McDonalds Anyone?

2 double cheeseburgers, large fries, BBQ sauce, apple pie and a latte please....... is what the old me would have said, don't think I'd know what to do with a McDonalds now, certainly wouldn't be able to eat all that lol :sick:

Although youre staying under calories, fast food is soo unhealthy in so many ways. Packed with "bad carbs", is processed and Full of fats and preservatives. Very high in sodium which makes you retain water and leads to weight gain. If you fill your diet it with lots of fresh fruits and veggies and protein you'll feel so much better physically. For me, if i eat fast food I feel sluggish and like total crap. Once in a i think its ok to splurge, its normal, but i don't think eating fast food should be made into a habit

^^This. I hadn't had fast food in probably almost 9 months, then last month I decided to grab McD's breakfast on my way to work because I was running late. I was so nauseous all day long. Will NEVER do that again. :sick:

Okay seriously, i know it's bad for you, but i still have one every week!
Well, actually to be honest yesterday I had A sweet chilli sandwich (no mayo), a large fries and large diet coke? and it was 900 Calories, and it DIDN'T make me go over the recommended daily amount.

6 chicken nuggets, 250 calories and same for hamburger? Not bad really. But i guess i don't like Big Macs and things like that.

Gahh at the end of the day, i know it's bad and you can't really argue against it.

Anyone else still go there quite regular? lol

Calories or not THAT FOOD IS POSION! I ages and slowley kills you from the inside out!

I am ashamed to admit i like mcdonalds..and it can be one of my worst enemies cause it's cheap and plentiful. (food for a recession, as some call it). and quite frankly, they've always had terrible meat products. i simply cannot eat it anymore.

McDonalds is the one thing that I can't eat anymore. It makes me feel like crap within a couple of hours. I can (and do) tolerate other fast food but there is something in McD's that just doesn't agree with my body. In the last 14 weeks, I have only had restraurant food 8 times - 1 fast food, 3 mexican, the rest were fattosh salads. This is an accomplishment for me because it used to be every day - sometimes twice a day.

libland, you nailed in on the head. that's how i feel after i have it...

This is easy for me being a vegetarian, I do crave their salty french fries from time to time though!

McDonalds fries are not vegetarian. They use beef flavoring on them. Just FYI. :flowerforyou:

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Honestly, McDonald's is a big part of what put me at the weight I am. Unfortunately, due to my work (which involves day trips every now and then, with my boss) fast food is sometimes a necessary evil. Given that I'm trying to lose weight, I checked the nutrition info for the major ones, and picked out meals that I'll enjoy and will be satisfying to me, and won't kill my calorie load, and I eat them without feeling bad about it (usually a grilled chicken sandwich and small fries with a diet coke or unsweetened tea). It averages about once a week, and so far it hasn't affected my weight loss. Eventually I'd love to get rid of the fast food altogether, but I figure if I'm healthy the rest of the week, and get my water in, the one stop per week isn't going to kill me.

and your picture shows why you dont eat that crap. you look amazing

I rediscovered McDonalds when I was commuting back and forth to school after work. For two years, their drive-thru kept me in spicy chicken sandwich and un-sweet tea. Calorically it wasn't bad, but the fat and salt in the chicken sandwich was a big no-no and the caffiene at 10 o'clock at night wreaked havoc with my sleeping patterns.
I avoided them for months after graduating, but my new job is in the center of a haven for southern food and I only get thirty minutes for lunch. When I have to go get lunch, I will get a southwest grilled chicken salad. The worst part about it is the sodium at 920 mg, but it is much better for me than the homestyle southern casseroles (and irrestible deserts) of the resturant right outside the gate.

About all I do for Mickey D's is breakfast (Egg McMuffin and Diet DP). I order the #1 combo, but rarely eat the hashbrown anymore. I'm slowly making the switch to cold cereal again, so McD's may become even less and less.

I agree that there is no true "healthy fast-food". That's why I try to gauge things in my diary other than just calories. Getting under my calorie goal is great, but not if I blew my fat gram goal by 30.........LOL! This is where exercise is key. I know if I'm going to stray outside and grab something from the fast-food world, I'd better be ready to exercise that day. I generally exercise first, then MAYBE splurge. At least give the body a chance to better absorb the extra calories, fat, excess protein, etc.

It all comes down to the old saying; "If you're going to do the crime (fast-fooding), then you're going to have to do the time (EXERCISE)!" I don't kill my self on the tread or the bike, 40 minutes is enough to kick-start the metabolism and earn extra calories back to your daily.

Yup. Cheapest place in town for a meal and only drive through in town too.

Yes I had yesterday. Thai salad with grilled chicken. No sauce, no dressing, no noodles etc. Only the plain salad and the meat. 150 clean cals. I indulged myself with a coke zero.

If it fits your macros eat it!
Clean and dirty eating is BS in my book.
Just watch bad fats and youll be fine!

Having McDonald's or other fast food is not the end of the world, just stick to regular size portions and don't have it every day! I have fast food or takeaway usually once a week, but it fits in my cals and I eat better the rest of the time so I don't worry about it, I've lost 25lbs in 3 months doing this so am happy that it's not affecting my loss

Personally, the way they're made turns me off. But I haven't eaten fast food, maybe but once or twice a year, since 2002.

I don't put anyone down for eating it and if you can fit it in to your calorie goals and you can lose weight, then go for it.

Just sayin',. It's not for me.