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Thank you Burger King and McDonalds!
After being iced in at home near Charlotte since the weekend, today I
finally was able to drive the 300 miles back to work in Emporia, VA. By noon I was on I-85 about 1/2 way to my destination; I hadn't eaten anything yet today. So I decided to give Burger King's low-carb menu a shot. I pulled off at an exit that had a BK, went in and ordered a Chicken Whopper with cheese, low-carb style. It came in a plastic bowl with fork and knife - a nice-sized grilled chicken breast with melted cheese, lettuce and tomato; I skipped the mayo at lunchime (I'm watching calories for now also). It was absolutely delicious and filling enough for me. I got to work about 2 p.m., and was immediately swamped after having been out of the office for a couple of days. After having driven 5 hours, then working for several hours, I didn't feel like cooking dinner. So I went to McDonalds and got a grilled Chicken Bacon salad with Newman's Ranch dressing. I used 1-1/2 packets of the dressing. I was hungry, and it tasted wondeful to me and was exactly the right amount to satisfy me without pigging out. Both meals were under $5.00 each. Before you "purists" start hollering about "junk food," nothing at all that I ate today from these restarurants was junk food. Grilled chicken breasts and vegetables and cheese. Even the Newman's Ranch Dressing from Mickey D's has natural ingredients. From BK's and McD's websites** I got the nutritional breakdown of the meals I ate and plugged them into Fitday. I was thrilled to find that what I ate fit *exactly* with my current low-carb eating plan. I am paying special attention to keeping the ratios balanced, this seems to keep my weight loss steady -- I keep fats as 70 - 75% of total calories, and protein as 20 - 25%. The carbs take care of themselves with these ratios. ** (I do want to mention that BK had the calorie count wrong for the lc-style Chicken Whopper. They listed it as 155 calories, but when I entered the ingredients in Fitday it came to 396 calories which seems more reasonable. I went with Fitday's calculations). This is the total breakdown according to Fitday of these two "fast food" meals Calories: 1195 Fat: 94g (72% of calories) Protein 69g (23% of total calories) Carbohydrates: 18 (5% of total calories) This is absolutely perfect for my weight loss plan, and leaves me room for a nice snack this evening. I'm so happy that the low-carb way of eating has finally made an impact on the fast food industry. A few months ago I would have had to stop on the highway, order a burger and been frustrated as heck trying to separate the cheese off of the bun so I could throw away the bread. Now there are many choices (including Subway's wraps which happen to fit perfectly into my plan also). Let the cynics say what they want about the low-carb foods now being offered by the restaurants; they are free to drive right by if that's what they want to do. But it's a lifesaver to someone who travels or works long hours, and there is absolutely nothing unwholesome about the food that I was able to order and eat. -- Peter website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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Thank you Burger King and McDonalds!
I agree. Also, I heard someone talking on the stock market report,
saying that all this Atkins stuff was the reason that Kraft is having to lay off people, saying that Kraft is into biscuits and things big time. He then went on to say that "this will pass" as all fads do, since people have to have their cookies. LOL Anyway, the lady that was co-hosting said when you see all these Atkins friendly things going on in commercials and things, she doesn't think it's going to pass any time soon. I'm really glad that the foodmakers are responding. It's making life a lot easier for a lot of diabetics too. :-) -- Cheri Type 2, no meds for now. marengo wrote in message ... After being iced in at home near Charlotte since the weekend, today I finally was able to drive the 300 miles back to work in Emporia, VA. By noon I was on I-85 about 1/2 way to my destination; I hadn't eaten anything yet today. So I decided to give Burger King's low-carb menu a shot. I pulled off at an exit that had a BK, went in and ordered a Chicken Whopper with cheese, low-carb style. It came in a plastic bowl with fork and knife - a nice-sized grilled chicken breast with melted cheese, lettuce and tomato; I skipped the mayo at lunchime (I'm watching calories for now also). It was absolutely delicious and filling enough for me. I got to work about 2 p.m., and was immediately swamped after having been out of the office for a couple of days. After having driven 5 hours, then working for several hours, I didn't feel like cooking dinner. So I went to McDonalds and got a grilled Chicken Bacon salad with Newman's Ranch dressing. I used 1-1/2 packets of the dressing. I was hungry, and it tasted wondeful to me and was exactly the right amount to satisfy me without pigging out. Both meals were under $5.00 each. Before you "purists" start hollering about "junk food," nothing at all that I ate today from these restarurants was junk food. Grilled chicken breasts and vegetables and cheese. Even the Newman's Ranch Dressing from Mickey D's has natural ingredients. From BK's and McD's websites** I got the nutritional breakdown of the meals I ate and plugged them into Fitday. I was thrilled to find that what I ate fit *exactly* with my current low-carb eating plan. I am paying special attention to keeping the ratios balanced, this seems to keep my weight loss steady -- I keep fats as 70 - 75% of total calories, and protein as 20 - 25%. The carbs take care of themselves with these ratios. ** (I do want to mention that BK had the calorie count wrong for the lc-style Chicken Whopper. They listed it as 155 calories, but when I entered the ingredients in Fitday it came to 396 calories which seems more reasonable. I went with Fitday's calculations). This is the total breakdown according to Fitday of these two "fast food" meals Calories: 1195 Fat: 94g (72% of calories) Protein 69g (23% of total calories) Carbohydrates: 18 (5% of total calories) This is absolutely perfect for my weight loss plan, and leaves me room for a nice snack this evening. I'm so happy that the low-carb way of eating has finally made an impact on the fast food industry. A few months ago I would have had to stop on the highway, order a burger and been frustrated as heck trying to separate the cheese off of the bun so I could throw away the bread. Now there are many choices (including Subway's wraps which happen to fit perfectly into my plan also). Let the cynics say what they want about the low-carb foods now being offered by the restaurants; they are free to drive right by if that's what they want to do. But it's a lifesaver to someone who travels or works long hours, and there is absolutely nothing unwholesome about the food that I was able to order and eat. -- Peter website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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Thank you Burger King and McDonalds!
Cheri wrote:
I agree. Also, I heard someone talking on the stock market report, saying that all this Atkins stuff was the reason that Kraft is having to lay off people, saying that Kraft is into biscuits and things big time. He then went on to say that "this will pass" as all fads do, since people have to have their cookies. LOL Anyway, the lady that was co-hosting said when you see all these Atkins friendly things going on in commercials and things, she doesn't think it's going to pass any time soon. I'm really glad that the foodmakers are responding. It's making life a lot easier for a lot of diabetics too. :-) It seems like I am see more evidence of this every time I am in the stores. Yesterday, at Barnes & Noble, I saw half of the table that usually holds new cookbooks is now devoted to LC cookbooks, as is an endcap on a cooking aisle. My browsing was cut short by snow yesterday, so I am aiming at looking around some more today. -- Jean B. |
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