Can you still lose weight by eating McDonalds occasionally?
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Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
If you eat 1 lb of meat, bread with all the condiments plus cheese, a pile of fries the size of a cat and down it all with a giant soda pop you should expect to be having a pretty high calorie meal no matter where you get it from.
There are more calorie friendly choices at restaurants. Nutritional information is out there allowing you to make more reasonable choices instead of just saying everything fast food is evil and never learning to just approach food normally. It is just food.
If you decide fast food isn't tasty enough for the calories or you have a hard time moderating so limit that type of food that is understandable but not everyone needs to abstain from eating it.4 -
Like once every week or 2 weeks as long as my daily caloric intake is lower then my body maintenance, and if I exercise 3x/week? Surely, a quarter pounder burger & fries once in a while won't make much difference?
Or do you completely avoid fast food altogether?
Of course you can. It's still food.0 -
Like once every week or 2 weeks as long as my daily caloric intake is lower then my body maintenance, and if I exercise 3x/week? Surely, a quarter pounder burger & fries once in a while won't make much difference?
Or do you completely avoid fast food altogether?
Weight management is about calories...not McDonalds or no McDonalds.5 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
Right. Because EVERYBODY goes into McDonalds and orders 10 Big Macs.
You might aswell come with an argument against chlamydia, that'd would of greater relevance to what I wrote.18 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
Right. Because EVERYBODY goes into McDonalds and orders 10 Big Macs.
You might aswell come with an argument against chlamydia, that'd would of greater relevance to what I wrote.
10 Big Macs is about 6000 calories. Don't see many people order that kind of food. What else did you have in mind when saying "6000 calories in a matter of a few minutes"?7 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
Right. Because EVERYBODY goes into McDonalds and orders 10 Big Macs.
You might aswell come with an argument against chlamydia, that'd would of greater relevance to what I wrote.
Oh, please do elucidate then.
Do you really believe one can consume 6000 calories in a matter of a few minutes at McDonald's, or was that hyperbole? And what is it about McDonald's that one can do it there and couldn't do the exact same thing at home or in another restaurant? Does McDonald's have secret special magical calories?
10 Big Macs is roughly 6000 calories, btw. Not sure how that isn't relevant.
[ETA:] I can't confirm or deny that eating at McDonald's causes chlamydia.9 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.11 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.6 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.8 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.
That's certainly not unique to McDonald's. Or any other restaurant, for that matter - fast food or otherwise.
I fail to understand the constant demonization of Mickey D's when places like Cheesecake Factory and Claim Jumper exist. I've come out of restaurants like those feeling like I needed a wheelbarrow, which never happens when I go to a fast food place for a burger and fries.8 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I've never done that or seen anyone do that with fast food. That's some competitive eating *kitten* right there. Totally irrational. Calm down.
I have, however, seen it done with home-cooked food on holiday feasts
Pretty sure I have eaten more than that at Thanksgiving! No shame in my turkey game!
Aim not sure. How many calories is a piece of pecan pie plus a piece of pumpkin pie plus a piece of chocolate pie, all with whipped cream on top of a full turkey dinner? Is that how I gained so much weight?2 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
I can't think of 6000 calories worth of food that I'd even want to consume there if I could consume it, which I can't. It can't be done by accident. You'd have to work pretty hard at it or have a pretty serious disorder, which is not the case for the vast majority of people. Your point would be relevant in a thread about eating disorders, rather than one where the OP just wants to know if they can make progress without cutting fast food.8 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.
That's a major logic fail. You can consume over 6000 calories of any food just by walking into a supermarket and availing yourself of it.
That's not the food's fault, that's yours.
This is a common fault in the thinking of someone who hasn't fully faced that they are to blame for their weight problem.
The obesity crisis in this country is because people eat too many calories and we move a lot less than we used to.
It's popular to try to pin it on this that or the other singular factor, but it's not any single food's fault, nor is it the food manufacturer's fault, nor is it the fault of fast food purveyors or anyone.
No one makes you eat too much or move too little. It's convenient to do both of those things, for sure, but no one makes you do them.9 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.
6000 calories at McDonald's is impulse control.8 -
if you want to eat food that tastes like crap, sure.
lol7 -
Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.
That's certainly not unique to McDonald's. Or any other restaurant, for that matter - fast food or otherwise.
I fail to understand the constant demonization of Mickey D's when places like Cheesecake Factory and Claim Jumper exist. I've come out of restaurants like those feeling like I needed a wheelbarrow, which never happens when I go to a fast food place for a burger and fries.
Haven't said anything else. However the food composition that can be found at McD is particularly bad. Important to be aware of that fries are not fries. What is served at McD has like three times the calories of those found frozen in supermarket. There's not too many other such places in my country except McD, but I can imagine a place like the Cheesecake Factory being worse.10 -
And, you know, it's not like McDonalds or any other restaurant deep fries them or anything. We couldn't possibly have calories added from the oils.
Nope. It must just be that McDonald's is evil.
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Food that allows for 6000 calories to be consumed in a matter of a few minutes are a recipe for disaster. Almost regardless, but expecially if one has a troubling relationship with food, one should abstain from all this *kitten* completely.
I'm going to assume you were being overly dramatic to be funny?
I mean, fast food can be calorie dense, but you don't just hang out in front of a never ending trough of food, nor can you accidentally order 6000 cals worth. I could order 1000 cals and eat it in one sitting, but I'd also be stuffed for the rest of the day.
As others have said, I can do FAR more damage at the holiday table, where someone's mom has cooked enough yummy snacks, dinner, and dessert for a small army. Plus I'll end up going home with equally sinful amounts of leftovers. Way more dangerous than a fast food joint!
Similar to other(s) you didn't grasp my point. In my first sentence I stated that it's a recipe to disaster to consume food which is engineered to be mass consumed (nutritionally), and when it's also calory dense one doesn't need a particularly large time frame. I ate approx 6000 calories when late night trips to Mc'd happened, and the sense of feeling full is absent. In my next sentence I stated that whether or not one should abstain from it completely is different from person to person.
So the point you were trying to make is that it's a recipe for disaster for you because it causes problems with impulse control for you, but that doesn't necessarily apply to everybody. Got it.
I occasionally eat at McDonalds (and Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Roberto's, etc.) and have never once consumed 6000 calories in one sitting. I've also lost over 70 pounds while still thoroughly enjoying occasional fast food indulgences.
Basically I wrote that it's not good when it's possible to consume a large amount of calories in a short time. That's a recipe for failure, particularly for some. It's not a matter of impulse control. It's just an objective factual statement. Hardly isolated to myself when for example over 70% of the US population is overweight.
That's certainly not unique to McDonald's. Or any other restaurant, for that matter - fast food or otherwise.
I fail to understand the constant demonization of Mickey D's when places like Cheesecake Factory and Claim Jumper exist. I've come out of restaurants like those feeling like I needed a wheelbarrow, which never happens when I go to a fast food place for a burger and fries.
Haven't said anything else. However the food composition that can be found at McD is particularly bad. Important to be aware of that fries are not fries. What is served at McD has like three times the calories of those found frozen in supermarket. There's not too many other such places in my country except McD, but I can imagine a place like the Cheesecake Factory being worse.
If you fried frozen fries in oil the way McDonald's prepares theirs, instead of baking them (which is what you're given the nutrition information for on supermarket fries), the calorie amounts would be the same.
You're being silly.
Edit: collectingblues beat me to it!6
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