I Eat Fast Food and It's Ok

I'm so glad to hear reasonable people on here! I eat fast food, but I try to make sure it has some redeeming nutritional value. For example, I often get a grilled chicken sandwich without mayo... around 300 calories and plenty of protein. Yet when I talk about food like that, people still respond with, "You need to change your diet to eat homemade and non-processed foods if you're going to lose weight." No matter what you eat, even if you make healthy choices, so many people jump down your throat if you say you eat fast or frozen food... they don't care what it is. I lost 50 pounds before still eating fast food fairly regularly. I may have lost more or lost it faster if I had eaten more home-cooked meals instead of the fast food, but it's just not realistic for me. What works for one person may not work for another. I think you should find what works for you and not be so judgmental of others' choices.

Fast food causes obesity just like drinking water causes an electrolyte imbalance.

For some reason I have yet to fathom, it is OK to tell someone to drink gallons (an unspecified multiple of 8 pints?) or tons (an unspecified multiple of 907 litres?) of water, but telling them to eat 100 burgers or steaks is really bad advice because "eating that much fast food will kill you".

I no longer have a large takeaway delivered 3-4 times a week as my only meal of the day. It's very rare I order takeaways now.

Fast food is worked in when I crave it, or need it.

"When I visit London I typically burn 4,500-5,500 calories in a day" - yesterday I burned approximately 4,502 calories. Had 4 slices of toast with butter and Marmite before I left, had "bad food" including a Magnum, Big Mac, and Footlong, got home, plugged my Ki Fit in, charged my phone as it died in the morning, slept for 3 hours, logged all my food for the day, and... it is now almost 5am and I still need to fit a ~600 kcal meal in.

I suppose I could finish off my Toblerone, but that chicken breast in tomato and basil sauce ready meal is what I want to eat instead.

What a nauseating photo

Absolutely, I couldn't eat that.



Without ketchup.

It's got ketchup on the layers. Just look a little closer

I eat fast food when I'm on the go! Its calories and macros, and if they are a little off, so be it.

What a nauseating photo

It is VERY nauseating!!! How *DARE* they ruin such a meal with than ONION in the middle???

It absolutely contributes to how long you will live. The number one thing kill American's today, Obesity.

Actually that would be heart disease and you DON'T have to be obese to have it.

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I eat fast food when I'm on the go! Its calories and macros, and if they are a little off, so be it.

What a nauseating photo

agreed. there is no bacon.

I get really sick if I eat at McDonalds or any similar place.
Smashburger on the other hand....or Red Robin....I could eat at those places daily (but I won't!)

Taso,

Look brother I respect you and you're in good shape and all, but to come in here and encourage people to kill themselves on toxic chemicals that virtually have ZERO nutrition is basically doing everyone a disservice. I mean, there is no nutrition in a burger and fries I hear from my cousin that they put moose hooves in the milkshake machine to kick-start it. Also, I read on this website from Dr. OzCola that they add aspartame to the bun and it will cause problems with your prostate, your liver, and then also you'll ferment from the inside out.

I've attached some research I found on pubmed that should adequately explain in a graph why you should really stop pressuring us into fast food. We are all different. What works for you may not work for me.

Also, I am a wizard. Please see below.

I know some people think you're doing a disservice to people trying to lose weight by telling them this, but in all seriousness it really makes me feel better and more optomistic about living a healthier lifestyle. When we label certain foods as "good' and "bad,' we imply that eating certain things make us "good" and other things make us "bad." Instead of talking about moderation, we use what we eat as a way to judge others (I can't IMAGINE how anyone could eat that...) It really contributes to cycles of binge eating that so many of us who still struggle with our weight fall into. Food is fuel for our bodies - as long as we're mostly getting the fuel that we need, eating a hamburger or a piece of cake will not kill us.

Not to get all serious.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

Also this.

I eat fast food when I'm on the go! Its calories and macros, and if they are a little off, so be it.

That is absolutely disgusting.

I have a few of these a month

Just throwing this out there: Skinny (slim, lean etc) does NOT mean healthy. A person slim could be skinny fat . If you live in the US (I do!) have you ever wondered why there are so many slim people with diabetes ? or just health problems in general? Oh also BTW low calorie does NOT mean healthy.

Little Caesar's last night. Fit just fine within my allowance.

Planning is everything.