Could you give up fast food?

[Brian]

Awwwwwww Melvin! I bet your burgers are super-healthy, anyway!

Everything in moderation eh.

You are late on the forum tonight Sheffy. Shouldn't you be in bed by now.

[cheribakewells]

how come i've missed this chat?? well i've given up fast food with the exception of the odd shish kebab (which in my mind isn't bad for you).

I was put on a diet and have lost 2.5 stone and kept it off **yay*** no mcdonalds or other cardbaord for me (lol) the odd chip has crept in

once your mind is made up its easy to do :)

BTW - junk food is easier than fast food - some good healthy food is fast ;0)

[Chilli44]

i used to eat fast food - but i never felt very good afterwards - you still kinda feel empty. Anyone else get the same? So i havent eaten fast food for years.

i do miss KFC on the odd occassion but nothing else - by the way i dont count curry as fast food i assume fast food to mean burgers etc - i do love an occassional take away but it is often quicker to cook it yourself. My hubby is a coeliac so we have to cook most of our food from scratch as people seem to stick wheat/gluten in everything, it doesnt take long to knock up a quick tasty meal - i'm loving chicken pesto pasta(GF of course) at the moment! Yum!

Chilli

[sheffy]

You are late on the forum tonight Sheffy. Shouldn't you be in bed by now.

[JinaAlbert]

It seems so hard and difficult to do so but once you have made decision and determined to it.You can easily give up fast food.
I have almost given up having fast food.I love having fresh vegetables and fruits they are much healthier than fast foods.
They provide you much energy and strength and make you healthy for a long time.It is just a matter of taking a firm decision and getting stick to it.

[caterersguide]

As we live in France, I am not surprised that they are the least likely to eat fast food. This is however purely down to two things. There are far fewer what we would call 'towns' in France like we have in the UK and the main reason why there are not so many takeaways and fast food restaurants. However when you do find them, they are well frequented!
the second reason is purely down to 'taste'. We have discovered this with all types of food. We run a chambres d'hote here and very often cook an evening meal. 90% of our guests are French and they are often terrified about what they are going to get to eat. They really believe that the English cannot cook and when we do produce what we think is purely 'continental type' cuisine, they think that we have cooked french food especially for them! When we look at what they sometimes eat, we cannot believe that they think it is good and also cannot believe that they cannot like some fo the foods that are seen as British. Anyway, we still surprise them all the time with our cooking and they do have to admit that we can cook.
Many of these people had bad experiences during the 1970's when they went to the UK on exchanges and were subjected to greasy fish and chips and also green Jelly! So many of our guests mention green Jelly. Anyway, in our experience of eating out in ordinary French restaurants and bistros is that the food is not all it is cracked up to be. The French seem to put up with it and accept tough meats etc. The meats in England are generally far superior. Don't know why but could be down partly to the butchery.
Conclusion is that it is just down to what you are used to eating and it is difficult to break a habit.

[SalinaA]

I definately agree that with food it is largely to do with your habits and what your used to getting!