Author Topic: Reduction in takeaway calories! (Read 6290 times)

Bianchi Boy · « **on:** 06 March, 2018, 10:27:11 pm »

Just watching the news and McDonald's and other fast food chains have agreed to cut calories in meal choices. Do they have any idea that there is a select group that scan menus for the highest calorie options.

"Go large sir?"
"yes and a cheeky big mac on the side. Oh and extra chips please"

Is more like it. Goole Macdonalds and Wetherspoons in York you have been warned.

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hellymedic · « **Reply #1 on:** 06 March, 2018, 10:46:38 pm »

Having read the news item on Auntie's website, I think reducing meal size portions might not be the way to tackle obesity anyway. IMO it's constant snacking in the sedentary that is obesogenic.
A meal should leave the diner sufficiently full NOT to be searching for the next dessert or snack.

Kim · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 March, 2018, 12:13:48 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 06 March, 2018, 10:46:38 pm

Having read the news item on Auntie's website, I think reducing meal size portions might not be the way to tackle obesity anyway.

Having watched some baby-boomers eat, it doesn't seem like a terrible idea, thobut.

Not that shrinkflation is necessarily the way to do it.

Moleman76 · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 March, 2018, 07:09:43 pm »

KFC led the way in extreme cutting of portion sizes

Banjo · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 March, 2018, 08:32:21 pm »

I wonder if the fast food merchants will be reducing their prices along with the reduction in portion size?

Most people only get takeaways now and then , this idea is a waste of bureaucracy.

hellymedic · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 March, 2018, 08:39:01 pm »

Of course not!
Raw material cost is only a small proportion of their cost and a small portion will probably cost them over 90% of the cost of a large one.

(OT IME All jars of Hellmann's Mayo cost £2 from Sainsbury's, be they 200, 400, 600 or 800 grams or ml.)

Jaded · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 March, 2018, 08:43:01 pm »

Quote from: Banjo on 07 March, 2018, 08:32:21 pm

I wonder if the fast food merchants will be reducing their prices along with the reduction in portion size?

Most people only get takeaways now and then , this idea is a waste of bureaucracy.

It's the message that is just as important. Food makes you fat. Eat less.

hellymedic · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 March, 2018, 08:56:29 pm »

I think I read that 25% of people's food is eaten away from home. This would make takeaways a substantial contributor to calories.
For other people.

I don't think we have as much as 10% of our food 'out'.

Kim · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 March, 2018, 08:58:36 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 07 March, 2018, 08:56:29 pm

I think I read that 25% of people's food is eaten away from home. This would make takeaways a substantial contributor to calories.

That's mostly lunch during working hours, surely?

whosatthewheel · « **Reply #9 on:** 08 March, 2018, 12:27:50 pm »

You must have iron stomachs...
A few weeks back I had a full English at a greasy spoon half the way through a 100 km ride... average speed on the way there 17 mph... on the way back 14. I was spending all of my energy to digest the damn thing. If I too kthe habit of stopping at McDonalds, I'd probably be unable to continue.

It's what prevents me from entering long X-rated events... the amount of junk one has to eat in these 24 hours is beyond my ability to process it

hellymedic · « **Reply #10 on:** 08 March, 2018, 01:26:51 pm »

I couldn't process much fat on the move either. I know some folk can. I don't think I ever had chips when Audaxing.

McD's can supply hot chocolate, orange juice, egg McMuffins and their little 2oz hamburger.

These can feed & warm without overloading.

Most chains have their menus and nutritional information available online. You could plan stops and feeds in advance on many x-rated rides.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #11 on:** 08 March, 2018, 01:27:42 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 07 March, 2018, 08:58:36 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 07 March, 2018, 08:56:29 pm
I think I read that 25% of people's food is eaten away from home. This would make takeaways a substantial contributor to calories.

That's mostly lunch during working hours, surely?

In terms of calories consumed it doesn't matter whether it's Friday night fish and chips, Saturday afternoon burger or Monday lunchtime sandwich and coffee from Pret, does it?

hellymedic · « **Reply #12 on:** 08 March, 2018, 01:30:59 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 08 March, 2018, 01:27:42 pm

Quote from: Kim on 07 March, 2018, 08:58:36 pm
Quote from: hellymedic on 07 March, 2018, 08:56:29 pm
I think I read that 25% of people's food is eaten away from home. This would make takeaways a substantial contributor to calories.

That's mostly lunch during working hours, surely?
In terms of calories consumed it doesn't matter whether it's Friday night fish and chips, Saturday afternoon burger or Monday lunchtime sandwich and coffee from Pret, does it?

No but a sandwich from Pret won't usually have as many calories as the fish'n'chips.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #13 on:** 08 March, 2018, 01:36:57 pm »

No but I mean the calories depend on the food not on when it's eaten. And some people do have burgers for lunch at work!

whosatthewheel · « **Reply #14 on:** 08 March, 2018, 02:09:17 pm »

let's put it in another way...

I wouldn't want my Audax achievements to come at the expense of my health... it might well be that a "one off" visit to McDonalds won't increase my chances of a bowel cancer by any significant decimal, but why risking it if I don't even enjoy the experience?

I am pretty sure the feckers can stuff north of 20 ingredients even in an egg muffin

Kim · « **Reply #15 on:** 08 March, 2018, 02:10:56 pm »

The enjoyment of McDonalds in an audax context usually stems from it being indoors and having loos.

hellymedic · « **Reply #16 on:** 08 March, 2018, 02:26:32 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 08 March, 2018, 01:36:57 pm

No but I mean the calories depend on the food not on when it's eaten. And some people do have burgers for lunch at work!

ISTR there are 240 kcal in a small, basic 2oz Hamburger.

Which is fine.

Nobody is forced to have a Big Mac Meal, though the pricing structure may encourage this.

ETA just checked, it's 250kcal.

Manotea · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 March, 2018, 02:56:02 pm »

Food is as much about morale as sustenance, I find.

Macdonalds only saving graces are loos and coffee (in whichever order

)

It's a visit to a late night chippy that will keep you warm you through the night.

Greenbank · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 March, 2018, 03:03:23 pm »

I'd never plan on going to a McD's during a ride but if the choice at the time is McD's or DNF then it's not a hard choice.

Chicken rather than beef though.

whosatthewheel · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 March, 2018, 03:10:49 pm »

From a male perspective (how sexist!) loos are not a priority... in fact I prefer to avoid them... the chances of coming into contact with a nasty strain of resistant-to-everything e-coli out in the wild are almost zero... the same can't be said of some public toilets.

hellymedic · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 March, 2018, 03:32:40 pm »

The loo situation for women makes a McD seem wonderful in cooler/windier/wetter conditions.

whosatthewheel · « **Reply #21 on:** 08 March, 2018, 04:23:16 pm »

The topic of public loo is a potential black hole... so to speak.
However, if you allow me a disgusting interlude, I still wonder how can faeces end up on public loos walls, often at a more elevated point than the one they most likely came from.
Does it happen only in male toilets?

Si S · « **Reply #22 on:** 08 March, 2018, 04:38:15 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 08 March, 2018, 03:32:40 pm

The loo situation for women makes a McD seem wonderful in cooler/windier/wetter conditions.

I'm an old hand at Glastonbury but having visited a McD's in the middle of Rhyl at 5am on a Saturday.....lets just say I was very grateful to get down the road and my audax kit includes loo roll

Whitedown Man · « **Reply #23 on:** 08 March, 2018, 05:09:48 pm »

4am in a warm McD’s eating porridge and drinking coffee ticks my nightriding Audax boxes

Kim · « **Reply #24 on:** 08 March, 2018, 05:12:51 pm »

Quote from: whosatthewheel on 08 March, 2018, 04:23:16 pm

However, if you allow me a disgusting interlude, I still wonder how can faeces end up on public loos walls, often at a more elevated point than the one they most likely came from.
Does it happen only in male toilets?

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