McDonalds Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagel

Well...here's what I do...

If my doctor has cleared me for the food...  I would find out the nutrition for each piece of the food by itself (bacon, cheese, egg, bagel) in advance.  I would eat my allowed portion of the protein by itself (at one year out, I would eat .5 to all of the protein on the sandwhich, depending on how hungry I am), then I would tear off a small piece of the bagel (if I still even wanted it) and eat it... That would be what I would eat.  I generally eat 1/8 of a bread item, when I'm craving it (for example, this weekend I went out to breakfast and ate .5 of an egg, 1.75 of bacon, and 1/8 slice of whole grain bread).

Subway has a really good 3 inch flatbread bacon egg and cheese sandwich that has 190 calories I believe. 

I noticed a McDonalds commercial this weekend advertising the McMuffin as a 300 calorie breakfast. That's actually not bad...not a food choice I would make but if I was on the road and had too  I might take muffin bottom off and just eat the rest of it to save on carbs.

I have to say this. I'm a Physicians Assistant. If you came in my office and told me you were going to have WLS of any kind and then said abstaining from the bad stuff was not part of your journey, I'd write a letter to your insurance company stating you're not ready for surgery. You're not seriously looking at the journey and the toll your eating habits have already taken on your mental an d physical self. You are willing to take money from an insurance company to get what you want but you're not committed to delivering what they're expecting in return- a healthy eating habit that changes your current health conditions forever.

I'm rather shocked that youve received so much support for your quest with your admission. You may as well take 20k and light it on fire.

If I offend you, I'm not sorry because at least it'll make you pissed off enough to think about what Im saying.