Saint Nick
Lifer
- Jan 21, 2005
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I think he had a good point, but it was overshadowed by the stupidity of his "experiment". I would have found his arguement much more compelling if he would have stopped short of force feeding himself to the point of throwing up.
purbeast0
No Lifer
- Sep 13, 2001
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well what he shows ... yes, its true. if you eat McDonalds 3 times a day for a month, yes, of course you are going to feel like crap and gain weight.
but the part that scares me is that the people voting yes, as if they didn't know that would actually happen if you ate there. after seeing the movie, it didn't change one bit about my thinking about food. anyone who SERIOUSLY learned something from this movie is just an idiot.
what that means is that if you didn't know that eating mcdonalds 3 times a day for a month didn't hurt you health wise, then you are an idiot.
but the part that scares me is that the people voting yes, as if they didn't know that would actually happen if you ate there. after seeing the movie, it didn't change one bit about my thinking about food. anyone who SERIOUSLY learned something from this movie is just an idiot.
what that means is that if you didn't know that eating mcdonalds 3 times a day for a month didn't hurt you health wise, then you are an idiot.
News Flash: Most people do not calorie count. They assume a meal is a meal and that if they are eating 3 meals a day that make them 'feel full' then they can't be doing that bad. People like this are in for a rude awakening when they watch a movie like Supersize Me. Obviously, once you start calorie counting and realize that 1 meal there is like the only meal you can eat in a day, it becomes apparent that this meal plan is not going to work.
The food there is horrible for you.
If you eat there once or twice a week you obviously arent going to see as extreme of results, but that dosen't make it ok for your health to eat there.
If you eat there once or twice a week you obviously arent going to see as extreme of results, but that dosen't make it ok for your health to eat there.
Obviously this movie wasn't based on science, and not necessarily in reality in terms of the 3x a day either, BUT, it still showed just how bad it is for you. I'm not into the sensationalistic, corporation bashing, but the side effects he suffered reinforced the fact that they are feeding nasty sh1t to consumers. It certainly isn't McDonald's fault (and any other corporation for that matter) that people buy their food, after all, there has to be some reason it is so popular. My favourite part of the movie is when he realizes that he feels better for a little while once he has eaten it ... then like garbage ... classic addiction.
As for myself, I have avoided McD's for quite a while now, as I find the high fat, high sodium, super-high sugar (pop) diet just makes me feel like absolute crap.
As for myself, I have avoided McD's for quite a while now, as I find the high fat, high sodium, super-high sugar (pop) diet just makes me feel like absolute crap.
HeroOfPellinor
Lifer
- Dec 27, 2001
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I'm sure I could eat there every meal for a month and actually lose weight. I'd do the opposite of him and workout and run frequently. That would prove that McDonald's is actually super food that gets you in great shape!!
Apparently it works for this woman...
McDonald's diet works for her
July 11, 2005
BY VICKI CHENG
RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER
There are many reasons Merab Morgan decided in April to eat nothing but McDonald's fast food for 90 days. There's her weakness for the Filet-O-Fish, slathered with tartar sauce and cheese. And there was that documentary, "Super Size Me," which she thought insulted the intelligence of fat people by implying that they couldn't resist the offer of a gargantuan portion for a few cents extra.
But mainly, the 35-year-old Henderson, N. C., woman concocted this unorthodox diet for herself -- she's memorized the calories in almost every menu item, and limits herself to 1,400 calories a day -- because it fits her life.
At a cost of $9 to $11 for three meals, the single mother of two can afford it. She travels throughout the Raleigh area working construction jobs, and she has never failed to find a McDonald's somewhere. The whole process of ordering and eating a meal takes maybe 5 minutes, and she mostly eats in her car. Sometimes she hits the drive-through only once, ordering enough food to last the whole day.
"It's kind of like the poor man's diet," said Morgan, who has tried Weight Watchers and Atkins but failed because of the time and money those plans required. She logged onto
www.eDiets.com but lied to the computer about her weight, then gave up when a chicken recipe called for ingredients she didn't have at home.
Since April 22, when Morgan launched her diet with a Sausage Burrito and a medium Diet Coke, she's lost 33 pounds, putting her at about 195 pounds. At 5 feet, 9 inches tall, she's dropped from a size 22 or 24 to a size 15. The size 2X and 3X T-shirts she used to wear look like dresses on her. And despite her friends' fears about skyrocketing cholesterol, she feels great.
Barry Popkin, director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a professor of nutrition and public health, has studied the relationship between large fast-food portions and the obesity epidemic.
Eating only at McDonald's isn't healthy, he said. He worries that Morgan will need more vitamins, minerals, fiber and dairy. But on the plus side, she's doing a good job of limiting her calories and, consequently, she's losing weight.
"She's created, for her lifestyle, a very smart diet," Popkin said. "The moral of the story for every person is, you've got to work out a plan that fits your lifestyle. ... I really admire her restraint. The problem is, it's a lifetime issue."
Morgan dreams of becoming the McDonald's Corp.'s Jared Fogle, the Subway weight-loss poster boy. She figures she might as well find a way to make some money from the experience. So she's been faithfully documenting her diet, stapling receipts in a spiral-bound notebook and propping up her Sony Handycam on the dash, filming herself at each meal. She's been courting the attention of local newspapers and TV stations, inviting reporters to her home and to the McDonald's/Citgo gas station in Henderson, where she picks up many of her meals.
Still, she knows about McDonald's Unsolicited Idea Policy. "We love you, my public. But unless you're a franchise owner, we appreciate all your good ideas, but keep them to yourself," Morgan paraphrased.
Morgan's goal is to lose 40 to 60 pounds. By Day 67, she had lost 33.
Nothing at the restaurant is off limits, although she's only eaten french fries twice -- you're better off eating two cheeseburgers, she said. It hasn't been easy. She'd been consuming about 3,500 calories a day, and cutting that down to a third left her feeling hungry for the first few weeks.
Morgan doesn't have a recommendation for others who might want to try the diet.
"I think other people should do what works for them," she said.
McDonald's diet works for her
July 11, 2005
BY VICKI CHENG
RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER
There are many reasons Merab Morgan decided in April to eat nothing but McDonald's fast food for 90 days. There's her weakness for the Filet-O-Fish, slathered with tartar sauce and cheese. And there was that documentary, "Super Size Me," which she thought insulted the intelligence of fat people by implying that they couldn't resist the offer of a gargantuan portion for a few cents extra.
But mainly, the 35-year-old Henderson, N. C., woman concocted this unorthodox diet for herself -- she's memorized the calories in almost every menu item, and limits herself to 1,400 calories a day -- because it fits her life.
At a cost of $9 to $11 for three meals, the single mother of two can afford it. She travels throughout the Raleigh area working construction jobs, and she has never failed to find a McDonald's somewhere. The whole process of ordering and eating a meal takes maybe 5 minutes, and she mostly eats in her car. Sometimes she hits the drive-through only once, ordering enough food to last the whole day.
"It's kind of like the poor man's diet," said Morgan, who has tried Weight Watchers and Atkins but failed because of the time and money those plans required. She logged onto
www.eDiets.com but lied to the computer about her weight, then gave up when a chicken recipe called for ingredients she didn't have at home.
Since April 22, when Morgan launched her diet with a Sausage Burrito and a medium Diet Coke, she's lost 33 pounds, putting her at about 195 pounds. At 5 feet, 9 inches tall, she's dropped from a size 22 or 24 to a size 15. The size 2X and 3X T-shirts she used to wear look like dresses on her. And despite her friends' fears about skyrocketing cholesterol, she feels great.
Barry Popkin, director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a professor of nutrition and public health, has studied the relationship between large fast-food portions and the obesity epidemic.
Eating only at McDonald's isn't healthy, he said. He worries that Morgan will need more vitamins, minerals, fiber and dairy. But on the plus side, she's doing a good job of limiting her calories and, consequently, she's losing weight.
"She's created, for her lifestyle, a very smart diet," Popkin said. "The moral of the story for every person is, you've got to work out a plan that fits your lifestyle. ... I really admire her restraint. The problem is, it's a lifetime issue."
Morgan dreams of becoming the McDonald's Corp.'s Jared Fogle, the Subway weight-loss poster boy. She figures she might as well find a way to make some money from the experience. So she's been faithfully documenting her diet, stapling receipts in a spiral-bound notebook and propping up her Sony Handycam on the dash, filming herself at each meal. She's been courting the attention of local newspapers and TV stations, inviting reporters to her home and to the McDonald's/Citgo gas station in Henderson, where she picks up many of her meals.
Still, she knows about McDonald's Unsolicited Idea Policy. "We love you, my public. But unless you're a franchise owner, we appreciate all your good ideas, but keep them to yourself," Morgan paraphrased.
Morgan's goal is to lose 40 to 60 pounds. By Day 67, she had lost 33.
Nothing at the restaurant is off limits, although she's only eaten french fries twice -- you're better off eating two cheeseburgers, she said. It hasn't been easy. She'd been consuming about 3,500 calories a day, and cutting that down to a third left her feeling hungry for the first few weeks.
Morgan doesn't have a recommendation for others who might want to try the diet.
"I think other people should do what works for them," she said.
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COMMON SENSE
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Fast food companies are not the devil
while Super size me was a bit of an eye opener, there were some things going on behind the scenes that discredit the health "problems" he began to encounter by the end of his month.
COMMON SENSE
2 more
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Fast food companies are not the devil
while Super size me was a bit of an eye opener, there were some things going on behind the scenes that discredit the health "problems" he began to encounter by the end of his month.
Exactly. He went way beyond the point of being full, and did this 3x a day, everyday for a month. You do this with almost any food and you're going to become pretty sick. Maybe not in the same way, but it's certainly unhealthy for you.
It was extreme, but the point is McDonalds is compete sh*t food. Aside from the fact it's unhealthy, most McDonalds are staffed by the dumbest of the dumb. You think I would eat food they make?
GhettoPeanut
Senior member
- Feb 9, 2005
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watch the movie first, then come out with in opinion. as stated earlier, its based on McD's stating that they where not bad for. if you watch what happens to the guy over the 30 day period. and there are other things he states, such as how there are ppl who do what he does.
and it is worse. mc'd has excessive amounts of sugar and fat and chemicals. go eat nothing but fruits and veggies, triple your caloric intake and see what happens, i bet the results are far far different. for starters, 6 lbs of greens are not going to turn your liver into crap. your not going to feel heart problems from all the "fats" mainly the hydrogenated oils that exist in foods like McD's that
1) exist no where in nature, at all, ever.
2) have been proven time and again to be "sticky" so to speak, in that they bind to artery walls more so then any other type of fat.
and also, your wrong.
No, he's right! Too much of anything--including vegetables is bad for you. Your body needs a balance of everything ... everything in moderation.
Uh, I even double dare you to eat vegetables everyday and in excess. Furthermore, cut out all animal products and see what happens to you when your vitamin B-12 reserve goes low or empty. (Don't cheat with supplements.) I wouldn't advise you to do that though so the pernicious anemia won't kill you.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
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You forgot the "I refuse to watch any of the propagandist crap that fat bloated gas bag produces" option.
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