Super size me!

[Nana~ 4]

I had been wanting to watch that show for awhile, I know it's old but I just got to watch it last night.

I thought it was interesting~ And I will think 3 times before eaatting at fast food again!

I much rather eat at a sit down place anyhow, But sometimes you know traveling or going out etc. we do sometimes eat out at wendys.

It did make me feel good that my kids hate Mc D's but all fast food places like that are the same.

Did anyone else watch this movie? What are your thoughts on it? Did it change the way you look at fast food?

[lianna 3]

Haven't eaten a chicken nugget since seeing it, lol! My husband and I watched it shortly after I was banded. It sure makes it easier to just drive on by fast food places and pick up a rotiserrie chicken or such from HEB! We never grabbed fast food that often anyway, we both prefer restaurants, but we do so almost NEVER now. There are quick things to grab for dinner that are way healthier.

[Jachut 487]

It reinforced what I thought about fast food. I'd go so far as to say that letting your kids eat McDonalds several times a week ought to be a crime punishable by law.

The absolutely MOST horrifying thing about that movie though was the school lunch thing. Please tell me that wasnt typical of what kids in American schools get fed for lunch? Did you see that muck - all that neon yellow and orange food and barely a vegetable in sight and that stupid stupid moronic woman trying to argue that it wasnt their responsibility that if they served poison that kids chose to eat it. Somewhere there was a bowl of sad, tired fruit hidden away and she had the gall to suggest that the kids could choose that if they wanted to!

We dont have school lunches provided here, they either bring from home or have a lunch order from the school canteen. The government has just banned soft drinks from ALL school canteens which I think is a good thing but I"m disgusted by the options offered by our school canteen locally, its run by a business separate to the school and they have no care in the world for children's health, just in selling what kids will buy.

I still let my kids eat Maccas of course, but we've actually never really touched KFC or Subway or any of that, it looks too disgusting for words, I havent eaten KFC since I was a kid myself. But I swear there's something addictive in that stuff that makes kids want it more and more. Its a constant battle.

Now, I'm all excited this mornign because we have our first local farmer's market down at the football oval near the shopping centre this morning, loads of lovely organic produce from surrounding Gippsland. My kids actually do get excited about organic fruit because it tastes so good.

[TrishS 3]

Yeah I saw this movie almost a year ago... and I didnt eat fast food for almost 3months but heck I went back into it....

It was a pretty good intresting movie though makes you REALLY think what your eating

[piercedqt78 658]

There are only certain fast foods that I will eat to begin with, but the movie pretty much confirmed what I figured was there all the time. Give me a Wendy's baked potato and side salad anytime over McD's. I will also eat chicken at White Castle and that is it. I am so picky about fast food and take out that it is just easier to cook at home. ~Mandy

[Nana~ 4]

I prefer sit down places to eat to fast food, Most of the time its not only more healthy but just about the same cost and we can spend family time eatting together instead of on the go eatting.

We really like "Cheddars" our family of four can eat there for 22.00 a trip to wendys costs us about 18/19.00 so just for a few more dollare we get family time and a much healthier meal. I love their potato Soup and 1/2 a sandwich meal 5.50 if Im tight I only get the soup its chunky style so I dont consider it a liquid soup 2.99 hubby gets a lovely keywest chicken served w/ steamed vegies and brocklie cassarole (sp?) the kids normally get Pasta with red or white sauce. we all drink tea or Water.< /p>

Much better than Double cheddar burger and biggie fries and coke X4!

[piercedqt78 658]

Bunny, thanks for the info on Cheddars. There's a Cheddars right down the street from our new house we will have to check it out. ~Mandy

[wavydaby 1]

I watched it and though, "yea, if I ate what he ate, everyday all the time, I would be bigger too."

Our local paper did a story similar. The lady reporter ate there everyday and picked the healthy stuff or small cheeseburgers and lost like 10lbs that month. So, like anything else, you can make the numbers say what you want them to say. I have to find that article.

[DonnaB 3]

I like Cheddar's too. Unfortunately, I like their deep-fried-sandwich-of-death the Monte Cristo! I haven't been there since long before being banded - maybe we'll go there again and I'll try something better for me!

Now about Super Size me . . . I bought a copy off the cheap movies table but I haven't watched it yet - I'm kinda scared to! lol I'll probably watch it now that I don't eat McDonalds anymore.

A word about KFC - I haven't eaten there since they were accused of cruelty to live chickens - some of their employees have been arrested and are awaiting trial for animal abuse - I'm not going to say what they did, it's too disgusting, disturbing, and just plain sick. KFC is standing by their employees and denying the charges so I will never give my money to KFC again. Period. It's bad enough that most poultry producers force their animals to live in inhumane conditions while they fatten them up for slaughter but when individuals then participate in the painful, protracted and inhumane killing of the birds as part of some sick game - that's where I draw the line. Whenever possible I buy chicken - all meat in fact - from Kosher sources - I'm not Jewish but I know that Kosher practices require that animals be killed without pain or fear and that makes me feel better about my choices. Sermon over.