Two Words, Happy Meals!

Two Words, Happy Meals

                             Two words, happy meals. My childhood consisted of them, and I'm one of the lucky few who didn't grow up obese due to my fast metabolism of eating fast food so frequently. My family and I would go out to McDonald's, Wendy's, Chinese, restaurants, anything fast food related. I don't remember about my parent not making food throughout the day, but it was more like a pleasure to eat out than to cook. Personally the toys in the happy meals drew me to eat out in McDonalds.

                             Up until I was thirteen I grew an interest in watching the news frequently, there they would speak of the dangers of fries, and how they contained cancerous chemicals. Once I knew that I would only order a Big Mac and I would give the fries to my parents. I look back at that time and think that fries werent the only danger, but everything was. Fast food industries have been accused of using car chemicals and formulas to draw in customers just by smell. I don't feel like it affected me in anyway now but I wouldn't have hurt to know before.

                             My history with fast food has been interesting I suppose. I use to eat it way more often than I do now. I wouldn't care if it was healthy or unhealthy all I cared was for me to eat the food that I really enjoyed.

                             When I was fifteen I got my first job at McDonalds, I worked there up until I was a senior in High school. Every break that I worked, I ate a meal there, since their policy was to give us a free meal every working shift. At the time I was careless because it was my lunch at work since I didn’t take any. I wouldn't think about the harm it can cause me, now I don't really eat McDonalds, having to eat it for so long makes me baby barf by just smelling it. I may eat other fast food but I've tried and stayed away from it, from any fast food. Now that I'm older and have a better understanding about fast food industries I try to stay away as much as possible, there

are some occasions where I have my guilty pleasures but I tend to get a healthier fast food if that's the case.

                             Not too long ago I started working on a new project, my physic. I've always weighed under 120 pounds and I'm trying to build muscle and bulk up. I'm not taking any supplements, just a lot of protein. I’ve heard drinking Creatine and Protein shakes just leave you fat when you stop working out, so I took a couple Health courses in College and researched to find out that eating the right foods can be just as good as anything other supplements. Now I tend to eat a lot of peanut butter, greens, fruit, chicken, and red meats all throughout the day, and snack on nuts. I have gotten into the habit of reading food labels to see how much protein that curtain product contains. Who knew I’d be one of those people I judged so much at the store when they would carefully read everything for health reasons. Everyone needs some sort of good change.