I had no idea how shitty fast food (McDonald’s, KFC etc) was making me feel until I recently gave it up. I’m trying to eat healthier (and vegan-er) so the first thing I did was give up my fast food habit. A few things I found interesting about the process:
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Holy shit is this hard. I don’t know if I’m just weak-willed or they put some seriously addictive stuff in there but the cravings are almost unbearable.
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Other than that I feel amazing after only a month. I have more energy, a better mood, my digestive system is better, I look healthier. All this makes the cravings worth it and those are slowly getting less terrible.
I highly recommend giving up fast food.
But after cooking all week I’m exhausted and don’t feel like prepping and dicing and baking or whatever. Fast food sucks and is terrible for you but the convenience.
Almost like these cheap and fast food items are purposely loaded with addictive and pacifying chemicals/ingredients for some reason. If only I could remember who said this and where
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i’ve always been told they put addictive shit in it. i know the sugary buns of burgers are to make them addictive.
Yeah fast food is like once every couple of months for me. I remember once years ago in a class I was taking how expensive fast food is for me. It never fills me up or I don’t have enough money to do this.
i weened myself off of it over time in addition to soda. still get a pizza or some chinese takeout once a month. basically the same thing i did with nicotine and i guess opiates (still at stage kratom but feels like seltzer to soda) but you are absolutely right it seriously has some drug like effects. even crappy home prepared food is better.
