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The Fast Food Magnetic Pull

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  • awtume9
    awtume9 Posts: 423 Member
    Probably once a month, maybe every 6 weeks I go hog wild and eat like 1100 calories worth of Taco Bell (the only fast food I really like). Other than that I don't really eat fast food, just because I like to make my own food. But I have a soft spot in my heart for Taco Bell. It works for me!
  • L4gym
    L4gym Posts: 81 Member
    Once you start to cook healthy and eat at home more you will prefer that.
  • MrsCurvyFab
    MrsCurvyFab Posts: 46 Member
    I was also an addict of fast food. When I was single and working two jobs I use to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the drive thru menu. ..and also a french fry snack for the ride from the restaurant to the house.. and then I wouldnt order a salad, or egg white whatever! The same with soda I use to drink a 2 liter a day... now I dont have a taste for it anymore, switched to tea, then unsweet tea, and now just water.

    What I learned to do was to take my favorite fast food items and cook them at home. a burger, chili, salads, hot dogs. whatever. For me I love trying new recipes.

    But congrats on your willpower! It definately takes times! keep going.

    I edited my post to add this!!! I still now everyday when I drive to work think about all the foods in the restaurant i use to order if I pass by them.. .the want never goes away. Today even I thought about where I could pick up lunch, even though i brought my lunch today! No worry though.. Im eating my home lunch now. to a point its almost laughable.
  • fast_eddie_72
    fast_eddie_72 Posts: 719 Member
    ...I think people subjectively use the term "addiction" wrong when it comes to food. As I mentioned food that palatable and that one enjoys that now gets "taken away" from someone who's had a habit of eating it for awhile is going to make it seem like they can't do it. Not many people need an intervention because they are a little overweight, somewhat healthy and eating fast food. This is why I don't think it's an addiction.

    Yeah. I agree with what you're saying. I'd say it's more a matter of common colloquial use than using the term wrong. But you make a good point. Calling it an "addiction" says "I'm powerless to do anything about it". Meh. Probably not.
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