McDonalds

I eat McDonalds 2-3 times a week. Heck, I downloaded the nutritional menu on my phone. Didn't stop me from losing weight and my last set of blood work was really good. If you like it, then get it. Just make it work within your calories.

I have one if I am on the road and any other options sound worse. I really prefer to make my own at home and have them pretty often, even for lunch sometimes.

I think not, but depends on you and if you let it derail your day.

I sometimes go and get a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit along with a hashbrown. That doesn't derail my day.

If it fits than eat it

JenAndSome wrote: »

300 Calories
18g protein
29g carbs
12g fat

Looks okay to me.

300 calories and 18 g of protein is a pretty decent breakfast, 300 calories is around what i have for breakfast every day anyway.

I currently get a McMuffin every so often for breakfast, still managed to lose over 50 pounds. Of course, if you start doing what i was doing pre-weight loss, then you are in trouble! (Drive thru every work day, McMuffin AND a McGriddle, because apparently two sandwiches were better than one!)

Just log it, and make it fit into your day, no need to deprive yourself of things you enjoy if you can make it fit your goals.

dtcjem wrote: »

jkwolly wrote: »

SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »

The coffee is crap, but the McMuffins are good.

Wha? Maybe in the US it's totes different, but here in Western Canada they actually have pretty darn decent coffee.

Nowhere near Starbucks or any local coffee shops, but for a quick pinch it totally beats that nasty brown liquid from Tim Horton's that everyone and their dog raves about.

I love their coffee and at $1.09 for anysize I am in.... try that at a starbucks or Horties. Can't say that for the egg McMuffin though ...too big of a trigger food for me.

BAH! Wish it was that cheap here haha.

auddii wrote: »

jstrun wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

If you're still in a calorie deficit, there's nothing wrong with one every once in a while.

And now I want a McGriddle...

mmmm McGriddle....best creation ever.

I've never had one, mostly because they sounded gross. I have since been introduced to wonderful savory/sweet combos such as chicken and waffles, and I'd be willing to give it a try. But, I just usually don't go to McDonalds or much in the way of fast food really.

They are literally the most amazing thing to have ever been created.

Hamburger Happy Meal is 400-odd calories. That's fine for lunch for me, and I'll do it once in a blue moon.

I don't think it's a healthy HABIT, but I eat bacon and eggs for breakfast. I can't see that McDonalds is really all that evil if you're looking at if it fits into your chosen calories and macros.

eldamiano wrote: »

jkwolly wrote: »

SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »

The coffee is crap, but the McMuffins are good.

Wha? Maybe in the US it's totes different, but here in Western Canada they actually have pretty darn decent coffee.

Nowhere near Starbucks or any local coffee shops, but for a quick pinch it totally beats that nasty brown liquid from Tim Horton's that everyone and their dog raves about.

Starbucks isnt really coffee. It is coffee mixed with mountains of other flavours which defeat the point of the word coffee. Why is every drink that they bring out nowadays more or less a fruit smoothie or toffee milkshake type drink? Plus they will charge you a fortune for the privilege.

Sure if you're getting the drinks that have flavors added like a vanilla latte, macchiato or whatever else they have that is flavored.

The off chance that I get coffee there I get a plain latte. No flavors added. Black coffee doesn't have any flavors added either.

And the McDonalds coffee where I live is quite excellent and at $1 for any size you can't go wrong.

goddessofawesome wrote: »

ahamm002 wrote: »

As long as you make sure to fit it into your daily calories and macro's then it won't derail your short-term weightloss.

However, if you make a habit of going to McDonald's drive thru often, you may be setting yourself up for long term failure. At some point, you're going to have less motivation and all those hash brown, sugary drinks, etc., that are on McDonald's menu are going to look very appetizing.

I disagree with the second half of this. I go to McDonalds in the morning before and after my workout for coffee (and to whoever said the coffee is crap, the stuff they serve where I live is awesome. Better than Dunkin' Donuts for sure). Yes, I sit in the drive through and look at the food on the menu but it's not appealing to me. Never mind how many calories are in some of those meals!

OP: If you want to have an egg mcmufin for breakfast go for it. At 300 calories it's not going to ruin your entire day.

LOL, well if the food there isn't appealing to you then of course you won't have any issues over eating it! The OP apparently likes their food.

Frequently sitting in a line while smelling and staring at extremely high calorie food that you find appealing doesn't sound like a great idea to me. It's fine once in awhile, sure. But if that's your daily routine then it's only a matter of time until willpower fails you.

I eat McDonald's and fast food in general almost exclusively.

The easiest way to still get what you want is to remove the parts of it that you don't need that add calories.

I love egg mcmuffins and found that I enjoy them just as much without butter or cheese which brings the calories all the way down to 230.

For lunch I always go with either a cheeseburger or a Jr Chicken with no sauce which are both right around 300 calories.

Cutting the butter or mayo makes a big difference, so does cheese, but if I can't have cheese on my burger then what's the point :P

RllyGudTweetr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

jkwolly wrote: »

SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »

The coffee is crap, but the McMuffins are good.

Wha? Maybe in the US it's totes different, but here in Western Canada they actually have pretty darn decent coffee.

Nowhere near Starbucks or any local coffee shops, but for a quick pinch it totally beats that nasty brown liquid from Tim Horton's that everyone and their dog raves about.

Starbucks isnt really coffee. It is coffee mixed with mountains of other flavours which defeat the point of the word coffee. Why is every drink that they bring out nowadays more or less a fruit smoothie or toffee milkshake type drink? Plus they will charge you a fortune for the privilege.

You're aware that you can get black coffee at Starbucks, right?

Inconceivable!

Their coffee is pretty good! The egg McMuffin isn't bad. The way I keep things easy at fast food places is just spend $1-2. You can get a small burger and small fries, or a soda and fries, or two burgers or whatever. Sometimes I only spend a dollar. Either way, limit spending, limits the calories.

It doesn't totally work at Cookout, aka diet buster extraordinaire. They have $1 milkshakes for 700 calories, and then I could also get a $1 BLT for 442 calories. And their food is soo good! Bah.

This probably isn't the best thing to mention on a website for weight loss, but sometimes I get those 2/$1 apple pies and a $1 frozen yogurt cone, and bam, apple pie and ice cream! After I get home and nuke those puppies, anyway.