McDonalds?

NYCNika
NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am thinking about it lately. The funny thing is, in the last five years I've only been there once, and that was in Japan. And that was before I gave a flying rats behind about calories. I just did not like it, did not like that fast food smell and could not bring myself to eat it.

Now, after a month of clean living, I want it.
I mean a cosi salad is 600 calories and I can get a crispy fried chicken for that.
Egg McMuffin is only 300? My breakfast of yogurt, nuts and fruit is over that (really, take a look).
Small fries are only 230??? That's crazy.

I'd certainly feel a lot more full eating there. But is it crazy?
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  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    If a cal is a cal, sure. But, how much fat is in a McMuffin, vs your breakfast?
    And of course your body is saying fat is good....it is. It just not really good for you in large quantities.
    Basically, eating there daily, bad. On occasion....not so bad.
    For that matter you could eat your cals in lard every day, and as long as you keep them under the amount you burn in a day, you will lose weight. You will likely have a heart attack, but at least you will look good.
  • NYCNika
    NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
    I'm having a full on craving! I'll go for lunch tomorrow. Have a cheeseburger (300) and small fries (230). Or a single crispy chicken ranch BLT. (540)

    Who am I turning into? I used to be too snobby for junk food :o
    But they post calories, and places I would love to go to for a cheat meal don't!!!! *sobs*
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    I'm having a full on craving! I'll go for lunch tomorrow. Have a cheeseburger (300) and small fries (230). Or a single crispy chicken ranch BLT. (540)

    Who am I turning into? I used to be too snobby for junk food :o
    But they post calories, and places I would love to go to for a cheat meal don't!!!! *sobs*

    I ate 3000 calories at jack in the box last night. Yes, it was intentional. Still within my calorie limits. But you need to be informed on what you're going to eat before you get there. Some of the things can be deceptively high.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,023 Member
    I go once a week, but I don't pig out. Usually a burger by itself or some nuggets.

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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I eat a LOT more fast food now, in my "healthy lifestyle" than I did when I was fat and clueless....
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I go out to eat every so often. As long as I eat more quality food a majority of the time, I don't mind splurging.

    Hell, I luvs me some good buffalo wings, and I can polish off a couple dozen in a sitting with blue cheese. Go look at the calorie count on that! Throw in a few good beers with it and I shouldn't eat the rest of the day.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Get a quarter pounder w/ cheese and an order of nuggets. You're welcome.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I am thinking about it lately. The funny thing is, in the last five years I've only been there once, and that was in Japan. And that was before I gave a flying rats behind about calories. I just did not like it, did not like that fast food smell and could not bring myself to eat it.

    Now, after a month of clean living, I want it.
    I mean a cosi salad is 600 calories and I can get a crispy fried chicken for that.
    Egg McMuffin is only 300? My breakfast of yogurt, nuts and fruit is over that (really, take a look).
    Small fries are only 230??? That's crazy.

    I'd certainly feel a lot more full eating there. But is it crazy?

    An Egg McMuffin is a single fresh egg, an English muffin, a piece of ham, and a slice of cheese. What on earth could be wrong with that?
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Get a quarter pounder w/ cheese and an order of nuggets. You're welcome.
    Soulmates for life.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I don't eat meat, but I like the fries.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    I am thinking about it lately. The funny thing is, in the last five years I've only been there once, and that was in Japan. And that was before I gave a flying rats behind about calories. I just did not like it, did not like that fast food smell and could not bring myself to eat it.

    Now, after a month of clean living, I want it.
    I mean a cosi salad is 600 calories and I can get a crispy fried chicken for that.
    Egg McMuffin is only 300? My breakfast of yogurt, nuts and fruit is over that (really, take a look).
    Small fries are only 230??? That's crazy.

    I'd certainly feel a lot more full eating there. But is it crazy?

    The fallacy here is thinking Cosi is a great option. Most of the salads are high in sugar and or fat. And just because McDs items may have fewer calories, that doesn't mean they're better for you. Even given Cosi's faults, you still get more NUTRIENTS out of a salad there than the muffin and fries at McDs.

    But if it's just a cheat meal then go for it. :)
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.

    Haha right on cue! Lol.

    We didn't plan that I swear.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.

    Haha right on cue! Lol.

    We didn't plan that I swear.

    (That was remarkably awesome timing. :drinker: )
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Get a quarter pounder w/ cheese and an order of nuggets. You're welcome.

    Reasonable advice.
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member
    McDonald's = vomit food

    Have you seen Super Size Me - the documentary?

    Or the experiment with the McD hamburger and fries that has been sitting on a plate for two years without rotting?

    Fast food sometimes, go for it. But McD... gross!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Get a pretzel and a beer bigger than your head.
  • matt2442
    matt2442 Posts: 1,259 Member
    McDonald's = vomit food

    Have you seen Super Size Me - the documentary?

    Or the experiment with the McD hamburger and fries that has been sitting on a plate for two years without rotting?

    Fast food sometimes, go for it. But McD... gross!

    well, excuse me
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.

    From what ive seen the years from 85 to 88 are pretty crappy anyways so meh.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    McDonald's = vomit food

    Have you seen Super Size Me - the documentary?

    Or the experiment with the McD hamburger and fries that has been sitting on a plate for two years without rotting?

    Fast food sometimes, go for it. But McD... gross!

    Super Size Me is hardly a documentary. The dude at like double his BMR, gained a ton of weight, and - surprise - had health problems.

    Look at Fat Head, where the guy at nothing but McDonald's but kept it within a calorie limit.

    The "sitting on a plate for two years without rotting" thing is absolute bunk. Yes, it happens, but it also happens to a hamburger you make at home. Cooked ground beef and bread dry out long before they can actually begin to rot.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.

    From what ive seen the years from 85 to 88 are pretty crappy anyways so meh.

    They don't have to be.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    McDonald's = vomit food

    Have you seen Super Size Me - the documentary?

    Or the experiment with the McD hamburger and fries that has been sitting on a plate for two years without rotting?

    Fast food sometimes, go for it. But McD... gross!

    Super Size Me is hardly a documentary. The dude at like double his BMR, gained a ton of weight, and - surprise - had health problems.

    Look at Fat Head, where the guy at nothing but McDonald's but kept it within a calorie limit.

    The "sitting on a plate for two years without rotting" thing is absolute bunk. Yes, it happens, but it also happens to a hamburger you make at home. Cooked ground beef and bread dry out long before they can actually begin to rot.


    Shhhh!!

    (Your facts and science and stuff are getting in the way of her self righteous narrative.)

    McDonald's is vomit food. Everyone knows that. The end.
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member

    The "sitting on a plate for two years without rotting" thing is absolute bunk. Yes, it happens, but it also happens to a hamburger you make at home. Cooked ground beef and bread dry out long before they can actually begin to rot.




    I double dog dare you to prove that with a homemade hamburger.
  • princessrisariri
    princessrisariri Posts: 162 Member
    I used to eat there a lot now I try to limit myself to a naughty cheeseburger once every 2weeks or so,

    The thing with maccies is, especialyl since the made it a bit more low cal.
    you eat it and are hungry again 15mins later like you ate nothing, so end up eating a normal filling meal as well as the greasy fatty burger if you are not careful. Or have to feel hungry until the next day when you have cals to use up again, or try exercise it off on that hungry feeling - all of which suck
  • meghan6867
    meghan6867 Posts: 388 Member
    Every now and then you just need to give into your cravings. You're doing it the smart way though: planning it out, thinking it through, and making sure it will fit into your diet.

    Go for it. Just don't make it a regular habit and you'll be fine.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    I am thinking about it lately. The funny thing is, in the last five years I've only been there once, and that was in Japan. And that was before I gave a flying rats behind about calories. I just did not like it, did not like that fast food smell and could not bring myself to eat it.

    Now, after a month of clean living, I want it.
    I mean a cosi salad is 600 calories and I can get a crispy fried chicken for that.
    Egg McMuffin is only 300? My breakfast of yogurt, nuts and fruit is over that (really, take a look).
    Small fries are only 230??? That's crazy.

    I'd certainly feel a lot more full eating there. But is it crazy?

    no doubt your calories are calories, but the macro nutrients are different and you might not get a 'balanced' diet by eating just at Mcdonald's...
  • happythermia
    happythermia Posts: 374
    I'm not sure that you'd feel more full eating there, but go for it!

    I totally need my chicken nuggets from time to time.
  • carijok
    carijok Posts: 32

    An Egg McMuffin is a single fresh egg, an English muffin, a piece of ham, and a slice of cheese. What on earth could be wrong with that?

    You're forgetting the copius amounts of margarine. And the fact that its processed cheese. You're better off making a mcmuffun at home.
  • purpleipod
    purpleipod Posts: 1,147 Member
    Eating fast food every so often won't kill you so I say go for it and enjoy.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Eating at McDonald's?

    Apparently, some people have no interest in being "elite".

    Besides, everyone knows that fast food calories are a ticking time-bomb of death. I hope that burger is worth the inevitable 5-8+ years you're cutting off of your life.

    Haha right on cue! Lol.

    We didn't plan that I swear.

    Aw, you two are so cute. Can I be a bridesmaid?!

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