Hamburgers, French Fries, and Sundaes. Oh My!

 Ice cream sundaes, French fries, soda, and hamburgers fill menus at fast food restaurants. With all the amazing choices you are bound to find at least one thing that satisfies your cravings. Growing up, a young child never thinks of all the calories they intake, and they shouldn’t. Kids are too young to even be worrying about working out and dieting. I do find it to be the parent’s decision and job to limit their child’s intake on unhealthy foods. I have read in so many places that America is the country with the most obesity rates. Knowing this is crazy to know, but it makes sense knowing how many parents don’t have time to make a home cooked meal and decide to buy fast food for almost every meal.

Growing up fast food had always been a treat to my brothers and I. My parents almost always cooked us a delicious home cooked meal and we would sit at the table and eat as a family. Having some family time during dinner was one of my childhood memories, because we would all sit together and talk about different things. It was rare that my parents would order us pizza or get us a hamburger and French fries. When we did get it, boy was it a treat. My parents would buy us fast food if we were on a road trip and needed a quick bite. They would also treat us to an ice cream sundae if we had been doing extra good in school. Sometimes even if we they were busy with work we would get pizza. My brothers and I looked forward to pizza on the once in a while occasions. I don’t think we would have liked to have fast food or pizza every single day anyways.

Lately I have been trying to eat a little healthier. Fast food is usually not an option for me. When I was in eighth grade it was a requirement to read a certain book that mentions all the bad things about fast food items, because of this the thought of fast food kind of grosses me out. Sometimes the delicious looking pictures on advertisements would sucker me in and I would order something. I probably eat fast food once every 2-3 months. Okay, I lied; I eat In-n-Out about once every 1-2 months, at least. If my family and I are taking a road trip, we sometimes stop at a fast food restaurant, but even then we usually stop at an actual restaurant, depending if it’s not too late. Even then I just get a chicken sandwich with no extras added. Mainly, because fast food makes my stomach feel extremely heavy, full, and as if all the grease will stay in my stomach forever. I know, thinking that is a bit dramatic, but that is really how my stomach feels. I have to admit fast food can be so delicious, even though I have read bad things about fast food places. I crave hamburgers, but making a homemade hamburger tastes so much better to me. If I had the choice between homemade or a hamburger and French fries from a fast food restaurant I would definitely pick homemade. Fast food can be very tempting since it is so easy and inexpensive, but the outcome of eating so much if terrible.