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Not me, but i'm interested in seeing how many of you eat fast food. I don't eat it for the obvious reason, it's bad for you. Pretty much everything McDonalds sells, is chemical altered food, meat that's pumped with steroids, and ketchup that's mainly sugar. But there's another reason. The hell those animals go through is unbelievable.
Ooooo i eat burgers from McDonalds, must be the reason i'm buff lol :D
And i do eat it, but only like once every 2 weeks or so
I'd rather have a proper dinner that fills me up and tastes better (and doesn't cost me anything as my parents buy the food lol)
Ever since I saw Supersize Me, I don't if I can avoid it.
Guilty. I never have time to cook so we eat out a lot, and I grab fast food more often than I should. I do try to eat bunless burgers and no fries, though. But I do turn my burger into a value meal occassionally...like right when I get off work and Im starving!
I didnt eat McDonalds for almost a year after seeing that documentary. But, it pulled me back. They have a great $1 menu and they're everywhere, it's hard not to take advantage of how convenient grabbing some McD's is. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by ermitonto
I eat fast food when I want FOOD FAST !!!
Imagine if we didn't have fast food ???? We'd all have to sit in a restaurant and wait hours to eat a way overpriced burger.
McDs, BK, Wendys and all the rest provide an invaluable service, not to mention giving work to teen and senior citizens. SUPERSIZE ME !!!!
Believe it or not, the movie sparked this poll. Donnie, you are right though, Mcdonalds and other fastfood joints (no pun intended) thrive on the want of convenience from people. And yes, they do give work to Teens and senior citizens, or anyone for the matter, there's no denying that. I was happy to read that Mcdonalds ditched their "supersize" option. That's one small step for Americans. It's just another corrupt institution in the Land of Freedom.
What made me so upset about Supsersize Me was that it was a big fat finger pointing at McDonalds. So many restaurants and companies lure youth with prizes and games to eat their shitty food. Kids menus at restaurants are full of foods loaded with nitrates and fat. Red Robin offers bottomless fries and has an arcade, there's Chuck E Cheese, Kids Meal Frozen dinners (which offer nothing of nutritional value), cereals loaded with sugar and free prizes, cartoon networks, Nick, and Disney channels market the absolute worst food to children. If you look in the grocery store almost all the lunch pack foods for kids are utter shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturalmystic
But everyone's really hating on McDonalds. I actually admire the company for being willing to change to adapt to their customers wishes, and respect their concerns by offering healthier options now, removing the supersize option, and changing their marketing (which could have been because of Supersize Me, but I remember them bringing in the healthier options long before the movie...but I dunno if thats the sole reason or not). I wish other companies would take note of McDonalds ability to transform as the times change.
I think it was pointed at Mcdonalds because Mcdonalds seems to be the worst at what the movie was based on. I think more people eat Mcdonlads then any other fast food restaurant.
I understand that. And I definitely understand the hook of the movie with eating nothing but McD's for 30 days. :) I just wish the whole issue of marketing bad food to people was covered more thoroghly than it was (maybe he'll make a sequel). The biggest eye-opener for me was when he went into the schools cafeterias. Seemed like he was really getting into the big issue then.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturalmystic
i quit eating fast food ever since i started working out, lost 15 pounds too.
i eat NO fast food (unless subway counts, that shit is GOOD :D)
its nasty as shit, I am willing to spend extra money to eat at a REAL place, or just go to my mom's house for a good home cooked meal.
FUCK McDONALDS!
i love steak and shake i dont really count that as fast food dont eat it too much, rarely i eat from the BK lounge or wendys those are the only fast foods i eat
I don't eat fast food. I used to, but not anymore... I eat mostly 'real' food now, & love it. My taste buds have changed (for the better), & I have much more energy & less mood swings. Now if I know I'll be in the car just running errands, I bring healthy snacks. For longer trips, I pack a lunch. It requires a couple more minutes in the morning, but it's totally worth it.
I believe that the chemicals, additives, sugar & other garbage in fast food have an addicting effect. When you finally force yourself to break free of it, you realize just how unappetizing it is.
if you have to sit down and talk to a waiter, its not fast food! i love steak and shake, but the local one's management are ASSHOLES. no service, and bitchy waiters. i have to drive 40 minuits to get to the REAL steak&shake.... but it's so worth it! MMMMM those rueben sandwiches are good!
You will often hear me heartfully bashing McDonalds and other fast food conglomerates, but I am in fact a complete hypocrite. While I avoid McDonalds I am very fond of Wendy's.
Spicy Chicken Burger with fries and a large coke...*drool*. Great when blitzed.
I'm pathetic, I know.
actually stedric, i have horror stories about Wendy's that would make you VOMIT from my friend....
a few samples.....
broken sewage pipe.....
old bits of meat....
shortening changed about once a month....
if u wanna hear more, say so! but i warn you, its not for the faint of heart!
I wanna hear!!!
A new guy is eating macdonalds every day now too, but the hook is he doesnt sit on his fat ass all day like morgan spurlock. He eats macdonals and works out too, and he is just fine. Gaining muscle every day too. If you eat it and sit around like a lump, yeah its bad for you. But if you work it off in sweat, its a whole different story, one you probably wont hear. All sorts of athletes on the road live on the shit too. So if you want to eat junk, just exercise. And instead of washing it down with coke, drink ice tea. The amount of calories in macdonalds is not more than the amount people eat while training. The problem is not fast food, its laziness.
super size me didn't change my perspective on mcdonalds...i already knew that mcdonalds food was wack....still get my cravings though. they must put something in that food.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturalmystic
it's hard to avoid fast-food in my household, people never want to cook. so i've taken initiative, if i can prevent eating out, i will. there are times where it is my only option.
I work at A&W..
the only fast food i eat is In-N-Out!!!!!
in - n - out is alot healthier ( strange enough ) than other fast food supposedly. They make there food better, you can do stuff like get your burger protein style which is basically the burger wrapped in lettuce instead of being in a bun. MMMMmmmMMmm
instead i eat those 5 grams of fat sandwiches from subway.. mmmmMMmmMMMM taste better, and not much fat.
A&W is the shit!!!!!!
im fat so what do you think?
bojangles mofos....
i eat too much :(
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Originally Posted by potpimp
Morgan Spurlock didn't sit on his ass allday, he lived his daily life. He went to work, had sex, ect...What's frightening though, is that a lot of people DO eat too much fastfood, and they DO sit around on their asses. Sure, you eat some fastfood, then go work out, that's all great. But most Americans DON'T work out in addition to eating fastfood. Maybe the problem is fastfood, but a main contributor to laziness, is fastfood.
"but a main contributor to laziness, is fastfood."
EXACTLY
People would rather wait behind 10cars ina drive thru then walk 10 yards.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say were in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio.
Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
How'd you get through it grandpa??
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny,
there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized.
Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel
you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that?
It's only three more cents!!!
I guess I eat quite a lot of fast food. I usually eat out at least once a day. But I never eat at McDonalds (after seeing Super Size Me... what an eye opening film)... I sometimes go to Wendy's (their Ultimate Chicken Grill keeps me coming back) and Arby's. But I try to go to locally owned places that hopefully use real ingredients... not those mock food products they try and pass off as real food at McDonald's :D
I try and avoid Hardee's. Those nasty Monster Thickburgers they sling now are just a corinary waiting to happen. Nasty. How can anybody stand to shove something that big and greasy into their gullets?
I eat fast food. It's the shit. If i could i'd eat it every day and not care.
Avoiding fast food is a start, but if you really want to be healthy, dont buy anything in the grocery store thats processed. A lot of frozen dinners are just as bad as fast food.
never eat that shit,my wife always cooks dinners and is fantastic at it.
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny,
there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere"
Pork chops are good for you. Protein.
I was in San Diego (once) and went to this fast food salad bar buffet place. Nothin but Salad Bar (and they may have had soup) and quality fresh produce. Pay by weight, out of there quick.
Anyone from SD know this place ????
I hadn't ate at a fast food joint in 4 or 5 years. Use to but got tired of having stomach problems and such. Hardly will eat any meat unless it chicken or fish.
had to give up the burger thing. after i fell in love with the foreman grill i haven't been the same.
forgive me father, for i have sinned...
...i stepped inside mcdonalds today wanting a oreo mcflurry (the only thing that i really go in there to get) and i ended up leaving with a chesseburger. i'm almost positive that there are narcotics in mcdonalds meat...or maybe, it's the puddle of ketchup they splash on them.
White Castle when I just can't fight the munchies. No cheese though...their cheese is kinda gross.