Does Your Family Eat Fast Food Often?

Question

We eat fast food as little as possible, especially with the four year olds. If we are going on a long trip in the car, we will pack food. If the trip is to long to pack food for each meal, we pack for one or two meals, go to sit down restaurants for dinner, and stop at places such as Subway, Cousins, or another sub place. We also stop at grocery stores and pick up chicken tenders/fries or other pre-made items sometimes. I figure they are better than McDonalds, but we will occasionally stop at McDonalds while on the road. If we are out and about one day, we try to eat at a place like Subway?

Answer 1

We eat fast food maybe once or twice a week. I love to cook dinner at home, but sometimes it's just convenient to grab something while we're out.  

Answer 2

Luckily we are not very much into it. Maybe once a month?

We too take picnics and snacks everywhere we go and I carry a huge bottle of prechilled tap water usually as well - just can't warrant spending about £5 for a round of tiny mineral water bottles.  

Answer 3

yeah if we cant find nothin else to eat, then we just go to mcdonalds

Answer 4

not really that often, if anything we go get a frostie at wendies or subway but like once every 3-4 weeks i eat at fast food place

Answer 5

Not in my house. I feed my kids mostly organic and very healthy foods. My kids haven't even had McDonald's ever. Ages of my kids are: 15, 3, 23 months, and 6 months. We have eaten at Subway before, but only once or twice. I would say with a long trip like what your doing, those meals sound fine, but don't forget vegetables and fruits. There are these organic fruit roll ups and my kids love them. They are easy to pass back in the car and easy to eat. Plus they are a serving of fruit!

Well Good Luck and God Bless!

Answer 6

Yeah we do, but we're both adults and my dad is older, although we count calories, although we stay away from McDonalds and Burger King we tend to eat at Subway and other places. But lately i have been trying to make our food ahead of time for dinner.

Answer 7

Not, we don´t eat a lot of fast food, but my mother loves chicken and I hate it. I eat too many chicken soup that I have feathers. Paa kwaaa.

Answer 8

no, i cant remember the last time we had fast food...

Answer 9

We do not eat fast food often, but we do eat cheap food.

Answer 10

quite often...3 times a week id say.

its what the fam has been accustomed to...but i should stop.

im working on stopping.

Answer 11

If we eat fast food it's usually something like Rubios, Panda, Paradise Bakery (which really isn't "fast" food) but we stay away from the burger places other than In N Out Burger

Answer 12

Not really. But when we do it's always lunch.

Answer 13

mother of 8?

wow...i have 7 siblings counting me so i know wut u go thru lol

but umm we dont go out 2 eat alot..........

and fastfood is bad for u i guess.

i think its ok to go at least every 2 weeks, but those fries have trans fat, and that's not good 4 u!!!

Answer 14

thats fine, once in a while. if you completly deprive them of junk then once they are able to they will more than likely over-indulge. my family has it onve a week or less. ( never mcdonalds, we have in-n-out, taco bell, subs or chineese)

Answer 15

Having four children, we found ourselves doing it far too often for our tastes. Between going here and there, we'd end up having to eat out at least once a week. My husband and I were both finishing up college degrees, so it was sometimes just easier to grab McDonald's on the way.

Fortunately, with the addition of two more children, we've been able to curtail it some; now it's not more than twice a month or so.

We try to plan ahead and not be on the road at a meal time. It's definitely helped a lot.

Answer 16

I WISH!

Answer 17

OMG..mom of 8 i am suprised you can afford to travel across the street...i live alone...have been since my divorce..cant cook for c**p..so i do take myself our often...but i am not much for fast food places...i live in a small town and frequent mom and pop resaurants...where foods arent massed produced..when i was married my ex and i and 3 kids very seldom ate out unless we went on a trip..then we ate out all the time...we figured its a vacation..why should we fix our meals

Answer 18

I eat out a lot. I eat just about everyday. I love to eat and i can't really seem to gain weight, so eatting out doesn't really bother me. I don't really like eating fast food all the time, unless i'm in the mood