What do you do when you want fast food?

wonnder1

You're going to get two kinds of answers on this site.

The Live and Let Eat people, who will say, "go for it, try to stay away from anything that advertises it's size...BACONATOR!! WHOPPER!!"

The Eat Clean or DIE people, who will say, "if it didn't grow on a tree somewhere, then the government should hunt you down and kill you."

Okay, I've exaggerated both of those.

I say, just try this...
NO FAST FOOD FOR A MONTH. 30 days, of cooking only at home. On day 31 go to your favorite place and order whatever it is you usually would get. Did I mention, make sure you have a couple days off work? You'll need them. Also, make sure your bathroom is stocked. Reading, knitting, your taxes...

I'm not a purist, I eat food out of packages, sometimes even out of a...ACK!...deep fryer. But I make my choices in life, and I live with the consequences. So, if you want it, get a kids meal.

I would recommend Wendy's over Burger King, from what I've seen, that's the worst fast food joint out there.

tameko2

I just can't work french fries into my calories usually but if I was really craving them, I'd do a really healthy day and then have the fries with something low cal. DItto for most fast food although most places have options that are not so bad (usually as long as you ask for no mayo or cheese)

vatruitt

When I have a fast food craving (not very often but it happens) I'll usually just go get a small portion of whatever I want. My general approach is that if I eat a balanced diet most of the time and exercise portion and calorie control I can eat whatever I want. I just treat it as a dessert because I hate sweets.
If I'm craving burgers I'll just get one small-ish one, if I want KFC I'll just get 1 or 2 small pieces of chicken with no nasty sides, taco bell I just get a taco or 2.

ivyjbres

I work at Carl's Jr., so I eat there at least 5 days a week, some of those are 2 meals a day (sometimes all 3 or 4 meals). I have my calories set to maintenance at my goal weight, so my calories aren't extremely restricted. I loose about a pound a week with exercise. I eat kid burgers a lot of the time, also salads when I have time (which is not often). I try not to eat fries to often, maybe once a week, and then I'll have a kid fry instead of an adult portion. Onion rings are my weakness, especially the ones that look perfect, but I use that to my advantage, and I only eat the perfect onion rings (so if you ever wonder why you've never seen a perfect onion ring, its cause I ate the one perfect onion ring that comes in each batch).

Avoid the shakes unless you haven't eaten anything that day and won't get to eat real food for another few hours, cause they are ridiculously high in calories! But yeah, if you pay attention to what you order and what you eat, you can lose weight eating fast food almost constantly, so you should be able to lose the same weight eating fast food only occasionally as well.

Jennfur2610

I try to remind myself of the documentary Super Size me. I just watched it a few weekends ago and it's really stuck in my mind. I haven't gone back to a McDonalds since. I find once I start on fast food like McDonalds I crave it more often.

putnam80

oh and one other thing on this. Maybe someone posted it. cutting out things you have eaten your entire life usually will lead to failure in your plan. You need to just find out what works best for you. If you can cut weight and get your body in better shape and occasionally eat the "bad stuff" by all means do it. I have been doing this only for a few months, but I have not cut out anything that I had before. I just eat smaller amounts or eat it less often. Working my *kitten* off doesn't hurt either

rileysowner

You're going to get two kinds of answers on this site.

The Live and Let Eat people, who will say, "go for it, try to stay away from anything that advertises it's size...BACONATOR!! WHOPPER!!"

The Eat Clean or DIE people, who will say, "if it didn't grow on a tree somewhere, then the government should hunt you down and kill you."

Okay, I've exaggerated both of those.

I say, just try this...
NO FAST FOOD FOR A MONTH. 30 days, of cooking only at home. On day 31 go to your favorite place and order whatever it is you usually would get. Did I mention, make sure you have a couple days off work? You'll need them. Also, make sure your bathroom is stocked. Reading, knitting, your taxes...

I'm not a purist, I eat food out of packages, sometimes even out of a...ACK!...deep fryer. But I make my choices in life, and I live with the consequences. So, if you want it, get a kids meal.

I would recommend Wendy's over Burger King, from what I've seen, that's the worst fast food joint out there.

Even after months of not eating fast food, I have never ever had a problem following eating it. Either fast food in Canada is far superior to elsewhere, or we must have very good fast food restaurants.

wonnder1

Even after months of not eating fast food, I have never ever had a problem following eating it. Either fast food in Canada is far superior to elsewhere, or we must have very good fast food restaurants.

Can't be...I'm Canadian. Your stomach must be lined with iron.