-MorticiaAddams's Journal, 27 Jan 22

I spent a long time in the Oncology Center yesterday out of town with hubby and ended up having to eat dinner at a drive-thru as I could not put off eating any longer. I avoid fast food like the plague/covid. We have tried scads of solutions to this problem but they have never worked. I am on a very strict diet now and it doesn't have any room for fast food nor taking food you can eat on the run. Hubby loves this particular fast food place, mostly I feel because he likes to get their ice cream, which he isn't actually supposed to have either. Plus he also considers this place to offer the best deals in fast food. Cheapness plus ice cream wins almost every time with my hubby. We aren't rich. He has terminal cancer. What can I say. Life isn't all about me. I love him. I don't eat ice cream nor drink sugary caffeinated soft drinks and it doesn't matter much as fast food is dog food only less nutritious with added salt, fat, sugar. I take my own water, throw away buns, leave off mayo, ketchup, omit tomatoes, onions, fries, get grilled chicken, look for healthy non-existant salads and healthy salad dressings, and none of it works as there is no healthy food at fast food places. In my opinion as a retired critical care nurse, ALL selections at fast food places are horrible for diabetics and everyone who breathes. So even though I ate NO breakfast and my usual lower calorie, lower carb brunch, I ended up 100-200 calories and 30-45 carbs (10%) over my usual daily intake. I was under my daily fiber intake, under my daily protein intake. The worst is being over my sodium intake by 1300 mg!!!!! Yes, I am very low calorie, lower carb, lower sodium, high protein, high fiber by design - my doctor's. And I was left hungry the rest of the day and had no room left to eat anything else including my healthy snack. I'm not looking for sympathy, empathy, seeking advice, or making excuses. It is what it is. I am back on plan but am not happy about the 3.5 pounds I gained - mostly salt - but my body doesn't tolerate inflammation well and my fingers are stiff and swollen today. Who knows how long it will take me to rid myself of the salt/fat/sugar bolus. They hide all of these diet wreckers in everything. Why can't fast food places actually offer a few items on the menu that meet ALL the requirements of healthy food? Sorry about writing a book but I feel we all need to start demanding better food.

91.9 kg Lost so far: 13.3 kg.    Still to go: 23.9 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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1529 kcal

Fat: 84.61g | Prot: 65.83g | Carbs: 136.55g.   Lunch: Lay's Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue Potato Chips, Private Selection Black Forest Ham, Lewis Bake Shop Keto Bread. Dinner: Subway Sweet Peppers, Subway Pepperjack Cheese, Bob Evans Dill Pickle Slices, La Costena Green Pickled Sliced Jalapeno Peppers, Mt. Olive Mild Banana Pepper Rings, Subway 6" Spicy Italian, Spinach, Black Olives, Lettuce. Snacks/Other: Celery, Jiffy Natural Peanut Butter, Hershey's Special Dark (Giant), Skinny Pop Popcorn, Terrasoul Raw Brazil Nuts. more...