Spring Break
Josh's Two Cents
Fast food freaks
Josh Marker
Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: Opinion
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As you could tell, I am torn between two worlds. One being: the "eating healthy, loves to look good in those pants" sort of guy. The other being: "Obese Josh" who weighed 210 pounds, standing at only 5' 6" tall. I couldn't get enough of the delicious processed candy and sexy-smelling fast-food joints.
It really was a tough couple of years for me but I pulled through with the help of self-empowerment. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that fast food joints are horrible for you, because most of you know that sort of food is horrible for you in every way. I will tell you that when you eat at fast food joints, you can take your body from being lean and trim, to cottage-cheese man-boobs obese. In my case I was 140pounds, and in just one short summer I got up to 195pounds. I gained the rest in college.
Although it may sound bad, the food is amazing. To relate it to something, I would relate it to heroin because it is so addicting. Even after you eat it, you seem to get put into this magical fast-food coma. This is where you start; just sitting and feeling heavy like you don't want to move. Then you just sit at home and watch TV and become increasingly amazing.
I would have to say my "heroin" of choice would have to be Burger King. Everything there is meat on meat on meat. They have a sandwich there that has the following ingredients: sausage, bacon, Canadian bacon (ham) with a lot cheese and some egg, all squished between two buns. Delicious, I know. Then there is the triple bacon whopper. This is 3/4pounds of beef with bacon and cheesy-goodness with some tomatoes and a pickle. You just can't beat that deliciousness.
What McDonalds does have going for it that most fast-food joints usually don't have is much of their amazing marketing schemes where they give away a ton of goodies. Most of the time that is just more food, but some of the time, you win big stuff. I am proud to say when I weighed 200 pounds I ended up winning a brand new PlayStation 2, which back then was worth about $250. So, not only were they helping me feed my fast food habit, they were also starting me on a new one: gambling. The thrill of getting a hamburger or fries just to see if I could win anything else was amazing. It is a high, on top of a high.
So I leave it up to you to decide, which is better? Going into the B.K. lounge to get your score of fries, or going down to Old MacDonald's farm and letting him put you into your delicious fast food coma.
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