burgers and fries
This is an ongoing post I have been writing for the past month:
I love McDonald's. I love the McChicken, the Filet-o-Fish, the burgers, the nuggets, the fries and even the diet coke is delicious. It is so convenient, so cheap and so entirely bad for you. It was becoming too easy to stop there and get lunch or dinner when we were in a rush/not feeling like cooking, etc. So, I decided to give it up for the month of April (and any place like it)....and you guys, it has been SO hard! I kept thinking I wanted to have an ongoing post of how I felt about McDonald's that particular day, but I didnt get around to it until today (the 21st). Oops. So I will summarize how the last 2 1/2 weeks have been. Things were easy peasy up until the week of the 14th. Since then, I have thought about having McDonald's at least once a day. I am a crazy person! I know this. May 1st can't come soon enough! Except, since I have gone without it this long, I am thinking I should stick it out as long as I can. We'll see what wins out (probably McDonalds, I'm not going to lie)
21st - It's Monday. Enough said. I wanted to go to McDonald's for lunch because I know all we have at home are Lean Cuisine french bread pizzas. I had those 3 times last week. /// Went home for lunch and watched a little Big Brother After Dark and had an Herb Roasted Chicken Lean Cuisine. This is actually one of my faves. It was pretty good.
22nd - Jon calls me at work to ask me if Culver's is the same as McDonalds. I say yes, we cannot go there either, I proceed to think about butterburgers for the rest of the day.
23rd - not feeling real good. My glands are kind of swollen and soup sounds much tastier.
24th - Still getting over the sickness. Still not diggin the idea of McD's.
25th - we went to Dotty's for dinner. I'm not sure if that was cheating. We DID have burgers and fries (and cheese curds...mmmmm), but it wasn't McDonald's :) And, it's Friday. I don't cook on Fridays.
26th - kind of want McDonalds.
27th - Had soup for lunch. Jon made homemade pizza for dinner. McDonald's would have been convenient, but we chose to eat what we had in the house. Yay us!
28th - Stopped at Target to get lunches for the week...including 3 Cheese Ziti Marinara by Smart Ones. It is my favorite and I have not thought about having McD's.
29th - stayed late at work, then did some errands. Jon wasn't going to be home for dinner. I kind of wanted to go to McDonald's, but I didn't!
30th - we went grocery shopping right after work and didn't get done until about 7, so we didnt feel like going home and starting to cook a meal at 7. Typically, we might have gone to McD's or Wendy's since they are right down the street. Tonight, we went to Subway! Yay us!
Recap:
So now it is May 1st and we are planning on making dinner at home tonight, but we'll see what happens in the future. This experiment was meant not only to cut out something that is really bad for you, but also to save money and be in the mind set to make meals rather than eat out. And I think we succeeded in that. The times when we were tempted to just go to McDonald's, we took a step back and realized that we were just being lazy and to get our butts in the kitchen to cook something. Tomorrow is Friday though and it's possible that we could relight the flame with McDonalds. Bottom line: I think I will think more about the money and the calories before I ever go there again.
14 comments:
I'm with you.... I crave fast food everyday. McDonald's is right down the block from us too. So convenient and now that I'm home all day, I crave it for lunch as well. However, I have been doing well at eating lunch at home and making dinners too. Good luck to you with the fast food fast. Maybe you could now grant yourself one fast food meal each week?!
I also think the fact that McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Qdoba and basically everything else is within a 1 mile radius of out apt really makes it even more difficult.
I think once a week might even be too much. I was probably only having FF about once, maybe twice a week before the experiment.
Have you seen "Supersize Me"? McDonalds would classify you as a "Heavy User". If that isn't enough to keep me away from their store, I don't know what is.
I like to think I eat fairly healthy, but I'm a Taco Bell addict (always get the cheese quesadilla and beef taco). It's hard to break the cycle when it tastes good, is convenient and affordable!
Super Size didn't do anything for me to stay away from McDonald's actually. I knew it was bad for me before I saw the movie.
Anna Brooke, that is exactly it: tastes so good, cheap and CONVENIENT! I don't have to do anything except sit in my car, hand over a small amount of cash and I have a tasty meal.
That whole entry is so funny!
I'm proud of both of you. Keep it up.
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Our family gave up fast food for the past 6 weeks. We made a run to Taco Bell once when I realllllly needed a meximelt, but beyond that we've actually made food at home. We figured out that we saved mucho bucks. I've also discovered that I have the ability to plan out meals for a family of four for the week. Who knew?
I crave MIckey D's about once every few months but when the craving hits, it's out of control! Usually happens after a night of drinking.
But Super Size Me really affected me and I didn't eat there for almost a year. Now I'm back to my rare but strong cravings.
Good for you though, it's hard to kick an addiction.
good for you guys... it takes 20 days to break a habit. yah for you!
Nicole - I too have realized we can plan out meals and it is quite easy whipping them up when you have all the ingredients and have meat defrosted. it's rocket science obviously.
Julia - I hope I get to the point where I only crave it every couple months.
Dria - 20 days, really? huh. yeah us!
You're hilarious.
Dotty's cheese curds are awesome and so are is that Ziti from Smart Ones. When I was pregnant, I was all about the Big Mac. During March, all I want are Shammie Shakes. I actually like the newer chicken sandwiches they have now.
I am a vegetarian and I still crave McDonald's big time. Cheeseburger no meat and fries sound sooooo good right now. You totally are making me want to go there for lunch!
A cheeseburger no meat? Is that just cheese, pickles, ketchup, mustard and bun?
cheeseburger no meat sounds very interesting. Their buns are pretty good...and I suppose it would just be like a souped up grilled cheese?
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