Is it cheaper to buy the cheeseburger and fries at McDonald’s or the salad or subway sandwich?

Please reply to these discussion posts below each discussion post from the two students:

Melissa Foster’s Discussion Post:

The differences I see right off in these two pictures is first off one is fruits and vegetables which are great source of nutrition and vitamins and minerals. The second picture I see lots of carbohydrates and junk food. There isn’t a bad food when used in moderation. However, to much carbohydrates are not good for you and can cause health issues. I see fresh food versus refined processed food. In the second picture I see great energy boosters that don’t last long at all and you have a blah feeling after the sugar rush goes away.

I am one who has struggled with weight my entire life. I would eat anything and everything without any care on how I knew I felt and looked. I didn’t consider myself obese but I knew I was overweight and carried it mainly in my stomach. I ate a lot of junk food, chips, candy, breads ( oh how i love bread). It wasn’t until 2017 when I was told by a dr that I was obese. I felt horrible. I cried. It wasn’t until then that I really sat and looked at myself. I weighed 140 lbs but I am only 5 ft tall. When I would hear obese I would think of someone who was a 100 lbs or more overweight. I didn’t take into account the BMI or height as a factor to obesity.

I think the biggest challenges our society faces right now when it comes to healthy eating is way to many fast food restaurants that don’t have many healthy options to choose from. Everyone is always in a rush on their lunch hour because like me I get an hour lunch but usually have errands to run considering I get off when stores or drs are already closed for the night. People are looking for quick and easy. Is it cheaper to buy the cheeseburger and fries at McDonald’s or the salad or subway sandwich? Which is quicker? There are many factors that play into the choices we make as to where or what to eat.

The picture that looks like my current diet is probably a little of both. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and severe IBS back in 2017 and it wasn’t until then that I really sat and look at what I was putting into my body. It wasn’t necessarily bad things but it wasn’t necessarily healthy either. I had to cut out gluten and lactose and once I did that I started to look and feel better. I didn’t realize I was eating a lot of foods that was causing inflammation in my body which was causing me to feel so horrible and in severe pain. I started to loose some weight. I started watching my carbohydrates that I was taking in. I stopped drinking pop and sweet tea (which was always my drink of choice, can’t pass up a good sweet tea) and turned to drinking mostly water. I didn’t feel bloated and didn’t look like I was 8 months pregnant either.

I have been on a journey modifying my diet as best I can with the time I have to do it in. I don’t ever have time to meal prep because I do help raise my grandsons, one of which is medically complex special needs, and the weekends we are always so busy doing everything we need to do that we didn’t do during the week. Making a grocery list and doing Walmart grocery pick up has saved us a lot on compulsive buying and able to make healthier choices when getting those groceries. I don’t buy as much junk food but I do still buy a lot of easy to make food to help with the busy days and for the grandsons quick and easy. Let’s face it they don’t have patience. The one thing with the special needs baby is that he has oral aversion and takes very little by mouth so whatever we can get him to actually put in his mouth and eat is always a great hurdle jumped over and closer to our goal. So in that instance he gets whatever his little heart desires. As we get better with the oral aversion we can start making healthier choices for him as well.

I am super excited about this class to hopefully learn more to be able to not only help myself continue on this journey I am pursuing but also to help my grandson get the nutrition he needs to so desperatly to gain that weight.

Addison Bostic’s Discussion Post:

I think the biggest challenges our society faces when it comes to eating healthy is social media imaging. Everyone nowadays wants to look like the people they see online and when its not instant they lose motivation. The one picture that is most like my current diet is the second picture/the junk food. I can modify my diet by not eating out everyday when i dont want to wait to eat, when i know there is food at the house. I also can stop drinking coke everyday and drink more water.

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