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Old 24-04-2008, 16:59
Charley.lover07
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I usually have one McDonalds a week, usually because theres nothing in the house to eat/can't be bothered to cook/want to eat unhealthy.

However, today I decided to try a ceaser salad The last person I had known to try this was the subject of ridicule for weeks, but as I was on my own I decided to go for it.

And oh my god, it was amazingly nice I had very very very low expecations of it, but it tasted, dare I say, delicious. Maybe the best stand alone salad I've ever had. I just checked the nutrition bit on the website cause im bored/sad and do things like that, and that, with a coke, was under 450 calories. It was really filling too.

Maybe I'll go for another soon
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Old 24-04-2008, 17:31
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I usually have one McDonalds a week, usually because theres nothing in the house to eat/can't be bothered to cook/want to eat unhealthy.

However, today I decided to try a ceaser salad The last person I had known to try this was the subject of ridicule for weeks, but as I was on my own I decided to go for it.

And oh my god, it was amazingly nice I had very very very low expecations of it, but it tasted, dare I say, delicious. Maybe the best stand alone salad I've ever had. I just checked the nutrition bit on the website cause im bored/sad and do things like that, and that, with a coke, was under 450 calories. It was really filling too.

Maybe I'll go for another soon

i hate mcdonalds with a passion, i think the food is disgusting. junk food wise i think KFC is best, and burger king comes 2nd
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Old 24-04-2008, 18:49
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i love caesar salad! i think i will try it. was it quite big?
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Old 24-04-2008, 18:54
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Why oh why would you go to McDonalds and then have a Caesar Salad?
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Old 24-04-2008, 18:56
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I love the chicken selects in McDonalds. Do they use those in the salad?
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Old 24-04-2008, 18:59
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I love the chicken selects in McDonalds. Do they use those in the salad?
i have had chicken salads from mcdonalds and they are actually very good.infact i will now make a point of going there or to burger king to have a salad.kfc salads are good too.
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:36
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I usually have one McDonalds a week, usually because theres nothing in the house to eat/can't be bothered to cook/want to eat unhealthy.

However, today I decided to try a ceaser salad The last person I had known to try this was the subject of ridicule for weeks, but as I was on my own I decided to go for it.

And oh my god, it was amazingly nice I had very very very low expecations of it, but it tasted, dare I say, delicious. Maybe the best stand alone salad I've ever had. I just checked the nutrition bit on the website cause im bored/sad and do things like that, and that, with a coke, was under 450 calories. It was really filling too.

Maybe I'll go for another soon
Now, I don't eat McDonalds or any other fast food which is personal choice and I don't berrate anyone else for eating them... but seriously how can you think that a salad that is almost 1/4 of your RDA of 2000kcals a day is good???? I'd rather have a quarter pounder with cheese and fries!!
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:42
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Now, I don't eat McDonalds or any other fast food which is personal choice and I don't berrate anyone else for eating them... but seriously how can you think that a salad that is almost 1/4 of your RDA of 2000kcals a day is good???? I'd rather have a quarter pounder with cheese and fries!!
Eh? Surely a 450 calorie salad is better than 450 calories of chips or whatever.
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:48
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Eh? Surely a 450 calorie salad is better than 450 calories of chips or whatever.
There is only 5g more fat in a double cheeseburger than in a crispy chicken cesar salad... and 450kcal is 450kcal your body doesn't know the difference between a salad and a burger! The point I'm trying to make is by all means have a salad if you want one but don't mistake it for being "healthy".
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:48
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Eh? Surely a 450 calorie salad is better than 450 calories of chips or whatever.
450 calories is 450 calories, whatever it's made of. And where do you think those calories are coming from? It's not the salad leaves - it's the saturated fat in the dressing that does it, along with the deep fried (in saturated fat, just like chips) croutons and the parmesan... You could have a huge salad with all sorts of leaves and tomatoes and vegetables and things, and a touch of low fat vinaigrette, and it would just as filling and far far lower in calories and saturated fat.
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:49
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Ah I'm with you guys now!
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Old 24-04-2008, 20:57
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Ah I'm with you guys now!
Cheers.
no probs! It's companies like McDonald's that are at fault, they want you to believe that they are being responsible and giving you a "healthy" option when in fact they are not.
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Old 24-04-2008, 21:03
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Now, I don't eat McDonalds or any other fast food which is personal choice and I don't berrate anyone else for eating them... but seriously how can you think that a salad that is almost 1/4 of your RDA of 2000kcals a day is good???? I'd rather have a quarter pounder with cheese and fries!!
The 450 cals mostly came from the coke, a salad with dressing is under 250

Actually a quarter pounder is around the 500 mark, fries are about 350, and then coke on top of that is an extra 200
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Old 24-04-2008, 21:12
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The 450 cals mostly came from the coke, a salad with dressing is under 250

Actually a quarter pounder is around the 500 mark, fries are about 350, and then coke on top of that is an extra 200
A grilled chicken ceasar is 210kcals WITHOUT dressing. A regular salad with skinless roast chicken would probably come in at around 120kcal if you made it at home, if that. I'm not criticising you Charley.lover07, feel free to eat what you like but please don't be under the assumption that it's a healthy option!
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Old 24-04-2008, 21:19
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A grilled chicken ceasar is 210kcals WITHOUT dressing. A regular salad with skinless roast chicken would probably come in at around 120kcal if you made it at home, if that. I'm not criticising you Charley.lover07, feel free to eat what you like but please don't be under the assumption that it's a healthy option!
Yes, I was just stating that compared to a burger meal with fries, it is a healthy option (being half the cals of that)

Im not some kind of health freak anyway! I just like to find out about things
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Old 25-04-2008, 07:26
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No-one has answered the question yet, why go to McDonalds if you want healthy food in the first place?
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Old 25-04-2008, 07:55
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No-one has answered the question yet, why go to McDonalds if you want healthy food in the first place?
well i go as my 6 year old likes the happy meal toys.he doesnt eat the food(well maybe a chip or 2)and there is one at waterloo which we go to when we go to london.
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Old 25-04-2008, 10:32
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A Caesar salad is a very high calorie salad, it is just that it has a fancy name. If someone said to you "Here's a plate of fried bread, cheese and lettuce slathered in oil" you would never remotely think that it was slimming, but call the same thing a Caesar salad and everyone thinks it has somehow become good for you.
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Old 25-04-2008, 13:17
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I read somewhere that a McDonalds salad contains the ENTIRE recommended daily adult allowance of salt!

Yukkity yuk! Not been in a McDonalds for over five years, and no plans to do so for the rest of my life.
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Old 25-04-2008, 13:57
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I read somewhere that a McDonalds salad contains the ENTIRE recommended daily adult allowance of salt!

Yukkity yuk! Not been in a McDonalds for over five years, and no plans to do so for the rest of my life.
really.
oh well.
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Old 25-04-2008, 14:01
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I read somewhere that a McDonalds salad contains the ENTIRE recommended daily adult allowance of salt!

Yukkity yuk! Not been in a McDonalds for over five years, and no plans to do so for the rest of my life.
not surprised.
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Old 25-04-2008, 14:01
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I usually have one McDonalds a week, usually because theres nothing in the house to eat/can't be bothered to cook/want to eat unhealthy.

However, today I decided to try a ceaser salad The last person I had known to try this was the subject of ridicule for weeks, but as I was on my own I decided to go for it.

And oh my god, it was amazingly nice I had very very very low expecations of it, but it tasted, dare I say, delicious. Maybe the best stand alone salad I've ever had. I just checked the nutrition bit on the website cause im bored/sad and do things like that, and that, with a coke, was under 450 calories. It was really filling too.

Maybe I'll go for another soon
That's a Hell of a lot of calories!!! Especially for a 'salad'

Eh? Surely a 450 calorie salad is better than 450 calories of chips or whatever.
I guess - in terms of how slow energy is released etc...
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