NO FAST FOOD APRIL CHALLENGE!

MFT2010

Ok folks... this is gonna be a tuff-ie! however, I just challenged myself not to eat ANY fast food for a month... YIKES! I know I can do it... so here are my rules and feel free to join in on the challenge:

No
Wendy's
Chick-fila
McDonalds


if it takes longer than 10-15 minutes at the restaurant to prepare the food that doesn't count...

That's it.. not even salads from the fast food joints!!

GOOD LUCK and lets check in as needed Let me know what your goal is...

LostTeen

I'll help you with your challenge and I so totally need to join.

I need to stop eating junk.. is eating out at a restaurent counted?

MFT2010

Glad your in LostTeen! Nah I don't think I can cut out restaurants out too... maybe next month

nehadi23

Is it to late to join? I really need to cut out fast food. I keep telling myself that subway is not fast food but once you add everything up the calories and sodium in some of the sandwichs are not worth it.

MFT2010

no too late at all Nehadi23... I do the same thing! or I get a salad but it's still not good.. I can do better

MFT2010

no too late at all Nehadi23... I do the same thing! or I get a salad but it's still not good.. I can do better

greeneyedgirl829

I was just thinking about this the other day...I'm so in! However, I'm going to make an exception for my healthy subway choice if it is REALLY REALLY necessary (IE no other current source for food haha). I'm excited about this!

ChubbieTubbie

I'm in!! I've never gone longer than a week without fast food, so this should be interesting!

MFT2010

me neither!

MFT2010

fact of the day:

You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac


YIKES!

lisameehan

I hope its not too late to join. I am new to this and I need to challenge myself to do this for not only my waistline but by wallet Good luck to everyone

Lisa

ChubbieTubbie

7 hours--OUCH!!

Megooo19

Can I join too? I need to not eat fast food, I tend to eat it like 4-5 times a week. Ewwww.

GingerSnark

Perhaps this will help. I wont go near fast food after seeing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI

It wont grow mold. No roting. No break down. And we put this poison in our bodies...
Imagine what is really in this junk tp preserve it. Yep & now those "preservatives" (aka chemicals) are in our bodies, not going anywhere b/c it doesnt breakdown & flush out.

SOmething we should all watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

bkegurl36

I am totally in!! I was just looking at my online banking and realized how much money the fast food I eat adds up to!!

NATALIE13

Hi,

First i was like No, forget it, i cant do it for i whole month, even though i dont eat that much, but even 3 or 4 times a month is money and alot of fat wasted so yes can i join.

gennyvieve

i used to eat chik fil a 2-3 times a week for lunch, it was an easy 400cal meal that i didn't have to think about....but then i started this competition at the gym in february and have been on an anti-eating out kick since then and i really think it makes a HUGE difference---i lost 5lbs the first week! we still go out to nicer restaurants occasionally, but for the most part i am only eating stuff i make.....
good luck! you'll do awesome---and you'll be amazed how less "puffy" you'll be after the first week....all that fast food sodium=a whole lotta water retention!
can't wait to hear all about it!

Steph_135

What a great goal! I want to be in too! I'm going to start right after this weekend (I'm going to a restaurant with family for Easter dinner). Then it is my goal to avoid all restaurants during April. I live near a Burger King, and every time I pass it, I'm really tempted to go in. I'm going to add to this goal, "no french fries". I can't eat wheat, so burgers aren't the issue, it's FRIES! :mad: :laugh:

shanna618

Allllllright I'm in! Not gonna lie it's gonna be a tough challenge because fast food is SO convenient. Plus my boyfriend manages a Burger King 2 nights a week on top of his day job which means i can get free food...... But i'm willing to try it!....The B.K. doesn't fit into my new healthy way of eating anyway Good Luck to all! I'll need the support!!!

LostTeen

I tend to go out on weekends but I guess if I watch what I eat then there is no harm

The first day of the challenge and its April fools day =D

casshole

This is a great idea! Can I join too? Ive always told myself that I hate fast food and that im not the type to eat that garbage all of the time.....then I see all the fast food reciepts in my wallet. hah...I think I lie to myself...:ohwell:

OneMission

Thanks for the challenge!!!
I don't eat it very often, but this will give me the drive to NOT hit up McD's etc when I feel the need/don't feel like cooking.
No April Fool's Joke here, I'm going to do it :laugh:
:flowerforyou: T

MFT2010

Happy first day of the challenge! Whoa... this is gonna be great!

Fact of the day:

Surgeon General David Satcher: "Fast food is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic"

Steph_135

[...] Ive always told myself that I hate fast food and that im not the type to eat that garbage all of the time.....then I see all the fast food reciepts in my wallet. hah...I think I lie to myself...:ohwell:

I think we (people in general) contradict and deceive ourselves often. :laugh:

sixtyinchesoffury

ok i'm in! i have already decided i need to take April to "spring clean" my body anyway. i had been having a lot of success earlier this year but slowly see myself slipping back into some bad habits and it shows on the scale!!!

i need you guys to hold me accountable and occasionally listen to me whine

good for us!!! a month from today we are gonna feel awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

princessfiona

I'm in too! I find I don't really crave or like fast food anymore, but sometimes it's too easy to be lazy...

sixtyinchesoffury

so i was all geared up for this challenge when my Mom decided to go to Qdoba on our lunch date and my aunt was already there waiting for us!!!! booooo!!!!!!!!!! but i did try to make healthy choices and ended up keeping my calories to around 500.

seriously what are the odds??? i don't think i've ever been there with my Mom!!

better today, i packed my lunch for work when normally i'd just run out and grab something so.......Yay Me!!:drinker:

how's everyone else doing?

hbuffing

I am in... so far it is the second day and I have not eaten any fast food !!!!!! WHO HOO!!!!

that1girlsierra

Hey guys!

I want to share some positive encouragement and motivation!!!

I gave up fast food for Lent, and did not allow myself to cheat, even on Sundays. I had this goal for a few reasons. I need to stop being *mindless* about what I eat. I would be sitting at home at 9pm, get a little hungry, and have a fast food run with my boyfriend and end up eating a whole separate meal after eating dinner, and I decided I wasn't okay with that. Two, I wanted to be more aware of what I was eating, like you never know exactly what's in fast food. Three, I wanted to save money, and four, obviously, just to be more healthy.

Let me tell you, it was hard at first, not gonna lie. I used to eat fast food at least 4 times a week.

But it got easier! After the first week, it was easier. By the fourth week, I could sit next to my boyfriend eating fast food and not even want it. It will get easier, and you will feel AMAZING and POWERFUL when it's over, I swear!!

Details:
Including not cheating on Sundays, I gave up fast food for 46 days (Lent ends this Sunday!).
I gave up McDonald's, Taco Bell (ouch...), Burger King, Arby's, Sonic, KFC, Panda Express, and Wendy's.
I left Subway and Quizno's on the list, because when I think of my four reasons, those places do not come to mind. My choices of sandwiches from those places are actually pretty healthy, not too pricey, and those places use generally healthier than ingredients than the others.

Good luck everyone you can do it and take it from me, it's sooooo worth it!

KarenECunningham

I'm in.

godblessourhome

Hey guys!

I want to share some positive encouragement and motivation!!!

I gave up fast food for Lent, and did not allow myself to cheat, even on Sundays. I had this goal for a few reasons. I need to stop being *mindless* about what I eat. I would be sitting at home at 9pm, get a little hungry, and have a fast food run with my boyfriend and end up eating a whole separate meal after eating dinner, and I decided I wasn't okay with that. Two, I wanted to be more aware of what I was eating, like you never know exactly what's in fast food. Three, I wanted to save money, and four, obviously, just to be more healthy.

Let me tell you, it was hard at first, not gonna lie. I used to eat fast food at least 4 times a week.

But it got easier! After the first week, it was easier. By the fourth week, I could sit next to my boyfriend eating fast food and not even want it. It will get easier, and you will feel AMAZING and POWERFUL when it's over, I swear!!

Details:
Including not cheating on Sundays, I gave up fast food for 46 days (Lent ends this Sunday!).
I gave up McDonald's, Taco Bell (ouch...), Burger King, Arby's, Sonic, KFC, Panda Express, and Wendy's.
I left Subway and Quizno's on the list, because when I think of my four reasons, those places do not come to mind. My choices of sandwiches from those places are actually pretty healthy, not too pricey, and those places use generally healthier than ingredients than the others.

Good luck everyone you can do it and take it from me, it's sooooo worth it!

good job girl! that's awesome! (i gave up facebook. i thought i was going to die. )