No Fast Food: How We are Doing Week 1+

So I wanted to write this last Saturday and here it is Wednesday and I am just sitting down to write this.  Such is my life, there never seems to be enough time to get everything done.  With that in mine here is an update of how we are doing with the No Fast Food Challenge.

We are 12 days into this as I write this and still fast food free.  In fact after the little tantrum thrown by my youngest on the way home from Church Sunday morning I am considering extending this longer, lol.  It should not be heartbreaking to not eat out for a week, lol.  I didn't even think we ate out that often, although Sunday nights are hard and I do love to stop for dinner when its 7:30 and my kids are hungry and should be in bed in half an hour and we just got out of church, you get the idea.  To combat that weakness I have been planning ahead.  On Saturday or Sunday as time allows I will make a pot of soup or some other meal that will last for several days.  This gives me a go to meal when I am really busy, or we get home late.  The first weekend it was split pea soup and this last weekend was chicken noodle.   So far this has worked for us.

Finally I am already beginning to see some payoffs.  I no longer wonder if I can afford the extra stuff like piano lessons for my kids and I have lost a few pounds already.  Both make me really happy.  Here's to three more weeks of  No fast Food.

Cassie

No Fast Food

Can we do it?  As a modern day family can we actually make it a whole month with no fast food?  I am very curious about this and since I desperately want to lose weight and even more since I want to save money I am willing to try this challenge.  What challenge is that? This one presented by my friend the Lazy Mom, she had challenged us to join her in no fast food for the month of October, yep the whole 31 days.  What classes as fast food can be decided by your family but loosely its defined as anyplace you don't have to get out of your car to get food.  For me I am willing to go a step further and say this includes all sit down restaurants that have the carside to go service. Unfortunately I will know this sets me up for immediate failure as we have a family birthday gathering in October which will mean one trip to Applebees, in this case I am amending to rule to include the exception of unavoidable family gatherings.  In this case its also because we meet in a town half way between where we live and the rest of the family.  So we are in, are you.  Willing to see what we learn and how we do? Either way it should be fun

Casssie