McD habit: must I squash it?

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  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
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    From Wikipedia:
    The 2004 documentary Super Size Me states "McDonald's Chicken McNuggets were originally made from old chickens no longer able to lay eggs. These chickens are stripped down to the bone, and then 'ground up' into a chicken mash, then combined with a variety of stabilizers and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep fried, freeze dried, and then shipped to a McDonald's near you". Super Size Me also alleged inclusion of chemicals such as tertiary butylhydroquinone (a phenolic antioxidant used as a chemical preservative), polydimethylsiloxane (an anti-foaming agent), and other ingredients not used by a typical home cook.[9] This was recently restated by CNN.[10] Marion Nestle, a New York University professor and author of What to Eat, says the tertiary butylhydroquinone and dimethylpolysiloxane in McNuggets probably pose no health risks. As a general rule, though, she advocates not eating any food with an ingredient you can’t pronounce.[10]

    Sooooooo, McNuggets can help you fight against cancer? :-D

    As an aside, they grind down bones and cartilage into paste? So rather than throw chicken bones away, I could liquidise them and eat the paste in sandwiches?
  • krystyleee
    krystyleee Posts: 219
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    Personally, I used to eat Taco Bell a lot. then I heard (not sure if it's true) that their meat was basically like DOG FOOD meat, and after that I couldn't eat it anymore. I've heard even worse things about the nuggets at McDonald's so I don't eat it for those reasons. Fast food, period, is not good for you. I cut it out all together but I do have my other weaknesses, like ice cream or chocolate, which is probably not much better for you. I don't, however, eat it that frequently. Maybe once a week and I work it OFF!
  • jimbhc1
    jimbhc1 Posts: 3 Member
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    Watch the show "SUPER SIZE ME"
  • alexandra0690
    alexandra0690 Posts: 53
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    just my opinion: mcdonalds is nasty, not only for your body but also for your MIND....:/ goodluck.
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
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    The movie Super Size Me cured my of McDonalds. Eating out on the other hand I do once a week. I do eat burgers and fries just not to a fast food restaurant. Just a preference.
  • mcarter99
    mcarter99 Posts: 1,666 Member
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    It's just food. If it fits in your calorie goals, eat it. :smile:
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
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    I would stay stop the habit but just to save the money. It isn't a big deal, healthwise, in my opinion.
  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
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    Any cheeseburger than can sit on a counter in open air for over a year and not grow anything or change in appearance no longer qualifies as "food"

    Just my opinion :)
  • yarmiah
    yarmiah Posts: 325 Member
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    I have not entered McDonald's since reading "Supersize Me" 4-5 yrs ago, neither has my daughter. She was only 10 at the time and only read the first couple of chapters, but refuses to eat there now.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,738 Member
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    You can eat whatever you want. You can lose weight eating twinkies. Of course, for the same number of calories plus the added benefit of fiber, you can eat a lot more carrots.

    With that said, 3 times a week seems like a lot to me. I eat McDonald's as a treat, not as a regular lunch.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,738 Member
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    Google how McD's nuggets are made. I'm pretty confident this would cease the habit.

    I've seen it, so don't care. It makes me want them more, and a strawberry shake to go with them.

    ^^ ha ha this! But a chocolate shake with McD's fries to dip in it!
  • adet983
    adet983 Posts: 138
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    Google how McD's nuggets are made. I'm pretty confident this would cease the habit.



    someone could show me a youtube video of mcnuggets being made out of chicken poop and then give me a 10 piece with sweet and sour and i would still eat them
  • Wonderob
    Wonderob Posts: 1,372 Member
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    It's just food. If it fits in your calorie goals, eat it. :smile:

    Sorry but that's a blinkered, short-sighted view that can only be had by those obsessed by the calorie at the expense of everything else

    I'm on a sugar cube diet which means that I only eat sugar cubes, nothing else. They do fit in with my calorie goals though so should I eat and smile? Just food after all
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,738 Member
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    Google how McD's nuggets are made. I'm pretty confident this would cease the habit.

    Yeah I gotta agree with this one... and it wouldn't hurt to watch Super Size Me (I know that's WAY more extreme then what you are eating but it did help me get turned-off to fast food in general and helped me to resist eating it).

    I personally think that YES you should cut back. I don't think multiple visits per week to McD is healthy even if you are within your calories. I used to eat fast food a couple times per week and it was just not good news... weight gain, sluggish, didn't feel well, etc.

    The less you eat it the easier it will be to resist - I swear it can be addicting but if you cut it out you will eventually stop craving it/wanting it all together!

    Of course the weight gain came from too many calories, not the McD's.
  • geminigrl622
    geminigrl622 Posts: 144
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    I wouldn't say cut it out completely. I'm a fan of eating things you like in moderation, so maybe eat McD as a treat during the week and not 2-3 times per week.
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 802 Member
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    Google how McD's nuggets are made. I'm pretty confident this would cease the habit.

    I've done that. I still find them delicious, sadly. But, I don't ever eat them anymore, LOL

    just gogoled, and I still will eat nuggets.. I have been eating them since 84/85 ? .. they are better tasting than a burger and as long as I fit them into my cals, I will eat them ..
    :drinker:
  • squirrleydoodle
    squirrleydoodle Posts: 58 Member
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    I love chicken nuggets from McD's!!! I get a mighty kids meal with diet coke and dont eat all the fries. I like the apple slices too lol
  • tweakz20
    tweakz20 Posts: 152 Member
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    You know the answer

    If you have to ask, ^^^

    The "food" at Mcdonalds has issues beyond calories. I quote food because it's not fit for human consumption in my opinion. The meat they serve is of very low quality, coming from a factory farm where animals are very sick and not getting adequate nutrition. The meat is processed. The fries are also lies. Sauce is very high sodium and should be limited as a general rule, especially low quality crap from Mcdonalds. These foods are packed sky high in preservatives and other chemicals. Diet soda is also high in sodium. Chronically eating this garbage will make you feel sick and possibly give you hypertension. Eating this will burdeon your liver, trying to figure out what that crap is and what to do with it, leaving it less functional for other necessary body functions. Stick to simple whole foods.
  • ocukor1
    ocukor1 Posts: 66
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    It's not bad if you make it a treat once a week. It is bad eating that every day. It is not so much about calories as it is about nutrients. Granted that chicken nuggets have some proteins, but other than that...it is all bad carbs, the type of carbs that get digested ver quickly into your blood stream, turns into sugar, and spike up your insulin which then stores the extra sugar as fat. There are virtually no benefits to eating like that. You can still lose weight doing that, but you will starve yourself and your body will break up muscle to stay alive, so that weight loss will be superficial. You will also feel hungry all the time and you will be constantly craving more. it is not a good way to diet. I've done it myself, though, so I can speak from experience, I have changed my diet around, and never felt better. never looked back. I have some of my experiences summed up in my blog if you care to read.
  • blazeybug87
    blazeybug87 Posts: 226 Member
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    Lately, for completely unexplained reasons, I've been hitting McD 2-3 times a week for lunch. I eat reasonably (6 nuggets, buffalo sauce, small fries, diet soda == ~550 cals), and usually fit it into my total calorie goal. How bad is this, do I need to force myself to be more disciplined and quit this behavior, or is it okay?
    ...and a diet soda?:laugh: :laugh:
    You sound just like me!
    Anyway, McD food is the most fabulous cuisine on the planet...it's what the gods eat on Mt Olympus.
    I could have it every day and die fat.
    It's that good.
    How I broke my addiction was simple. I associate pleasure with being fit, and pain with being fat.
    That works wonders.
    It creates an internal drive that is unstoppable. People who find this reach their goals in any situation.
    Those that do not remain in the large herd of failures that populate the majority of planet earth.
    Decide right now where you want to be.
    Success is a choice. Good Luck :flowerforyou:

    Pleasure vs Pain - Tony Robbins fan???

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