Fast Food - Should It Be Banned?

[SOLDIER #819]

The way to live is: all things in moderation. We need a little of everything to sustain us, and some more of certain things than others. But everything in moderation. I might drink a bit too much, or smoke a bit too much, but I try to live by moderation as best I can.

I completely agree with this, but I think that it's much harder than people make it out to be. Plus, moderation when trying to lose is different than moderation when trying to maintain. You're in the negative and depriving yourself of nourishment. Those that have been overweight and have dieted, successfully or not, probably know how difficult it is to actually lose weight and then keep it off. People who say it isn't... I really wish I had your amazing metabolism or love of exercise.

That said, fast food is just deceitful, haha. People know it's bad, but since we've grown up around it it's just one of those notions we take for granted. So we don't really know how bad it is unless we're proactive about being healthy. And it tastes good pretty good, too. But putting aside the additives and whatnot... If you're on a 2000 calorie diet then a (TINY) double cheeseburger by itself is already more than 1/5th of your diet. Half of the double cheeseburger is fat. If you're actually losing weight then fat in itself isn't terrible... or wasn't until I read this. So yeah, it sucks.

Since most Americans are raised on it it's a pretty hard habit to break... Especially when dieting and just about everything makes you drool. Ugh.