Eating Out
Thursday 17th of July 2008 09:54:40 AMI got to work this morning and had an interesting converstation w/my cubbie mate. We somehow got on the topic of eating out at fast food places and restaurants. I guess he went to a Play w/his 18 year old son and they wanted to do dinner before hand. Which is fine. He asked his son where they should go eat; anyplace, anyplace at all. He choose McDonalds. D’oh! I would have choose something like a famous SteakHouse!
Anyway, this family of 4 kids and mom/dad, eat out, I swear, at least Once A Day. They run out of new places to try so thats why the kid requested McD’s. Needless to say, the Dad is around 80 lbs overweight and the Mom is around 50 lbs overweight, the kids are chubby, but not too bad. Yet.
Other than the health issues, I have no clue how they afford this either! We eat our about once a week; twice a week max, and then one of those times is Subway.
Like our Fitness Lady said yesterday at our weekly meeting; it is no wonder 1/3 of the US population have some type of cancer. The kind of food we put in our boddies is just terrible ! ! All that proccessed foods w/ingredients I cannot even pronounce, should not be eaten. Yuck ! If I cannot pronounce it, I do not eat it.
Okay, thats not true . . . I have Diet Coke w/Lime one a day. whoops!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
with lime? hmnnn… that sounds good! will have to try that!
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July 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I love Limes! We can get them sometimes, 10 for $1.00 ! I squeeze a half one in my Diet Coke and then just drop in the rest of it. Its very good cuz I dont really like diet anythings!
As for Scrapbooking, I love it, but …. I dont have much time for that, but I would love to get into it. I’ll have to remember to check your blog out on Saturday !
July 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Ok lime with diet coke is my ultimate favorite and a must with any food I eat outside. And I have to confess, my nineteen year old son and I eat a lot outside but we try to choose wisely focusing on the healthier stuff. Every summer, this is a way of enjoying our time together. But you do end up putting on weight regardless because he is young and nd hits the gym five times a week whereas, I sort of veg after coming home… Needless to say, I start losing the weight when I start cooking regularly after summer is over… And you can afford if you have one of those entertainment books that I do the mistake of buying each year
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July 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I love to eat out! I love to sit back and have someone else cook for me and be served. We eat out for lunch at work a lot… Squatters, Red Rock, Atlantic, we went to Skool Lunch today.
I try to eat smart, though. And I try not to go out more than once a week. Maybe twice.. I love my coworkers and we have fun eating out and having a beer.
Yesterday on a TV show on 13 in the morning… I forget what it’s called, they had food comparisons. Like the cheese fries at Outback Steakhouse, or the fried onion, were over 2,000 calories just for that! It was amazing.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Hey Cyn, Good that you are eating smart tho! It is hard where work is concerned. As long as we are mindfull of what we shove in our face, we should be okay. I hope.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
RBK, Too bad you are not ’round here out West. We could get together and have a coke w/fresh limes and chat
Thanks for stoppin’ by XO
July 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Funny I just did a Thursday 13 meme post last week about all the Fast Food that is around us. It’s crazy!
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July 18th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I worked with a guy once and he and his wife ate out for just about every meal. I don’t know how they could afford it. And he of course was very over weight.
When I go on business trips I am tired of eating out after about two meals.
We have lots of good places to eat out in the DC area though. I read once that there are more meals eaten out in DC than any other city. That makes sense.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Hi Pamela, It is crazy out here too; there are so many fast food places its hard to believe they all make money. But then again, looking at our obese population, I guess its really not THAT unbelievable. Have a great weekend !
July 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Kim, I personally think that when we eat out, we gain weight. I know I do, the portion size is amazingly huge! It would be hard in DC for sure. I’d like to try them all, but then I would be probably as large as DC! XO