Fast Food

[Caesar]

Wouldn't buy that for a minute to be honest.. You could argue that the fitter people in life would spend bugger all time on a forum, opting to be out doing something less sedentary.

And plus, there's no prerequisite to be fit/sporty/healthy just to be interested in a sport. I can't play footy to save myself yet I'm obsessed with watching it.

Well, you have respondent bias. It's not like the entire population of BigFooty is posting in this thread. I know that 7 years ago when I was eating a ton of fast food, I wasn't exactly rushing around to tell everybody about my dietary habits.

I would also say that the population isn't strictly divided into fatties and health freaks. There are some people who are just insanely healthy their whole lives. Most of my friends are like me - ate well living at home, ate like crap when they first moved out, then gradually cleaned up their diet as they started to get older and their changing lifestyle/metabolism caused them to stack on the weight. What our answer is depends on what point in our lives you ask us the question.

I haven't been to the States for a while to be honest. But I find fruit is pretty cheap here. Bananas for 50 cents a pound, mangos 65 cents each, pineapples for $2 and you can buy massive punnets of strawberries or blueberries for just a few dollars.

All comes down to relative cost though. That's much cheaper than Australia, but Australia has a very high cost of living all round. More instructive would be how it relates to things like the median wage, or the cost of processed foods. Fast food in Australia is very expensive compared to the US, for example, because of our high minimum wage.

 

[A Swallow]

Wouldn't buy that for a minute to be honest.. You could argue that the fitter people in life would spend bugger all time on a forum, opting to be out doing something less sedentary.

And plus, there's no prerequisite to be fit/sporty/healthy just to be interested in a sport. I can't play footy to save myself yet I'm obsessed with watching it.

Hm possibly, but I don't think spending an hour or two on a forum a day denotes that you aren't an active person. I'm right into my fitness/gym routine yet spend plenty of time on BigFooty. It's better than spending similar time on Facebook or Tumblr or any of those bullsh*t sites.
Obviously not everyone who uses BigFooty is an athletic person, I'm just saying there would surely be an higher percentage of fit/active people on BigFooty compared to just a couple of hundred randoms you could pick for a survey. Could be wrong though.

 

[Poetic Justice]

Well, you have respondent bias. It's not like the entire population of BigFooty is posting in this thread. I know that 7 years ago when I was eating a ton of fast food, I wasn't exactly rushing around to tell everybody about my dietary habits.

I was hinting more at a stigma thing. Most people wouldn't wanna come on here and admit they pig out on junk food way too often.

 

[pantskyle]

I was hinting more at a stigma thing. Most people wouldn't wanna come on here and admit they pig out on junk food way too often.

Less than I used to. Now I am fat. *sad lonely face*

 

[The_Reaper]

I was hinting more at a stigma thing. Most people wouldn't wanna come on here and admit they pig out on junk food way too often.

I do.

Can't really be bothered organising meals otherwise.

Weights got the stage were I'm probably going to start being bothered though.

 

[pantskyle]

I do.

Can't really be bothered organising meals otherwise.

Weights got the stage were I'm probably going to start being bothered though.

What weight would that be? I might be at the same point.

 

[SugarShane]

I was hinting more at a stigma thing. Most people wouldn't wanna come on here and admit they pig out on junk food way too often.

I do. I love the stuff. I also exercise regularly though. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[Andre]

Wouldn't buy that for a minute to be honest.. You could argue that the fitter people in life would spend bugger all time on a forum, opting to be out doing something less sedentary.

And plus, there's no prerequisite to be fit/sporty/healthy just to be interested in a sport. I can't play footy to save myself yet I'm obsessed with watching it.

Hmm, hit the gym four times a week plus do hill intervals and sprints, yet I spend waayyyy to much time on BigFooty. Forums in general perhaps, but although I couldn't kick a footy to save my life (I've the hand eye coordination of a four year old who drank from an open beer can) BigFooty is a self selected sample of people who like a sport. It's not a stretch that even if they don't play football that the population of this forum is more likely to be active than most forums and the general population.

 

[The_Reaper]

What weight would that be? I might be at the same point.

Low 90s.

Probably carrying 5kg too much.

 

[pantskyle]

Low 90s.

Probably carrying 5kg too much.

Yeah about the same as me 90-95kg's. Fluctuates between that. I'm so ****ing lazy though.

 

[The_Reaper]

Yeah about the same as me 90-95kg's. Fluctuates between that. I'm so ******* lazy though.

Yep. I can sometimes go two weeks with a decent diet and I go down 1-2 kgs.

Then go back up pretty quickly.

 

[davesnothere]

I walk back to my place from the gym every night around about 7:30 8 o'clock which is a round about the same time as a sushi shop that's along the way is closing up for the night.....they need to get rid of what's been leftover from the days trading.....for about 10 dollars I can help myself more than I can eat...my girlfriend's overseas for the last 2 months and I don't remember the last time I cooked.

 

[Papa Juggs]

You can't sweat it out or burn it off you can only shit it out.

This means cut the fats and sugars and eat fibre and lots of it. Fruit and veg is the best.

You need to speed up your metabolism not slow it down.

 

[rayven]

Depends on what fats....natural ones you can't get enough of (as long as you cut out the processed fats)

There's actually a little trick in western diet, a certain fat we dont get enough of as result of the work our livers doing, a fat attributed with dementia if we miss out on it. By all reports it works a treat.

 

[Jab]

Fast food should be taxed, labeled, and regulated the same way that cigarettes are. If you eat clean for long enough, your taste buds and body rejects "food" like that.

 

[benneth]

Seems there's a lot of love for subway. Can't dig it at all. What's the attraction (aside from alleged health benefits)?

 

[benneth]

I have a cold. Cure, take away Thai, bring on the chillies.

I reckon spicy food also cures hiccups, everyone I've told thinks I'm talking rubbish but it's worked for me a few times.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Fast food should be taxed, labeled, and regulated the same way that cigarettes are. If you eat clean for long enough, your taste buds and body rejects "food" like that.

Where's the fun in that? You can still be jogging along and die of a heart attack

Also, why tax it?? If they die early they aren't costing taxpayers any more money.

 

[DarwinRoo]

Is Subway really that healthy? It's healthier than the alternatives but its still got its bad points to it.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Is Subway really that healthy? It's healthier than the alternatives but its still got its bad points to it.

It can be. A lot of it is terrible though. Very high sodium content and many options have more fat that than a regular burger meal or other fast food.

 

[Jimmy1992]

It can be. A lot of it is terrible though. Very high sodium content and many options have more fat that than a regular burger meal or other fast food.

As long as you choose the right bread (Multigrain or Wheat) and don't lather it in sauce it is usually fine. Not a whole lot of fat.
Sodium of most of the subs is ridiculous, though.

 

[swishy]

omg oporto chips are the sex

 

[Upgrayedd]

Is Subway really that healthy? It's healthier than the alternatives but its still got its bad points to it.

6 inch chicken wrap, no sauce, Pickles/Jalepenos/lettuce/carrot/pepper and cheese isnt too bad, Its infact one of the better "Take out" places

Foot-long meatball sub. You might as well go to Hungry jacks and get the Whopper meal.


Also, Im freaking terrible at pigging out at fast food. If i've had a shit day and nobody's done shopping i will smash 2 burgers

 

[Papa Juggs]

Subway is extremely unhealthy.

It's a myth that people think it's somewhat healthy.

Just because something is better than the chemical flavour enhanced stuff you get at Maccas doesn't mean it's healthy.

 

[Atley]

Subway is full of preservatives and god knows what.

"fresh" frozen lettuce