Monday, January 09, 2006

I hate McDonald's and another week

Spent all day yesterday at a slot car race, so I was very tired and hungry.... Ended up at McDonald's, no problem I thought, I can have one of these new sandwiches, got to be better than a burger right?

I had a Ham Cheese and pepperoni on brown, which they then upsold me to a meal with medium fries and an orange juice.

Only when I got home and checked the website did I realise this:

Sandwich: 616
Fries: 295
OJ: 150

Thats 1061 kcal! I could have had a big mac fries and a coke instead and actually eaten less calories. Forensic examination of the marketing materials shows only one sandwich in the range is actually particularly ok - the chicken salad. Least I remember why I stopped going to McDonald's in the first place.

On another note, I am 13 stone 5lb as of this morning - another pound or so gone, and I swapped the Gym for a 5 1/2 mile walk around the lakes on Saturday, with a good lunch I didn't have to feel guilty about.



Posted by Mark at 9:20 am

3 Comments:

A fast food meal is rarely a good one, but sometimes unavoidable. Glad to hear you lost a pound anyway.
Posted by Blogger Twice the Man on 12:34 am  
I could have avoided this, I just got lazy and slipped. Anyway that was last week, this is this week.

Off for an 8 mile walk on Sat which is nice.
Posted by Blogger Mark on 10:59 am  
I went by a Burger King after about a year of dieting, and it actually gave me a pretty bad physical reaction. Mickey D and BK are putting all the greasy sludge tripe crud that they can legally call MEAT and compacting it into hamburger patties (or "chicken") that are full of Trans-Fats, and all the stuff that clogs arteries and adds rolls to your gut.
Posted by Blogger Moby Dick on 2:24 pm  
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