Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Is this for real? Naaaaaaaaaa it must be a joke. Nope, it's real!

I truly have very little good to say about this new offering from KFC, which used to be called Kentucky FRIED Chicken - you arent fooling us KFC, we all remember.


This is the Double Down - they replaced the bun with two slabs of deep fried chicken which are used to envelope Bacon, plus craploads of melted Monterrey Jack Cheese, and IF for some reason that isnt enough fat for you, there is some sort of Mayonnaise sauce oozing out the sides.

"You could eat it, or for just one dollar more, the cashier will stab you directly in the heart." Before you think I am all that funny...I snagged that line from Saturday Night Live Weekend Update.

The sad thing is that there are Bariatric Post Ops who are all screwed up in their thinking who will think that this is a great choice because it doesnt have bread and is all PROTEIN. I was one of them at one time!

Now... if you are one of those people now, I am sorry it appears that I am whacking you but this is where we all walked into this movie. We have NO idea how to choose food when we start our journey, which is WHY we were all Morbidly Obese. People who are born understanding the food pyramid and naturally choose carrot sticks over Ring Dings dont have to have weight loss surgery so dont feel bad that you might have thought this was a good option on first glance.  

Early on in my post op years, I remember looking down at my plate at Cracker Barrel and thinking something was wrong - half pound beef burger with bacon and cheese, no bun. How on earth could this combo be good for me after weight loss surgery? It was Aha Moments while watching grease pool on my plate that convinced me that I had to rethink this. I needed to CHOOSE based on the nutrients a food had, rather than just eliminating carbs. The beef burger was fine, but a side salad or green beans at least allows us to eat some vitamins and minerals.

HEY... in case you didnt get my subtle hint... THIS DOUBLE DOWN IS A VERY BAD THING TO EAT... lol. It has 32 grams of fat in it and ZERO nutrition. Is there any doubt after seeing this new product that fast food is evil? Stay away from KFC - run like hell.

posted by Susan Maria of BariatricEating.com @ 7:11 AM  



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