Agh! Fast food rant

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  • writergeek313
    writergeek313 Posts: 390 Member
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    It was your choice to eat there and it's your responsibility to make sure you're getting the correct amount of carbs and taking the correct amount of insulin, nobody else's. My son has type one diabetes and he's completely responsible for everything that goes into his mouth and for every injection he gives himself. After looking back through your diary for the last two weeks it might be a good idea for you to visit your doctor and ask for a referral to a diabetic counselor, glucose tablets are for emergencies and in the last year I've only had to give my son one. This might sound harsh, but it's honest. And McDonalds does have healthier options than what YOU chose to eat.

    I agree with this completely. When my mom was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic a few years ago, I went with her to see her diabetic educator a few times because she was so overwhelmed with all the new information she was getting. From what I learned from those sessions vs. what I saw in your diary, it seems like you either don't understand what you're supposed to be eating or are ignoring what you were told. I saw a lot of pizza, bagels, desserts, and restaurant meals that are high in carbs and sugar...and then a lot of notes about how your sugar went really high or really low. While just like with dieting nothing is completely off-limits when you're trying to follow a diet that will help diabetes, you have to be honest with yourself about what should be once in awhile foods vs. what you should be trying to eat on a regular basis.

    I'm not trying to be mean by being critical here. It's just that it seems like you're making things harder for yourself than they need to be and potentially creating problems down the line.
  • bradXdale
    bradXdale Posts: 399
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    You just have to research before you eat.

    Yes it may be harder for you but is it really worth it?

    Emotionally is it worth it? Taking more insulin is it worth it?

    It may seem like life has slapped you with a bad hand but everything happens for a reason. You are stronger than the french fries and frappe.

    Some people have been more harsh with you on here but just realize that you have a special dietary need(s) so you have to be more careful with what choices you make because quite frankly very few restaurants care about your dietary needs.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    No one put a gun to your head and made you eat there. Deal with it.
  • NataBost
    NataBost Posts: 418 Member
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    All of the McDonald's I've been to have the nutrition information posted somewhere on the wall in the dining room. You could have also looked it up on their site or in MFP. And really, a frappe and fries were obvious bad choices for someone with diabetes. There are lower carb options readily available.

    Or, you can get creative: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1105196-the-mcdouble-down

    ^^This

    I hope all is well. I have a friend who has a risk of going into Anaphylaxis if she has too much gluten, so she makes a point to research and ask. If you have a medical condition that worsens with certain foods, it's up to you to advocate for yourself. Good luck.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,771 Member
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    Don't even know how to comment. I have never had a McD frappe what-ever-the-f-it-is and have never looked at the nutritional info, but I'm pretty sure that anything that looks that delicious is probably loaded with calories, carbs and sugar.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,771 Member
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    OP, you have been a member of MFP since Jan 2012 and have about 4doz forums posts under your belt. It is reasonable to expect that by this time you have gleaned enough info from the site and the forums to determine that:

    a) "Fast food" is loaded with fats, carbs and calories.
    b) "Dessert-type" drinks are loaded with sugars, carbs and calories.
    c) French fries are loaded with fats, carbs, calories and sodium

    Face it, you made a poor decision. Own it.

    Still can't figure out why you are ranting about fast food. From what you have posted, it appears that YOU are aware of your medical condition, YOU gave in to temptation, YOU miscalculated your amount of insulin to take. I don't see how "fast food" really had anything to do with YOUR decisions and YOUR actions.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,248 Member
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    You seem to want to blame everything but your own actions.

    I am also unsure how you can blame McDonalds when they have plenty of other options AND your diary shows that this really isn't an abnormal amount of carbs for you in a single item.

    As a diabetic, you need to be a lot more careful and OWN your condition. Instead, I am seeing that you are having high carb meals multiple times during the week (and then complaining about spikes), are skipping meals (and then complaining about lows), and are popping glucose tablets like they are candy which they are not.

    Maybe you need to reevaluate a lot of things in your diet and speak to a specialist if you have not already.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    I have a really crazy solution to your problem: Don't eat at McDonald's.
  • emboslice94
    emboslice94 Posts: 60
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    I do not mean to be rude, but if you're insulin dependent to that point, why on earth would you eat at places like McDonald's? I know it's tasty but it's not worth feeling that poorly about it after.
  • Fedup23
    Fedup23 Posts: 80 Member
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    I am so pissed at liquor.. I went to the bar once and did a bunch of shots and got wasted. It sucks that you cant go to a bar and not get bombed these days.
  • michelleD_36092
    michelleD_36092 Posts: 6
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    First stop beating yourself up. Everyone has a day where they just want that 600 calorie spurge. But don't blame it on the restaurant. YOU decided that was what you wanted. So make up for it by getting in an extra walk or exercise. You may not can burn all those calories but every little bit helps. Fast food is hard to work into your healthy eating but you can do it. You can't just take off to McDonald's without a plan though. If are caught out without a plan and you have a smart phone, look up McDonald's nutrition facts and search for something that fits. You could do a grilled salad, a grilled wrap or just a plain grilled sandwich. There are options at most every fast food restaurant but you have to do the research. But you have to make excuses to succeed and not just excuses for when you slip up. You have the ability to make a change in your life but no one but you can make that change.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,123 Member
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    I do not mean to be rude, but if you're insulin dependent to that point, why on earth would you eat at places like McDonald's? I know it's tasty but it's not worth feeling that poorly about it after.

    I am saying this right now -I am a type 1 diabetic (no insulin resistance. My pancreas simply stopped working, to put it simply). I was diagnosed about three months ago, and I have been told numerous times by my diabetes educator and endo that I can eat almost everything I want as long as I take insulin for it. I actually need carbs in my diet to prevent developing ketones, which, in excess, could cause me to win a lovely all-expense paid trip to the hospital. :tongue:

    I was here from January-April 2012, but I left after that. Over this summer, I only returned to track my weight (I was losing a lot from the undiagnosed diabetes) and am only using MFP now to track what I am eating and how it affects my glucose.

    I am trying to keep my carbs around 30-60g per meal, and I am at that point where I know some foods will get more or less mileage with my insulin and need to make notes of that so I know whether I need to re-evaluate the total carbs for the meal and/or adjust my insulin dosage. Just as some people believe certain foods are not worth it, it is easier for me to look back at when I last had a certain food and determine if it is worth eating based on how it affected my glucose. What I eat, what I've previously eaten, any insulin on board when I eat, the time of day, the time of week, the time of month, and even the weather all play a role in what my glucose will be. It is easier for me to notice that I tend to typically go high on a certain week and then immediately low the next week and then be able to get in touch with the endo and discuss modifying my insulin for those weeks.

    I am also frustrated that the nutrition information is not easily accessible. I am young and still want to be spontaneous, and it is difficult to be spontaneous when the information I need is unavailable. Even when I try to get the nutritional information in advanced, a lot of restaurants and places where I live do not have it or is a severely outdated version (eg: Waffle House, local restaurants), and it leaves me having to take a wild guess as to how much insulin to take. More often than not, I do not know what is going to be for dinner, so I cannot calculate my carbs in advanced.
  • HeyNikkita
    HeyNikkita Posts: 147 Member
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    OH MY GOD.

    None of you people have the right to criticize this OP.
    If you people didn't have weight issues, you wouldn't be on this site. (If the shoe fits, wear it.)
    Diabetic or not - we all have or HAD diet control issues and fast food compulsions.

    OP should be proud of his/herself because you learned that you don't appreciate McD's like before.
    Buzz off, you haters. Sheesh.

    I hope you are okay, OP.

    Love,
    Your friendly neighborhood RN
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    OH MY GOD.

    None of you people have the right to criticize this OP.
    If you people didn't have weight issues, you wouldn't be on this site. (If the shoe fits, wear it.)
    Diabetic or not - we all have or HAD diet control issues and fast food compulsions.

    OP should be proud of his/herself because you learned that you don't appreciate McD's like before.
    Buzz off, you haters. Sheesh.

    I hope you are okay, OP.

    Love,
    Your friendly neighborhood RN

    :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

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  • kenniston85
    kenniston85 Posts: 4
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    Honestly in Nebraska the thing that keeps me from fast food isn't the fat or anything that has to do with it being bad for you. It is that EVERY time I have gone over the last 2 years someone was either very rude, or got my order wrong, or both. I stick with dine in restaurants now because at least if they are going to talk crap or have a bad attitude they do it in the back with their co workers.
  • Valereee
    Valereee Posts: 74 Member
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    You know what it took me to finally stop eating at McDonald's? Well, three years ago, half-way through a large Shamrock Shake, I keeled over in pain. Was rushed via ambulance to the ICU in a major medical center 200 miles away, where I had a near-death experience. Diagnosis was pancreatitis, caused by all that fat! Had emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder and all the gall stones blocking up my digestive tract. No matter how yummy.....never again! And now the signs & commercials are everywhere advertising Shamrock Shakes. But as I say....."My name is Valerie and it's been three years since my last Shamrock Shake."
  • alexanderzamani
    alexanderzamani Posts: 25 Member
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    I'm assuming here you have diabetes and that makes eating junk food a problem, I can totally understand that It must be hard for you. But are you seriously ranting about how unhealthy junk food is? I mean seriously hahaha? I have junk every now and again when I really feel like it but since I'm eating healthy, delicious. home cooked food I really don't crave it much anymore.

    I have been known to eat the wimpy brunch burger with special sauce and fries with extra special sauce as well as a big 'n Tasty meal with bacon though :D, It all works out though and I remain at my calories.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,568 Member
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    Chalk it up to experience and move on - go for a brisk walk for an hour and burn off half the calories and your self loathing :flowerforyou:
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
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    You know what it took me to finally stop eating at McDonald's? Well, three years ago, half-way through a large Shamrock Shake, I keeled over in pain. Was rushed via ambulance to the ICU in a major medical center 200 miles away, where I had a near-death experience. Diagnosis was pancreatitis, caused by all that fat! Had emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder and all the gall stones blocking up my digestive tract. No matter how yummy.....never again! And now the signs & commercials are everywhere advertising Shamrock Shakes. But as I say....."My name is Valerie and it's been three years since my last Shamrock Shake."

    Hi Valerie! Welcome to SSA (Shamrock Shake Anonymous!) :drinker:
  • Str0ng_Heart
    Str0ng_Heart Posts: 46
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    Just live and learn.. Try to plan ahead.. If i know ill be eating out later, or i may have no choice.. I will eat VERY light, and kill with some cardio a few times that day.. I figure I at least break even.. But I am probably still in my deficit. Works for me.. Good luck!

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