I hate food! I mean, I loooooovvvvveee food, but heck I struggle with food more than anything else!
I was raised on hamburger. It was cheap when times were tough and Dad liked it, so we ate a lot of it. As soon as I had my own job and some wheels, I was eating anything BUT hamburger! I started an affair with fast food, which I'm certain was laced with crack so I would keep going back for more! It's no surprise that, even though I have eaten my share of crap, I was disgusted when I read the headline "Man eats 25,000th Big Mac, 39 years after his 1st." I couldn't even bring myself to read the article at first, but as I considered writing this blog I decided I needed to know this man's story. He bought himself a car 39 years ago and celebrated with 3 Big Mac's. He loved them so much that he went back and got six more that day. For 39 years he has averaged 2 Big Mac's a day, commenting that he had only gone 8 days without one in all that time. It says something about our culture that such an article would be front page worthy. How sad.
So why do I eat crap? Well, it's easy! It's not cheap, it's not as good as homemade food, but it's ready in just a couple of minutes and I can eat it in my car as I'm rushing to wherever. Great selling points, eh? I do know how to cook, without making anyone sick even! The problem is I get bored with the same ole foods very quickly and I'm not creative in the least, so I struggle to come up with a new food or recipe. My friends have been a great help with this, I now know dozens of ways to prepare chicken! Hands down, chicken is my favorite food. Make it spicy and I'm in heaven!
About two weeks ago I was challenged by a friend to avoid all fast food until my next half marathon. I love me a good challenge! The first week was difficult, but once I actually went to the grocery store things got much easier! For the most part I'm eating proper portion sizes of healthier foods, prepared in my own home without any crack additives. I still have some vices, but I'm getting better. The problem is I am hungry. All the time! I have increased my water consumption, so that helps, but I still need to find more filling foods. I've run twice this week and done a Jillian work out once and during all three activities I was plagued by hunger pangs. As if trying to keep from tripping over my own feet isn't enough, now I'm trying ignore my tummy at the same time :( Anyone else notice that the tummy is right between the brain and the feet? Can messages safely travel that route with the big bad angry tummy in the way?
Once again, I have to laugh. While typing away on this blog; a friend came in and started talking about a local fast food restaurant. He went searching for information about it on the internet, trying to determine if it was a chain or not and proceeded to tell us all about what he and his wife had for lunch (in detail). Thank goodness they had hamburgers - I lost my appetite ;)
2 comments:
I think 25,000 of anything is extreme, right? Wow!
Wow and kind of gross.
I love to cook, but I love myself a delicious night out at a great restaurant too. I just can't make The Porch's santa fe sammie like they can. :)
Check out All Recipe or Our Best Bites. They are two of my fave sites for recipes. You just may fall in love with cooking instead of fast food. Good Luck with the challenge!
get yourself some 'south beach bars' they taste pretty good - FULL of protien and best of all STOP the hunger pangs!! They have tons of flavours (including my favourite 'smores') great to keep in the glove box/hand bag & desk drawer... seriously you won't be hungry for HOURS after one of them!!
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