Yep, you read that right.
I went one whole year without the famous four for fours at late hours of the night, salty french fries that dry my mouth out, and even chicken McNuggets that I usually go crazy over. Don’t get me wrong, it was difficult. Especially when I was super lazy and didn’t want to make myself food, or when all my friends were going to Wendy’s and I thought ‘just one cheat day won’t hurt!’ But there was a reason to my madness, and I felt it was necessary for me to take a break from fast food for a period of time.
Before I went on my hiatus from fast food, every time I ate it, I felt sick. I would either feel extremely sluggish or I would get a stomach ache. I didn’t know if it was the fast food or something else that was making me feel that way, so I decided to give it up, just to eliminate it as an option. I wanted to give it up, as crazy as that sounds, in order to hopefully not feel the way I felt.
As I progressed through my year, it got easier and easier to just forget about my craving for fast food. I noticed I didn’t feel as sick as I had before, and I was really happy with the positive effects cutting fast food had on my health. It’s not that I overall felt healthier by cutting fast food from my diet, but I felt healthier with the other foods I was eating instead of it. When I would go out with my friends and they would stop for fast food, I just wouldn’t get anything, and I slowly began to stop regretting my decision to not eat it.
Of course, now that my year is over, I have gone back to fast food, but I don’t eat it as much as I did. I still feel sluggish after I eat it, but, to be honest, I really only eat it at late hours of the day after a night out, so I usually go to bed shortly after.
Overall, it was a pretty rewarding experience — and I walked away saying that I actually accomplished it. Plus, it’s pretty funny to see people’s reactions when I say “Yeah, I went a whole year without fast food.”
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