How often do you eat from fast food restaurants?

United States
February 25, 2007 12:46am CST
I know its not good for us, but McDonalds burgers can NOT be made at home..lol. I dont know what it is about some of these places, but their food is OILY and GREAT. I know that Americans eat more fast food than anywhere else. SO how many of them "8 billion served" at McDonalds do you account for? lol
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• Australia
25 Feb 07
I only get to the city where Mc's are every 7 weeks, I alterate McDonalds with Hungry Jacks each time I go there. I grab a quick easy meal for the trip home for myself and my son. So I'd say once every 14 weeks I would buy a Fish Burger and a McDonalds double pounder with cheese.
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• Indonesia
25 Feb 07
Well i don't like eating in fast food restaurant. The ultimate reason is that it's an expensive meal and very little portion for me, and also it's not healthy. I like eating in a food stall. well there are many food stall in my country. It's cheap, delicious and sufficient portion for me (well there are some of them, give a large portion and cheap one too, but the taste isn't that good). Well they are usually sells my country traditional food.:)
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@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
25 Feb 07
We're trying to be really frugal but still healthy, so we don't go to fast foods anymore. We just slowly got out of the habit of going, and now we don't even think about it.
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• United States
25 Feb 07
I used to eat once in a week since I was in 11th grade. But from pregnancy I left this habbit.
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• India
25 Feb 07
i often eat from fast restaurants on every ...Friday and Saturday .
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• United States
25 Feb 07
MAYBE 5 times a month! And thats pushing it. I dont like Mcdonalds so im pretending you said BurgerKing hehe. I actually prefer cooking in. lol. Fries on the other hand.. Mcdonalds fries are soooo good.
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@lenywp (1963)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
I don't go to fast food restaurants more than once or 2 times a week. I usually go once every 2 weeks, but it varies from week to week, whether we are cooking at home or not, and whether anyone else wants it etc..
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
25 Feb 07
In the last 2 years,my g/f and I have probably been in McD's 2 times.We do stop at Burger King when we go to another city to see my father(about once every 2 or 3 weeks)and maybe 1 time a month order pizza.So we MAY eat out 4 times a month or so. I use to go to McD's when I was collecting hockey cards,but have not done that in a few years.
@budsr03 (2350)
• Canada
27 Feb 07
"Gee" i'm just a drop in the bucket! Only if i'm too far from home will i eat at McDonalds which is about 3 times a month. A big mac meal please coke to drink! Take care Nascar_girl_4jr.
• United States
26 Feb 07
fastfoods are always fat foods . . . i only go to fastfoods when really time constraint. we are kinda health concious in the family that we only eat out only when occasion calls. homemade meal is always a number one choice!
@wrdsofwisdm (1069)
• United States
1 Mar 07
My mom always cooked when I was growing up, so we didn't eat a lot of fast foods. In highschool my friends and I would hit McDonalds once in a while. I started teaching myself to cook at 20. It became a way to express my creative side. So, I rarely ever eat fast food. If I do, I usually get a deli sandwich, or order a pizza. That's only when I'm swamped and don't have time to cook, which is on average..once every 2 months. Okay, so I've become a bit of a food snob, lol
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@lpipe0240 (1161)
• United States
12 Mar 07
I disagree. In fact the way to make a big mac, just make a burger and add Thousand Island dressing to it. Anything else just look up on the web. Then you can make it the way you want it (really) and use a Forman grill to drip all the grease off the burger. I try not to eat out to often. Unfortunately, when we do eat out, we hit the fast food. It is about all we can afford.
• United States
25 Feb 07
Well, my sister in law and I go out for lunchalmost everyday. Most of the time it's we are r on the go and we just stop to get a burger. I know it's not good for us but, It's just a easier.
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@Zmugzy (773)
2 Mar 07
It's been many years since I ate at McD. It's not just because I no longer eat meat; it's the whole atmosphere of those places, the shiny surfaces, flourescent lights and silly costumes. Then there's the question of the meagre wages that staff are paid... and I haven't even mentioned the ingredients... yuk!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
1 Mar 07
I eat maybe every two weeks or every month or so. When I go to a disability rights action twice a year, however, they give it to us every day for lunch.
• United States
1 Mar 07
we don't always get foods from restaurants or fastfood chains 'coz we prefer homemade dishes to eat healthy ones. only occasional that we pick or have delivery for foods 'coz we really don't know how it was prepared or what's inside the ingredients.
@simplysue (631)
• United States
27 Feb 07
We only eat fast food once or twice a year while traveling. This type of food is not something a person should eat on a regular basis. I understand that they are taking steps to make fast food more healthy but still.....I cook most of the food my family eats at home. I know what's in it and can feel a lot better about them eating it.
@mnksmommy (301)
• United States
2 Mar 07
We account for way too many! I have a love hate relationship with fast food!
@andrika (386)
• Indonesia
1 Mar 07
i rare go there, beside expencive, to much junk food its not healthy. so maybe once a month, or 3 weeks.