How do you choose a salad over a Big Mac?
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paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Jancandoit7 wrote: »Watch the film "Supersize Me"- you may lose your desire for Mcdonalds. Fast food grosses me out but I can understand why people like it.
I've never seen it. Can you give me a breakdown? I haven't heard much positive about it.
Man decides to eat nothing but McD's. He does not watch portion sizes or calories, super sizes his meal any time they ask, and cuts down the number of steps he takes/takes the stairs less. Predictably, he gains weight. I was fooled by it once upon a time, but the more I learn about nutrition the more transparent it becomes.5 -
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I want to know what burger with 1200 calories he's talking about. And eat it.[/quote]
Go to Red Robin, Ruby Tuesday's, TGI Friday's, etc and you'll find lots of 1200+ calorie burgers6 -
SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.6 -
If one just cooks a burger at home made with fresh meat, they will NOT want to go to McDonald's in the USA. There is just no comparison. It might be ultra processed 100% beef, but it is not the good cuts and it isn't fresh either. Now and then I eat a hamburger at McDonald's but if I want a real burger I won't go there. That said, I had McDonald's in Italy once and it was a completely different experience. It actually TASTED like beef and was much better quality than what is in McD's in the USA.
They did change the formula. When they first started out they did not have any microwave ovens or frankenburgers. They actually cooked real hamburgers, fries and their shakes were real too.
The movie about McDonald's is pretty good, The Founder. It stars Michael Keaton. After I watched that I didn't want to eat there just on principle, because the original brothers were ripped off by Ray Kroc.10 -
lucerorojo wrote: »If one just cooks a burger at home made with fresh meat, they will NOT want to go to McDonald's in the USA.
People keep saying stuff like this as if no regular McDonald's customer has ever had a good burger before...10 -
I think there are some people who are "regular" McDonald's customers who have not had a good burger before. But we could debate all day about it. People are different, and obviously some people like the taste of them. The closest one near me closed a few years ago--and it was in a train station. The other alternatives were more appealing to people I guess--deli sandwiches, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Taco Bell and Pizza!4
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »lucerorojo wrote: »If one just cooks a burger at home made with fresh meat, they will NOT want to go to McDonald's in the USA.
People keep saying stuff like this as if no regular McDonald's customer has ever had a good burger before...
When I was a child the almost plastic quality of the burgers was what I liked about McDonald's. I remember when Wendy's first came to our area, with meat which actually tasted like meat and had juices. All the adults liked it and I hated it - I wanted my grey stale chunk of dried meat! People like what they are used to. My husband, God help him, sometimes craves Circus Peanuts, which I think are the absolute worst food on earth.6 -
PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »lucerorojo wrote: »If one just cooks a burger at home made with fresh meat, they will NOT want to go to McDonald's in the USA.
People keep saying stuff like this as if no regular McDonald's customer has ever had a good burger before...
I love the idea that it's only us unsophisticated immature eaters who have never tasted fresh veggies and hand-crafted burgers who want to eat at McDonalds.
I actually usually get a Egg McMuffin or McNuggets at McDs. I agree with a previous poster that I liked their burgers better when I was a kid. It's a Wendy's cheeseburger I crave now. With a Frosty. Yum! Sure other burgers can be better, but I can't pull up to a drive thru with 6 bucks in my pocket and take them home to eat on the couch in my pj's. I hate to handle raw meat, and I live alone and can't afford a cook. Guess I'm just basic like that
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »lucerorojo wrote: »If one just cooks a burger at home made with fresh meat, they will NOT want to go to McDonald's in the USA.
People keep saying stuff like this as if no regular McDonald's customer has ever had a good burger before...
My partner made an amazing burger yesterday, it was great but 3 hours later I wanted a big mac not a burger but a big Mac. I think when people eat at McDonald's it's because that's what they want.4 -
PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/08/23/mcdonald_s_not_on_their_way_to_iceland/2 -
Tad off topic - but I thought Super Size me was an interesting film - not because it showed eating exclusively Mcdonalds super sizes at huge calorie surplus made one gain weight - I mean, derrr, obviously it would - but because it showed how the industry up sells and pushing this contributes to people making bad choices.
Yes i know we can all say No but considering advertising influences was interesting .1 -
SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/08/23/mcdonald_s_not_on_their_way_to_iceland/SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/08/23/mcdonald_s_not_on_their_way_to_iceland/
How surprising - Not.
People who are used to different foods dont like something outside their norm much.
Bit like me I guess - I wasnt brought up on Haggis or witchetty grubs and when I tried them I didnt like them much.
How is this news and how does it relate to OP though???
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SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
Damn... add it to the list of things I blame my parents for.
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paperpudding wrote: »I thought Super Size me was an interesting film
I did, too. More amusing than interesting perhaps. But, I definitely found it entertaining.
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SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/08/23/mcdonald_s_not_on_their_way_to_iceland/
I wasn't "raised on it." We made our parents fuming mad with begging every time we drove by a McDonald's. It was definitely a rare occasion to be blessed with chicken nuggets and sweet & sour sauce. I didn't consume it on any regular basis until I got my driver's license at age 18.2 -
Don't go to McDonald's frequently. Have a big mac when you do. Simple.3
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I've eaten a Big Mac twice this year (as opposed to almost weekly) and each time loved it, and had enough exercise calories to include it. If I wanted a salad I wouldn't go to McDonald's.
But blimey it doesn't half taste of sugar of fat!0 -
I think it's your personal preferences. For me, a salad will always be more appealing than a burger for a few reasons:
- I like crunchy things better than soft things (it's why I like lettuce or chips on sandwiches)
- I like cold food better than hot.
- On a normal day (when I am not counting calories... so those days are over for a few months) the following reason won't matter, but it does now: I won't regret the salad later (if I add the healthy stuff to it), like I would the burger.
I have no idea if the above will help you or not, but I do know that it takes just a few weeks to develop a liking for new foods and possibly a disliking to old foods you used to love. Except cheese, darn addictive stuff right there.
Why would you regret anything if you have the calories for It?
I had nuggets from Maccys yesterday. And a *kitten* load of gin. Ate low enough calories in the week to allow for it and didn't go over my goal for Saturday. The only regret I have is the Hangover!
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »SigrnOddgeirsdttir wrote: »Wow many comment. Well I think that if you crave junk like McDonald´s then you you don´t have healthy diet in general, am I right? Have you ever eaten fresh veggies two times a day with your meals, over a period of time? I used to crave junk for every meal but I´d never had a normal diet, so when my diet went from junk to home made with fresh veggies every time for about seven months, the cravings for junk stopped and it actually started to repel me.
How I went about the change is I got a job at a farm and got two meals a day cooked for me by a chef... and this was in the country so there were no fast food places. That was a game changer for me to eat normal every day, for the first time in my life. Never went back to the old habits and lost a lot of weight.
I eat vegetables with dinner most nights.
I dont have cravings for junk food but every now and then I like to eat what you call junk.
you know, variety in a balanced diet.
Mcdonalds isnt my favourite place but if I were there for some reason - eg friends wanted to go there, was only place open, whatever - then i would get the Mcwrap - I dont know if it is lower calorie but I like wraps and I dont like their salad and I dont eat burgers
My point exactly. If a person is struggling to pick the salat over the burger then it´s most likely not "once in a while" is it? I sometimes eat junk too, just like every one else. I don´t struggle with it... and never eat at MacDonald´s, it´s awful. Fried chicken is much better
The thing is, almost nobody wants to eat a McDonald's salad, regardless. I'd have trouble choosing if my only options were that vs. the melted milkshake that dried on the side of the trash can. You're nmaking a pretty unfair assumption.
Looks like ppl who were not raised on MacDonald´s don´t like it very much.
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/08/23/mcdonald_s_not_on_their_way_to_iceland/
I wasn't "raised on it." We made our parents fuming mad with begging every time we drove by a McDonald's. It was definitely a rare occasion to be blessed with chicken nuggets and sweet & sour sauce. I didn't consume it on any regular basis until I got my driver's license at age 18.
It´s so funny how you keep confirming every thing I´m talking about but keep saying that I´m wrong. Any way best of luck to you
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