mcdonalds.

I got a side salad from there today for 20 calories to go with some chicken I already had...other than that I don't each there much. I'd go with a kids meal if it were me probably.

Get what you like that fits in your calories.


Tadahh!

I'd rather eat my own elbows ...

but i guess the southwest chicken salad w/ lime and no salad dressing ::shrug::

Would you like any sauce with that? ROTFL!!!!:laugh:

can't fit the sauce into my macros

I really like the South West Grilled Chicken Salad without dressing (and yes without it already has some sort of dressing with it that's included in the calories) 290 calories and it's filling. I usually get a fruit n yogurt parfait too which is 150calories.

^That. The dressing is the bad part. Otherwise, its just a salad!

I had it today. My errands took a bit too long and I had my toddler with me. We split a chicken nugget kids meal with those apple slices. Everything in moderation. Probably not the best thing to have, but in a pinch.

If you get a bacon ranch salad with no chicken and half a ranch dressing (or a lite italian of vinagrette if you like it) that is your best option health wise. Low in sodium too. I'm sure the ceasar wouldn't be too bad either. Do not get a southwest salad!

If you can splurge a bit, the premium chicken sandwiches are pretty good and not awful. 380 calories for the ranch blt. The club would be higher and the classic would be lower. I also will get a plain bacon ranch salad (usually with no bacon) and get a snack spicy mcbite with it and add it to the salad with ranch dressing. It is 543 calories, but oh so good.

DO NOT GET A FRAPPE! People will "splurge" on one but a small is over 600 calories!


I work at McDonalds so have days where I have to eat there but I make sure I have room for whatever I eat.

I would fall back on the recommendation from The Zone -- get two cheeseburgers and put them together (throwing away one set of buns). Barry Sears says it's in The Zone ( balanced carb and protein) if you care at all about that, but it's going to be higher in fat and lack any micronutrients... but it's MacDonalds, so that's pretty much a given. I like following The Zone proportions because I feel like it keeps my blood sugar from spiking too badly and I'm not so hungry all the time when I'm trying to reduce my caloric intake.

Two cheeseburgers and throw away the bun? Pretty sure that is a double cheeseburger. Still has protein, iron, calcium etc.

By the way, you can order it without the bun and they stick it on a piece of leaf lettuce instead. No need to waste food even if it is crap....Plus, a lot easier to take it apart.

If I have to do McDonalds, I get one of the following:

1. Premium Southwest Salad w/ Grilled Chicken w/ the Newman's Own Southwest Dressing (the salad with the dressing is 390 calories)
2. Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich (460 calories).
3. Premium Grilled Chicken Ranch BLT Sandwich (380 calories)

NO FRIES.

to drink:
water or 1% milk (100 calories) or unsweet iced tea (if you're not sensitive to caffeine). (I am not a diet soda drinker but I guess diet coke would be fine too.)

I'd rather eat my own elbows ...

but i guess the southwest chicken salad w/ lime and no salad dressing ::shrug::

Would you like any sauce with that? ROTFL!!!!:laugh:

can't fit the sauce into my macros

Nuttin' worse than dry elbows!!! ahahahahahaha

It's all about how you cook them, i recommend braising in tomato puree, garlic and pepper. The trick is figuring how to braise your own elbows ... without elbows. If you are watching your sugar, you could just poach in water w/ some sage, lemon and fresh thyme.

4 piece nugget (no sauce) = 190 calories
kids fry = 100 calories
apples = 35 calories
water = 0 calories.

That's what I do.

Or just a double cheeseburger for 430 if I'm feeling "rich" that day.

Sometimes I get a McChicken with pickles and tomatoes, no mayo. I think that's like 330.

I would fall back on the recommendation from The Zone -- get two cheeseburgers and put them together (throwing away one set of buns). Barry Sears says it's in The Zone ( balanced carb and protein) if you care at all about that, but it's going to be higher in fat and lack any micronutrients... but it's MacDonalds, so that's pretty much a given. I like following The Zone proportions because I feel like it keeps my blood sugar from spiking too badly and I'm not so hungry all the time when I'm trying to reduce my caloric intake.

Two cheeseburgers and throw away the bun? Pretty sure that is a double cheeseburger. Still has protein, iron, calcium etc.

When that was written, there weren't double cheeseburgers. I assume that means there are now? Goes to show you how often I go to MacDonalds!

i suppose a salad hold the dressing would be kool-aid kool but hey gurl it's jst advice and i'm no expert

also their parfaits are LOADED with sugar, would be better off just getting ice cream

also their parfaits are LOADED with sugar, would be better off just getting ice cream

Except of course, the parfaits have live cultures and real fruit.

DO NOT GET THE GRILLED CHICKEN! TO make them not stick to the grill they are slathered in 6 tablespoons of margarine.

Not true.

I worked there. They are put on the grill in a little ring, the ring has a cover with a little funnel on it. They pour water in the funnel. The end. No oil except what might already be there from the burgers.

This is true...we don't use water anymore on the grilled chicken. We put them in a ring and spray the crap out of the grill and one side of the chicken to get it to not stick. I use less than most people and still have to do about 8 sprays of the margarine. I have seen people do 12 or more sprays. You COULD request one made without the butter, but that is a 7 1/2 minute wait.