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Is Fast Food Really Addictive??? And How To Cope.

Hi All,
I wanted to share an article that a new found friend online has provided me to share with you. David Stanhope is a personal trainer in North Hamptonshire, UK. I will forewarn for the U.S. readers, when he talks about “crisps” you know these as “potato chips.”
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Fast Food Exile

While I had a successful day the other day, yesterday was a bit of a wash. I was on the road quite a bit going to a bunch of schools for construction repair evaluations. It was not really planned to be out for so long. I had no real plan for when my hunger made [...]

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A Small Victory and Art As Life

Things have been tough. I imagine that if you are one of the ten readers, who read this thing, you know that since I haven’t written anything in quite sometime, I’ve been in that downward spiral I have mentioned before. Well, today was different. I managed to get through the day without going to the [...]

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Why I will not use Google Adsense on this site

I have no problem making this site monetized, I don’t even have a problem making it known that I monetize the site. It would be nice to make a few bucks for my writing and candor. The problem is finding the right way to monetize while maintaining integrity and upholding the values on which I [...]

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The Cyclical Nature of Fast Food and Depression

I thought I would elaborate some on depression, from my last post, and discuss the cyclical nature, or to be more precise, the spiraling nature of fast food and it’s roll in depression.
I’m sure we’ve all been down before, whether that be from a breakup, or losing a job, or a death in the family. [...]

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My Story - Part 2 of 3

After high school and into the  little college I attended, and subsequently into my professional career in Architecture, I moved out and rarely cooked. Instead I would do the easy thing and go to Burger King or the local taco shop for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
At my first office I would often stop by a [...]

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The Financial Impact of Eating Fast Food

I’ve recently found myself pretty obsessed with personal finance. Coming to the realization that in order to get out of debt I was going to have to make some drastic changes. Through my “Money Makeover” I’ve found a pretty remarkable personal finance tool called Mint.
It takes all your online accounts and provides you a quick [...]

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My Story - Part 1 of 3

I’m sure my story is quite like most. When I was about 5 or 6 we went to McDonalds for the first time, and was wow’d by the colors, and the playground, and the good tasty food. The Big Mac was my favorite. By the time I was 15 the Chicken Nuggets had taken reign [...]

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The Beginning …Sort of

The idea began with a roast beef sandwich and a jamocha shake at Arbys. I had just got done swimming at the gym and really wanted a smoothy to replenish the energy I expended, but there were no smoothy places around. I figured that the protein from the sandwich would help and made a choice [...]

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20 tactics to kill the fast food habit

This is part three of the series, “How I quit eating fast food”. If you enjoy this post, please consider receiving AlmostFit articles in your inbox. Thanks.
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How I quit eating fast food - 20 ways to end the addiction

This is the conclusion to my first article in the series, “How I quit eating fast food”. If you think it might help others, please consider sharing it via Digg, StumbleUpon, or your favorite social media tools. Thanks.
“Just because i…

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