoid their food triggers, mkay?! :tongue:

      Here in Austin, we take our fitness real serious, but we still have the portion problems of everywhere else.
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      Wait, Texas can claim credit for the Army since there are bases there? My cousin was in 1st Cav...he was born and raised in PA.

      Enough of our folks join the military to keep America settled twice over.
    • Posts: 1,643 Member
      I'm from Houston (well, I live in the suburb of Katy). I have learned to resist the temptations of unhealthy food during the week. I might binge on Saturday but only in small doses. Anyone here can add me. I'd love to have more local friends.
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      Howdy from Central Texas-Lake Belton!

      Texas does have some really good eats, but I like to think of all the things like:

      Poteet Strawberries,
      Fredricksburg Peaches and Wine,
      Luling Watermelon.

      You can eat all the RR donuts (yes they are wonderful) and other stuff that got us here but I like to think of Texas
      and all the wonderfully natural things we have!

      BTW I went to Schoep's BBQ last week and got their smoked Turkey and beans to take home and eat with healthier options.
      Not that they don't have great sides but that would defeat the purpose for being here. :)
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      Not from Texas, but the Army moved us here in 2001 and we stayed :) Corpus Christi.
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      Pffft. I'm in Texas and have been my whole life. I'm extremely active. I don't need to move to hippie-ville for that.

      :laugh: No need to get huffy. I was born and raised in Texas. I only speak from experience. The only place in Texas I've ever been to where there is an active community is in Austin and Austin just happens to be TX hippie-ville. Good for you for going against the majority.
    • Posts: 162 Member
      I'd probably weigh about 300lbs if I still lived in Texas. Whataburger, Chef Point Cafe, Babe's fried chicken, Angelo's bbq, Czech Stop, Amy's Ice Cream, Austin food trucks, Blue Sky burgers, etc. It's not the food that's really the problem. It's that no one does anything physical in TX. They all just sit inside with the air conditioning and drink coke.

      Move to Colorado. We're fitter here because we all love to get out and be active before we gorge on delicious food.

      http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow-fattest-and-fittest-states
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      born and raised near Amarillo. Currently live in arizona.

      And yes, the southern raising has definitely been negative to the nutrition aspect of this.. especially having discovered i am sensitive to a lot of those foods i was raised on...
    • Posts: 126 Member
      Hotter than Hell Houston!!

      Triggers are Doritos, or HEB version. And anything Tex-Mex.
    • Posts: 1,643 Member
      One of the funniest things I find about my home town of Houston Texas. You can go to a "Chinese" buffett and get served buffalo wings, fried catfish, pizza, fried okra, tacos and Texas Toast. lol
    • Posts: 127 Member
      Howdy from Central Texas-Lake Belton!

      Texas does have some really good eats, but I like to think of all the things like:

      Poteet Strawberries,
      Fredricksburg Peaches and Wine,
      Luling Watermelon.

      You can eat all the RR donuts (yes they are wonderful) and other stuff that got us here but I like to think of Texas
      and all the wonderfully natural things we have!

      BTW I went to Schoep's BBQ last week and got their smoked Turkey and beans to take home and eat with healthier options.
      Not that they don't have great sides but that would defeat the purpose for being here. :)

      You forgot Pecos Cantaloupes, some of the sweetest I've ever had the pleasure to eat.

      And there is a BBQ joint in Austin, Franklin BBQ, that is rumored to be the best. I know that people line up before they open and that they sell out pretty quickly. One day I'll get out to try it and see if it's as good as people rave about.
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      :laugh: No need to get huffy. I was born and raised in Texas. I only speak from experience. The only place in Texas I've ever been to where there is an active community is in Austin and Austin just happens to be TX hippie-ville. Good for you for going against the majority.

      Dallas has a pretty fit community. We have fatties, too, but who doesn't?
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      Dallas here. I love me some Whataburger!
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      Lived in Texas a few years back.....I totally miss a Whataburger every once in awhile.
    • Posts: 51 Member
      Houston... born and raised. I love Tex-Mex, BBQ beef baked potatoes, funnel cake, carnival/rodeo food!
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      BEAVER NUGGETS!
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      Is this thread only for Texans or can a lil ole paddy from Ireland join in lol?

      Rob from Dublin here and my weakness is everything in sight. Terrible at snacking. Managed to drag my weight down from 19st down to 14st 7lb (or 203lb in American) looking for MFP to help lose another 1.5/ 2st :)

      Work in an office but cycle to work and go for walks or runs on my lunch. Only started running 3wks ago but really getting into it now and want to do a 5k before the year is out.
    • Posts: 3,128 Member
      BEAVER NUGGETS!

      YES!
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      Grand Prairie, Tx. There's 10 fast-food places less than a mile away and I feel so proud drying pass it all.
      I'll send a request.
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      Richardson, TX here, good luck with the weight loss!
    • Posts: 1,643 Member
      Is this thread only for Texans or can a lil ole paddy from Ireland join in lol?

      Rob from Dublin here and my weakness is everything in sight. Terrible at snacking. Managed to drag my weight down from 19st down to 14st 7lb (or 203lb in American) looking for MFP to help lose another 1.5/ 2st :)

      Work in an office but cycle to work and go for walks or runs on my lunch. Only started running 3wks ago but really getting into it now and want to do a 5k before the year is out.

      Of course you can join in! Congrats on the weight loss. Keep up the hard work!
    • Posts: 127 Member
      Is this thread only for Texans or can a lil ole paddy from Ireland join in lol?

      Rob from Dublin here and my weakness is everything in sight. Terrible at snacking. Managed to drag my weight down from 19st down to 14st 7lb (or 203lb in American) looking for MFP to help lose another 1.5/ 2st :)

      Work in an office but cycle to work and go for walks or runs on my lunch. Only started running 3wks ago but really getting into it now and want to do a 5k before the year is out.

      Come on in, TX is big enough that we can make room for a 'lil ole paddy'!
    • Posts: 346 Member
      Decatur, Tx here.

      Lay's Classic Potato Chips are my crack.

      I'm not from TX but agreed about the Lay's Classic Potato Chips = crack.
    • Posts: 46 Member
      Round Rock checking in! Chips and Salsa, chips and queso, margs! Its the yummy mexican food that gets me every time!
    • Posts: 14 Member
      I'm in Weatherford, TX just west of Fort Worth. Doesn't seem like many on here are from my neck of the wood though.
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