NO MCDONALDS
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Lol, you think I was paying for it at 10 years old?
Okay I'll take that bet. Average death age on both sides of my family from old age is 89. And they didn't exercise and they smoked too.Congrats on meeting a goal you set.
It's not "poison" nor really bad. A 300 calories sandwich is not excessive for a meal. And yes they use real eggs, cheese and ham, the same you would buy at a store.
It's positive for the OP to avoid if McDonald's is her vice and derails her from losing weight, but McDonald's is hardly poison.
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I highly disagree, but each to their own. You eat McD's everyday and I'll eat fresh foods from the farmers markets everyday and we'll see who dies first.
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Ah, but did they eat at McDonalds? ;-) We had McDonald's on Sunday morning quite often. My mom and dad are still alive at 87 and 80.................with great health.
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I don't know. Just cause they bought it for a kid doesn't tell me everything. Parents longevity also don't always indicate what will happen with the child. For example, my dad died at age 69. Two years after his own father who died at age 96, and four years after his mother that died at age 89.
The only thing I can tell you for certain is (though I don't know you) you shot all credibility with me. And you are the only person I have 'met' that deems themselves to have some type of 'credentials' or at least 'I've studied nutrition' that touts McDonalds. I personally would never touch that **** again! But good luck to you!
Oh, and btw, if you ever do watch the movie Food Inc, tell it to the mother of the four year old that also got food poisoning from a McDonald's, but her child did not survive. Mmmm yum, cheap disgusting meat byproduct from factory farmed cows with E-Coli. Wow,good for my diet...just lost my appetite!0 -
Thank you everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im hoping for day two!!!!
Day one was the hardest! You can do it! I still remember the first week when I gave up coke (soda--and processed sugar in general)....I was like Pavlov's dog every time I saw the golden arches! I wanted that coke! And I only had one maybe once or twice a month....
And just so that you know.....fast food tastes disgusting and vile when you stop eating it for a while....get busy, and have a bite. *Blech* Find a new breakfast tradition that works you right past the temptation! I second making it yourself at home...make a bunch....freeze, and warm up!0 -
Lol, you think I was paying for it at 10 years old?
Okay I'll take that bet. Average death age on both sides of my family from old age is 89. And they didn't exercise and they smoked too.Congrats on meeting a goal you set.
It's not "poison" nor really bad. A 300 calories sandwich is not excessive for a meal. And yes they use real eggs, cheese and ham, the same you would buy at a store.
It's positive for the OP to avoid if McDonald's is her vice and derails her from losing weight, but McDonald's is hardly poison.
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I highly disagree, but each to their own. You eat McD's everyday and I'll eat fresh foods from the farmers markets everyday and we'll see who dies first.
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Ah, but did they eat at McDonalds? ;-) We had McDonald's on Sunday morning quite often. My mom and dad are still alive at 87 and 80.................with great health.
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I don't know. Just cause they bought it for a kid doesn't tell me everything. Parents longevity also don't always indicate what will happen with the child. For example, my dad died at age 69. Two years after his own father who died at age 96, and four years after his mother that died at age 89.
The only thing I can tell you for certain is (though I don't know you) you shot all credibility with me. And you are the only person I have 'met' that deems themselves to have some type of 'credentials' or at least 'I've studied nutrition' that touts McDonalds. I personally would never touch that **** again! But good luck to you!
Oh, and btw, if you ever do watch the movie Food Inc, tell it to the mother of the four year old that also got food poisoning from a McDonald's, but her child did not survive. Mmmm yum, cheap disgusting meat byproduct from factory farmed cows with E-Coli. Wow,good for my diet...just lost my appetite!
I'm sure he's heartbroken that he has no credibility with you. And if he's the only knowledgeable person you've seen who has no problem with McD's you must be pretty new to this game.0 -
OP, good job on making a smart choice! You will feel so much better making choices like these
jonnythan, how many of your 4000 posts are on this thread and how many McD's franchises do you own? Jeez
Work out enough and you can negate any diet deficiencies but come on? Really? You seem to be promoting this crap.0 -
I just read this entire thread and now there is a 99% chance I will be hitting up the golden arches tomorrow morning. I can almost taste those hashbrowns.0
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OP, good job on making a smart choice! You will feel so much better making choices like these
jonnythan, how many of your 4000 posts are on this thread and how many McD's franchises do you own? Jeez
Work out enough and you can negate any diet deficiencies but come on? Really? You seem to be promoting this crap.
How is working out supposed to negate dietary deficiencies? Does working out generate vitamins or something?
If you can come up with a good, scientifically valid reason it's better not to eat "this crap" then post it here.0 -
Lol, you think I was paying for it at 10 years old?
Okay I'll take that bet. Average death age on both sides of my family from old age is 89. And they didn't exercise and they smoked too.Congrats on meeting a goal you set.
It's not "poison" nor really bad. A 300 calories sandwich is not excessive for a meal. And yes they use real eggs, cheese and ham, the same you would buy at a store.
It's positive for the OP to avoid if McDonald's is her vice and derails her from losing weight, but McDonald's is hardly poison.
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I highly disagree, but each to their own. You eat McD's everyday and I'll eat fresh foods from the farmers markets everyday and we'll see who dies first.
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Ah, but did they eat at McDonalds? ;-) We had McDonald's on Sunday morning quite often. My mom and dad are still alive at 87 and 80.................with great health.
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I don't know. Just cause they bought it for a kid doesn't tell me everything. Parents longevity also don't always indicate what will happen with the child. For example, my dad died at age 69. Two years after his own father who died at age 96, and four years after his mother that died at age 89.
The only thing I can tell you for certain is (though I don't know you) you shot all credibility with me. And you are the only person I have 'met' that deems themselves to have some type of 'credentials' or at least 'I've studied nutrition' that touts McDonalds. I personally would never touch that **** again! But good luck to you!
Oh, and btw, if you ever do watch the movie Food Inc, tell it to the mother of the four year old that also got food poisoning from a McDonald's, but her child did not survive. Mmmm yum, cheap disgusting meat byproduct from factory farmed cows with E-Coli. Wow,good for my diet...just lost my appetite!
I'm sure he's heartbroken that he has no credibility with you. And if he's the only knowledgeable person you've seen who has no problem with McD's you must be pretty new to this game.
Ha, I guess so cause I didn't even realize I was playing a game. :-)0 -
Ha, I guess so cause I didn't even realize I was playing a game. :-)
Well now you know.0 -
I gain weight from fast food and feel disgusting after I eat it.
I don't think it's poison, but rather the result of age :-)
I can't imagine starting 3-4 days a week with fast food, but I am also not in my 20's anymore....0 -
I gain weight from fast food
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I go to McDonald's once a month or so. A McDouble from the dollar menu and a small fries are about 750 calories. It's not very healthy food but in small amounts, it's not likely to make a difference.0
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Yes. Eating out is high in calories.0
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Booo to the McDonald haters. Their french fries are awesome. So are a lot of things on their menu. Mmmmmm!0
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Yes. Eating out is high in calories.
Only if you make it so.
Grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo and an ice cream cone from McD's is 470 calories. A grilled chicken salad with vinaigrette dressing is under 300 calories. Both of these options have 30+ grams of protein too.
Applebee's, The Ninety Nine, IHOP, Denny's, and many other restaurants have full menus that are under 500-600 calories with tons of protein.
Three crunchy tacos at Taco Bell is under 500 calories. A turkey sub with veggies from Subway is under 300 calories.
"Eating out" is not high in calories. Overeating is high in calories.0 -
"Eating out" is not high in calories. Overeating is high in calories.
Bahahahahaaa! :drinker:0 -
At 1200 calories a day, I find that not eating out works better for me. Restaurant food is higher in calories than what I make at home. I don't know the menu items at Denny's or iHop because I don't frequent those restaurants. I guess if we want to battle semantics, I find that I can get a better use of my calories when fast food and restaurant food is not part of my equation.
If I am being honest though, my problem is not overeating. It's wine ;-)0 -
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Congrats to OP for sticking to a goal. Whether or not we all agree or disagree with the motivations behind the goal are moot.
Life's too short to not make a homemade breakfast sandwich with all the joys that are real cheese and real butter.
Cuts the ingredient list down by quite a bit!
"Real" cheese still goes through a process, one that includes the following ingredients (cheddar cheese): milk, starter culture, rennet, salt, flavor/color agents (annato, b-carotene, chlorophyll, paprika to name a few possibilities), calcium chloride, preservatives (propionic acid, sorbic acid, etc). I don't actually eat margarine since I prefer butter, so you've got me there. The point I was making is that if you eat a bread, a meat, and a cheese on your breakfast sandwich, all of these things have a laundry list of ingredients, McDonald's or home prepared makes little difference. You make your sammich how you want, I'll grab a McMuffin because it's quick and on my way to work and I like their coffee too. Your sammich choice doesn't affect me, and mine doesn't affect you, so let's just leave it at that.
OP, I totally get it. Some of us have trigger foods or foods that we have a hard time not overeating. If yours is McDonald's, then congrats on fighting that trigger. Best of luck to you!0 -
At 1200 calories a day, I find that not eating out works better for me. Restaurant food is higher in calories than what I make at home. I don't know the menu items at Denny's or iHop because I don't frequent those restaurants. I guess if we want to battle semantics, I find that I can get a better use of my calories when fast food and restaurant food is not part of my equation.
If I am being honest though, my problem is not overeating. It's wine ;-)
Well at 1200 calories a day, you're either running a huge calorie deficit or you're extremely sedentary. Neither of which is good for your long term health. Once you're doing this for more than a few weeks or months you'll start to see 1200 calories a day isn't going to cut it. Perhaps then you'll start to realize that a 300 calorie lunch from Subway or McDonald's isn't some terrible waste of precious calories.0 -
I am a lawyer. Sedentary is my life. It's an unfortunate job hazard that I am trying to change, but with 2 kids and 12+ hour work days, it's a sad reality.
I do workout, but not like I should for sure.0 -
I did find that to keep my weigh low, it's low-carb, low-calories and lots of cardio. I stop that, let fast food creep in, the cardio goes by the wayside, the wine is more fun than the cardio and before I know it, 10 pounds are back and I end up back here again.0
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good for you if it works do it, i do bro foods works for me so to each their own.0
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I did find that to keep my weigh low, it's low-carb, low-calories and lots of cardio. I stop that, let fast food creep in, the cardio goes by the wayside, the wine is more fun than the cardio and before I know it, 10 pounds are back and I end up back here again.
This is what I'm talking about. As long as you view "fast food" as evil or a failure, that occasional indulgence leads to more and more indulgences as you fail and get away from your "diet." It's much healthier to view those options as perfectly valid and in line with your nutritional and fitness goals, allowing you to fit them in responsibly without the inevitable guilt and yoyoing.0 -
Try a Dunkin Donuts veggie egg white wake up wrap!! It's really good and a good alternative!!!!0
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You may be right there, but I have been dieting so long that it's ingrained. Good news is that I have never been overweight (technically) due to always dieting. Bad news is that I am always dieting.
I am one of those who do view those foods as trigger foods. I am sure some of it is mental (although, I do maintain that you can eat for less calories w/out restaurant food), but I am an old dog so new tricks are hard to learn.
I don't go on food benders when I eat out (I had lunch out today). But, if I am looking at times when I kept my weight low, it was times where I was more on the strict side.0 -
All I want is a breakfast muffin, either from McDonald's or Tim's, whichever still has the biscuit instead of the English muffin.0
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You may be right there, but I have been dieting so long that it's ingrained. Good news is that I have never been overweight (technically) due to always dieting. Bad news is that I am always dieting.
I am one of those who do view those foods as trigger foods. I am sure some of it is mental (although, I do maintain that you can eat for less calories w/out restaurant food), but I am an old dog so new tricks are hard to learn.
I don't go on food benders when I eat out (I had lunch out today). But, if I am looking at times when I kept my weight low, it was times where I was more on the strict side.
If you have never been overweight, how is it possible you've been dieting for so long?
Do you yoyo diet? Lose 10, gain 10? That kind of thing?0 -
That is wonderful. I promise, promise once you stop eating it and it gets out of your system, you will not want to go back. It is just addictive. You should look up on YouTube the studies about McDonald's food. It will help you break your habit.0
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McDonald's is NOT poison! It won't kill you.
It just tastes like it will.
Lolz!0 -
I like their new wraps. And the cheeseburgers. And the Egg McMuffins....0
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