My DH had a routine procedure today--since he was anesthetized, I had to drive him and wait with him. So I brought along a business book that talked about the beginnings of the McDonald's franchise.
I brought him home and then the dog and I went to the pharmacy to pick up his medication. It was going to be a bit of a wait, and all of a sudden, that passage in the book about McDonald's popped into my head. I was really hungry--I haven't eaten well in the past couple of days, and when I have, it's been weird things like a bowl of baby potatoes and carrots.
Memories of high school came to me--walking home every afternoon my friends and I would stop at McDonalds and get the plain hamburgers, which were .19 each at the time. I'm sure the Big Mac hadn't even been thought of yet.
I had to have a McDonald's hamburger. Keep in mind that I have not been to a McDonald's in 10 years. I abhor them from a health perspective and an environmental perspective. Plus I hardly ever eat meat and when I do, it's locally raised chicken or grassfed beef from a local cattle farmer.
But I had a "what the hell" moment and I drove to McDonald's and got two of those little burgers (no longer .19), a small fries AND a vanilla shake--that alone was 700 calories, but even that didn't deter me from my quest of fat and carbs. I thought of Thich Nhat Hanh who has said "Even eating less meat is a miracle," so I figured over 10 years of barely any beef gave me a pass for this guilty pleasure. Plus, the bits I gave my dog pleased her and me.
I enjoyed it. Mea culpa.
So, when you go completely off the rails for comfort food, what do you eat?