NO FAST FOOD APRIL CHALLENGE!

MFT2010
MFT2010 Posts: 122
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
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...
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  • LostTeen
    LostTeen Posts: 110
    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
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    Glad your in LostTeen! Nah I don't think I can cut out restaurants out too... maybe next month ;)
  • nehadi23
    nehadi23 Posts: 17 Member
    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
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    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
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    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
    greeneyedgirl829 Posts: 335
    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
    ChubbieTubbie Posts: 481 Member
    I'm in!! I've never gone longer than a week without fast food, so this should be interesting!
  • MFT2010
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    me neither!
  • MFT2010
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    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
    lisameehan Posts: 2
    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 :wink: Good luck to everyone

    Lisa
  • ChubbieTubbie
    ChubbieTubbie Posts: 481 Member
    7 hours--OUCH!!
  • Megooo19
    Megooo19 Posts: 199
    Can I join too? I need to not eat fast food, I tend to eat it like 4-5 times a week. Ewwww.
  • GingerSnark
    GingerSnark Posts: 153
    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
    bkegurl36 Posts: 61 Member
    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
    NATALIE13 Posts: 2
    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
    gennyvieve Posts: 83
    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
    Steph_135 Posts: 3,280 Member
    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
    shanna618 Posts: 21
    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 :wink: Good Luck to all! I'll need the support!!!
  • LostTeen
    LostTeen Posts: 110
    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
    casshole Posts: 68 Member
    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
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    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
    MFT2010 Posts: 122
    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
    Steph_135 Posts: 3,280 Member
    [...] 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
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    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 :cry:

    good for us!!! a month from today we are gonna feel awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
  • princessfiona
    princessfiona Posts: 23 Member
    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
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    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
    hbuffing Posts: 23
    I am in... so far it is the second day and I have not eaten any fast food !!!!!! WHO HOO!!!!
  • that1girlsierra
    that1girlsierra Posts: 3
    Hey guys!

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

    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
    KarenECunningham Posts: 419 Member
    I'm in.
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
    Hey guys!

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

    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. :D)
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