Anonymous wrote:We get them Happy Meals every 2-3 weeks.

+1

Our diets are overall pretty balanced and all healthy weights so I just don’t see the big deal.

Pretty often, 1 kid has sports practice 2x a week and a weekly game, and the other has a social skills group 1x a week but it’s about a 40 minute drive each way. I think it’s less harmful to kids than it is to us! Now that I’m 40 if I look at a greasy burger the wrong way I gain weight.

We split between McDonalds, Wendy’s, CFA, and Chipotle as our mains, switch it up with the sandwich places like Potbelly and Subway and occasionally ordering pizza if one of the kids has a friend over or whatever. Probably 1x a week for dinner and 1x for a weekend meal, more often over the summer when we get busy with camp schedules and going to the pool.

Anonymous wrote:How often (if ever) do you allow your kids to eat fast food?

Honestly, once a month for us. My oldest never had fast food till he was 4 or 5. He’s 7 now. My youngest (1.5) had her first McDonald’s French fry around her first birthday.

We eat most meals at home and I’d say they’re fairly balanced but my oldest is so picky and chronically underweight. Sometimes I’m exhausted and want all three kids to eat their entire meal and go to bed and that solution is always McDonalds.

Sometimes I have feel guilt. I know we have friends who would consider a child even looking at a fast food restaurant child abuse.

My teen have never had McDonalds so I don’t know why you thinking your 1.5 having it for the first time was a long time to wait.

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Anonymous wrote:Are Cava and Chipotle fast food? If so, weekly. If you mean McD, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, etc, never.

Yes - they aren't fast food but just as bad. High fat and sodium. A granola bar vs a snickers bar. It is marketed as being healthier.

This.

People fool themselves into thinking these foods are healthy.

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Anonymous wrote:McDonald’s breakfast 1x a week, just the sandwich

Chipotle 1x a week.

Chick fil a 1x a week, they serve this every afternoon at school

Chipotle might be Chinese or pizza … it’s our Friday night meal. I get sushi.

Eating disorders are real

Um almost never. Went to-Chick fil-a and McDonald's once each when staying with a family member. Discovered they gave away toys but hasn't been back AFAIK. We are vegetarian so its much easier to avoid. She's 9.

The one that can’t drive? 2-3 times a month (Chick-fil-A, chipotle). The ones that can drive? No clue.

Maybe once a month? Our McDonald’s is so nasty and slow here. And it’s now like $20 for Taco Bell for my family and takes a while to come out. We’re just better off eating at home. My easy meal is pantry tortellinis with jarred pasta sauce. Frozen green beans as a side.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids absolutely love Cava and I don't feel guilty getting it for them. Lots of veggies.

Why don’t think they love it so much? Would you dump salad dressing on a salad? Sure you are getting your vegetables but you are also getting a bunch of sodium and saturated fat.
Healthier than a Big Mac? Sure. But don’t fool yourself that it is healthy

How... how do you eat salad dressing if not on salad?

Never. It has gotten too expensive for what it’s worth. I just have to pre plan travel meals and and snacks and that can be annoying but I can’t be paying $40-$60 to feed 3 kids when we are driving around. As a bonus, my kids stopped craving fast food and when they had some with a friend, couldn’t finish it.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids absolutely love Cava and I don't feel guilty getting it for them. Lots of veggies.

Why don’t think they love it so much? Would you dump salad dressing on a salad? Sure you are getting your vegetables but you are also getting a bunch of sodium and saturated fat.
Healthier than a Big Mac? Sure. But don’t fool yourself that it is healthy

Growing kids need fats, and higher calorie foods aren't a problem for kids who are very active and aren't overweight. As long as they aren't eating it all the time, I have no problem with the sodium. We usually eat at home so they don't get much salt outside of the occasional Cava. My kids also don't like the dressings, so opt for hummus and feta. You really think a few tablespoons of Cava hummus is that much worse than grocery store hummus? I don't. They really enjoy that the toppings, like the picked cabbage and tomatoes, are brightly colored and crisp on top of brown rice and greens.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids absolutely love Cava and I don't feel guilty getting it for them. Lots of veggies.

Why don’t think they love it so much? Would you dump salad dressing on a salad? Sure you are getting your vegetables but you are also getting a bunch of sodium and saturated fat.
Healthier than a Big Mac? Sure. But don’t fool yourself that it is healthy

How... how do you eat salad dressing if not on salad?

Anonymous wrote:McDonald’s breakfast 1x a week, just the sandwich

Chipotle 1x a week.

Chick fil a 1x a week, they serve this every afternoon at school

Chipotle might be Chinese or pizza … it’s our Friday night meal. I get sushi.

McDonald’s breakfast 1x a week, just the sandwich

Chipotle 1x a week.

Chick fil a 1x a week, they serve this every afternoon at school

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Anonymous wrote:My kids absolutely love Cava and I don't feel guilty getting it for them. Lots of veggies.

Why don’t think they love it so much? Would you dump salad dressing on a salad? Sure you are getting your vegetables but you are also getting a bunch of sodium and saturated fat.
Healthier than a Big Mac? Sure. But don’t fool yourself that it is healthy

My kids are essentially underweight so yes.

Plus full fat yogurt, cheese, sour cream, butter.

Thank his for chipotle and cava.