McDonalds?
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Losing weight is about the quantity of the calories, but being healthy is all about the quality of them. I don't think an occasional McDonald's treat is necessarily a bad thing, but when you start turning too many of your nutritious meals into the empty calories offered at fast-food restaurants, your body will not thank you (even if you don't gain weight).0
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Even when I ate meat, McDonalds wasn't a favourite. I preferred Burger King. You know what I do like about McDonalds though? Grimace. I love that guy!
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Losing weight is about the quantity of the calories, but being healthy is all about the quality of them. I don't think an occasional McDonald's treat is necessarily a bad thing, but when you start turning too many of your nutritious meals into the empty calories offered at fast-food restaurants, your body will not thank you (even if you don't gain weight).
I wish more people understood this, but since they can't SEE the food affecting them they assume it isn't doing any harm. It's insidious that way.
But its bed time. Gnight yall.0 -
Get a quarter pounder w/ cheese and an order of nuggets. You're welcome.
Reasonable advice.
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A "version" of McDonald's ISN'T McDonald's. It like when people say "turkey bacon" in place of real bacon. Turkey bacon ain't bacon.
If I were you, I'd make my own version of McDonald's at home. You can buy lean, anti-biotic, grass fed beef, use a whole wheat bun or Ezekiel bun, make your own sauce out of sugar free ketchup, mustardm mayo and relish or buy low cal thousand island dressing and you've got a Big Mac. Make fries with real oil and sea salt. Yummo! Just one example, but anything you get at McDonald's you can make at home. Make your own nuggets. Coat them with clean coatings, etc.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?
If someone wanted a hamburger, then can make one at home. If they want a McDonald's burger, they go to McDonald's. Doesn't kill one to have it occasionally.
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Ditto. Nuff said! Those nuggets cannot- I repeat, cannot- be duplicated!
....Plus, they got monopoly, man! It doesn't get any funner! I get sucked in every time, so I plan for that two weeks in October to be indulgence week. Mmmm.....0 -
Micro-nutrition I guess isn't important to some.0
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are you eating enough fat? or enough calories? lack of either of those will have you craving high fat foods. The fact you only crave something when you're counting calories, suggests you're not getting enough of something in your diet.
Low fat diets are not healthy. For healthy fat, eat avocados, nuts, cold pressed olive oil, oily fish... etc
If it's too few calories, see the "in place of a road map" thread... this thread's gone 13 pages already so I'm sure someone has already posted it.0 -
I get an Iced Hazelnut Coffee at McD's about three times a week. Yes, I am kinda addicted.
Its 190 cals though which sucks seeing it's only a drink but whatever I manage to fit it in. 0 -
Do some people have no concept of macros?
The amount of time I read on the forums things like "Oh I could have a peice of fruit but it's like 100 calories so i'm just going to eat that chocolate bar"
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT CALORIES!!!!!
It's about eating nutrient dense foods. Your Egg Mc Muffin will in no way have the same macros as your regular breakfast.
Why not make your own salad at home? At least it won;t be full of ingredients in the chicken you cannot pronounce.0 -
If you do get McDonald's, just plan your calories before and after, accordingly. Also, plan what you will get well ahead of time (for calorie purposes).
Get their Chicken sandwich and small fry.
Overall, you can eat there, if you choose the right things (containing good amounts of protein and fiber) and keep within your overall calorie count for the day.
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Why not make your own salad at home? At least it won;t be full of ingredients in the chicken you cannot pronounce.
Technically, unless you raised your chicken and vegges yourself they are going to be chalk full of things that you cannot pronounce.
There is a lot of paranoia, fear mongering and just flat out ignorance when it comes to those scary chemical names and phosphates and all that.
Your chicken has been processed with cleaning fluids and has been touched by at least one chemical bath in the prep process. Not to mention all the chicken went through, ate, breathed in and lived in chemically and all that scary scientific stuff.
Your vegetables even if organic have most likely touched a chemical, salt, metal or some SCARY DEXLYTRYCLINE PHOSPHATE name of some sort.
I love it when people list chemicals from their foods and are like I AM NOT GOING TO TOUCH THAT ! Then throw some Sodium Chloride on it to make their potato taste better... Or some Glucose Fructose or monosaccharide / CH2OH2 in your coffee.. Maybe a little phenylethers,monoterpenes hydrocarbons sesquiterpenes for your corn to add some spice...0 -
I've read many times where people have advised, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it"...
...so I did something about it:
I practiced my pronunciation until I could pronounce them.
Problem solved.
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But what if you have an accent?:laugh:I've read many times where people have advised, "if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it"...
...so I did something about it:
I practiced my pronunciation until I could pronounce them.
Problem solved.
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Update -- I did it!
I had a chicken sandwich yesterday. I think I made the wrong choice. It had weird texture for chicken and not so great oily aftertaste. I have no desire to order it again. I guess I was just craving fat and this was the association in my mind.
BTW, I thought McDonalds in Japan was better. It had smaller portions, no signature fast food smell, looked super clean, and it had a small SINK right in the middle of it, so that you can was your hands before and after your meal without going to the bathroom. That is really convenient.
And it had a little special place to pour out your unfinished drink before you throw a cup in a trash. I mean how difficult is it to make those radical innovations here?0 -
I can't get past the giant *kitten* pretzel and 60 oz beer your holding in pp. Mcdonalds shouldnt be a problem.0
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Aww, you don't have to deprive yourself of what you like completely. I'd be so miserable. My husband and I wanted Rita's custard so we drove to go get it, and you know what? I felt so much better afterwards. I tried to eat mostly healthy yesterday, and I fit the custard within my calorie allotment. Deprivation often leads to binging so have small treats and fit them within your calorie allotment.
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It's addictive - i haven't had a big mac in probably 10 years but... (insert drool)....
Wanna be cured?
Watch Supersize Me.
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I'm going to have McDonalds tonight.0
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I can't get past the giant *kitten* pretzel and 60 oz beer your holding in pp. Mcdonalds shouldnt be a problem.
The beer only came in one size people! The picture was taken during Octoberfest in Munich. And you know what, after that 1 month long European vacation I did not gain a pound. And I drank beer at every meal except breakfast, never had one salad and stuffed myself with pastries in France. Go figure.0 -
It's addictive - i haven't had a big mac in probably 10 years but... (insert drool)....
Wanna be cured?
Watch Supersize Me.
Gotta add a little honesty --
Love love love their vanilla cones. And, now they have the option to get the vanilla dipped in chocolate .. it might be a planned splurge. And, another point is that I have been saved by their side salads when I've been on the verge of a meltdown. So, I do have a small space in my heart with good feelings for the arches. I still "drive thru" but the ordering is certainly different!0 -
Didn't cure me. Only made me laugh as he gained weight and DIDN'T workout at all. I eat it once a week and don't have that problem.It's addictive - i haven't had a big mac in probably 10 years but... (insert drool)....
Wanna be cured?
Watch Supersize Me.
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Didn't cure me. Only made me laugh as he gained weight and DIDN'T workout at all. I eat it once a week and don't have that problem.It's addictive - i haven't had a big mac in probably 10 years but... (insert drool)....
Wanna be cured?
Watch Supersize Me.
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Ain't no green peppers in McDonalds!
A "version" of McDonald's ISN'T McDonald's. It like when people say "turkey bacon" in place of real bacon. Turkey bacon ain't bacon.
If I were you, I'd make my own version of McDonald's at home. You can buy lean, anti-biotic, grass fed beef, use a whole wheat bun or Ezekiel bun, make your own sauce out of sugar free ketchup, mustardm mayo and relish or buy low cal thousand island dressing and you've got a Big Mac. Make fries with real oil and sea salt. Yummo! Just one example, but anything you get at McDonald's you can make at home. Make your own nuggets. Coat them with clean coatings, etc.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?
If someone wanted a hamburger, then can make one at home. If they want a McDonald's burger, they go to McDonald's. Doesn't kill one to have it occasionally.
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Would love to know how many of the ant-fast food fanatics vilifying McD's eat at Olive Garden, Applebees, or local restaurants.0
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Only fast food causes obesity. Didn't you know that?0
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I would much rather have a cheeseburger and fries from a local owned restaurant where I live.... Double Ds
a quarter pound of real ground beef just cooked a few seconds ago.. not bagged, frozen and shipped from god knows where..
some cheese, ketchup, mustard, onions
and real slaw, not the vinaigrette crap
That being said, I still enjoy some Micky Ds once every couple of months when I get a craving....0 -
Would love to know how many of the ant-fast food fanatics vilifying McD's eat at Olive Garden, Applebees, or local restaurants.
For the most part, sit down restaurants and counter service places like Panera are significantly worse than McD's and Subway.0 -
Would love to know how many of the ant-fast food fanatics vilifying McD's eat at Olive Garden, Applebees, or local restaurants.
For the most part, sit down restaurants and counter service places like Panera are significantly worse than McD's and Subway.
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Would love to know how many of the ant-fast food fanatics vilifying McD's eat at Olive Garden, Applebees, or local restaurants.
For the most part, sit down restaurants and counter service places like Panera are significantly worse than McD's and Subway.
Yes, I was agreeing with you :P0
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