Around here, no one I know admits to eating fast food. There is a veil of shame around it like it was heroin or child molestation.
But I? I freaking love McDonalds and eat it. Not as often as I’d like but pretty regularly.
And I hide it.
I can’t think of a single person who would bring Wendy’s in for lunch at work, or invite a friend & kids to meet them at a McDonald’s for a playdate. SF Bay Area, go figure, right? But I wonder how many people I kno are sneaking a little Carl’s Jr on the side…
How about you? Do you eat fast food? And if you do, will you admit to it?
Yes, but it has to be Culver’s or something similar. McDonalds makes me remember I need to lose weight and I will go another half a day without eating. I don’t have a problem with anybody eating where they like if I don’t have to participate.
Hells yeah I love McDonald’s, always have. Move to the midwest, it’s not such a crime around here! Of course that may also have something to do with the number of overweight people around here too.
Arby’s is a guiltier pleasure because most everyone else I know thinks it’s disgusting. But there is nothing like a Beef n’ Cheddar.
A few weeks ago I made a special after work trip to a music store to buy something specific. I figured I’d grab a little dinner afterwards. I was quite disappointed that the music store didn’t have what I wanted. I was devastated to find that the local Taco Bell had closed.
I’m not that fond of it. Oddly, I grabbed a quarter pounder with Cheese today, probably the first time in - heck it could be years. Definitely many months.
Now if subs count as fast food, then I admit to having subs.
You guys are a bunch of 12 year old’s, you know damn well all that stuff is horrible for you and is destroying the environment, and our children’s diet, but you still keep eating it…
… And God help me, so do I. I quit cold turkey a while back and it was nice to be able to drop lines like “I don’t eat fast food” condescendingly on my friends, but I woke up hung over one morning and I* needed* me a big mac and a small strawberry milkshake. Now I got a once every two weeks habit going again.
I regularly mock my coworkers who routinely eat fast food, both for being too lazy or useless to prepare their own food, and for complaining about being short of cash while they spend extra $$$ eating out.
Places like DQ, Wendys & McDonalds are basically an alternative to starvation, I think I broke myself of even the occassional trips there many years ago.
I have an Arby’s and McD’s within walking distance of my office. About once or twice a month I’ll go to one or the other, and I’ll often bring it back to the office and eat at my desk. No big deal, don’t try to hide it, don’t feel particularly self-conscious or ashamed of it.
I’m not ashamed to admit eating fast food. I like others have mentioned love Arby’s Beef N Chedder with bacon and I usually get theri jalapeno bites as I like them much better than the ones at Jack in the Box.
Everything in moderation. I am not overweight and I do not eat fast food more than once or twice a month. I reserve the right to love it even if I can’t eat it regularly.
I go once a week after Weight Watchers and maybe one other time during the week. I do tend to hide the wrappers and not mention it to people, because after all, it’s not on The Plan.
Maybe 1-2 visits a year to Chipotle. A few visits a year to Quizno’s. The level of ‘restraint’ is partially out of a desire to eat healthy food, but much of the reason is because I’m a vegetarian.
I like the taste find. I’d be willing to hack the stigma. But my digestive system basically won’t hack it and all too often the restaurants around here are so visibly unclean that I can’t bring myself to eat there.
Oh, I love McDonald’s although I only allow myself to indulge a few times a month…maybe a little more lately because I often indulge in an Third Pounder Angus Deluxe when I am stressed.
And McDonald’s sausage biscuits (hold the processed eggs and cheese, please)…are God’s perfect breakfast.
And I don’t really try to hide it but lots of my friends act as if I should, they kind of evade the subject if I start talking about it and if I actually suggest going there they just pretend they don’t hear me.
And my late boyfriend was the worst offender, once we were in Vegas and I tried to get him to take me to Burger King and he actually agreed but once we got in the car he pulled a series of mild deceptions and we ended up eating at Aureole instead.
I get fast food maybe 5 to 7 times a year. The last time I had it was two weeks ago. I went to Subway. I usually avoid it, especially the burger joints, because it makes me really sick.
I don’t look down on people who eat it, though. Instead, I look upon them with undisguised envy, then drool at their fries.
I can identify with the OP in a big way. When I lived in NYC, eating fast food was seen as a crime. Even getting Subway (higher up on the fast food hierarchy) for lunch at work produced sneers from my co-workers. But it was the only place around where I could get a decent sandwich for under $7-8. I take that back–there was also a McDonald’s but no one would get caught dead going there, except me, sometimes–for an iced coffee.
Now, in Chicago, it’s more acceptable, but still not that much more. I feel guilty and hide my evidence when I get fast food. I only get it once every 2-4 weeks, but that can fluctuate based on how busy and stressed I am.
And you know what? I like it. I think it tastes great and is psychologically soothing. It reminds me of the simple pleasures of being a kid. I eat healthy 95% of the time, and my digestive system has dealt with much worse than the occasional Spicy Crunchwrap or McDouble. I’ll live.
and maybe one other time during the week. I do tend to hide the wrappers and not mention it to people, because after all, it’s not on The Plan.