Fast Food

Growing up many kids are influenced by fast food but when I was a child fast food wasn't a big part of my life. My mom made sure to always have food on the table. I loved eating my mom’s homemade meals but sometimes it was just tempting to eat a burger with fries. As many other children I didn't really know the consequences of unhealthy food. We would usually eat fast food with my family on Sundays and then after we would do something fun like go to the movies or ice skating. My parents didn't really nag much about fast food because they knew we didn't eat it very often. Even thought we didn't go out to eat at fast food restaurants very often I still feel like I was a little unhealthy as a kid. I loved eating chips and candy, and no one would be able to stop me. I would take chips to school and eat them during recess and my friends would also share the snacks they had brought. I remember one night around 9 pm I was really craving hot cheetos and my dad was going to the store. So I decided to go with him and I bought a bag of hot cheetos. Then I got home and ate the whole bag very rapidly without even thinking. A few hours later like at 4 am my stomach started hurting a lot and in a couple of minutes I was throwing up. My mom has to take me to the emergency room because I couldn't stop throwing up. After a few hours I was feeling much better but that experience caused me to stop eating hot cheetos for about 4 years.  Even thought  I didn't consume a lot of fast food from restaurants I still ate a lot of junk food. As a child I lacked knowledge and ate junk food because to me it just tasted extremely good. 

As of today, fast food still doesn't have a big impact in my life thanks to my mom. She still continues to cook homemade meals for our family. Without her our family would probably be very unhealthy and irresponsible with food. We still continue to go out and eat on Sundays. I'm still like chips and candy but not as much as use to when I was a child. I try to eat less chips but sometimes I am tempted to eat more than usual because my friend tend to buy and eat a lot of chips. For me it's a bit hard to say no because I know they taste so good. 4 years ago I also decided to stop drinking soda for my own good. One day I just wanted to change something in my life so i decided to quit drinking soda. I still haven't had one drop of soda since 2008 and I am very proud I didn't know I was going to go this long without soda. I proved to myself that if I want to change my eating habits I could do it because I have the power to.