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My achilles heel is a double bacon deluxe from Culver's.0
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lol.... This entire thread is so silly... But gave me a good read
before my Ambien kicks in. Thanks!0 -
To borrow a line out of an 1980's era movie: "Fast food, it speeds your way to the grave!!!" On July 1, 2011, my eating fast food almost killed me.
That is why I have stayed away from that junk ever since.
unfortunately for many people it takes such a wake up call. it's a shame. glad you made it though!
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lol.
don't eat at chain restaurants. the tgi thing was my son went to the store picked it out and cooked it for me when I was sick and no pizza hut. makes me sick. went to a mom and pops pizza place where they make everything and just tracked a high calorie slice of pizza. yea.. i'll never go to arbies again first and last time. ate about half a sandwich.. french dip i think and I was sick from it. Chinese food. I order a pint of something and it lasts me 3 meals. that's my boyfriends vice.. not mine, but i eat it with him.
I'm looking at the *health* of it.. not the calories. The 500 calorie salad isn't 500 calories because it's loaded with healthy stuff. It's loaded with garbage and chemicals and that's the reason you can't lose weight. not because of it's calorie content. I'm usually looking for higher calorie stuff, because I don't eat enough, that's why i track everything. I find it funny that people say oh i can't lose weight and i feel so crappy, then they go hit a drive though. Everyone knows how bad it is for you.. then why do it and if you do it why complain ?
Just because you have enough calories saved up to eat something so bad for you doesn't make it right or good. Food, especially fast food, is so chock full of crap. It does make me mad, and I can't understand why people defend it.
Subway makes me sick too.
Yea, I eat way too much fast food...I have gone from eating it, to eating REALLY clean, then back to it...and I KNOW the way eating at fast food places makes me feel (gross, run down, lethargic, bloated). I still end up eating it...some weeks way more often than not, unfortunately. BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN I EAT IT, HOW IT IS GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL. Although, I will eat McD's fruit and maple oatmeal, as well as their apple slices, on a regular basis. It is pretty tasty and they don't make me feel crappy after I eat it.
I think you are right, there are a lot of people that will say "i don't know why i am feeling so crappy, or not losing weight...I eat salads, even though they're at fast food places, they are salads!!"
If you go to the fast food websites and restaurants to look up the calories and ingredients in the salads, they ARE NOT the same healthy salads that can equal 500 or so calories we may make for ourselves. BUT, that does not mean that some people aren't educated and know how to "healthify" their fast food salads...so for those who do it, and are successful- GREAT!!!
But, what I was noticing before, when I first started weight stuff years ago (and successfully lost weight, then gained during pregnancy) was that I would go somewhere fast food or at a restaurant and order a salad instead of a burger, or something....then I said the same thing-Why am I not losing any weight? Well, come to find out, the salads I was ordering were loaded with fats, sodium, sugars, etc...and most of the time were very close in the macros of a freaking big mac or something...it was depressing. lol A lot of people think just because the word "salad" is in it, it is automatically "healthy." There is a huge difference between the health factors in a taco salad versus a full on vegetable salad. 0 -
Because I'm not orthorexic (Google orthorexia) and once in a while there's nothing like a Double Whopper with cheese, or a chili cheese dog from Der Weinerschnitzel, or a big, fat carne asada burrito from the local *to's (Roberto's, Humberto's, Alberto's, etc.) taco shop. Note the usage of the phrase "once in a while" in the above sentence - as SideSteel is fond of saying, "it depends upon dosage and context".I don't understand how people can eat fast food!...
Also, for anybody who is of the mind that a fast food meal throws your body into a flaming death spiral of fat gain, heart disease and all kinds of maladies from which you'll never recover, here's an interesting study which may put your mind at ease a bit:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/hormonal-responses-to-a-fast-food-meal-compared-with-nutritionally-comparable-meals-of-different-composition-research-review.html0 -
thank you..
That was what I meant by the salad comment. usually salads at those places are just full of crap, they are not healthy.
I don't really agree that you can healhitfy fast food anything.. i guess if you can i'll just have to take your word for it.
I have a lot of like-minded friends, so it boggles my mind when they go to those places and then complain about it, i mean come on.. this isn't rocket science. It's no secret what crappy food like this does to you. It's a shame that people need a wake up call to change their habits. lol my doctor would probably be happy if I went and got a whopper every so often, I'd certainly reach the caloric intake goals they want me at. .. but i just can't do it. doesn't even taste good.0 -
Yummy McD's fries! Just stole some of my kid's tonight while eating my Holiday Pie from them. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!0
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Weird, you had Pizza Hut Sausage and Pepperoni a few days ago. They have a drive through - so isn't that fast food? Get over yourself.
This is funny! Actually at least two days of Pizza Hut!0 -
But that wasn't my contention - hence the reference to orthorexia. I'm not claiming that a fast food diet is "healthy". What I'm saying is that I'm not obsessed with everything I put in my mouth being organic, additive-free, no-added-anything with unicorns circling it and rainbows pouring out of it. I'm perfectly okay with enjoying some less-than-perfect stuff in moderation without worrying about whether it's "healthy". It's kinda the same way I can go out and enjoy a round of golf without feeling like I should be doing cardio or lifting weights instead because they'd be "healthier" for me....I don't really agree that you can healhitfy fast food anything.. i guess if you can i'll just have to take your word for it...0 -
Well that was to the poster before you. but it's ok. I'm not obsessed over it either. Just getting tired of hearing .. oh i feel like crap and i can't lose weight.. lets go to Mickey Ds for dinner again. Ick.
I don't eat completley clean. which has been raked all over this post, obviously. But it's really not hard to make better choices and it can be just as quick. or make the bad choice, but don't whine about it?
If I eat fried chicken. I get sick, but I knew that going in, so your not going to hear me complain about it. Usually when i eat fried anything I've fried it without oil in an oil-less fryer because it's the oil that does it to me.
I guess I really have a hard time grasping it because I grew up eating fresh whole organic foods.. so it's just part of who I am. Even my son doesn't really like fast foods and doesn't ask to go.
I just don't get it.0 -
Well that was to the poster before you. but it's ok. I'm not obsessed over it either. Just getting tired of hearing .. oh i feel like crap and i can't lose weight.. lets go to Mickey Ds for dinner again. Ick.
I don't eat completley clean. which has been raked all over this post, obviously. But it's really not hard to make better choices and it can be just as quick. or make the bad choice, but don't whine about it?
If I eat fried chicken. I get sick, but I knew that going in, so your not going to hear me complain about it. Usually when i eat fried anything I've fried it without oil in an oil-less fryer because it's the oil that does it to me.
I guess I really have a hard time grasping it because I grew up eating fresh whole organic foods.. so it's just part of who I am. Even my son doesn't really like fast foods and doesn't ask to go.
I just don't get it.
You know what I just don't get? Why you would put up a topic like this and fail to keep your food diary private. It would make you look a lot less like a hypocrite. Nothing about your food diary screams "super healthy" to me.0 -
orly? This post is making me irrationally upset.
Are you saying fast food makes people fat? Calories In = Calories Out. Any rookie knows that.
Maybe what OP is saying is fresh organic food is much better than fast food. Must be nice to be able to afford such food. Let me go drop $10 on this healthy lettuce. I'll make sure not to add anything to it lest I add any extra calories and suddenly make it unhealthy according to OP.
Please go back to the high horse you came from.0 -
Everything and anything in moderation. I'm not too good for fast food on the rare occasion.0
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orly? This post is making me irrationally upset.
Are you saying fast food makes people fat? Calories In = Calories Out. Any rookie knows that.
Maybe what OP is saying is fresh organic food is much better than fast food. Must be nice to be able to afford such food. Let me go drop $10 on this healthy lettuce. I'll make sure not to add anything to it lest I add any extra calories and suddenly make it unhealthy according to OP.
Please go back to the high horse you came from.
and you go crawl back under that rock you've been living under. you don't need to eat organic to do better than fast food. lol0 -
orly? This post is making me irrationally upset.
Are you saying fast food makes people fat? Calories In = Calories Out. Any rookie knows that.
Maybe what OP is saying is fresh organic food is much better than fast food. Must be nice to be able to afford such food. Let me go drop $10 on this healthy lettuce. I'll make sure not to add anything to it lest I add any extra calories and suddenly make it unhealthy according to OP.
Please go back to the high horse you came from.
and you go crawl back under that rock you've been living under. you don't need to eat organic to do better than fast food. lol
Huh? But, OP says I gotta eat organic foods? Don't I have to do what she says because she's ranting about other people on a public forum, shaming them into feeling bad for eating McDonald's? I just want to be as great and healthy as OP and throw up every time I eat something unhealthy. That way I will never eat at Arby's again!0 -
I don't usually eat it but.. Arby's beef n cheddar/curly fries or Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich/chocolate frosty
This. No apologies either. I used to eat out 4 or 5 times a week, now once or less. But dammint if an occasional big mac ain't tasty. Don't care if it is kangaroo meat.0 -
I don't usually eat it but.. Arby's beef n cheddar/curly fries or Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich/chocolate frosty
This. No apologies either. I used to eat out 4 or 5 times a week, now once or less. But dammint if an occasional big mac ain't tasty. Don't care if it is kangaroo meat.
Kangaroo meat is actually pretty healthy for you...0 -
I don't usually eat it but.. Arby's beef n cheddar/curly fries or Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich/chocolate frosty
This. No apologies either. I used to eat out 4 or 5 times a week, now once or less. But dammint if an occasional big mac ain't tasty. Don't care if it is kangaroo meat.
Kangaroo meat is actually pretty healthy for you...
haha truth! if only it were kangaroo meat and not cow entrails... 0 -
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However, come on guys, give her a break. She's a pro.....she has lost 20 lbs here.
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You're kidding right? I've lost a lot more than that. but hey.. I'll give you a break you couldn't have known. I've also done a ton of research on foods for issues unrelated to myself. Not a pro, or anything like it. Just informed. and a bit frustrated with people who do eat like that and then complain about the consequences.
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You know what I just don't get? Why you would put up a topic like this and fail to keep your food diary private. It would make you look a lot less like a hypocrite. Nothing about your food diary screams "super healthy" to me.
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Thanks.. i didn't know I could change it. I didn't set this account up initially. It's private now. :~)
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Are you saying fast food makes people fat? Calories In = Calories Out. Any rookie knows that.
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I said it's very unhealthy. And it is. and if you want to lose weight or be healthy, it's the reason you are not able to.
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I just want to be as great and healthy as OP and throw up every time I eat something unhealthy.
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It does suck. But it's good because it means I've trained my body to expect good healthy foods. So i'm ok with it. I did it to myself no matter how you slice it. No complaints. I either pass on dinner or deal with the consequences.
I have strong opinions on food. If that means I'm on a high horse then whatever. Eating organic isn't the only way to eat healthy. I get that your comment is mostly said in jest, but you really should think about what in the food you eat. I read labels. it's scary what in some of this stuff. I bought cliff bars because they are natural, I don't really like them but i'm trying to follow doctors orders and have it be something i can stomach. Its amazing how many people took offense to me stating the obvious about fast food. It's less about calories and more about the crap and junk it's made out of or prepared with. I guess that's why so many of them stay in business. It's like sugar.. if you eat sugar you crave sugar. If you eat fast food you crave it?0 -
I don't usually eat it but.. Arby's beef n cheddar/curly fries or Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich/chocolate frosty
This. No apologies either. I used to eat out 4 or 5 times a week, now once or less. But dammint if an occasional big mac ain't tasty. Don't care if it is kangaroo meat.
Kangaroo meat is actually pretty healthy for you...
haha truth! if only it were kangaroo meat and not cow entrails...
Well this cattle farmer ain't scared. :laugh:
Btw cow tongue is good, too.0 -
What makes a 500 calorie salad unhealthy? That's the point right? you just don't know
I am not a fast food eater myself, but I feel compelled to point out it's not the calorie count that makes fast food unhealthy. 500 calories of salad isn't bad for you, just like 500 calories' worth of broccoli is not bad for you. In almost any circumstance, when you make your own, you can make it lighter, but that doesn't necessarily mean that their salads are unhealthy.
And as others have said, to each their own.0 -
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However, come on guys, give her a break. She's a pro.....she has lost 20 lbs here.
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You're kidding right? I've lost a lot more than that. but hey.. I'll give you a break you couldn't have known. I've also done a ton of research on foods for issues unrelated to myself. Not a pro, or anything like it. Just informed. and a bit frustrated with people who do eat like that and then complain about the consequences.
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You know what I just don't get? Why you would put up a topic like this and fail to keep your food diary private. It would make you look a lot less like a hypocrite. Nothing about your food diary screams "super healthy" to me.
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Thanks.. i didn't know I could change it. I didn't set this account up initially. It's private now. :~)
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Are you saying fast food makes people fat? Calories In = Calories Out. Any rookie knows that.
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I said it's very unhealthy. And it is. and if you want to lose weight or be healthy, it's the reason you are not able to.
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I just want to be as great and healthy as OP and throw up every time I eat something unhealthy.
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It does suck. But it's good because it means I've trained my body to expect good healthy foods. So i'm ok with it. I did it to myself no matter how you slice it. No complaints. I either pass on dinner or deal with the consequences.
I have strong opinions on food. If that means I'm on a high horse then whatever. Eating organic isn't the only way to eat healthy. I get that your comment is mostly said in jest, but you really should think about what in the food you eat. I read labels. it's scary what in some of this stuff. I bought cliff bars because they are natural, I don't really like them but i'm trying to follow doctors orders and have it be something i can stomach. Its amazing how many people took offense to me stating the obvious about fast food. It's less about calories and more about the crap and junk it's made out of or prepared with. I guess that's why so many of them stay in business. It's like sugar.. if you eat sugar you crave sugar. If you eat fast food you crave it?
Too bad your strong opinions don't apply themselves in your real life. Little too late to go private now. We all know you've eaten Pizza Hut, the fast food of Pizza, recently. You couldn't even splurge on gormet? You suck.0 -
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thank you..
That was what I meant by the salad comment. usually salads at those places are just full of crap, they are not healthy.
I don't really agree that you can healhitfy fast food anything.. i guess if you can i'll just have to take your word for it.
I have a lot of like-minded friends, so it boggles my mind when they go to those places and then complain about it, i mean come on.. this isn't rocket science. It's no secret what crappy food like this does to you. It's a shame that people need a wake up call to change their habits. lol my doctor would probably be happy if I went and got a whopper every so often, I'd certainly reach the caloric intake goals they want me at. .. but i just can't do it. doesn't even taste good.
Yea, I was more so saying the "healthify" part for the people who had commented that they make the best choices possible, or change the foods in certain way to make them not so bad calorie wise, or whatever. I tried a grilled chicken sandwhich at Wendy's not too long ago, instead of getting my love of Spicy Chicken sandwhich...and it was so slippery from grease from the grill that it didn't want to even stay in the bun, that grease is all i could taste...and there was a huge piece of gristle that i chomped into like 2 bites in...it took up a huge portion of the chicken sandwhich. I threw it out. I am weird about my chicken though...I have to trim it all down...textures like gristle totally makes me sick. IDK why it isn't that bad in the spicy chicken...
I think that there should be a mass produced/every corner of every street (like McD's) healthy fast food place. Somewhere where you can go through a drive through and get fresh steamed veggies, trimmed and baked, or grilled chicken that is not loaded with sodium/butter/oil, potatoes that are roasted, roasted veggies, etc...why aren't there any fast food places like that?
There are so many ways to make really healthy food taste really great...and it would be awesome to have as an alternative.
So....maybe I need to start up that type of fast food place! lol0 -
I like Taco Bell, and I LOVE me some Chick Fil-a0
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I have strong opinions on food. If that means I'm on a high horse then whatever. Eating organic isn't the only way to eat healthy. I get that your comment is mostly said in jest, but you really should think about what in the food you eat. I read labels. it's scary what in some of this stuff. I bought cliff bars because they are natural, I don't really like them but i'm trying to follow doctors orders and have it be something i can stomach. Its amazing how many people took offense to me stating the obvious about fast food. It's less about calories and more about the crap and junk it's made out of or prepared with. I guess that's why so many of them stay in business. It's like sugar.. if you eat sugar you crave sugar. If you eat fast food you crave it?
I know what's in my food. I was forced to eat dairy-free and gluten-free for 4 years of my life. Not only do I know how to read labels, but I know how to access sites that tell me the hidden ingredients as well.
I gained 20 lbs eating GF, DF and mostly organic. I wasted a lot of money eating organic. In the end it doesn't have any different nutritional value as non-organic foods.
I know other people IRL who also get sick eating fast food. But none of them tell me that it's because their diet is better than mine. In fact, most of them feel terrible that they can't enjoy the occasional fast food meal along with everyone else they know.
BTW, I know fast food isn't quality food. But for some people it's all they can afford. It's the best they can do in life. They have genuine addictions. If someone who used to eat fast food 7 days a week is now eating it once a week and it's making them feel bad, who are you to judge? Even if you are a "like-minded person".
Cliff bars are not the most healthy food on the planet either. I used to eat Lara bars. Sugar-packed little things. Your argument is invalid.
I think the reason I reacted so strongly to your rant and subsequent half-assed attempts to back track and apologize and change what you "really meant" is because in the end.... ahem...
It's none of your business what other people eat.
Oh, and your hypocrisy. That was pretty funny too.0 -
So, what about the Arbys (and the Papa Johns) you munched on last month? That wasn't fast food?0
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Because I used to eat triple or more the amount I eat now. No matter what you are eating, that quantity is not healthy. I had no self control and then stuff happened and I got very ill and i have the opposite problem now. I work out to create hunger and it doesn't really work for me, but I make myself eat. I barely hit 1000 today and I roller skated for an hour. I've never been a fast food eater. I couldn't even eat chocolate as a teen, but have grown out of that. Growing up most of my food was raised, caught or picked by my family. Even with that.. eating triple servings or more of everything will make you heavy and once it's there it's hard to get off. My weight has little to do with the medical thing. I'm not here to lose weight, it's just a bonus.0
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I blame this dame ^^
and these girls. also not beef, I'm guessing silicon
then usually I just loose all those calories
DEAR OP: I mean this is all sincerity, Have you thought about a career as a forum troll? I see great potential.0 -
Of course I have something. i drink too much and I don't track it.. lol. I'm far from perfect. But I don't drink and then go complain that I had too many carbs and too much sugar or that i can't lose weight or whatever.
lol.. I didn't have pizza hut. I did have pizza. Pizza hut is gross. i used it because it has a high calories and i wanted to make sure it got counted right. and it was covered in veggies. lol. I also had qudoba a few weeks ago.. for the first and most likely last time. Pretty yucky and tasteless.
There is healthy fast food out there. I like noodles and co. it's healthy and you can see what's in the food you're eating it's all on their website.
No msg in the Chinese food. I can't eat it if it did.
so why are you complaining about people who complain? some people eat fast food. some don't. life goes on. i don't see how what others eats affects you. and if you talk to people who complain about weight but eat ****ty, well that's their problem not yours. i don't eat too much fast food because i get paranoid about who is touching my food or what's in it, but having something take away every now and then isn't too big a deal. and for people with busy lives, young children, working several job, it is an easy alternative0
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