Day 5

The weather has been great as of late. However this doesn't really help me out, as my cravings for dairy cream are at an all time high. Today for spare, a couple of friends decided to go to Dairy Queen to grab some ice cream. This is the disappointing part unfortunately, as I really wasn't thinking of Dairy Queen as being fast food since it doesn't involve any meat or greasy foods. Unfortunately I was wrong, and it does count as fast food. So I am quite a bit disappointed in myself as I was aiming to go on for a while without fast food. However, I'm going to pretend this did not happen so it doesn't bring my motivation down. I'll continue making my own lunches, eat healthy, and most importantly remember next time before I eat something!

Day 4

Today is a Saturday, and I have yet to eat fast food in about 8 days. I was at work till 3pm today, and when I got home I had a chicken breast sandwich which was absolutely delightful. Not only has this project been a great experience for me, but it's also had me feel great as of late. It causes less pimples, and most of all my stomach isn't similar to my fathers! The family is planning on going out for dinner tonight, so I'm assuming this won't count for fast food as we are having sea food. Now that I've been eating healthy, it may be time for me to start attending the gym....Who am I kidding, I have the body of a Greek god, what's the point of working out?

Day 3

Today was an extremely hard day for me. I've never wanted fast food so bad (I may have said this before but I really mean it this time!). My family had brought home, BigMac's, fries, large drinks, and some chicken McNuggets. I mean, what more can one ask for?! So I had not told my parents about this project which included me not eating fast food for a couple of weeks, and there they were offering me an abundant of delicious food. However, when I said I did not want to eat it, they gave me the weirdest looks I've ever seen. My brothers rushed to the table and grabbed my food in excitement. They couldn't believe it! I shortly explained why, and they understood. My mother who felt bad for me, decided to make me a delicious healthy macaroni. As much as it hurt not eating the McDonald's in the beginning, it paid off at the end, as I felt loyal and healthier just by doing that. Day 4 here I come!

Day 2

After having a terrible start to this "No Impact" project, id like to consider today a very successful day. My day consisted of, cereal and an apple for breakfast, tuna sandwich for lunch, and rice for dinner. This would probably be the healthiest I've been all year long. However it wasn't easy bearing all the fast food that was in front of me. As I was eating my sandwich in the school property parking lot, a car full of my friends had just come from McDonald's. This didn't really help my case, however I realized that I made a promise to myself and had to stay strong. Anyways, the sandwich was extremely delicious. So I guess I can't complain!

Day 1

So today was the first day of my project, and let's just say it didn't go so well. Kind of a dissapointment, but i cheated myself and went to KFC. BUT it wasn't my fault, I mean after all it was TOONEY TUESDAY (the best day of the week)... All jokes aside, it was unfortunately an accidental cheat, as I completely forgot about the promise I made to myself. And as soon as i realized this, I had told all my friends that they MUST help me get through this, not just for the summative, but for my grade.12 prom which is coming up in less than a month! Yes, I would much rather prefer to go to prom without a big belly. So what I did as soon as I got home was, approach my mother and told her to make me a tuna sandwich to take for lunch the following school day. Hopefully this works out!

Statement of Intent

The next 3 weeks will be quite the experience for me. Inspired by Colin Beavan's "No Impact Man" project and as a part of an environmental studies course summative,  I will be going from having fast food 2-3 times a day to no fast food at all for 3 WEEKS! Now you may ask, why did I chose to do this and how does this help the environment? Bell rings, class is done, what does that mean? Time to go out for lunch! This tends to be a daily routine since the beginning of grade 12, as a majority of my friends have received there license (since i haven't). The usual choices for places to eat are usually McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, and sometimes if we're in the mood of eating "healthy food" we go to Tim Hortons or Subway. Although recently I have been getting compliments on my "beer belly", so this is one reason I chose to not eat fast food for my No Impact Man project. However the other (main) reason as to why I chose this idea was due to that fact that there are multiple hazards to the environment just by eating fast food, such as tremendous energy intensity to create the food, high amount of packaging waste in the wrappers, bags, containers etc., and CO2 emissions from drive-thrus. So what I will be doing for the next 3 weeks rather than eating fast is, I'll be packing my own lunches, that are packed in a container and will not include any plastic, wrappers, or any other disposable materials. Although I know this won't be an easy task to follow, I will try my best to not eat any fast food, and will be sure to tell my friends to help me throughout the next deadly 3 weeks.