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Fast food
neotintin
Posts: 6 Member
I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
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Yay!3
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Yep - I went out to eat for lunch every day this last week (work is nuts and getting away from the building is what I need) and managed to be at or below my calorie goal 4 of 5 days. Yeehaw!
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Love your profile pic! Star Trek is my favorite!1
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Yep, you're learning a good way to do it! So many people make weight loss harder than it needs to be by overrestricting. No need to do that..just eat a good variety of foods, including higher calorie ones in moderation! This is the only way I have ever been successful at losing weight and keeping it off. Glad you've found it too!6
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Yay!!!! You figured it out. You don't have to give up anything, so long as you remain in a calorie deficit; you will lose weight. (Although everyone should eat at least somewhat nutritious).8
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Good job, sounds like you understand how context and dosage apply to your diet.10
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Yes! Is Starbucks considered fast food? lol I had a pumpkin spice latte last week that was 450 calories or so, but would have been over half of my daily points on Weight Watchers (which I was doing in addition to counting calories until recently). I know WW works for so many, but I find it to be very depriving and as I was tracking that latte at 17 points (I got 30 for the day), I thought "this is ridiculous...I should be able to enjoy a damn latte here and there!14
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I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you up, therefore you end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte
best of luck to u 6 -
arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you me up, therefore you I end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte best of luck to u
Fixed it for you.
Satiety is very individualized. A 300 cal McChicken (although not my first choice - I usually go for the McDouble) fills me up perfectly well, and I often split a small fry with my husband for less than 500 calories for the meal.
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arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you up, therefore you end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte best of luck to u
The 4-piece McNugget happy meal with a water or diet soda fills me up just fine. I prefer the hamburger meal though.6 -
arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you up, therefore you end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte best of luck to u
I haven't had one in a while, but I did have a BigMac the other day, and I felt stuffed for hours afterward. Maybe next week, I'll have a McChicken, although, I like them better with bacon and tomato. Pretty sure I can expect the same results as I had with the BigMac.
OP, great job figuring out what works for you. I have always felt that you should follow whatever type diet you plan on sticking to once you are finished losing weight. I look at the weight loss phase as preparation for the maintenance phase.2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you me up, therefore you I end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte best of luck to u
Fixed it for you.
Satiety is very individualized. A 300 cal McChicken (although not my first choice - I usually go for the McDouble) fills me up perfectly well, and I often split a small fry with my husband for less than 500 calories for the meal.
Theres 470 calories in a mcchicken from McDonald’s not 300.4 -
goals15000 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »I love how this app lets me have the foods I love from places like McDonald’s and kfc... even takeaways... and I can still loose weight while doing it.... eating these foods in moderation and watching my calorie intake has helped so much :-)
Yea I agree, just don’t over do it because a 300 calorie mcchicken tastes good in th moment but it doesn’t fill you me up, therefore you I end up eating more food. I have to watch myself on this and realllly ask myself if I want that mcchicken or iced latte best of luck to u
Fixed it for you.
Satiety is very individualized. A 300 cal McChicken (although not my first choice - I usually go for the McDouble) fills me up perfectly well, and I often split a small fry with my husband for less than 500 calories for the meal.
Theres 470 calories in a mcchicken from McDonald’s not 300.
The person she quoted said 300 calories.1 -
every week i have a subway rotisserie chicken salad, no pickles, extra onions, vinegar (no oil), and a scoop of avocado. so much, so good, only 250 cals. [the avocado makes a great dressing substitute] {some sandwich artists make a much better salad than others}3
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a wendy's double-stack is cheap, mid-size, and under 300 cal....and tasty4
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McDouble add 3x Red and 3x Slivered Onions
Vanilla cone (in Canada officially 230 Cal; by weight sampling and observation more often between 250 and 300 Cal) is also a good deal as far as I'm concerned.
Wendy's small chili (in Canada officially 180; by weight sampling and observation closer to 210 to 220 not including condiments or crackers) is also a good deal.
Personal opinion, of course
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Now that McD has all day breakfast I will enjoy an egg mcmuffin with real bacon and no cheese for 270ish occasionally. I haven't eaten much fast food recently but you can't go by me because the summer heat makes me kind of meh about food.4
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Now I'm really wanting McDonald's. Going to fit in the McDouble mighty kids meal into my calories on Friday!3
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I love the Southwest salad with grilled chicken(no dressing-just drizzle the lime over the salad and it tastes just as good).
It’s just under 300 calories and I find it filling.
Also, if you’re on WW, it’s only 4 points.0
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