Day two - Tuesday 14 September: back to work, and off the wagon

Had to dash into work today as I was doing a spot on Newstalk 106, a Dublin radio station. I did however manage to get to Mickey D's at Farringdon in time to grab a Bacon and Egg McMuffin and a cup of tea. Lovely.

Lunch continued the culture shock of the McDonalds salad. I had the Crispy Chicken Ranch Salad (Crispy being a euphemism for fried), with another cup of tea. Fries clearly don't work with salads, so the charge that one of these salads is the same as a Big Mac calorie-wise is a bit misleading. If you pour the extremely generous sachet of dressing over the salad (a process known generally as 'drowning') then it is the same number of calories as a Big Mac without the fries. But who eats the Big Macs on their own?

However, the wheels will come off tonight as I'm invited round for dinner by my maternity-leaving commissioning editor Jennie Bristow. A roast dinner is planned. I'll have to have a detox of a Big Breakfast tomorrow...

Calorie count:

Bacon & Egg McMuffin(TM) - 346
Chicken Ranch Salad - 501

Total (@ McD's) - 847