News So when do people stop going out to eat? - Page 24

**fan4ever** · 02-21-2023, 05:51 PM

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.

Megatron96 · 02-23-2023, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

If it tastes like chicken, its chicken.

Unless it comes from Subway, in which case it turns out that it's really turkey. Like their tuna fish salad. Ack.

htismaqe · 02-23-2023, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Megatron96

Unless it comes from Subway, in which case it turns out that it's really turkey. Like their tuna fish salad. Ack.

Hey it least it's turkey now.

Back in the day, everybody had man boobs from eating Subway chicken. It was like zero percent chicken and mostly soy protein.

BWillie · 02-23-2023, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I had to quit going to Chipotle... throw in a bunch of cheese, guac, sour cream... you can inhale one in several bites, and yeah it's like 1500 calories or more.

I get a chicken 3-pointer with extra steak. So its steak, grilled chicken and brown rice. No sauce or any other shit so its pretty healthy. I also get everything plain. No condiments or cheese. But apparently Im lying.

https://fastfoodnutrition.org/chipot...n-burrito-bowl

190 cals in a chicken burrito bowl. 15% sodium. Not bad at all and I get it with brown rice. Can't imagine eating anything that didn't have vegetables in it that would be any healthier.

**fan4ever** · 02-23-2023, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

Went to Panda Express today, ordered a bowl, no drinks, and escaped for less than $9.

I think of the contents vs. price. $9 for a little rice, noodles, a couple of broccoli and 4 oz of chicken? That's why $4.96 for a POTATO blew me away.

seamonster · 02-23-2023, 03:49 PM

There's too much active currency floating around the economy. Mother****ers wanted to scam and double dip with two work-from-home jobs while taking in stimulus checks. Results are demand-side inflation.

Why Not? · 02-23-2023, 03:55 PM

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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.

Pretty much this. Life is too short to not enjoy tasty food. Not really interested in living an extra 5 years if I have to go most of the prime of my life eating tree bits and bland chicken to get it. If you’re a super whale or something, put down the Ho-Hos and go for a walk. Otherwise, enjoy good food in appropriate moderation and you should be fine.

**Bearcat** · 02-23-2023, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

But apparently Im lying.

It's a compliment.

htismaqe · 02-23-2023, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Why Not?

Pretty much this. Life is too short to not enjoy tasty food. Not really interested in living an extra 5 years if I have to go most of the prime of my life eating tree bits and bland chicken to get it. If you’re a super whale or something, put down the Ho-Hos and go for a walk. Otherwise, enjoy good food in appropriate moderation and you should be fine.

This is EXACTLY why I had my surgery.

I LOVE food. Food from all over the world. I'm constantly looking for new experiences.

I tried pretty much every diet known to man over a 15-year period and man, was it depressing. I was deprived of so much flavor, so much fun.

I'm 4 years out and while some people have restrictions their whole life, I don't. I can eat anything I want and actually experience it fully.

I just don't eat as much of it. Oh, and I don't eat bread.

ToxSocks · 02-23-2023, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

I just don't eat as much of it. Oh, and I don't eat bread.

I went to Panera last night. Only my 2nd time eating Panera. Ordered a couple of sammiches for myself, wife and child.

Worker says, "Sorry, we're out of chips. Would you like a side of bread? "

....A ****ing side of bread to go with my sammiches?

To make matters worse, i get home and the mother****ers didn't make/include my sammich in the order. So my wife and son ate Panera, not me.

I aint too mad tho. They comp'd me pretty good for the **** up.

**Bearcat** · 02-23-2023, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

When you get older your body will tell you to chill out a little bit, though.

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Originally Posted by Why Not?

Pretty much this. Life is too short to not enjoy tasty food. Not really interested in living an extra 5 years if I have to go most of the prime of my life eating tree bits and bland chicken to get it. If you’re a super whale or something, put down the Ho-Hos and go for a walk. Otherwise, enjoy good food in appropriate moderation and you should be fine.

Sort of, but if you're getting labs once per year, then yes.... you'd hopefully also catch the silent killers.

I've seen enough people barely make it to retirement age before having preventable health issues... sometimes completely ignoring that chill out alarm, other times not getting one.

It's not so much about getting to 95 instead of 90, but making sure I can enjoy some years of retirement once I finally get there. And yeah, it doesn't take anything extreme (I enjoy the hell out of red meat, bourbon, beer, etc.), just being cognizant of the bad shit you can do to your body over the course of decades and going to the doctor every once in a while.

ToxSocks · 02-23-2023, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I've seen enough people barely make it to retirement age before having preventable health issues... sometimes completely ignoring that chill out alarm, other times not getting one.

Ive been having persistent heart burn and indigestion problems for awhile now. I know i can fix it but....that would require me cutting out like 90% of the shit i like to eat.

No tomato based sauces? Nothing spicy or acidic? Well ****, if it doesn't include those elements then idk wtf else to eat. Just kill me now.

I've also developed a lactose intolerance. Fuggit, i'll trade a night of bubble guts for a bowl of ice cream any day. It is....what it is.

Why Not? · 02-23-2023, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Sort of, but if you're getting labs once per year, then yes.... you'd hopefully also catch the silent killers.

I've seen enough people barely make it to retirement age before having preventable health issues... sometimes completely ignoring that chill out alarm, other times not getting one.

It's not so much about getting to 95 instead of 90, but making sure I can enjoy some years of retirement once I finally get there. And yeah, it doesn't take anything extreme (I enjoy the hell out of red meat, bourbon, beer, etc.), just being cognizant of the bad shit you can do to your body over the course of decades and going to the doctor every once in a while.

Yeah definitely considering things like family history and following up with the Dr is important

htismaqe · 02-23-2023, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

I went to Panera last night. Only my 2nd time eating Panera. Ordered a couple of sammiches for myself, wife and child.

Worker says, "Sorry, we're out of chips. Would you like a side of bread? "

....A ****ing side of bread to go with my sammiches?

To make matters worse, i get home and the mother****ers didn't make/include my sammich in the order. So my wife and son ate Panera, not me.

I aint too mad tho. They comp'd me pretty good for the **** up.

The last time I was at Panera they gave me a piece of a baguette to go with a half sandwich. At the counter. I didn't even order chips or anything like that.

ToxSocks · 02-23-2023, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

The last time I was at Panera they gave me a piece of a baguette to go with a half sandwich. At the counter. I didn't even order chips or anything like that.

Here sir, have a side of bread with your sandwich. LOL WTF

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**srvy** · 02-23-2023, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

I get a chicken 3-pointer with extra steak. So its steak, grilled chicken and brown rice. No sauce or any other shit so its pretty healthy. I also get everything plain. No condiments or cheese. But apparently Im lying.

https://fastfoodnutrition.org/chipot...n-burrito-bowl

190 cals in a chicken burrito bowl. 15% sodium. Not bad at all and I get it with brown rice. Can't imagine eating anything that didn't have vegetables in it that would be any healthier.

BLyin fits.

02-21-2023, 05:51 PM
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