big bad world

[lush_jenn]

heading out now to uni, on the way i must walk past mcdonals, pizza hut , kfc and several starbucks, but as i look in the window instead of seein yummy food i cannot have i will ignore the vision past the window and concentrate more on the reflection i see, and ask my self DO I WANT A BIG MAC???? OR DO I WANT TO CHANGE THAT REFLECTION??? i think i know what my answer will be ....

[ladyinred]

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Way to go Lush! I have to ask myself the same thing....what is more exciting and gives more satisfaction - a taste of (carbage of your choice) or the thrill of getting on the scale and seeing a lower number. Definitely getting smaller is more exciting.

[Momtofour]

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You keep on doing that. Eventually you won't even have to ask yourself the question. You will automatically want the healthier stuff. Believe me, I never thought it would happen, but it did for me.

[cleochatra]

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Hi, lush!

We're such a nation of lazy-butt fast food eaters! Way to go on walking past the marketing campaign and not seeing those places. They no longer exist to you!

[not2late]

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heading out now to uni, on the way i must walk past mcdonals, pizza hut , kfc and several starbucks, but as i look in the window instead of seein yummy food i cannot have i will ignore the vision past the window and concentrate more on the reflection i see, and ask my self DO I WANT A BIG MAC???? OR DO I WANT TO CHANGE THAT REFLECTION??? i think i know what my answer will be ....

McDonalds: you can eat the burgers without the buns and ketchup. The vegetable salads are typically okay, just read the ingredients and don't use the salad dressing . Of course, no fries.

Pizza hut: you can eat the chicken wings (watch the serving size and read the ingredients/ carbs). You can even eat the pizza---the pizza toppings.

KFC:scrape off the breading to the chicken.

Starbucks: order decaf, use an artificial sweetener and heavy cream.

But as everyone said, whole foods are better for you, but you can still eat low carb at these places.

[lush_jenn]

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really??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dusnt all that stuff have hidden sugar contents????

[softnred]

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Starbucks has Passion tea....you can have it either hot or iced. It's a caffeine-free herbal tea from Tazo--you can also buy a box of tea bags to take home. It's SOOOOOOOO good!!! That's now my Starbucks fix.......an iced Passion tea with NO sweetner.

[ttdriver]

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I strongly suggest you watch the movie Supersize Me. That did it for me!!

Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want at the moment.

Betty

[AllieCat0817]

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Not only that... but look at the other people inside those places too. That's a good deterrant.

[Rooster for U]

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And my 2 cents? wave hi to everyone when ya walk by them fast food places and tell me about the look on their faces when ya do LOL. I bet you get more enjoyment doing that as you walk by than wanting to eat the burger.

Ever wave at everyone on a bus when it goes by. fun fun fun!

[Desertthorn]

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LOL great thread. I think the fast food industry has a lot to do with my fat butt, and staying away from it is the wise choice for me. On the other hand, lush, like Not2late said, we can do fast food if we ask questions and look at their menu carefully. Burger King sells a low carb version of their hamburger, toss out the bun and avoid the sauce, and use the mayo where they don't. You can strip the skin off the chicken at K-Fried, but unfortunately, if its in my hand, its in my mouth, so I can't be tempted that way either. Pizza sauce is pretty low sugar and if you like pizza, try Bikergoodess Pizza recipe here on the board. (USe the search engine) TO DIE FOR
We can absolutely do this

[Rooster for U]

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Do I sense some carb creepin' here....sniff, sniff. ohhhhh chemicals too. ok here we go.

I don't care what there labels say, we will never loose weight, EVER! eating fast food...there are things in that food that hipnotize our taste buds to addict us and those same things in the manufacturing process are chemicals that retard or STOP weight loss! careful......oh, and guess what? after McDonalds pays the FDA millions a year they can do what they want...then it goes in your mouth? not me, and I hate to see you think it's OK too...people care for you here! I know it sounds crazy but politics are politics and fast food is politics...billions a year in all the pockets. It may be carblees and just protein when you skin the chicken but the chemicals are a war with me. C'mon, you can do this. I'm a rootin' fer ya.

[lush_jenn]

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aw wow thanx for all ur replys, yeh i just walked rite past , i feel the same, its almost criminal to serve such plain tasteless food, which is soooooooooooooo strangely addictive and at almost 2000 calories for a meal its a nightmare!!!!!! im much happier with the knowledge that no longer will i be addicted to food i have no idea y iam eating, awwwwwwwww yeh and i did see super size me, wat a nightmare that was , i mean how many ppl must put on soooooooooo much excessive weight say that live in the city or near a fastfood outlet , its scary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHHHHH maybe we shuld open up a purely low carb chain of restraunts for all off us!!!!! am sure the future holds it, here in the uk we still dont have low carb in any of our main chains, i.e burger king or subway , i believe america dus??...... wil make things easier wen they realise the market is here 2 !