...cheeseburger? a double cheeseburger at mcdonalds has 420 calories and its only like a 6th pound cheeseburger and i can make a half pound cheeseburger at home and it will only have like 200 calories. so why is mcdonalds food so much higher then normal home cooked food and i remember eating a double bacon cheesburger from jack in the box and it had 1100 calories, i almost freaked when i saw that after eating it. lol