Do you miss fast food?

cebreisch wrote: »

I do still fast food sandwiches. I had a Bacon double cheeseburger from Burger King for lunch today. BUT I rarely ever have the whopper with cheese that I used to LOVE, as well as the Quarter Pounder with Cheese.

I remember several years ago, I pretty much quit eating fast food fries because I was going out and bringing my lunch back to the office. The fries would get cold, and yucky, and I decided I'd rather have pretzels, or something else. I will have some occasionally if we go out - I know my kids will usually have a few leftover.

I've not had fried rice in a long long time. I still love it, but it is SOOO not food journal friendly. Just like fries, and most things at fast food restaurants. There are things you can do to make things more food journal friendly when eating out. Grilled vs. fried, etc. and some places have soup, but you have to be careful about the sodium amounts in some of them - and others have cream in them that adds calories.

What was the question? LOL. Really, after you make some changes, you do quit craving it as much. Other places like Subway start sounding a bit better. Grilled Chicken starts sounding lots better. It does become easier.

MMM....Subway...

fastfoodietofitcutie wrote: »

JenniferLynWhatx wrote: »

Dying for some taco bell today..not gonna lie

Me too but there's no way I could eat just two tacos or something similar.

This is where I still struggle. I would like to be satisfied with one item from taco bell, but it was such a binge habit back in the day for me to spend $15 and eat it all. When I can have one, or have someone else order it for me, I can enjoy it again.

VintageFeline wrote: »

Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »

strong_curves wrote: »

VintageFeline wrote: »

Nope. I don't eat a lot of it anyway and as someone else said, it often tastes of disappointment and fails to live up to my craving. So I still have it sometimes but not often.

I do eat take away food though, like Chinese, Japanese, Jamaican. On those days I make sure I've done a good calorie burn heavy workout and eaten lightly prior so that I can really go to town. If I know it's coming up I may also bank calories for it too. But the less of it I eat the less I crave it in all honesty.

This is the "fast" food that gets me, especially jamaican food.

Now I really want to try some Jamaican food.

Curry goat and patties. Oh and my local does this mango slaw that is ridiculous. Tori Karage and tempura from my local Japanese is really good too. I live in a good food delivered goldmine of an area. Thank you London

That sounds delicious. I'm not sure how common Jamaican restaurants are here in my neck of the woods, but I'm now determined to do some research and find out.

I don't really get cravings for it anymore, but I've had it twice this month out of convenience and sheer hunger. It still tastes good to me! And I still feel like crap after eating it, that's always been true though. When I used to eat it more often, I would actually crave it. Now that I rarely eat it, I rarely crave it. In fact, the only cravings I get for it are during the few days after eating it once. Once those days pass I don't have the cravings.

I'm just getting started really. Been doing this for just over three weeks and I'm down 13 pounds. I have eaten fast food pretty much every day for the last 20 years. I am making a forever change now. I know some days I'll revert to my old eating habits but I will now keep it to just that. Some days. Not EVERY day.

For the first time in three weeks I had a bowl at HotHead Burrito yesterday for dinner and two crab cakes for lunch at Captain D's. Still was at a deficit and now I won't have anymore for another month or so.

I don't really crave it because if I crave something specific, I can make it at home, for less calories usually, and much less sodium... For example I was very excited when Smashburger opened here, and I saved calories for it... it was delicious, until I could feel the sodium in my body for the next 2 days. Haven't been back since and probably won't...

I still eat some fast food but it's typically the stuff that's one step up from the typical drive through fast food joints, which I actively avoid now... the fries I had last time at McDonald's were disappointing to me, but that filet o fish was delicious... it's just that it didn't fill me up one bit for the calories. So it's not just worth it to me anymore, if I'm going to eat something that isn't filling for 400+ calories, I'll have a cupcake, a brownie, or ice cream, lol. So I'd rather make my own burger at home for 300 calories and my own fries (which I find much tastier too).

But yeah, Sarku Japan or Panda Express or that local gyro or crepe place? Sure. I'll have Subway too if I'm desperate but I don't really like their bread and again, can make much tastier sandwiches at home with my homemade bread.

So I'm definitely much pickier about what I spend my calories on. It has to be really good if it's not going to fill me up, and those places just don't cut it anymore... and I used to eat there 3x a week easily!

I think I still eat plenty of fast food, but not McDonalds or Taco Bell. More like Togos, Jersey Mikes, or something lower calorie. Sometimes I crave fries and a burger and have it, often times I just save it for the weekend. But the idea of some of the crap you get at true 'fast food' places is just not worth it to me right now.

No; there is a McDs outside of my gym, and there is nothing more repulsive than the stench of a fish filet and fast food dumpster after a workout.

Nah, but then fast food I like is a pretty short list.

Culver's Burger
McD's Sausage Biscuit
Chic Fil A Nuggets
Subway Ham & Cheese
Jersey Mike's Stickball or Italian
Chipotle 2 Tacos/Corn Tortillas

Generally if I'm having fast food it is because I really need to eat and don't have a better option. Our family visited Pittsburgh on Easter Sunday last year and the only restaurant we could find open was McD's and they were not serving breakfast. They messed up my order so my Cheeseburger was free...told DH it was still overpriced.

SonyaCele wrote: »

i will never eat fast food , i would rather starve. its not food, its toxic sludge.

I was never much of a fast food eater, but started eating less and less after learning about chicken nuggets in The Omnivore's Dilemma and seeing the ammonia plant in Food, Inc.

I found with better planning, I didn't need the convenience of fast food.