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How often do you have junk food/takeaways?
Inspired by the KFC wedding story... We live in an era of food snobbery and health consciousness. Do you follow the healthy eating, five-a-day recommendations? How much of your diet is bad stuff (fried takeaways, junk food etc. )?
As for myself I probably have a 'bad' junk food takeaway once every couple of months, maybe a Chinese or Indian takeaway every couple of weeks (which is borderline junk food IMHO). Rest of the time it's proper cooked from scratch meals (or restaurant meals). |
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Once or twice a month, we don't have any KFC's or MacDonalds etc in this town anyway, all those places are a ferry journey away!
![]() I'll order a chinese take-away occasionally though. |
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Does anyone actually manage the 5 a day thing, I wonder? I think I probably get about 3.
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about once a week takeaways for me. Though recently I've been a bit inspired by Jamie Oliver's 30 min meals after seeing how easy it is to make decent meals, more or less from scratch.
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I never have takeaways and I don't go to town where the fast food places are.
I don't eat five a day and I don't have a healthy diet either. I tend to eat whatever I fancy. |
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Does anyone actually manage the 5 a day thing, I wonder? I think I probably get about 3.
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Takeaway once a week. And 5 a day? rarely.
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I do try my best for my 5 a day and probably manage it 5 days out of 7
As for takeaways, I have one Indian a month. Apart from that, I don't eat stuff like KFC, McDs or the like ever |
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I never have takeaways and I don't go to town where the fast food places are.
I don't eat five a day and I don't have a healthy diet either. I tend to eat whatever I fancy.
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I think it'd very hard to eat 5 a day every day. I can manage a glass of fruit juice, some veg with the main meal and a piece of fruit - but never 5. I find it hard to eat enough to have a balanced diet: if I eat more fruit, I end up sacrificing fibre and so on.
I'm sure I have takeaways too often, but they are usually fish & chips/Chinese/pizza and not McDonald's or Burger King. I have one McDonald's a year, maybe, if I've forgotten how bad they are. |
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lol what do you actually then?
![]() A couple of days last week I just had toast, or beans on toast, supplemented by bags of Quavers because I couldn't be bothered. |
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I rarely eat takeaways, probably only a handful of times each year.
I love fruit and veg, and probably eat around 5-8 portions each day without even thinking about it. I eat a mountain of vegetables with dinner most nights! I always eat wholemeal bread instead of white, and lots of lean protein (egg whites, lean meat). I'm not that virtuous though. I eat a lot of chocolate and biscuits, drink wine, skip some meals and eat out a few times a month. |
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Chinese tonight.
I've already got the menu out ![]() poor Hobbit jnr. has to eat her five a day though. |
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We have a Chinese about once a fortnight and supermarket pizzas, perhaps once every 3 weeks or something. We also buy some ready meals and cook. We quite often manage five a day but not always. Three today, only, I think it'll be.
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I avoid takeaways as much as possible now. I've been on weight watchers for 7 months now and I wouldn't be able to eat for the rest of the day of i got a takeaway, I have no will power when it comes to things like that so I won't risk it! lol. In the last 7 months I've had fish n chips twice (one around Christmas time, I refused to diet around Christmas, too much good food around lol) and takeaway pizza once, again around Christmas time.
With the 5 a day issue, I've managed it for a few weeks now. I have 2 different pieces of fruit for breakfast and along with my lunch I have a pepper, a chunk of cucumber and a couple of carrots all chopped up. I'm assuming they all count. I know potato's don't which sucks because I have potato with my dinner almost every day. |
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Too much
![]() Have at least one take away a week, never have 5 a day, skip meals, snack too much, drink coffee or fizzy drinks all day. No wonder my weight is forever up and down. |
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I had a chinese takeaway a couple of weeks ago, before that I hadn't had any kind of takeaway for maybe 2 years.
I don't eat 5 a day on purpose but I probably do eat near enough that everyday in the meals - I don't like fruit much though so my 5 a day would mostly be made up with vegetables. I have a wee bit of chocolate here and there, maybe a packet of parma violets or some boiled sweets, and drumstick chews I like them, other than that I make my own things, tablet, toffee, profiteroles, cheesecake, biscuits - so I don't know if that counts as junk, I convince myself they aren't and don't make them that often. When I am drinking and I want a savoury snack then I'll have some crisps, sometimes cheese and pickled onions, and a lot of the time I make fresh salsa and guacamole and have them with doritos.Reading that I do eat a lot of tripe. |
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The only junk food I have sometimes is chips, but seeing as how they come from potatoes, how can this be classed as junk?
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The only junk food I have sometimes is chips, but seeing as how they come from potatoes, how can this be classed as junk?
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it's the oil or fat they're prepared in. I have roasted potatoes a lot (yum) but I use low fat spray instead of oil to make it healthier.
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a couple of times a week.
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Not often enough, unfortunately. Once every month or two is about the norm for me and Mrs M.
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Inspired by the KFC wedding story... We live in an era of food snobbery and health consciousness. Do you follow the healthy eating, five-a-day recommendations? How much of your diet is bad stuff (fried takeaways, junk food etc. )?
As for myself I probably have a 'bad' junk food takeaway once every couple of months, maybe a Chinese or Indian takeaway every couple of weeks (which is borderline junk food IMHO). Rest of the time it's proper cooked from scratch meals (or restaurant meals). |
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Maybe once a week ? Usually a chinese or a chippy,although if my dad goes into town i might ask him get me something from greggs
sucker for a sausage and bean melt!I dont eat my five day because i simply dont like vegetables ,i drink ALOT of fruit juice though but i doubt that counts |
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Does anyone actually manage the 5 a day thing, I wonder? I think I probably get about 3.
I have fish & chips twice or three times a week but I pay me fat tax (exercise) 3 x 3/4 hour exercise hard sessions & a 18 mile walk a week but I'm not perfect (all that my body is a temple crap) and like a beer & a ciggy when I drink |
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