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I went to Macdonalds today and had nearly half a quarter pounder and 6 chips, stopped because was certain could eat that entire burger and more. Lucky i had the willpower to stop --- that would have been a whole if not more than one days calories in the whole burger. I told my friends we could go eat somewhere else but they all said no, and later i thought gee i was just making an excuse for myself i only looked at the burgers , i think they have salads, i know they have healthy rolls. Well i chewed and chewed and did not get sick.

How did you cope with eating out at fast food places with friends? did you say you were not hungry and just have a coffee ---- thought i could of done that.

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Jack, thank you for the advice and will take it in, have read lots of posts that you have replied to and you always give excellent advice. Thanx again.

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This is excellent advice. I always enjoy reading your post.

I've printed this out and put on my desk and I will be putting it on my refrigerator.

Thanks,

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It's awesome you actually realized what you were doing and stopped! That takes a great amount of willpower. Good for you!

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McD's does have decent salads, although the can be very high in fat with all the bacon and dressing they put on.

DH and I have found that you can order a side salad and a 99 cent cheeseburger without blowing sensible eating way out of the Water. Sometimes we order that and split it.

Whatever you get, order it "to go" even if you are planning to eat there, then leave half of it in the box to take home. We do this at any restaurant--ask for the to go box right away and put away half the food. If it's off the table, you don't feel like you have to try to finish it. When you reach your good spot for fills, of course, you can't finish it if you wanted to.

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I have found myself at McDonald's with my teenager on occasion. I found that I can get a grilled chicken patty on lettuce for about $1.40 which fits a sensible eating plan. The salads are sensible as well as long as you are not eating a lot of high fat/calorie dressing (there are low fat/calorie options but I like my salad plain or with a little lemon and olive oil).

I stay away from the burgers and chips like the plague. I have not had a burger since banding (except for a mini burger prepared by me at home on the grill). The reason I don't eat them is because I like them too much, the fat content is too high, and I can not say that the variety you get at mcdonalds is giving any nutritional benefit.

You did great keeping it at half. It is hard for me to stop with this kind of food.

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