Fast Food

As a young child, the only times me and my family would go to fast food restaurants would be on the weekends, mostly on Sundays. We would wake up early, at around, 8 A.M to go to church at 9. Me and my brother and sisters would hate waking up early if it wasn't for school. The only way our parents could get us out of bed to go to church was if they told us we were going out after. As soon as the church would finish, we would all ask our parents “Where are we going to eat?” and they would tell us wherever we all agreed to go. We would go to different fast food restaurants every week and eat there until we were all finished eating. The restaurants we would go were McDonald's, Burger King, Pollo Loco, Chinese Food, and Carl's JR. Since the restaurants varied every week, what we would order would also vary. My favorite restaurant to go to was Burger King. I would always get a Kid's meal just for the toy, just as any other kid probably did.

Now, my fast food habits are a bit different. I think I tend to eat fast food a lot more than when I was young. That reason being that I now have my own transportation and money. I go maybe twice a week now and get the big meals, since I am no longer a kid. The times I go now are on any random day whenever I am hungry and I am not at home. It can be on my way home from school or work, while at grocery stores, or the mall. Once I get hungry, I don't even stop and think if my mom has prepared a meal for me at home, I just go to a fast food restaurant and get something to eat there. I eat there and when I get home, my mom has, of course, made food for me and offers me some. I answer her that I already ate In N Out, McDonald's, or Burger King. Once hearing this, my mom tells me that I need to stop eating so much fast food and just go home and eat, and if she hasn't made anything is when she'll actually give me permission to eat whatever I want.

I, however, don't think I rely on it. Although I do eat it a lot, I can live without it. As a matter of fact, that's what I try to do now. Eating fast food once in a while is okay, but eating it all the time and every day can cause health problems. It can cause weight gain and sicknesses such as diabetes. What I try to do now is start eating less little by little. I have always been a skinny, healthy guy but, since I started eating fast food more often, I have started gaining more weight and I recently realized that I can't really exercise as much as I used to. Another reason I try not to eat as much is because my dad recently discovered that he has diabetes and told me and my brother and sisters that, if we don't change our eating habits, we can also get it.