Today I mourn the passing of McDonald's French Fries from my life.
Last night my friend Barbie informed me that McD uses a sugar coating on their fries. What? No wonder I like them so much. I thought I was doing good by cutting out the ketchup. Well, not good actually, but at least cutting out the sugar.
So I looked it up. Here is what McDonald's says is in their fries:
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef, wheat and dairy sources), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains derivatives of wheat and dairy.
Sugar is the fourth ingredient. I don't buy food with sugar in the first six ingredients. Maybe this is why I don't want to give up eating out. How many other things am I consuming weekly that are loaded with sugar?
I can't eat McDonald's fries anymore because I know it is breaking my abstinence. I checked Burger King and their fries fit my parameters but they aren't as tasty. And I looked at the bun ingredients and I shouldn't eat those either. This is the gray area. The bun on it's own has too much sugar. With beef, veggies and mayo does it move the sweet factor down enough? Am I kidding myself if I say it does. I guess the question is, does eating it feel compulsive? Does eating a whopper make it harder for me to stick to my eating plan later?
I don't know. All I know is that McD fries are now off limit. Guess what I want to eat a truckload of for dinner. And why is this revelation almost more upsetting than gaining 2.5 pounds this month? Crap.
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