My journey: Fast Food

BUT ARE WE LOVIN' IT TOO MUCH?

Today I would like to talk about fast food, with one company in particular, Mc Donald's! I don't think there is a person you know that hasn't heard of this company. The company now operates 77 restaurants in Ireland, 41 of which are drive through outlets with some restaurants being open 24 hours a day.

In weight watchers we are reminded not to deprive ourselves of anything. It is not a diet we are doing instead we are making healthy decisions about what we eat. My leader, Sinead, said something great in class this week. She said you should never feel guilty about anything you eat, enjoy it, point it and just move on. I totally agree with this, food is there to be enjoyed. I just feel that in our society today people tend to eat way too much fast food, but what is this doing to our bodies in the long term? I feel we need to train our brains into eating healthy for example if I have a day where I feel I just want to give up I just remind myself :

looking good in my bikini will be way more satisfying than eating this!!

As some of you may be joined weight watchers I have done a bit of research for you.So below is a list of everything you can order in Mc Donald's in Ireland and as I like to help you all along our weight loss journey I have pro pointed them all for you.I am not encouraging people to run out and get a Big Mac I just hope that by knowing what propoints are in what it may help you to make better decisions when eating fast food. So enjoy your food, but remember to eat in moderation and as part of a balance diet.

Regards, Naoimh

BREAKFAST

Sausage & egg Mc muffin 12pp
Double sausage & egg Mc muffin 15pp
Bacon & egg Mc muffin 9pp
Double bacon & egg Mc muffin 11pp
Bacon roll with brown sauce 9pp
Bacon roll with Heinz tomato ketchup 9pp
Bacon & cheese toastie 6pp
Ham and cheese toastie 6pp
Cheese toastie 6pp
Pancake and sausage (no syrup) 18pp
Pancake (no syrup) 14pp
Pancake syrup 5pp
Muffin and jam 5pp
Hash Brown 4pp
Oatso simple (plain) with milk 5pp

SALADS

Grilled chicken caesar salad 5pp
Crispy chicken caesar salad 9pp
Side salad 0pp
Croutons 2pp
Low fat caesar dressing 1pp
Low fat balsamic dressing 1pp

DESSERTS

Fruit bag 1pp
Apple pie 7pp
Sundae-caramel 8pp
Sundae-chocolate 8pp
Sundae-strawberry 6pp
Nestle tollhouse triple choc cookie 7pp
Nestle tollhouse choc cookie 8pp
Sugar ring donut 6pp
low fat blueberry muffin 8pp
Double choc chip muffin 14pp
Smarties McFlurry 10pp
Crunchie McFlurry 10pp
Dairy Milk McFlurry 11pp
Shake chocolate 475ml 10pp
Shake chocolate 610ml 14pp
Shake strawberry 475ml 11pp
Shake strawberry 610ml 14pp
Shake vanilla 475ml 11pp
Shake vanilla 610ml 14pp

BEEF

Hamburger 7pp
Cheeseburger 8pp
Double cheeseburger 12pp
Big Mac 13pp
Quarter pounder with cheese 13pp
Double quarter pounder with cheese 18pp
Big tasty 23pp

CHICKEN

McChicken sandwich 15pp
Chicken legend with mayo 13pp
Chicken legend with salsa 14pp
Chicken McNuggets (4pce) 5pp
Chicken McNuggets (6pce) 7pp
Chicken McNuggets (9pce) 11pp
Chicken selects (3) 10pp
Chicken selects (5) 16pp

FISH

Filet-O-Fish 9pp
Fish fingers 5pp

FRIES

Fries (small) 6pp
Fries (regular) 9pp
Fries (large) 13pp
Twisty fries 15pp

CONDIMENTS

Barbeque dip 25ml 1pp
sweet & sour dip 25ml 1pp
sweet curry dip 25ml 1pp
Ketchup dip pot 1pp
Ketchup sachets 0pp
Mayonnaise dip pot 4pp
Sour cream & chive dip 50ml 5pp
Sweet chilli dip 50ml 3pp
Smokey bbq dip 50ml 2pp

DRINKS

Diet coke (small) 0pp
Diet coke (medium) 0pp
Diet coke (large) 0pp
Coca-Cola(small) 3pp
Coca-Cola (medium) 5pp
Coca-Cola (large) 6pp
Sprite (small) 3pp
Sprite (medium) 5pp
Sprite (large) 6pp
Fanta (small) 3pp
Fanta (medium) 5pp
Fanta (large) 6pp
Natural mineral water 0p
Tropicana 3pp
Robinson's fruit shoot 0pp
Cappuccino 2pp
Latte (tall) 4pp
Latte (grande) 5pp
Milk 250ml 4pp

WRAPS