Eating Fast Food Every Day

JupiterKid

I was watching a TV programme about unhealthy eating habits and it featured a family in the UK who ate at fast food places (McDs, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut etc.) every single day. They were all grossly overweight and it didn't seem to bother them that their diet was so lousy.

But, if given the chance, would you eat at fast good places every day to save the bother of cooking? Wouldn't it be a bit expensive? Also, fast food doesn't have to mean junk food - you could have a salad from a salad bar for example.

So would you eat fast food every day? Or even more than once a week?

Vic_08

No.

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gossamer

No. And I rarely eat takeaway which means I'm great.

LETHAL LADY

You'd want to be some lazy arsed pig or a homeless beggar to eat like that tbf.
A thrifty enough fecker could feed a family of say five well on seven euros a day.
These grotesque piggies need a boot in the hole.

BunkMoreland

Most of my food is pre packaged / pre made / fast.

Either take-away, canteen, packaged sandwich, deli sandwich, food in disposable aluminium baking trays from butchers / dunnes etc.

I can cook no problem, but cooking for one is a waste of time and not worth the effort.

FortySeven

I'm currently living on fast food. I find it really difficult to cook for one. It's not healthy. Don't care. It's better than a fridge full of two third portions leftover.

FortySeven

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

You'd want to be some lazy arsed pig or a homeless beggar to eat like that tbf.
A thrifty enough fecker could feed a family of say five well on seven euros a day.
These grotesque piggies need a boot in the hole.

I can feed a family of five very well for five euros a day. Don't talk to me about thrifty, I'm Scottish.

I'm now single, cooking has no interest. Please roll back a bit on the judgemental name calling. Pig? Beggar? Really?

daithi7

BunkMoreland wrote: »

Most of my food is pre packaged / pre made / fast.

Either take-away, canteen, packaged sandwich, deli sandwich, food in disposable aluminium baking trays from butchers / dunnes etc.

I can cook no problem, but cooking for one is a waste of time and not worth the effort.

Uggghhh, so much processed food is so bad for you.

My advice fwiw is to learn to use the microwave. I can cook beautiful fish in olive oil, steamed brocolli & other veg and say some nice baked or steamed baby, or sweet potatoes, in 3 plastic containers in about 10 minutes. That makes for a very tasty, wholesome and healthy dinner in under 10 minutes.

My main reason for going to the takeaway occasionally is to now restock my plastic containers that get a bit tired from all the use. I'd recommend it tbh. Processed food is not good imho.

LETHAL LADY

FortySeven wrote: »

I can feed a family of five very well for five euros a day. Don't talk to me about thrifty, I'm Scottish.

I'm now single, cooking has no interest. Please roll back a bit on the judgemental name calling. Pig? Beggar? Really?

Look being Irish I didn't want to boast like, but I can feed a family of twenty on ten cent per head per day. Beat that sonny Jim :P

FortySeven

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Look being Irish I didn't want to boast like, but I can feed a family of twenty a day on ten cent per head. Beat that sonny Jim :P

Well I'm Scottish, that gruel you're feeding your family is only through the charity of my people in support of your fight of the English!

Oh wait. It's 2016 and you're either fibbing or a skip raking hippy.

Junkyard Tom

Back in my day fast food was stuff that ran away that you had to throw spears at.

ardinn

When I lived alone I would have a cooking day kinda - Id make 4 or 5 dishes and freeze 4 or 5 portions of each. Now, I didnt eat say 20 meals over 20 days, but I ate 20 over 25-30. I like cooking though so I enjoyed it.

magentis

daithi7 wrote: »

Uggghhh, so much processed food is so bad for you.

My advice fwiw is to learn to use the microwave. I can cook beautiful fish in olive oil, steamed brocolli & other veg and say some nice baked or steamed baby, or sweet potatoes, in 3 plastic containers in about 10 minutes. That makes for a very tasty, wholesome and healthy dinner in under 10 minutes.

My main reason for going to the takeaway occasionally is to now restock my plastic containers that get a bit tired from all the use. I'd recommend it tbh. Processed food is not good imho.

Those plastic containers were not designed to be microwaved over and over again.There are most likely dangerous toxins leaching into your wholesome food.Eating fast food everyday would be far better for your health.

LETHAL LADY

FortySeven wrote: »

Well I'm Scottish, that gruel you're feeding your family is only through the charity of my people in support of your fight of the English!

Oh wait. It's 2016 and you're either fibbing or a skip raking hippy.

Well I'm Irish, the land of saints and scholars, remind me again of the scots tag? :P

LETHAL LADY

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Back in my day fast food was stuff that ran away that you had to throw spears at.

G'wan ya big spear chucker you!:pac:

daithi7

magentis wrote: »

Those plastic containers were not designed to be microwaved over and over again.There are most likely dangerous toxins leaching into your wholesome food.Eating fast food everyday would be far better for your health.

They are marked microwave safe, CE, etc. Isn't that good enough!?

Junkyard Tom

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

G'wan ya big spear chucker you!:pac:

I was born in the 1970's. We used to have to walk barefoot through the snow in the jungle to get to school while the monkeys threw coconuts at us. Damn those dirty apes. :mad:

JupiterKid

I eat too much fast food. I live on my own and cooking for one is a right pain - I'm a terrible fiend for microwaveable ready meals that are full of salt and fat. I am trying to cook more - things at the weekend and freezing them for the week ahead.

I think having diversity in the food and type of food you eat is key.

magentis

daithi7 wrote: »

They are marked microwave safe, CE, etc. Isn't that good enough!?

No.They are safe to be microwaved once or twice, but not over and over again,the composition of the plastic used is the issue here.They are disposable.Best get containers tested and designed for constant reuse.

daithi7

magentis wrote: »

No.They are safe to be microwaved once or twice, but not over and over again,the composition of the plastic used is the issue here.They are disposable.Best get containers tested and designed for constant reuse.

Thanks for the advice. That's a pity, cos they are bloody handy, being the ideal size, stacking shape and nice and light and easy to clean, far better than any ones I have ever bought tbh, and I have some from most of the leading brands.

Ferrari3600

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twill

Ah the lure of fast food, and the regret afterwards. There have been times when I was so tired and hungry I just said "feck it" and got a filet o'fish meal. Between the expense and the sick feeling afterwards, I couldn't do it often.

I don't agree that cooking for one is necessarily more awkward or expensive, though it can take more imagination when you're not much of a cook (which I'm not). When I lived alone I would buy a few of whatever fish that was reduced and freeze them to be thawed when required and cooked with some herby oven chips and a bit of quick salad. Spaghetti bolognese tastes better the next day and freezes well. I got a great recipe for butternut squash soup that only takes 20 minutes to cook. And so on.

Glico Man

daithi7 wrote: »

They are marked microwave safe, CE, etc. Isn't that good enough!?

Microwave safe for a 2/3 uses yes, but plastic has an 'off' date. You see the use by dates on bottles of water? Thats for the plastic bottle, not the contents.

Stigura

Electric Pressure Cooker :cool:

I've been eating take aways 3 times a day for the past 6 years and have the body of a Varsity athlete.

My friend says that I am a total freak of nature.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

i eat 'fast food' about 4 or 5 times a week and i'm not fat (anymore!). fast food itself isn't the problem, it's the quantity people eat

and there's nothing inherently unhealthy about fast food. a mcdonalds double cheeseburger (about 400 calories) is still just beef, cheese, bread and salt.

Grayson

I like KFC. You get it, eat it and feel disgusting in a good way. A week later you do it again and just feel disgusted.

I think with KFC especially you need to leave a few months between it.

Optimalprimerib

I have take away about once a week, usually on Friday and would cook something the rest of the week that could last for a few days , like a curry, pasta bake or bolognese.

However in places like Bangkok some apartments come without kitchens as eating out is so cheap over there and their fast food is healthy.

Riddle101

Wouldn't eat fast food everyday, but I do enjoy fast food all the same. Usually go to the Chinese or the Chipper on a Saturday night, would often at McDonalds or Burger King if I was out and about, and love ordering Pizza every now and again.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Well done that family; I'm glad they eat whatever they want. The insidious judgementalism in society annoys me.

Would get about 5 takeaways a year.

Wouldn't be that careful about diet, eat plenty of the homemade burger/spag bol/risotto type meals. Plus I can get by on 2 sandwiches a day, so often don't even cook. Just not into takeaways.

Penny Tration

daithi7 wrote: »

Uggghhh, so much processed food is so bad for you.

My advice fwiw is to learn to use the microwave. I can cook beautiful fish in olive oil, steamed brocolli & other veg and say some nice baked or steamed baby, or sweet potatoes, in 3 plastic containers in about 10 minutes. That makes for a very tasty, wholesome and healthy dinner in under 10 minutes.

My main reason for going to the takeaway occasionally is to now restock my plastic containers that get a bit tired from all the use. I'd recommend it tbh. Processed food is not good imho.

You can get those containers from dealz, something like six of them with lids for 1.50


As per OP, I eat takeaway/fast food about twice a month. Cheat meals. Can't beat a Firehouse pizza.

theteal

We were 4 days in the hospital for the birth of the little one last month. I ate subway there 4 days in a row. Im feeling ill at the thought of one now. I used to love the occasional subway

Dempsey

I either cook myself or eat from the canteen in work

Any meal I cook myself never takes more than 20-30 mins to make so ordering in or going out takes me longer and I rarely feel good or full after it. The good meals usually cost twice or 3 times as much than if I made it myself and I rather not spend that much money on food I can do myself if I put my mind to it.

Like anything, moderation is key, and I do have cheat meals and junk food from time to time aswell but if you cant take time out to feed yourself correctly, I'm talking over the course of a long period of time, then you need to re-evaluate your lifestyle tbh

biko

Smoke fast food erry day

PowerToWait

Food is priority number one for me. Not fancy, but home cooked, thought out and generally very tasty.

Dunno how you can feed people properly for 1 euro a day though. Maybe keep them alive, but 4 - 5 nutritious meals a day costs a few quid.

corner of hells

Dempsey wrote: »

I either cook myself or eat from the canteen in work

Any meal I cook myself never takes more than 20-30 mins to make so ordering in or going out takes me longer and I rarely feel good or full after it. The good meals usually cost twice or 3 times as much than if I made it myself and I rather not spend that much money on food I can do myself if I put my mind to it.

Like anything, moderation is key, and I do have cheat meals and junk food from time to time aswell but if you cant take time out to feed yourself correctly, I'm talking over the course of a long period of time, then you need to re-evaluate your lifestyle tbh

Cook yourself ? Self cannibalism.

Dempsey

corner of hells wrote: »

Cook yourself ? Self cannibalism.

Yes, with with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Problem?!

To me fast food is McD, Burger King, chipper etc not buying your sandwich at lunch or getting a Thai take away. Anyway I'd have what I consider take away about once a week, I buy a sandwich or roll for lunch everyday (I have a few places I rotate around to get it) and I would get take away (Thai etc) about once or twice a week. Monday to Thursday dinner would normally be cooked at home or something that was cooked before and frozen.

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

I eat too much fast food. I live on my own and cooking for one is a right pain - I'm a terrible fiend for microwaveable ready meals that are full of salt and fat. I am trying to cook more - things at the weekend and freezing them for the week ahead.

I think having diversity in the food and type of food you eat is key.

I duno how it's a pain, maybe because I almost always cook for myself. Most of the time you're just leaving stuff in the oven or the pot or the pan and waiting for a while, job done
I find microwave meals totally mank. Could make much nicer stuff myself with bigger portions and less calories cos I'm not using half a tub of cream or whatever they put in them half the time

tastyt

Obviously fast food every single day might not be best but I ****ing hate the holier than thou snobbish attitude of some people who almost look down on people who say they like a mcdonalds burger or a chinese.

" oh god no, how could you put that crap in your body, so many additives and salt, the chinese wouldn't eat their own food, have you no personal pride "

**** off you prick and take your judgemental preaching elsewhere.

bucketybuck

It takes ten minutes to cook up a chicken+rice+curry sauce, chicken+spaghetti+sauce, bacon+potatoes+gravy+peas, burger on a bap with lettuce, or any of a dozen other simple dishes.

Anybody who says they don't want to cook for one is a lazy, lying, fat ****er, there is **** all cooking involved in turning on the oven or putting some rice in water and yet thats all you have to do to make a meal healthier than anything from the chipper.

ChikiChiki

I eat well Monday to Friday. That means preparing home cooked healthy meals to eat throughout the day. On a Saturday and Sunday I'll lose the run of myself and get Dominoes or some sort of takeaway and generally not give a f**k. Its all about balance in my opinion.

Teyla Emmagan

I need to cook more. I am also lethal for microwaveable meals. Even nice ones, from M&S or whatever have too much salt and preservative sh"t in them.

I invested heavily in Tupperware a while back for all the batch cooking I was going to do. Now I have a press full of plastic containers and a freezer full of M&S meals. Because I am a lazy ar&e. I think this will have to he the new year's resolution.

I do eat a very varied diet though with a load of fish, so I think that helps. I had a full suite of blood tests done last week and all that came back was that I am slightly folic acid deficient. So I must up the spinach, not that I will be getting pregnant or anything. I was just slightly surprised at that.

_Jamie_

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was watching a TV programme about unhealthy eating habits and it featured a family in the UK who ate at fast food places (McDs, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut etc.) every single day. They were all grossly overweight and it didn't seem to bother them that their diet was so lousy.

But, if given the chance, would you eat at fast good places every day to save the bother of cooking? Wouldn't it be a bit expensive? Also, fast food doesn't have to mean junk food - you could have a salad from a salad bar for example.

So would you eat fast food every day? Or even more than once a week?

No way. I pig out the odd time but often I end up not even enjoying the greasiness.

Rainman16

I think it's all about carbohydrates. The most unhealthy part of a burger is the bun. The worst part of a pizza is the base.

wakka12

FortySeven wrote: »

I'm currently living on fast food. I find it really difficult to cook for one. It's not healthy. Don't care. It's better than a fridge full of two third portions leftover.

Freeze the food you don't eat..? I live with a family of 5 but I cook myself lunches and dinners to bring with me to college because Im in college for about 12 hours every day 6 days a week. I make big batches of chill con carne or chicken curry or little meals like that, like about 8 or 9 portions in each batch and then freeze them. Then have them all over the course of the month, you can cook for one pretty easily with very little wastage

wakka12

Rainman16 wrote: »

I think it's all about carbohydrates. The most unhealthy part of a burger is the bun. The worst part of a pizza is the base.

Its all about the carbohydatres and then not doing any exercise..carbs are unfairly demonised, they are necessary, they provide energy. They just get a bad rap because most people are too busy or lazy to exercise and the energy is converted into fat

DSN

When I lived on my own i got my first steamer & weekdays I'd stick lots a veg in & always enough for 2 days. Then I'd grill/fry piece of fish/chicken /steak. If I wanted a carb night I'd have fresh pasta with pesto or stir fry veg with noodles - all v quick meals. I'd would have ate out or get take away once or twice at the w/e though. I wouldn't like take away every night I'd be like a heifer! Even salads are usually laden with oily dressings etc. Now have a family i have a responsibility to them to try n feed them them relatively healthy stuff we have the odd take away as a treat.

Rainman16

wakka12 wrote: »

Its all about the carbohydatres and then not doing any exercise..carbs are unfairly demonised, they are necessary, they provide energy. They just get a bad rap because most people are too busy or lazy to exercise and the energy is converted into fat

Yes. So if your going to be a lazy fck. Like most people are, You don't need carbs.

Sure you can eat foods that are high in carbohydrates, if you are going to burn off the energy. But if you're going to drive home, play Xbox all evening, jack off and fall asleep, Then you don't need carbs.

Corkgirl18

I'd have a take away maybe once every 2/3 weeks. That's enough for me.
As nice as they taste, I just feel like crap after them. I love cooking though so if I have a craving I'll make a healthier version of the takeaway I'm craving e.g. pizza, chinese, burger etc.