Mcdonalds...

Tonight I didn't buy the huge bag of Mrs. Baird's powdered donuts. I just looked at them longingly, caressed the bag a little bit, sighed sadly, and walked away.

If you ever wanna kick the mcdonald's habit, work there. As someone who is currently employed with mcdonald's for the last year and a half, I can honestly say I can count on one hand the things I would still eat. Or, if you don't want to submit yourself to that level of self-hatred, give the arches up for a month. I swear to Jesus, the next time you have it, you will feel physically ill. The fruit and walnut salads, or fruit parfaits are the only thing I would eat on a regular basis. Seriously, give up McDanks. I know it sounds weird coming from someone who works there, but I promise, as someone who sees all the grease and fat everyday, you will be doing yourself a hugeeeeeeeeeee favor!

When one of the bosses came around our work training with peanut butter cupcakes. I basically gave myself a 'get out of jail free' card whilst I was overseas, and I promised myself that I would lose the 8 pounds I gained back whilst overseas, once I got back.

I tell you I was EXTREMELY tempted. PB anything is my weakness. But just like I predicted, I felt proud of myself when I turned it down, instead of the guilt I would have felt after eating it!!

Also Maccas has always been a place that i avoid like the plague. It personally makes me wanna barf, but I used to have a grand old time going once in a while to binge on their ice-cream and fries in secret. Not a proud moment, hence the negative connotations with the place...

places like mcdonalds is comparable to a crack house to me .. it was a huge contributor as to why i once tipped the scales at 300lbs ..my life has gotten better but really it was like coming off a drug when i realized i needed to stay away from fast food places and chain restaurants

There are cookies in the house right now and I skipped the beer and s'mores on a recent camping trip. In fact, we had leftover Hershey's bars for weeks after the camping trip. None of this would have happened last spring! Still don't know how I am passing up chocolate.....

PS I drove through McD"s for a $1 coffee yesterday and saw that (at least one of) our local stores now posts calories. Wow! That's handy!

My new "healthy" fast food is a chicken and veggie pita from The Pita Pit.

I'm so jealous, you don't even know. I went to school in Rochester and ate Pita Pit almost every day. Damn I love pita pit.

It is awesome. I just discovered it in the last year. There is a Subway in the same plaza and I just drive by there and shake my head.

Yesterday, before work, I really just wanted to go to Starbucks for some coffee (filled with all kinds of calories and sugars)! I made myself late on purpose, so I didn't have time to stop. Somehow, traffic wasn't as bad as I expected, so passing a gas station, I almost stopped in really quick for a cappuccino. But then I drove past it. I got to work....we have a little food shop. I just made myself busy for the first couple of hours, so when I looked up at the clock, I said "It's 10 am....too late for coffee now!" Hahah! I don't even like coffee or cappuccinos!! I just have this habit of getting them!

Awesome dedication. I work for a doctors office that has lunch catered in most days. I have no idea what we will have until it gets here. Yesterday was poboys and salad. I by passed the trays of fried shrimp, fried chicken and greasy cheeseburger poboys and just made a heaping plate of salad with grilled chicken and did not feel deprived at all. By the way the fruit and yogurt parfaits are pretty yummy! Good luck with your journey!

Great story! Very impressive. I love the smells of those places, but that's as close as I can get before I'm in a danger zone haha.

Somewhat similar.. Last weekend I was at my boyfriends for the weekend.

At dinner, he had a chicken burger and fries while I had a salad. I'd ordered soup as well, but they told me as they served our food that they'd run out.

After dinner I wanted to stop at a bulk foods place to grab something healthy to snack on later as I knew the salad wouldn't last too long. When I got my snack, the man got about a pound of turtle chocolates. We stopped at a gas station, where he got something called "Macaroon Madness Bars", some sort of delicious looking squares from a local bakery.

I stayed at his place the entire weekend, and watched him eat every single square and turtle and didn't touch even one! I could not believe myself! Quite proud.

Oh gosh, girl, I am there with you. My boyfriend is a human garbage can! All he eats is pizza and pizza rolls, ice cream, candy, and the worst: he constantly keeps rolls of cookie dough in the fridge because he likes to eat them raw!!!!

And he's not fat at all! He's in great shape and he doesn't even work out.

And we live together! So it's a constant struggle, but I don't give in very often.

I just sit next to him eating my oatmeal while he chows down on a roll of cookie dough. -_____-

I'm not always the happiest about it. Sometimes I complain, but I'm willing to sacrifice those things for my health!

I have never been big on McDonald's. Even when my girls were small. I started my get healthy and lose weight permanently, about seven weeks ago. I am using Xygular products, which works for me. I am down 20 lbs. I did go through the drive through of McDonald's a couple of times. I love their chicken selects and got the three strips with a side salad with ff dressing. I know I can not do that often but it didn't harm my weight loss. The way I have been able to battle my craving for chicken with coating is to use hot sauce and I did that with my chicken selects, too (that is what got me started). Now I pack my lunch, love my own garden salads and make a chicken breast (4oz Perdue's) and use hot sauce. I still haven't found any light or ff dressings that I like. So I use a lemon, 1 T. oil & vinegar.

However, if on occasion I have to stop for lunch, I would do it again. Limiting this along with calorie counting, watching carbs, etc is what works for me.