Junk Food

            When I was a kid, fast food was not a big influence in my life. Where I am from there was not a lot of fast food places. As I grew up, fast food was becoming part of my life. By then, my family would go to eat in a fast food place, if it was only a special event or we were out of home. In my hometown, people used to eat more at home than go out. They will not spend their money on junk food, when they can eat healthy home. One thing my mom always says is that home cook is better than junk food. I think all that junk food got into my life when I started school. When I got into first grade, I only thought about lunch at school. I really liked chips and candies but what I loved was the chocolate bars.

            Then my whole family moved to USA. It was the city where I saw a lot of fast food places where I could go to eat all the food that I never had the chance to try before. My father took us to McDonald, Subway and Taco Bell. I was not use to eat burger or pizza before. I began to eat pizza most of the time in high school and sometimes I drank two or three sodas a day. On Fridays my family used to go to eat burritos. Then on Saturdays we ordered Domino’s pizza. Also on Sunday’s morning I drank one or two cups of coffee. As I started to work I have less time for eating healthy. On my way to work, I go to get a coffee and donas at Ihop. Sometimes I would just decide to drink energy drinks. When I got into College, I started to go to McDonald more often. I just did not have enough time to get lunch at home and then go to college.  I did not think that eating unhealthy would cause so much physic problems. A Big Mac extra value was my lunch.

            At the end eat this unhealthy habits can bring many physical problems. Last year, I went to see a doctor. because I did not feel so well. I could not even run a mile because I just really tired. Then I got the news that my mom was diagnosed with cholesterol. It was shocking to know what was the caused. Now she is taking a lot of medication pills. For myself, I started a diet in order to loose weight. Some of the food, I cut down are burritos, burgers, and soda. Now I tend eat healthier food. I feel more comfortable with my new eating habit. I can do things that I could not do because of my weight. It is hard to change my eating habit but it is not impossible. I think the fast food will not end because in today’s society, people tend to have less time to eat healthy food.