McDonalds Issue

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,022 Member
    I do not like judgemental types.
    So if you knew I ate there what would you think of me? Especially as a trainer?
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    People are judgemental and it is often when they are jealous! Be proud you dont eat there it is CRAP food! good on you :)

    Why would the nurse be jealous?
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I do not like judgemental types.
    So if you knew I ate there what would you think of me? Especially as a trainer?
    i lurv you toooooo
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    People are judgemental and it is often when they are jealous! Be proud you dont eat there it is CRAP food! good on you :)

    Why would the nurse be jealous?

    didnt you know thats the standard answer around here
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    hmmm...seems like many have read Fast Food Nation. Then again, by Schlosser's own account, "the enormous buying power of the fast food giants has given them access to the some of the cleanest ground beef." So maybe not.

    I wonder if parents really protect their children by encouraging them to imagine the food at McDonald's as akin to crack cocaine. In experiments at Penn State University, youngsters were fed large lunches and then offered junk food. Some ate a great deal of the junk food even though they were already full, while others ate almost none. What predicted how much junk food they consumed? Whether their parents forbid those high-fat, high-sugar foods in their regular diet. These studies and several others find that when children are told that a food is bad for them, they assume it must taste good, and they develop an appetite for it.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    this guy only ate McDonalds for an entire month, he got really fat...

    http://chazzweaver.com/site/projects/down-size-me/
  • audram420
    audram420 Posts: 838 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?

    Love their triple whoppers!! Extra mayo, please
  • hufflypuff
    hufflypuff Posts: 185 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?

    My thoughts exactly. XP
  • genxrider
    genxrider Posts: 107 Member
    I would have sent her a copy of "Food, Inc.".

    I am quite vocal in my bashing of fast food - and it has nothing to do with the food.

    It sounds to me like maybe she thought you were judging her, not the other way around. You're making an excellent decision for your family (and the planet) and maybe you planted a seed for her.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Personally i think teaching children about all food in moderation is far more important than just banning things outright which if eaten in moderation is perfectly fine! You'll just confuse them if/when they find out what you called "evil", "crap" etc is actually ok in moderation!
  • hufflypuff
    hufflypuff Posts: 185 Member
    I would have sent her a copy of "Food, Inc.".

    I am quite vocal in my bashing of fast food - and it has nothing to do with the food.

    It sounds to me like maybe she thought you were judging her, not the other way around. You're making an excellent decision for your family (and the planet) and maybe you planted a seed for her.

    Food Inc. The next best thing since super size me.
  • Jena_72
    Jena_72 Posts: 1,057
    What does everyone think about Burger King?

    If you must it's not THAT bad I usually go with a Whopper Jr. No Chz No Mayo, small onion ring or side salad or apple slices and of course WATER! :wink:
  • malloriewebb
    malloriewebb Posts: 81
    I think you should have left it at that when she said she sometimes takes her kids there. You didnt have to make *he*r feel bad after that, which is how I read it. If you dont care what she feeds her kids, you should have stopped with your explanation of why your kids said it was yucky. Not trying to be rude or anything, but you kind of took it another step when you didnt need to...
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    :sad: :sad: Poor Ronald. I hope you all will be happy when hes drinking strawberry hill out of a paper bag on skid row from the complex of being hated by so many. Wheres the support?!?!?!?!?:cry:
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
    Nope, I would have said the same thing. Stating why you don't eat there is no a judgement of others. If she read it that way then it's her problem, not yours.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I eat McDonald's about once a week, sometimes more. I worked there for 5 years though high school AND college. You can get a hamburger, a side salad, and an ice cream cone for less than 500 calories. Protein, fiber, vitamins, dairy, and yum. I also get their Egg McMuffins. And sometimes even have french fries.
  • SarabellPlus3
    SarabellPlus3 Posts: 496 Member
    We aren't burger-jointers, either, my kids never went to those places until they were 5 & 6 years old, really. So I don't think you did anything wrong, but I really don't see the issue with what the nurse did, either. Maybe I'm just not very sensitive, other people can't really make me feel bad- that's all in me, kwim?
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?

    I like the Grimace better.

    And McDonald's french fries can't be beat. Best in the world.
  • jtkeaton
    jtkeaton Posts: 8
    Eh, depends on how you look at it I guess. A low-carb diet limits carbohydrates- such as bread, grains, rice, starchy vegetables and fruit — and emphasizes sources of protein and fat. The theory behind the low-carb diet is that insulin prevents fat breakdown in the body by allowing sugar to be used for energy. Proponents of the low-carb diet believe that a decrease in carbs results in lower insulin levels, which causes the body to burn stored fat for energy.

    this is getting off topic, but why would you eat high protein if you are trying to prevent spikes in insulin, since protien is highly insulingenic as well? and there isn't a metabolic advantage to low carb diets

    I agree that we are getting off topic, but I will reply to your question. You're right it doesn't have a metabolic advantage to people already in shape. But It's a balance of everything really from what I've noticed and I've had some time to play around with this as I've been on a few different 'diets'. I watch more of my calorie and carb intake- and my sugar levels are actually normal, as is cholestoral, etc. My biggest focus is removing the carbs [cereal, bread, pizza] that my body would typically convert to sugar and allow my liver to do the 2 things it's setup to do: remove harmful items from my body & burn fat cells. I've found this to work for me [not for everybody- as each individuals body is differnet] as I did not work out the first month I started. So I was able to experiment with how carbs impact my weight loss/gain.
  • hufflypuff
    hufflypuff Posts: 185 Member
    congratulations OP you started a thread of hate and anger.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    congratulations OP you started a thread of hate and anger.

    im not angry im drunk lol:drinker:
  • GrandmaJody
    GrandmaJody Posts: 140 Member
    You were nicer than I would have been...she should have dropped the subject after you told her you didn't eat there. She was totally out of line saying she takes her kids there in front of your son.

    Kuddos to you for building strong eating habits when your kids are young!




    Agree with poster above...I am personally not apposed to going Mc D now and then, but that is my choice, and I totally agree with you about it not being healthy, but the Nurse was wrong to say anything in front of your son....
  • hufflypuff
    hufflypuff Posts: 185 Member
    congratulations OP you started a thread of hate and anger.

    im not angry im drunk lol:drinker:

    and humor the drunk people*

    Wait... why are we not bashing on the drunk people for drinking. Alcohol has calories! The horror! *giggles*
  • Mikesrobin
    Mikesrobin Posts: 44 Member
    This is a touchy subject for alot of people. Let me tell you she was probably trying to justify taking her children to MD's and tried to make is sound better. It is not your responsiblilty to make her feel better about her choices. So don't feel bad about what you said you are aloud state how you feel at the doctors.

    Now I have another story up until about 2 months ago I ate a McDonalds a lot probably twice a week. I was looking for something to watch on TV one night and the movie SUPERSIZE ME was playing so I continued to watch it. After that I told my husband that I was swearing off McDonalds and all fast food for a month. Now it has been two months. I am not sure if I will ever go back to eating there. But it is my choice and if a nurse tried to convince me I was OK to eat at McDonalds I would ask her if she had ever seen that movie. LOL.

    BTW my youngest son is turning 18 in a month and I don't think he has ever eaten a whole meal there he hates it. We use to go alot when my kids were younger (play-place you got to love it) but he would take a bite and spit it out. Maybe I should have follow his diet from the beginning I might be better off now.
  • zeeeb
    zeeeb Posts: 805 Member
    To each their own. But the stronger parent will say no because it's not just the food there that is bad, it's the whole advertising and marketing and subliminal messages that places like that send to children in particular.

    they have the toys, a treat for kids, something to make them want to go back because they get a toy
    then once they are hooked either on the toys or the chips or the cool playgrounds, they will want to go back there
    and throw in a few of the cool birthday parties there
    deep in their minds, it's designed to be a comfort place, a place of fun
    so when they get to 20, they automatically want to go there, even though they don't really even like the taste of the food or the toys or the playgrounds anymore, but for some strange reason, everytime they drive past, they feel like going in....

    oh, and she is a nurse, she can take her kids there, fine, and it is ok occasionally, but as a medical professional, you don't suggest that it's ok, you say "fantastic job of bringing up your kids if you can keep them out of those junk food joints for as long as possible".
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?

    I like the Grimace better.

    And McDonald's french fries can't be beat. Best in the world.

    I changed my avatar just for you. :flowerforyou:
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,022 Member
    hmmm...seems like many have read Fast Food Nation. Then again, by Schlosser's own account, "the enormous buying power of the fast food giants has given them access to the some of the cleanest ground beef." So maybe not.

    I wonder if parents really protect their children by encouraging them to imagine the food at McDonald's as akin to crack cocaine. In experiments at Penn State University, youngsters were fed large lunches and then offered junk food. Some ate a great deal of the junk food even though they were already full, while others ate almost none. What predicted how much junk food they consumed? Whether their parents forbid those high-fat, high-sugar foods in their regular diet. These studies and several others find that when children are told that a food is bad for them, they assume it must taste good, and they develop an appetite for it.
    Ding ding. If a child had enough money for lunch to eat at McDonald's with their friends, they would do it and lie to their parents that they ate the school lunch. How do I know? Because I did it. We ate practically every meal at home with the exception of school lunches. My parents never said McDonald's was bad, but they always told us "no" when we asked to eat there.
  • Criskk
    Criskk Posts: 10
    WOW - what a post!! A lot of you have said most of what I thought while reading the original post, but here's another view. First off McDonalds or not, is your choice as a parent, no question.

    As an occasional babysitter of your child......I am doing you a favor (your not paying me) and I must feed your child "on the road". When I suggest McDonalds (Burger King, Taco Bell, Dairy Queen, it's all the same) and your child responds with EWWW _____ is gross!!! Sorry, you have taught your child to respond Inappropriately. Been there, heard that, not good!

    It was an uncomfortable situation for both you and the nurse. Use it as an opportunity to teach your child to respond more politely. Teach your child to make good choices within those establishments , they will not always be able to avoid them.

    As some have pointed out, your child can choose grilled chicken, salad, milk, fruit.....there are choices other than hamburger and FF. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! That dates me huh?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,022 Member
    What does everyone think about Burger King?
    My second choice would be Carl's Jr. Western Bacon cheeseburger. Of course I have to do an hour of cardio before hand.
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