What has giving up fast food done for you?

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  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Being vegan and living in the mountains 30 min from the closest fast food place has basically made it so that I never eat it. I believe I have had it twice in the last 8 months. A small fry once, and a bean burrito from taco bell. I so seldom eat it that when I do I can taste how it isn't 100% real food.

    It isn't real food? *blink blink*


    How can a "food" that doesn't decay, mold, or fall apart after a long time be real food? A real burger and homemade fries would mold and get super nasty within a fairy short amount of time when left unrefrigerated. Not mcdonalds

    311490_115260098582058_100002942056928_100296_1895510441_n.jpg

    Win.

    actually, lose. or loss. loose seems to be popular here.

    because it's been shown that this is baloney. in short, the study found that it doesn't mold because it dehydrates too quickly.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Being vegan and living in the mountains 30 min from the closest fast food place has basically made it so that I never eat it. I believe I have had it twice in the last 8 months. A small fry once, and a bean burrito from taco bell. I so seldom eat it that when I do I can taste how it isn't 100% real food.

    It isn't real food? *blink blink*


    How can a "food" that doesn't decay, mold, or fall apart after a long time be real food? A real burger and homemade fries would mold and get super nasty within a fairy short amount of time when left unrefrigerated. Not mcdonalds

    311490_115260098582058_100002942056928_100296_1895510441_n.jpg

    Win.

    Ummm....okay. That still doesn't make it not real food. Obviously it is food. You can say it isn't as healthy as a other foods..but it is still food.

    Let's look as just the bun shall we?

    Look at the ingredient list, actually read it. See how many words you can actually pronounce, then tell me it's real food.

    Ingredients: Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or canola oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (may contain one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide), sorbic acid, calcium propionate and/or sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin.

    Or how about some other ingredients that are in a large amount of fast food.
    1. Duck feathers and human hair (L-cysteine)
    2. Sand (silicon dioxide)
    3. Wood (cellulose)
    4. Silly Putty plastic (dimethylpolysiloxane)
    5. Petroleum-derived preservatives (TBHQ)
    6. Soil fertilizer (ammonium sulfate)
    7. Beetle juices (carminic acid, confectioner's glaze)
    8. Meat paste-goop (mechanically separated meat)


    Yum.

    How dare you use facts!

    Okay...but...still doesn't make it not real food. And what's wrong with beetles? they are a delicacy in some countries :)

    And the beetle juices are used in a lot of foods...you better go tell all the Shakeology users they aren't eating real food either. :)

    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Being vegan and living in the mountains 30 min from the closest fast food place has basically made it so that I never eat it. I believe I have had it twice in the last 8 months. A small fry once, and a bean burrito from taco bell. I so seldom eat it that when I do I can taste how it isn't 100% real food.

    It isn't real food? *blink blink*


    How can a "food" that doesn't decay, mold, or fall apart after a long time be real food? A real burger and homemade fries would mold and get super nasty within a fairy short amount of time when left unrefrigerated. Not mcdonalds

    311490_115260098582058_100002942056928_100296_1895510441_n.jpg

    Win.

    Ummm....okay. That still doesn't make it not real food. Obviously it is food. You can say it isn't as healthy as a other foods..but it is still food.

    Let's look as just the bun shall we?

    Look at the ingredient list, actually read it. See how many words you can actually pronounce, then tell me it's real food.

    Ingredients: Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or canola oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (may contain one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide), sorbic acid, calcium propionate and/or sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin.

    Or how about some other ingredients that are in a large amount of fast food.
    1. Duck feathers and human hair (L-cysteine)
    2. Sand (silicon dioxide)
    3. Wood (cellulose)
    4. Silly Putty plastic (dimethylpolysiloxane)
    5. Petroleum-derived preservatives (TBHQ)
    6. Soil fertilizer (ammonium sulfate)
    7. Beetle juices (carminic acid, confectioner's glaze)
    8. Meat paste-goop (mechanically separated meat)


    Yum.

    Don't drink water, it's found in anti freeze.

    That... doesn't... even... you don't quite understand how this works. You're just making yourself look a lil slow. Sorry bub.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Right, you're saying calories are what matter. And I believe food is more than just calories. I believe I will feel better and be healthier if I eat 2000 calories worth of "clean" foods than if I eat 2000 calories worth of fast or junk food.

    I think you are neglecting macros. yes, calories top the list in terms of weight loss. but I got a hell of a lot of protein (30) from my burger king chicken sandwich tonight, and that adds to my daily goal. no matter where food comes from, it is broken down in the body just the same.

    Nope

    so ... burger king protein doesn't count? what about the carbs? can I count those?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Being vegan and living in the mountains 30 min from the closest fast food place has basically made it so that I never eat it. I believe I have had it twice in the last 8 months. A small fry once, and a bean burrito from taco bell. I so seldom eat it that when I do I can taste how it isn't 100% real food.

    It isn't real food? *blink blink*


    How can a "food" that doesn't decay, mold, or fall apart after a long time be real food? A real burger and homemade fries would mold and get super nasty within a fairy short amount of time when left unrefrigerated. Not mcdonalds

    311490_115260098582058_100002942056928_100296_1895510441_n.jpg

    Win.

    Ummm....okay. That still doesn't make it not real food. Obviously it is food. You can say it isn't as healthy as a other foods..but it is still food.

    Let's look as just the bun shall we?

    Look at the ingredient list, actually read it. See how many words you can actually pronounce, then tell me it's real food.

    Ingredients: Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or canola oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (may contain one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide), sorbic acid, calcium propionate and/or sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin.

    Or how about some other ingredients that are in a large amount of fast food.
    1. Duck feathers and human hair (L-cysteine)
    2. Sand (silicon dioxide)
    3. Wood (cellulose)
    4. Silly Putty plastic (dimethylpolysiloxane)
    5. Petroleum-derived preservatives (TBHQ)
    6. Soil fertilizer (ammonium sulfate)
    7. Beetle juices (carminic acid, confectioner's glaze)
    8. Meat paste-goop (mechanically separated meat)


    Yum.

    How dare you use facts!

    Okay...but...still doesn't make it not real food. And what's wrong with beetles? they are a delicacy in some countries :)

    And the beetle juices are used in a lot of foods...you better go tell all the Shakeology users they aren't eating real food either. :)

    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology

    Look it up. Carminic acid and another beetle thing is in Shakeology. I'd bet you money :)
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    That I agree with the poster who says fast food isn't real food?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    He's right and we are wrong
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    OMG SCARY CHEMICAL NAMES!

    Would you eat something with the following ingredients?

    Water, glucose, fructose, galactose, phenolic glycosides, 6-deoxyaldohexoses (fuctose and rhamnose), saccharose, galacturonans, (1-4) linked D-galactopiranuronic acid, pectin, pectinic acids, polygalacturonic acids, pectinestarase, Citric Acid, L-Malic Acid, D-Isocitric Acid, Oxalic Acid, Succinic Acid, Malonic Acid, Quinic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Adipic Acid, 2-ketogluratic Acid, praline, asparagines, aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid and arginine. oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases and lyases, isomerases and ligases, glucosilglucerides, Carotenoids, tetraterpenes, limonin, aslimonoic acid A-ring lactone, neohesperidosides, flavones (3-hydroxyflavanones, 3-dydroxyflavones, O-glycosyl, aglycones C-glycosylflavones, Anthocyanins, (hesperidin, naringin, poncirin, neoheriocitrin, neohesperidin, rhoifolin, rutin, diosmin, sinensetin, auranetin, tangeritin, hydroxyethylrutinosideres, nobiletin cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidina-3.5-diglucoside, peonidin-5-glucoside, delphinidin-3-glucoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Pholacine, Vitamin B6, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pantotenic acid, Vitamin A.

    Any guess what this is?

    An Orange.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Right, you're saying calories are what matter. And I believe food is more than just calories. I believe I will feel better and be healthier if I eat 2000 calories worth of "clean" foods than if I eat 2000 calories worth of fast or junk food.

    I think you are neglecting macros. yes, calories top the list in terms of weight loss. but I got a hell of a lot of protein (30) from my burger king chicken sandwich tonight, and that adds to my daily goal. no matter where food comes from, it is broken down in the body just the same.

    Nope

    so ... burger king protein doesn't count? what about the carbs? can I count those?
    Nope.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    That I agree with the poster who says fast food isn't real food?

    Then how are people able to "blame" overeating on fast food for their weight issues if the food isn't real? Obviously, the food is real. It may not be a preferable source of nutrition - but it is still nutrition.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    Giving up fast food has reduced my Pepto consumption........strange.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    He's right and we are wrong
    And you're not arguing the same thing?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    He's right and we are wrong
    And you're not arguing the same thing?

    Nope. Just here wondering how you come up with some of the things you've said is all :)
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    That I agree with the poster who says fast food isn't real food?

    Then how are people able to "blame" overeating on fast food for their weight issues if the food isn't real? Obviously, the food is real. It may not be a preferable source of nutrition - but it is still nutrition.
    There have to be nutrients for it to be nutrition
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    He's right and we are wrong
    And you're not arguing the same thing?

    Nope. Just here wondering how you come up with some of the things you've said is all :)
    Thus you think you're right and I'm wrong :)
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology

    :laugh:

    Can't tell if serious
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Right, you're saying calories are what matter. And I believe food is more than just calories. I believe I will feel better and be healthier if I eat 2000 calories worth of "clean" foods than if I eat 2000 calories worth of fast or junk food.

    I think you are neglecting macros. yes, calories top the list in terms of weight loss. but I got a hell of a lot of protein (30) from my burger king chicken sandwich tonight, and that adds to my daily goal. no matter where food comes from, it is broken down in the body just the same.

    Nope

    so ... burger king protein doesn't count? what about the carbs? can I count those?
    Nope.

    sweet. which probably means the calories are imaginary, too! 950 extra calories to spend tonight when I get home!
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Just looked at a bag of shakeology and I was right. :)
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    @coachreddy, what point are you trying to make???

    That I agree with the poster who says fast food isn't real food?

    Then how are people able to "blame" overeating on fast food for their weight issues if the food isn't real? Obviously, the food is real. It may not be a preferable source of nutrition - but it is still nutrition.
    There have to be nutrients for it to be nutrition

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/260484-big-mac-nutrition-information/

    according to this - there is.

    Yep..calorie, protein..looks like nutrition is there. As I said, there might be better things to eat - but you are still getting some nutrition from it :)
  • lexielexie40
    lexielexie40 Posts: 25
    I too struggle with fast food however I try to eat the healthier items. I prefer to cook my own food because I am an awesome cook. Try cook at least one meal each day , than add two, than add three, and hopefully your taste for fast food will dimension as time goes on. I will try this suggestion as well.:wink:
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member


    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology



    All that BS Just to end up here. Wow I hope that **** pays well for the amount of time you have wasted in this thread.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    OMG SCARY CHEMICAL NAMES!

    Would you eat something with the following ingredients?

    Water, glucose, fructose, galactose, phenolic glycosides, 6-deoxyaldohexoses (fuctose and rhamnose), saccharose, galacturonans, (1-4) linked D-galactopiranuronic acid, pectin, pectinic acids, polygalacturonic acids, pectinestarase, Citric Acid, L-Malic Acid, D-Isocitric Acid, Oxalic Acid, Succinic Acid, Malonic Acid, Quinic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Adipic Acid, 2-ketogluratic Acid, praline, asparagines, aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid and arginine. oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases and lyases, isomerases and ligases, glucosilglucerides, Carotenoids, tetraterpenes, limonin, aslimonoic acid A-ring lactone, neohesperidosides, flavones (3-hydroxyflavanones, 3-dydroxyflavones, O-glycosyl, aglycones C-glycosylflavones, Anthocyanins, (hesperidin, naringin, poncirin, neoheriocitrin, neohesperidin, rhoifolin, rutin, diosmin, sinensetin, auranetin, tangeritin, hydroxyethylrutinosideres, nobiletin cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidina-3.5-diglucoside, peonidin-5-glucoside, delphinidin-3-glucoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Pholacine, Vitamin B6, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pantotenic acid, Vitamin A.

    Any guess what this is?

    An Orange.

    I was going to post the same. what's cool is, oranges are clearly fake.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Right, you're saying calories are what matter. And I believe food is more than just calories. I believe I will feel better and be healthier if I eat 2000 calories worth of "clean" foods than if I eat 2000 calories worth of fast or junk food.

    I think you are neglecting macros. yes, calories top the list in terms of weight loss. but I got a hell of a lot of protein (30) from my burger king chicken sandwich tonight, and that adds to my daily goal. no matter where food comes from, it is broken down in the body just the same.

    Nope

    so ... burger king protein doesn't count? what about the carbs? can I count those?
    Nope.

    sweet. which probably means the calories are imaginary, too! 950 extra calories to spend tonight when I get home!

    If you want.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    TFG this thread is going to roll pretty soon. It has sure taken a turn for the worse (a concept that seemed unimaginable just mere hours ago)
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology

    :laugh:

    Can't tell if serious




    Look at his profile picture, must be or he one epic troll.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member


    There are no unpronounceable synthetic ingredients in shakeology



    All that BS Just to end up here. Wow I hope that **** pays well for the amount of time you have wasted in this thread.
    Joylia posted about shakeology and I answered her. Naturally you all will ignore that and claim I'm pushing an agenda though thats absolutely not true.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    I know taso... bummed about that but I've really had enough of the bull**** so I've resorted to trolling. Sorry. Honestly.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Just looked at a bag of shakeology and I was right. :)

    Too bad the nutrition in that bag or processed powdered muck is from prop blends where the nutrients they toot as being soooo awesome are in such small amounts that it doesn't make a difference... Mr. Beachbody Daikeler refuses to let anyone in on the "secret" of his prop blends and refuses to answer scientific questions about his blend. In fact, when I personally asked him last year point blank questions, he said "I DON'T KNOW." Yeah. We should all trust THAT, now shouldn't we?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Just looked at a bag of shakeology and I was right. :)

    My bad. I remember reading something that Shakeology had cochineal and carminic acid. It is dried powdered beetles native to Central and South Americas. But I can't find the link now.

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