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Semi-frequent McDonalds eater here who wears size 30 - 31 jeans here. I agree with the sentiment, but your numbers are somewhat off - a Double Quarter Pounder

Semi-frequent McDonalds eater here who wears size 30 - 31 jeans here. I agree with the sentiment, but your numbers are somewhat off - a Double Quarter Pounder on its own is 750 calories, and a medium fries is 340 calories. You can get a cheeseburger at 300 calories, but I don't think that would feel filling. If you're having McDonalds regularly, it works better if you just have one main meal a day. So you can have your 750 calorie burger, 340 calories fries, diet soda / water, and still have room for small snacks at other times of the day. And personally, I'd be putting on weight at 1764 calories a day. I need to stay around 1500 - 1600, unless I put in a ton of extra exercise. I'm shorter than average. [Edit: FWIW, not actually recommending others do this, do your own experiments. I've been keeping weight & body fat logs for 14 years, so I've got lots of personal data to track & measure against.]

chrisseaton 8y ago
> your numbers are somewhat off I used the McDonald's calorie calculator on their website. I picked the hamburger 250 calories (it's their main item and I guess most people get it), medium fries 337 calories (so not even picking the smallest items), and Diet Coke 1 calorie (maybe that one is bending over backwards to be low calorie) = just 588 calories. A very light lunch!
- ska 8y ago
  (it's their main item and I guess most people get it), I suspect this assumption is pretty far off. I'd guess the single burger doesn't even crack the top 10 in sandwich sales for them. Not even close if you exclude sales to kids. At least in the US. If for arguments sake a more typical lunch was 1/4pounder w/cheese, medium fries, medium (regular coke) you are something like 1100 calories - well into heavy lunch territory.
- jperras 8y ago
  As someone who spent literal years working at a McDonald's as a teenager, the basic hamburger is perhaps only eclipsed by the Filet of Fish sandwich as one of the least ordered regular lunch menu items. The Big Mac probably outsells all other regular lunch sandwiches 3:1, at least. Of course it's been almost 20 years since I worked there, but I don't imagine it has changed all that much.
  - dustindiamond 8y ago
    How did the seasonal McRib fare?
    - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
      Not sure but I had as many as I could.
  - coredog64 8y ago
    In many locations, the basic hamburger isn’t even on the menu. When I keep to the published menu and order a cheeseburger with no cheese, it only shows up on the receipt as a hamburger about 25% of the time.
- opportune 8y ago
  It's not a main item, it's the dollar menu smallest item. Have you ever been to a mcdonalds?
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chrisseaton 8y ago

> your numbers are somewhat off I used the McDonald's calorie calculator on their website. I picked the hamburger 250 calories (it's their main item and I guess most people get it), medium fries 337 calories (so not even picking the smallest items), and Diet Coke 1 calorie (maybe that one is bending over backwards to be low calorie) = just 588 calories. A very light lunch!

ska 8y ago
(it's their main item and I guess most people get it), I suspect this assumption is pretty far off. I'd guess the single burger doesn't even crack the top 10 in sandwich sales for them. Not even close if you exclude sales to kids. At least in the US. If for arguments sake a more typical lunch was 1/4pounder w/cheese, medium fries, medium (regular coke) you are something like 1100 calories - well into heavy lunch territory.
jperras 8y ago
As someone who spent literal years working at a McDonald's as a teenager, the basic hamburger is perhaps only eclipsed by the Filet of Fish sandwich as one of the least ordered regular lunch menu items. The Big Mac probably outsells all other regular lunch sandwiches 3:1, at least. Of course it's been almost 20 years since I worked there, but I don't imagine it has changed all that much.
- dustindiamond 8y ago
  How did the seasonal McRib fare?
  - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
    Not sure but I had as many as I could.
- coredog64 8y ago
  In many locations, the basic hamburger isn’t even on the menu. When I keep to the published menu and order a cheeseburger with no cheese, it only shows up on the receipt as a hamburger about 25% of the time.
opportune 8y ago
It's not a main item, it's the dollar menu smallest item. Have you ever been to a mcdonalds?
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