So when do people stop going out to eat?

[fan4ever]

I have a customer who owns 5 Mexican Food Cafes here in the Phoenix area. The past few years we've reprinted their menus 6 times...always to accommodate higher prices. Their typical cost now is about $18.00 per entree...Mexican food.

On a personal note I stopped by a McDonald's today and paid $4.96 for a large order of fries. There's got to be a breaking point for most folks.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by scho63

I lived in the DMV from 2007 - 2017 and really liked it. Reston, Fairfax, Herndon, Ashburn was the order of where I lived.

I spent 2 years in Ashburn, living just one road off Ashburn Village Blvd and the Dulles Toll Road intersection where the shopping center is at. Ashburn is awesome location and tons to do.

If you ever need any recommendations on fun things to do or where to eat, let me know.

Thanks man! I don't have to go to Ashburn or Cary very often anymore but I'm always looking for stuff to do when I'm in either place.

[crayzkirk]

Simple diet for being healthy...

Eat Food
Mostly Plants
Not Too Much

Food classifies as something that doesn't come out of a can or a bag from fast food joint. Something that will actually go bad if you leave it out for more than a couple of hours.

When I was younger, eating a big steak, big portion of potatoes and a salad was one of my favorite meals. I still enjoy it however it's a small steak, a salad, additional grilled veggies and some good crusty bread.

I hate to do dishes so I mostly use the grill for everything.

Being willing to make a large pot of something (chicken and dumplings, beef stew, etc) and eat on it for a while also saves a lot. I'm one of those people who only uses salt to cook; afterwards I just load up on the pepper.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You said you eat almost 3500 calories a day. That's almost DOUBLE what you probably need, for one. You're not an athlete, at least from what I've gathered, so it's not like you're fueling mega-workouts or anything. Those excess calories are a problem, even if they're all coming from technically "healthy" foods.

You're not about to die but you're also only 38 years old. You said you drink one or two energy drinks per day. They're absolutely terrible for your body. Are they all low-calorie or calorie free? Because if they're not, you're drinking a bunch of sugar as well and that's bad.

Also, your Friday diet looks awful. You make up for a week full of decent food decisions (I mean Chipotle isn't bad as far as fast food goes) by doing this:

Fri breakfast: Ihop eggs, bacon, waffle via Door Dash $25, Red Bull $3
Fri lunch: Five guys burger and fries $15
Fri dinner: Stockhill Ribeye & glass of wine $80
Fri late: Crumbl Cookies $12, Red Bull $3

It's all made up, no one is that reeruned or would be 185lbs at 38yo with that diet.

If not for the try-hard reerunedness, a huge giveaway is always the aw-shucks questions after said reerunedness... iS tHaT bAd?!?

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

Do you pop your in bacon grease? Heaven on earth!

FYP

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Im 38.

Surgery for what? I mean what kinds of shit should I be eating for lunch and dinner (non cooking options)

Whats so bad about Chipotle, Twisted Fresh, Panda,Hawiaan bros or breakfast places? Its real cooked food.

I already responded to most of this in my other post but I wanted to specifically address the surgery because even though I'm not proud of it, I'm also not one to hide the fact that I had surgery to resolve my weight problem.

It's a cautionary tale. I eat mostly good foods. My average daily diet was actually a little better than yours in terms of healthy foods. The problem is that, like you, I was consuming about double the amount of those healthy foods per day and didn't think what the excess calories would do to me.

Like you, I continued eating like I did in high school/college without taking into account any of the other mitigating factors that were present at the time. There were so many little things I was doing back then that I didn't even realize it when I stopped doing them. And of course, I was climbing the corporate ladder early in my career as well. 8 hours days turned into 10, then 12, and then sometimes even 16. I had to travel a lot.

I never really gave it any thought until about 4 years ago. I saw a picture of myself and almost didn't know who I was. Like I said, I was 140 when I graduated college. I was 180 when I got married for the 2nd time.

After 20 years of all the things I described above, I weighed 285 pounds. I was making good, conscious decisions about food most of the time, especially later in that period but I was simply eating too many calories a day.

So yeah, my problems were pretty drastic. At least bad enough that I felt the need to have 3/4 of my stomach removed, which is what I did.

Again, I'm not proud of it but I'm also not going to hide it. It's part of who I am. And I''m glad I did. I weigh the same now, 3 months from my 23rd anniversary, as I did when I got married.

[dolphinsneu]

Originally Posted by fan4ever

I have a customer who owns 5 Mexican Food Cafes here in the Phoenix area. The past few years we've reprinted their menus 6 times...always to accommodate higher prices. Their typical cost now is about $18.00 per entree...Mexican food.

On a personal note I stopped by a McDonald's today and paid $4.96 for a large order of fries. There's got to be a breaking point for most folks.

LET'S GO BRANDON!!

MA has been hit hard by inflation, too.

[Bearcat]

Hadn't banned anyone from a threat lately, thanks.

[KCUnited]

I'm not a buffet person but I am drawn to the occasional grocery store salad bar that hasn't already been pillaged

Not sure if the price per lb has skyrocketed or if I was just really high but the other day I somehow walked out with an $18 salad

[notorious]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You said you eat almost 3500 calories a day. That's almost DOUBLE what you probably need, for one. You're not an athlete, at least from what I've gathered, so it's not like you're fueling mega-workouts or anything. Those excess calories are a problem, even if they're all coming from technically "healthy" foods.

You're not about to die but you're also only 38 years old. You said you drink one or two energy drinks per day. They're absolutely terrible for your body. Are they all low-calorie or calorie free? Because if they're not, you're drinking a bunch of sugar as well and that's bad.

Also, your Friday diet looks awful. You make up for a week full of decent food decisions (I mean Chipotle isn't bad as far as fast food goes) by doing this:

Fri breakfast: Ihop eggs, bacon, waffle via Door Dash $25, Red Bull $3
Fri lunch: Five guys burger and fries $15
Fri dinner: Stockhill Ribeye & glass of wine $80
Fri late: Crumbl Cookies $12, Red Bull $3

I'm not going to judge a diet.

I've done horrifying things to myself. Insane amounts of alcohol mixed with the fattiest, saltiest shit on the planet. Man, was it great!

When you get older your body will tell you to chill out a little bit, though. It didn't hit me until this past year.

[notorious]

Pic of KCUnited's "salad".

[Megatron96]

That burrito bowl contains more than 80% of the daily recommended level of sodium.

And 68g of carbs is a lot. Eating that thing over two meals would be a lot healthier.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I already responded to most of this in my other post but I wanted to specifically address the surgery because even though I'm not proud of it, I'm also not one to hide the fact that I had surgery to resolve my weight problem.

It's a cautionary tale. I eat mostly good foods. My average daily diet was actually a little better than yours in terms of healthy foods. The problem is that, like you, I was consuming about double the amount of those healthy foods per day and didn't think what the excess calories would do to me.

Like you, I continued eating like I did in high school/college without taking into account any of the other mitigating factors that were present at the time. There were so many little things I was doing back then that I didn't even realize it when I stopped doing them. And of course, I was climbing the corporate ladder early in my career as well. 8 hours days turned into 10, then 12, and then sometimes even 16. I had to travel a lot.

I never really gave it any thought until about 4 years ago. I saw a picture of myself and almost didn't know who I was. Like I said, I was 140 when I graduated college. I was 180 when I got married for the 2nd time.

After 20 years of all the things I described above, I weighed 285 pounds. I was making good, conscious decisions about food most of the time, especially later in that period but I was simply eating too many calories a day.

So yeah, my problems were pretty drastic. At least bad enough that I felt the need to have 3/4 of my stomach removed, which is what I did.

Again, I'm not proud of it but I'm also not going to hide it. It's part of who I am. And I''m glad I did. I weigh the same now, 3 months from my 23rd anniversary, as I did when I got married.

A friend of mine had the band surgery for that, dude dropped 100lbs in the snap of a finger.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by notorious

Pic of KCUnited's "salad".

I would destroy that salad

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

That burrito bowl contains more than 80% of the daily recommended level of sodium.

And 68g of carbs is a lot. Eating that thing over two meals would be a lot healthier.

If you can eat an entire burrito bowl you should be literally a 1 real meal a day eater with the others being very small snack type things.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by notorious

I'm not going to judge a diet.

I've done horrifying things to myself. Insane amounts of alcohol mixed with the fattiest, saltiest shit on the planet. Man, was it great!

When you get older your body will tell you to chill out a little bit, though. It didn't hit me until this past year.

My situation was exacerbated by the fact that I did some bad things earlier in life that ****ed up my metabolism, my sleeping, and lots of other stuff. So on top of not eating right and not really exercising, I had even more to deal with that was causing me to put on weight.