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"shall we turn this into a "2010-2011 No Fast Food Challenge" thread? who's with me?"

i'm in

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6/14/2010 2:56:50 PM

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"shall we turn this into a "2010-2011 No Fast Food Challenge" thread? who's with me?"

I am

6/14/2010 2:57:33 PM

i guess we'll use the honor system

and i guess people can set their own standards. if you don't consider subs to be fast food, go for it. my rule was that if it had a drive-thru window, I consider it to be fast food. the pizza thing was just above and beyond

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6/14/2010 3:01:53 PM

i need some recipes

i eat an HT sub for lunch then either chicken breast and rice or tuna salad sandwiches for dinner

i hate shopping for food and preparing food

guess i'm screwed

6/14/2010 3:03:19 PM

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"shall we turn this into a "2010-2011 No Fast Food Challenge" thread?"

I feel like I could do this. What are your thoughts on the "gas station delis" that are so prevalent at Marinas and country stores though? Do they count as fast food or not? I think that would be the hardest thing for me. Sometimes it's hard to pack a whole meal (that is also healthy) to take on the boat, but when I'm out on the water all day I need to stop for a real meal at some point.

That and the post-drinking trips to Cookout are going to be tough.

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6/14/2010 3:05:58 PM

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"i hate shopping for food and preparing food"

Why? What would you rather be doing in that time?

6/14/2010 3:06:10 PM

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"if you don't consider subs to be fast food, go for it"

6/14/2010 3:07:53 PM

well i get off work at 6 then go to the gym and get home about 7:15

i like to eat quickly so i have time to play ps3 and my guitar before 10

that is when gf time begins

oh yeah walking the dog takes out a 15 min chunk

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6/14/2010 3:08:54 PM

Does Boston Market count as fast food? I probably get something from there like twice a month.

6/14/2010 3:09:08 PM

I don't know how anyone can consider a sandwich (regardless of where its from) fast food.

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"my rule was that if it had a drive-thru window, I consider it to be fast food."

More or less I agree with that, however Brueggers Bagels on Avent Ferry now has a drivethrough window. That's not really a fast food place.

6/14/2010 3:09:50 PM

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"i like to eat quickly so i have time to play ps3 and my guitar before 10 "

video games > health

6/14/2010 3:09:53 PM

this thread makes me hungry

for fast food and healthy food.


mmmmmm bagels

6/14/2010 3:13:45 PM

i eat a ton of bagels.

that's pretty much what i ate for lunch every day when i was at my last job. i'd go to bruegger's for an hour or so and do some work on my laptop. either bagel with cream cheese, a egg/cheese bagel or a bowl of soup. i figured it was pretty healthy and pretty damn cheap at a $3-4 lunch

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6/14/2010 3:16:31 PM

^^^he already goes to the gym, so he's good

^I love bagels too, but damn they've got a lot of calories in'em

6/14/2010 3:18:10 PM

i eat healthy...but i stray sometimes

i need to find some more recipes that are fast/easy/healthy so i won't get bored of the same food

6/14/2010 3:21:44 PM

yea bagels are another one of those sneaky foods

they seem healthy but then you realize....not so much.

6/14/2010 3:22:14 PM

You could try cooking with your girlfriend when she comes over. Still get the video games after the gym, then spend some time with your g/f preparing a meal for the two of you.

Also,

6/14/2010 3:24:04 PM

please just please keep your salt out of my food


it tastes fine without it kthx

6/14/2010 3:28:49 PM

mmmmm SALT

6/14/2010 3:31:41 PM

swollen legs arent mmm though

6/14/2010 3:32:45 PM

I'm in. One year no fast food.

6/14/2010 3:41:26 PM

No Fast Food 6/14/10 - 6/14/11

ncstatetke
qntmfred
McDanger
Skack
Minkagrl01
iheartkisses

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6/14/2010 3:46:54 PM

Add me to the list!

6/14/2010 3:48:46 PM

Now that Chick-Fil-A has a spicy chicken sandwich, do not add me to this list.

6/14/2010 3:49:37 PM

i wish i could do this but i'm too lazy to make my own food

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

6/14/2010 3:49:50 PM

dammit can we start tomorrow

haha

IM ALREADY OUT

6/14/2010 3:50:05 PM

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"i wish i could do this but i'm too lazy to make my own food "

lame

get off your ass

6/14/2010 3:51:36 PM

I mean i make dinner 3 times every 5 days but fuck doing it more than that. Rarely eat breakfast and usually a sandwich or general fridge binge at lunch

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

6/14/2010 3:53:26 PM

I'm in - as long as subway doesn't count.

6/14/2010 3:54:19 PM

feel free to add yourself (with or without an asterisk)

6/14/2010 3:55:12 PM

It's not necessarily lazy in my case. I know I could eat healthier I just have no real incentive to do it and fast food is easy on days where I just don't feel like cooking anything and especially like when I'm working full time and go to the gym after work and then have someplace to be at 8pm or something like that..

6/14/2010 3:55:41 PM

theres no way i could adhere to it. I pretty much have to eat fast food at work. Yeah and i eat extremely healthily outside of the like 5-6 fast food trips a week

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

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6/14/2010 3:55:51 PM

we should make a separate thread for lame excuses

6/14/2010 3:56:43 PM

^^ why can't you pack a lunch? healthier and cheaper....

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6/14/2010 3:57:03 PM

Alright...I'm going to take a stab at this since my name is on the list. I only do fast food once or twice a month anyway, but it's usually at the time when there aren't a lot of other alternatives.

For the record I'm going to also try to avoid marina hamburgers/hot dogs whenever possible, but if I eat one or two per month when I'm out on the water I'm not going to let it worry me too much as long as there wasn't a readily available healthier option. It's better than trying to make a meal off packaged foods on the convenience store aisles I guess.

6/14/2010 5:23:49 PM

i do this all the time. well almost.

i eat fast food maybe 3-5 times a year, and even then, not from the typical places and not typical stuff (no burgers, pizzas, fried chicken, etc).

6/14/2010 5:44:54 PM

does it count if you're making burgers and dogs at home?

seems like you're just changing the venue, and not the food choice...

6/14/2010 5:53:12 PM

^ if you are making burgers at home from scratch, you can make them healthy. hot dogs, well, those can't be healthy no matter where they are made.

wife, baby, and i went to a mall today and had dinner there from 2 fast food places:

grilled fish
grilled chicken sandwich
mousakka ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousakka )
fresh orange juice
fresh mango juice

granted i don't know what kind of oil they use in their cooking, and i am sure it is most definitely something not good for you (corn or palm), at the same time, the food had some nutritious and redeeming qualities as well, unlike most of the shit sold by the typical big fast food companies.

6/14/2010 6:13:37 PM

Yeah, I do turkey burgers at home or just pony up the extra cash for 93/7 or 94/6 beef.

About to go throw some salmon, corn, squash, and potatoes on the grill.

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6/14/2010 6:19:50 PM

the butcher can grind some lamb for you, and lamb burgers are the tittyballs

6/14/2010 6:22:34 PM

oh i agree with all of that, just making sure people don't think they're doing themselves a lot of favors by abstaining from fast food, but eating food just as bad at home.

6/14/2010 6:25:57 PM

You're going to have some violently horrible shits if/when you deviate from this diet.

6/14/2010 6:42:17 PM

I went around 6 months without fast food a few years ago. The first time I ate Wendys my stomach started cramping and I thought I was going to throw up before I even got to the 2/3 mark on the meal.

I'm usually pretty good at avoiding it, but I tend to do a lot of day trips with people who rely on it. We'll see how this goes.

6/14/2010 8:38:08 PM

Never tried giving up fast food for an entire year, should be a healthy challenge. I'm in.

6/14/2010 8:38:59 PM

I feel like we're all going to fail. Joining a challenge on an internet website on a whim doesn't take a big commitment, lol.



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6/14/2010 8:39:58 PM

No Fast Food 6/14/10 - 6/14/11

ncstatetke
qntmfred
McDanger
Skack
Minkagrl01
iheartkisses
GGMon *
Placidus

6/14/2010 10:51:16 PM

I'd do this, but I essentially destroy my diet when I eat out at some chain (Chilis, Cheesecake Factory, etc) much in the same way I would with fast food. I have zero temptation to eat at McDonalds or any other burger joint and only occasionally crave KFC or Bojangles. Most of the time they don't even register as an option when I'm thinking about dinner.

I do love a good sandwich though.

6/14/2010 11:31:19 PM

i'm in with the exception of chick fil a/and the occasional nice restaurant idea i mentioned yesterday. but anything else with a window is out of the question...no more fast food for moi

6/15/2010 9:15:56 AM

Yeah, you guys should really be pledging to a year of healthy home cooked meals from scratch. If you have to go fast food a chicken salad withOUT fried chicken or tons of cheese really isn't that bad if you get fat-free dressing. But then you can think about how it costs over 10 times more than the cost of making it at home. But thennnn you can console yourself with the fact that if you went to a "non-fast-food" restaurant you might have to order the same thing to get something equally low-fat and low-cal, and you'd probably be paying even more there.

6/15/2010 9:27:21 AM

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"Yeah, you guys should really be pledging to a year of healthy home cooked meals from scratch."

I get your point, but I cannot count on being near a kitchen or microwave three times a day.
Nor would I want to.
That sounds really, really dull.

6/15/2010 10:56:43 AM