Fast Food

It’s crazy how much fast food meals I have consumed in my life so far. I can’t even honestly remember the first time I tried McDonalds. When I was growing up, my mom did all the cooking and she made all our meals. Although I didn’t appreciate it much then, now I look back and wish I was enjoying my mom’s meals every day. The only times that we ever ate out when I was younger was on special occasions. I remember getting really excited every time I did well in school or it was my cousin’s birthday because it always meant one thing: Eating out. I used to love eating at Carl’s Jr. that was my favorite place. I never really enjoyed McDonalds that much but we also ate there when I was growing up. I remember one time I went to McDonalds and I got a happy meal and those usually always come with toys. When I opened my happy meal, there wasn’t just one toy, there were two! I was so excited; I think I played with the toys for weeks. Fast food wasn’t a huge part of my childhood, but it was kind of important to me. I was a kid and I loved being able to eat out once in awhile but then again I think any young kid would. As I got older, it became easier to go out with friends and enjoy a greasy meal together. I loved eating out so much that as soon as I got my first job, the thing I would spend my money on the most was on fast food. I never thought fast food would become part of my regular eating routine.

Now, I almost depend on eating out. It has become part of my regular routine. Although I know that eating too much fast food can be a bad thing, it has become easy to eat quick meals everyday because of my busy schedule. Sometimes there just isn’t time to sit at home and enjoy one of my mom’s delicious meals. I have to go to work most of the days and then to school on my free days. Sometimes I do get lucky and I have a chance to make myself something to eat or I eat something my mom makes, but it doesn’t happen very often. Another thing that I have to worry about is money. I always spend money on fast food places, McDonalds, Wendy’s; you name it I’m there. This is becoming a real problem in my wallet. I have been trying to cut back on eating out recently and I have been pretty successful so far. I try to take snacks to school and then eat at home and I also do the same when I go to work.I don’t think I could ever really give up fast foods completely, but I am definitely trying to minimize the amount that I eat every week. I would encourage anyone else to try to do the same to better your health, save you money, and save your life.