Fast Food Im no longer loving it

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Topbobdog
Topbobdog Posts: 55 Member
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You cant completely blame fast food for making America fat but you can start with them. Warning this may offend some fast food fans and this will contain links to pictures just because im being to lazy to embed them.

So 2 weeks ago i was up early and driving around we had to drop my mom off and hang around to pick her up. We didnt eat breakfast because we were running late and left out the door we drop her off and realize we are hungry where we were at food choices were limited between IHOP, Steak N Shake, and a Burger King. From experience i know Steak N Shakes food is really bad, we didnt want to sit down and eat so IHop was out of the question, so we went to burger king and got breakfast. To be honest i havent ate a fast food breakfast in years but i remembered them being good. We got their version of the sausage egg muffin. It was absolutely horribly i took 2 bites and was physically sick and felt like vomiting i couldnt stomach the food. My body had changed and was not going to tolerate that type of junk being put into it.

I was never a big fast food eater i gained my weight from overeating i would justify it being "healthy" so i would eat more of it and i ended up over eating.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YyfcOGbhHK0/SilRy4MBETI/AAAAAAAAAh0/Yc5pMbZ_dSQ/s320/i'm+lovin+it.jpg

I know so many people do eat fast food and then are disgusted by the way they look and feel but they just dont cook for one reason or another. I learned to cook at a early age my mother made sure i was a self sufficient man. I love to cook that might be my problem i use to work out and play football and wrestle and was super active. Then injuries caught up with me and my love of cooking took over my love of sports and instead of playing them i watched them.

http://www.wallpaperst.net/view_thumb/21e781316/i-am-lovinit.jpg

I do however blame fast food companies for making our youth fat you cant stop them when i was younger they marketed everywhere every commercial break was for fast food their new toys whatever they marketed to everyone.

http://www.acegamez.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/bk_game_packaging (Small)-781649.jpg

The last link is actually Burger King Video games thats how hard they marketed.

So yes i blame them

http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/fatfastfood.jpg

For the longest time you had to go online to get their nutritional facts or they were hidden and locked away for no one to see

http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/Lose-Weight-with-Wendys-Food.jpg

The other horrible thing was the invention of the DIET Drinks and the super size people figured they could order that super sized value meal get a diet drink and they were

http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/diet-soda-fat-man.jpg

Life doesnt work that way. They modify all their foods to taste better, look more appealing, and all they are doing is loading it down with salts and sugars and all types of chemicals.

So to all you fast food companies out their i hope you go under and no one bails you out, you are giving America a bad name and we need to stand up and say were no longer going to take it. Were no longer going to let you poison our minds and bodies with your food and marketing!

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  • StephieWheats
    StephieWheats Posts: 88 Member
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    You cant completely blame fast food for making America fat but you can start with them. Warning this may offend some fast food fans and this will contain links to pictures just because im being to lazy to embed them.

    So 2 weeks ago i was up early and driving around we had to drop my mom off and hang around to pick her up. We didnt eat breakfast because we were running late and left out the door we drop her off and realize we are hungry where we were at food choices were limited between IHOP, Steak N Shake, and a Burger King. From experience i know Steak N Shakes food is really bad, we didnt want to sit down and eat so IHop was out of the question, so we went to burger king and got breakfast. To be honest i havent ate a fast food breakfast in years but i remembered them being good. We got their version of the sausage egg muffin. It was absolutely horribly i took 2 bites and was physically sick and felt like vomiting i couldnt stomach the food. My body had changed and was not going to tolerate that type of junk being put into it.

    I was never a big fast food eater i gained my weight from overeating i would justify it being "healthy" so i would eat more of it and i ended up over eating.

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YyfcOGbhHK0/SilRy4MBETI/AAAAAAAAAh0/Yc5pMbZ_dSQ/s320/i'm+lovin+it.jpg

    I know so many people do eat fast food and then are disgusted by the way they look and feel but they just dont cook for one reason or another. I learned to cook at a early age my mother made sure i was a self sufficient man. I love to cook that might be my problem i use to work out and play football and wrestle and was super active. Then injuries caught up with me and my love of cooking took over my love of sports and instead of playing them i watched them.

    http://www.wallpaperst.net/view_thumb/21e781316/i-am-lovinit.jpg

    I do however blame fast food companies for making our youth fat you cant stop them when i was younger they marketed everywhere every commercial break was for fast food their new toys whatever they marketed to everyone.

    http://www.acegamez.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/bk_game_packaging (Small)-781649.jpg

    The last link is actually Burger King Video games thats how hard they marketed.

    So yes i blame them

    http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/fatfastfood.jpg

    For the longest time you had to go online to get their nutritional facts or they were hidden and locked away for no one to see

    http://www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/Lose-Weight-with-Wendys-Food.jpg

    The other horrible thing was the invention of the DIET Drinks and the super size people figured they could order that super sized value meal get a diet drink and they were

    http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/diet-soda-fat-man.jpg

    Life doesnt work that way. They modify all their foods to taste better, look more appealing, and all they are doing is loading it down with salts and sugars and all types of chemicals.

    So to all you fast food companies out their i hope you go under and no one bails you out, you are giving America a bad name and we need to stand up and say were no longer going to take it. Were no longer going to let you poison our minds and bodies with your food and marketing!


    *stands up on the table and sings twisted sister* "We're not gonna take it, NO we arent gonna take it ANYMORE!!!!"
  • verbifyvenus
    verbifyvenus Posts: 175 Member
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    If you wanna see something that will REALLY solidify what you tend to realize after you eat it.....that it wasn't worth it and now your stomach hurts you gotta see this!!!!!

    http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Food/Fast-Food-Revealed-Real-vs.-Ads.html

    http://thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm
  • chicabean420
    chicabean420 Posts: 173 Member
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    I haven't done a lot of research into it, but I can't help but think the fast food giants put addictive ingredients in the food, making us literally go through withdrawals. At least I do, as a fast food addict. It's not just in the US, it's here in Canada too, though I think our government requirements are stricter than your country's.

    I was recently going through some old boxes in storage and I found a ridiculous amount of McDonald's kids' meal toys. I don't remember going there that much when I was a kid...but I suppose we did.
  • SaveTheDrama
    SaveTheDrama Posts: 62
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    "So to all you fast food companies out their i hope you go under and no one bails you out,"

    Just what we need, more people out of work and unable to put food on the table! I do not support fast food companies marketing to kids, but putting them out of business would be really bad for alot of families who survive off the income from places like McDonalds and Burger King. Before we go shutting places down, how about we think of how it would affect others.
  • sarahsmom1
    sarahsmom1 Posts: 1,501 Member
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    Burger King breakfast just taste like cra_ just plain and simple they have never had good breakfast food. I don't think fast food will ever go out or under as you say but they will change
  • sarahsmom1
    sarahsmom1 Posts: 1,501 Member
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    Oh I forgot you can by the toys by themselves you so not have to buy the meal and with there games you can request the game pieces on the internet no purchase needed. And if that fails as a parent you can tell your child no as you tell them about playing in the street, no candy, no jumping off the bridge,you can't have that toy, when you earn your own money then you can have it. We are addicted for the convience and we can also take different routes not to pass them. They do not have devices on our cars or chips in our bodies that force us to patronize there establishments. We have our own self control don't blame others.
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
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    When I was growing up (rural England) there was no fast food as we now know it. It was imported frrom the US later with McDonalds etc and I remember distinctly that kids got addicted and started to bloat out.

    Around the same time we also started getting supermarkets in all towns, making buying junk easier for the home.

    I think it's all down to convenience and people getting lazy.

    Tne main difference between the US and UK now is portion sizes. It's quite hard to eat reasonable portion sizes when out and about. Or maybe I'm not that good at finding healthier food when out and about (I only spend 2 or 3 weeks a year in NY or NV)!
  • StephieWheats
    StephieWheats Posts: 88 Member
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    Oh I forgot you can by the toys by themselves you so not have to buy the meal and with there games you can request the game pieces on the internet no purchase needed. And if that fails as a parent you can tell your child no as you tell them about playing in the street, no candy, no jumping off the bridge,you can't have that toy, when you earn your own money then you can have it. We are addicted for the convience and we can also take different routes not to pass them. They do not have devices on our cars or chips in our bodies that force us to patronize there establishments. We have our own self control don't blame others.

    While this is true that we arent forced to go to these places I feel that more time needs to be spent on making our country healthy than coming out with the next biggest burger. And I realize places like this have salads and such but with everything they add to them you might as well get the burger and save the calories. Portion sizes have grown the in food industry to an absurd amount! Who really needs to eat an entire pound or ever a half pound of processed meat. We as americans have gotten so lazy with our diets of prepackaged garbage its terrible. I'm taking a stand against my family for eating this way. My mom in law has had 2 heart attacks and a stroke in the last 10 years. Its time that people wake up and realize that they maybe skinny on the outside but these places are making them fat on the inside. So while people can argue that fast food doesnt affect everyone, they are wrong. Its making some of us fat, raising our cholesterol and clogging our arteries,
  • jennifermpeck
    jennifermpeck Posts: 5
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    Straight up fast food is evil. any food that you can pick up and watch grease drip out of is gross. Lets amend this: Anything that is dipped in a deep fryer is not good for you! Love this article
  • anikab
    anikab Posts: 150 Member
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    IMO the fast food companies are out to make their money just like every other business is, it's our choice to eat it or don't. I personally don't eat it anymore it makes me feel sick. but don't get me wrong every once in a while on a free day which is hardly ever I'll crave a burger and fries but since I'm also poor I refuse to spend the money on it anyway so I win lol. I make sweet potato fries and salmon burgers at home and craving satisfied.

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