The Fast Food Massacre
June 26th, 2009
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My diet has always been nothing short of horrible. I was raised in a Dairy Queen, for my father owned it. My childhood was made up of hot dogs and blizzards. I fought against anything green or remotely healthy. I ate so much fast food as a kid, that I think it sabotaged my taste buds. Present day, try as I might to eat healthy, I just can’t seem to do it. I simply do not like the foods that are good for me. The only vegetables I like are corn and asparagus, I never eat salads, I like fruit but don’t really eat it. I live on meats and starches. Cheeseburgers, pizza, potatoes, hot wings, tacos. These are things I put in my body every week. I slather foods in mayo and extra bacon and I’ll wash it all down with a Dr. Pepper or a beer. My poor heart must be pissed.Â
Before my girlfriend moved in with me I was eating fast food 5 or 6 times a week, sometimes for both lunch and dinner. Today I average once a week, which is super great, but sadly my diet is still pretty bad. Just because I’m not getting my food from a fast food chain, doesn’t mean I’m not eating the same shit. Even at WholeFoods I gravitate towards the burger, the pizza, the Cajun chicken sandwich with cheddar, swiss, bacon and Cajun mayo! AHHH! So Delicious! Occasionally I will go for the sushi or some turkey, but who cares when you down a pint of Ben & Jerry’s right after it.
The fact of the matter is, I do not like the taste of a good many foods. My taste buds betrayed me early on and only allow me to enjoy the worst of the worst. I do try to take baby steps towards adding healthier foods to my diet, but it is a slow and painful process. I found it much easier to give up smoking than I do the bacon double cheese burger.Â
Much love
Travis
have you ever tried miracle fruit?
I have not…what is this miracle fruit you speak of?
I’ve seen videos of miracle fruit parties – it somehow alters the taste of foods so that if you eat the miracle fruit (or it’s seed?) first, it makes other food taste sweet – although I was under the impression that was only for sour food?
I could wiki this stuff, but that would mean things like moving the mouse and extra typing. Meh.
Anyway. It *was* pretty amusing watching a bunch of grown adults giggling happily while sucking on lemons.
You sound as healthy as my 15 year old daughter! Try avoiding the bad stuff for three weeks. Reinvent ways to get the same taste with less fat, like grilled chicken with hot sauce instead of wings. Try making your own burgers with 90% lean beef and hide some chopped onions and peppers in the burger. Tacos can be made with ground turkey meat, just add more veggies and cover them with salsa. There is a low carb pasta, dreamfields that is awesome. When you make pasta sauce chop up veggies and use some v8 juice to add more veggies. These are my tricks to add veggies into her diet. But make sure you exercise. Exercising helps, do you run? Sorry for being so motherly!
Ha! Please, mother away. I need all the help I can get. I have been drinking V8 more these days and taking multi-vitamins. We actually have replaces turkey with beef in the tacos and it’s delicious! I’ll look into some of your other advice as well.
Thanks Reggie!
Looks like one of my videos lol