Hi everyone - a really quick question. I work close to a McD's and don't mind the food - I bring my lunch most days, but getting a little bored. I thought I could go get a double cheese burger (w/o ketchup & bun) and a salad. Do you think this is a good or bad idea. It's a nice cheap lunch and something different. I just don't want to screw anything up. I just don't know if McD's burgers are pure meat , or full of bread crumbs or something else.

Thanks.

I just checked at mcdonalds.com......their nutrient list states 0 carbs for their meat patties. You might want to go to their site and check it all out. Look under the nutritional info...and download their file to acrobat reader. Most all the fast food places list their nutritional info online.... Good luck
K.C.

McDonalds used to use meat with 85% ground chuck and 15% fat, no grissle. That was back in the early 1970's. Fast food is one of the reasons that made doing Atkins easy for me!

Sounds like you have a plan!

thanks for the reply, it's good to know for sure. Now I can have a guiltless fast food lunch and not worry.

I get Wendy's triples on occasion and make them carb friendly

Vbrown, go for it!!

I usually have 3 doublecheeseburgers (without buns) with a thing of spring water.

At night when I check my ketones, Im still moderate to dark.

Heck, sometimes I even have their 99 cent bacon, egg, cheese biscuits for breakfast....its all good!!

GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!! McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King.......it's all good!!!!!!!!!!

Holy cow, whoever thought all these things were okay to eat, thanks for all your input - I'm off to McD's for lunch today, yum yum.

The only thing to caution is that you may want to alternate the cheeseburgers with other choices like chicken and fish. Red Meat in moderation should be OK. There are studies that show other ill effects from eating a steady diet of it. Like the old saying all things in moderation. The only problem I have had is that they put the cheese on top which gets stuck to the bun. If they put lettuce and tomato on top - that helps.

Jack in the Box "Ultimate Bacon Cheesburger" minus the bun is my favorite fast food. Two patties, two slices of cheese, two strips of bacon and mayo. Tasty! They also have a decent salid and the ranch dressing only has a few carbs.

I like Wendy's junior bacon cheesebuger for 99c, you get lettuce, tomato and 2 strips of bacon with each patty, Yum

Just watch the salad dressing at McDonald's - most of it is low fat. I think the lowest carb is the tomato pesto.

The salad dressing is all low fat at McDonald's, I give that to my co-worker and bring my own full fat dressing for the salads.

I get 2 of the double cheeseburgers quite often and when i first started that what I ate all the time and never had any problems!!!

when i order from mcdonalds i just say:

two doublecheeseburgers, no ketchup, no onions, no bun.

if they have trouble understanding that way i say, i just want the meat, cheese and mustard please.

They just put it in in a chicken nugget box and give me a fork!

no cheese sticking to the bun and no tiny extra carbs from the ketchup i can't quite scrape off!

dawn