My experience with fast food was quiet interesting. When I was younger, I didn’t eat the healthiest, but I mean what young kid likes healthy food. They all want junk food. It was a part of my childhood because my grandfather would always spoil me. Every day on the way to school, he would stop at McDonalds or Taco Bell to buy my brother breakfast and me. Sometimes if we were early enough, we would stop at Burger King. I would always get breakfast burritos or sausage egg mcmuffins. I used to love it at the time just cause it tasted so good. I can say I did depend on it because very time I was hungry that’s what I would eat. My parents would always be busy working so my mom didn’t cook as much. As I was in my teenage years I would eat fast food at least once a day. I would always get a hamburger meal with French fries and a drink. At McDonalds I would always get the chicken nugget meal. I realized I ate all this fast food because I was too lazy to make something at home or just cause I loved the taste of it. I ate a lot of fast food, people would always give me crap about eating it, but I never really cared. I never gained weight from eating bad, but I know my arteries aren’t the greatest.
In the past year, I stopped eating fast food because I was more aware about how many calories and carbohydrates were in these meals. The movie supersize me documentary had made me completely stopped eating McDonalds. I never realized how bad it was for you until I saw how many preservatives and fats were in just a small cheeseburger. I was around a healthy environment a lot so that did have an effect on me. I still eat fast food once in a while but only if I have to. I do get grossed out when I just even think about McDonalds just because it’s the unhealthiest place. My best friend is a health freak that had inspired me to eat healthy and stop eating junk food. I look back and I see how horrible I ate, but now I have improved. I eat mostly chicken and rice. I also drink a lot more water than before. I have more energy, and I feel better about my appearance. Fast food has a big impact on your physical appearance. Gaining weight was not a problem for me, but the greasiness of the food made me breakout on my face. I eat fast food now, maybe once every two weeks. Now I like to eat a lot of vegetables and fruit. I can eat fruit all day; I love it so much. I know now that my body is in way better shape than it was, I can also feel it I have more energy, stronger. I do regret eating unhealthy when I was younger, but I also learned from it. Now fast food taste gross to me, I rather eat at home.
