Ideas for quick McDonald's breakfast that won't break the calorie bank?

Losewtforlife4him
Losewtforlife4him Posts: 423 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Suggestions with calories please and thanks!!
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  • 1992fx3
    1992fx3 Posts: 35 Member
    http://fastfoodnutrition.org/mcdonalds/chart
  • sylkates
    sylkates Posts: 173 Member
    One hard thing about eating fast food is avoiding the calories from side dishes and drinks. Get water, or black coffee/black with splenda coffee, or diet soda, with your breakfast.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    Pretty much anything on the menu is decent, and it helps a lot if you avoid the hashbrowns.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Fruit & Yogurt Parfait (150 cals)
    Egg White Delight (250 cals)
    Fruit & Maple Oatmeal (290 cals)
    Sausage Burrito (300 cals)
    Egg McMuffin (300 cals)


    I've never had the oatmeal, so I don't know if it's any good or not. I usually will pick a parfait + one of the other options with a diet soda.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/nutritionfacts.pdf
  • truelight_photo_craig
    truelight_photo_craig Posts: 347 Member
    Make your own at home and take it with you/ B)
  • one1fast68
    one1fast68 Posts: 51 Member
    toadhunter911 wrote: »
    Make your own at home and take it with you/ B)

    I used to do this a lot - make breakfast burrito's or my own egg McMuffin. That way you can control the macros and cut some of the cals if you want.
  • cryssybaby77
    cryssybaby77 Posts: 22 Member
    Make one at home.. even if the calories are low they extra stuff is not good for your body.. If you are like Traveling or something I would say maybe the oatmeal or yogurt.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    cryssybaby77 wrote: »
    Make one at home.. even if the calories are low they extra stuff is not good for your body.. If you are like Traveling or something I would say maybe the oatmeal or yogurt.

    What "extra stuff" are you referring to?
  • afatpersonwholikesfood
    afatpersonwholikesfood Posts: 577 Member
    I get egg McMuffins. If I need to save calories, I get the yogurt parfait. If I have a little extra to work with, I get the sausage, egg, and cheese McMuffin. Bacon vs. sausage saves you calories, too. I like their oatmeal, but the regular egg McMuffin is around the same calories and with more protein. Biscuit sandwiches are tasty but higher in calories, so I rarely get those. I often will get a small coffee with cream and Splenda, but I rarely get hash browns. I usually add 10% to the posted calorie counts as well, but that's me.
  • DataSeven
    DataSeven Posts: 245 Member
    Egg Mcmuffin, no cheese. 240 calories.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    edited May 2016
    Egg white delight, half muffin. Plus a hashbrown for a total of 335cals.
  • highwood1968
    highwood1968 Posts: 61 Member
    I think the egg mcmuffin is a good choice and add the yogurt and you will be satisfied. I tend to remove the back bacon as I am not a fan of it:)
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    cryssybaby77 wrote: »
    Make one at home.. even if the calories are low they extra stuff is not good for your body.. If you are like Traveling or something I would say maybe the oatmeal or yogurt.

    No just no.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    I do the sausage egg McMuffin. My normal bowl of oatmeal, nuts and fruit has more calories than that so I am okay.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    I've had the egg white delight before and it was really tasty. 250 calories.
  • Losewtforlife4him
    Losewtforlife4him Posts: 423 Member
    Thanks everyone for your ideas! I was starved after working 12+ hrs and stayed much later than normal. I rarely eat at mcds but was hungry right then and needed a small coffee with 2 cream to drive home safely. I ended up getting a sausage mcmuffin. So yummy! In the past I would have gotten a sausage biscuit and hashbrowns but this was much healthier for me. As someone else mentioned, my normal oatmeal breakfast while more filling and nutritious, has more calories than what I ate. Less fat but more calories. I think a sausage mcmuffin is either 370 or 400 calories? I've seen both. I told them I didn't want egg or cheese. I'm not crazy about eggs. Does anyone know for sure how many calories for the plain sausage mcmuffin?
    It feels good to be able to eat out and within my calories.
  • BekahC1980
    BekahC1980 Posts: 474 Member
    On their website you can customize it to see exact axle amount and macros
  • markswife1992
    markswife1992 Posts: 262 Member
    sylkates wrote: »
    One hard thing about eating fast food is avoiding the calories from side dishes and drinks. Get water, or black coffee/black with splenda coffee, or diet soda, with your breakfast.

    i agree. i can usually do well on the food part, but then have trouble not ordering a large coke!
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    I actually figured out out to make their mcgridlle pancake buns (husbands favorites) I make a bunch and then freeze them.
  • hgycta
    hgycta Posts: 3,013 Member
    edited May 2016
    I generally aim for around 400 calories during breakfast so what I do is order an egg white delight or a regular egg mcmuffin without cheese (both come to 250 calories), apple slices (15 calories), and a small plain latte with whole milk (170 calories). All this comes to 435 calories so yes, it's a little over 400, but still not bad at all and quite filling! This breakfast will give you a nice balance of fat, carbs, and protein, not to mention a ton of calcium from the milk in the latte and vitamin C from the apples! It never fails to satisfy me :)
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I always get the yogurt parfait and oatmeal :) They're both very tasty and filling for me. If I were planning ahead I may bring a single serve tub of plain Greek yogurt and mix it in with the parfait, because it does get pretty darn sweet.
  • IceBaroque
    IceBaroque Posts: 10 Member
    I love the oatmeal! It is INSANELY filling. The yogurt tastes great but isn't as filling. I can eat the oatmeal and not be hungry until lunch...
  • hiyomi
    hiyomi Posts: 906 Member
    edited May 2016
    Egg white delight mcmuffin and a hashbrown= 400 calories :) its usually what I get
  • generallyme2
    generallyme2 Posts: 403 Member
    I've had the oatmeal and it's not bad in a pinch but it seems really sweet to me and I'd rather just make my own for what you get. Sometimes though, you do what you have to do.
  • Losewtforlife4him
    Losewtforlife4him Posts: 423 Member
    mitsimr wrote: »
    I work at McDonald's and seriously you don't want to risk it. When we use butter we do not measure it and we use ALOT. We use butter in almost all of the breakfast food. The eggs sometimes may be small or may be large depending on who makes it. The meat is usually used quickly but while it's up there it is sitting in a thick layer of grease. The only thing I would recommend is the yogurt parfait. It is 120 cals without the granola and 150 with. I have it without and save the granola packet for something else. That is really low calorie though so that has nothing to do with cals and everything to do with the fact I don't like crunchy yogurt. The oatmeal is reasonable cals as well I just haven't tried it yet. We also sell the apple slices and cutie oranges. Seriously though if it comes from the grill you do not want it be there is no way to truly track your calories.

    Wouldn't that be against policy for McDonalds to list calories but not go strictly by it? I would think that would be a legal issue. If it says 300 calories, it better be 300 calories.
  • sylkates
    sylkates Posts: 173 Member
    edited May 2016
    joobey wrote: »
    mitsimr wrote: »
    I work at McDonald's and seriously you don't want to risk it. When we use butter we do not measure it and we use ALOT. We use butter in almost all of the breakfast food. The eggs sometimes may be small or may be large depending on who makes it. The meat is usually used quickly but while it's up there it is sitting in a thick layer of grease. The only thing I would recommend is the yogurt parfait. It is 120 cals without the granola and 150 with. I have it without and save the granola packet for something else. That is really low calorie though so that has nothing to do with cals and everything to do with the fact I don't like crunchy yogurt. The oatmeal is reasonable cals as well I just haven't tried it yet. We also sell the apple slices and cutie oranges. Seriously though if it comes from the grill you do not want it be there is no way to truly track your calories.

    Wouldn't that be against policy for McDonalds to list calories but not go strictly by it? I would think that would be a legal issue. If it says 300 calories, it better be 300 calories.

    There's no law dictating that a restaurant calorie count must be accurate. In some cities they must place it on their menus, but there's no legal problem if their 'estimated' calorie counts are inaccurate. Unlike packaged foods, which have what, a 15% leeway?

    In most cities, there't not even a law that requires calories on menus at all - it's purely a courtesy, put there for marketing purposes.
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