Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock (1 Viewer)

[jdoggydogg]

I bring my lunch most of the time, so eating healthy is easy. I don't know what kind of restaurants are near you guys. But I have plenty of healthy places to eat here. Maybe that's just a product of where I live (No. Cal).

 

[MrPhoenix]

I bring my lunch most of the time, so eating healthy is easy. I don't know what kind of restaurants are near you guys. But I have plenty of healthy places to eat here. Maybe that's just a product of where I live (No. Cal).

There are nice restaurants around where I work, but I never have time to eat at these places because my work dictates a strict 30-minute policy for lunch and any deviation from that is considered a tardy. Call centers suck like that.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I bring my lunch most of the time, so eating healthy is easy. I don't know what kind of restaurants are near you guys. But I have plenty of healthy places to eat here. Maybe that's just a product of where I live (No. Cal).

There are nice restaurants around where I work, but I never have time to eat at these places because my work dictates a strict 30-minute policy for lunch and any deviation from that is considered a tardy. Call centers suck like that.

That stinks. Seems like a good lunch from home is the way to go. Since it seems like lunch theft can be a problem, is it practical to bring in a cooler?

 

[E-Z Glider]

I bring my lunch most of the time, so eating healthy is easy. I don't know what kind of restaurants are near you guys. But I have plenty of healthy places to eat here. Maybe that's just a product of where I live (No. Cal).

There are nice restaurants around where I work, but I never have time to eat at these places because my work dictates a strict 30-minute policy for lunch and any deviation from that is considered a tardy. Call centers suck like that.

That stinks. Seems like a good lunch from home is the way to go. Since it seems like lunch theft can be a problem, is it practical to bring in a cooler?

Get one of these. Fill it with salad/veggies/fruit the night before. Bring a can of tuna and/or some nuts on the side. Mix and eat. It stores everything (including dressing, fork and knife) and keeps it cold with a built in freezepak.

 

[djcolts]

I work in an office, like many of us here. I've changed my eating habits over the last 6 months for the considerably better (and began exercising again - resistance training and cardio interval training), and it is possible to do so. I bring in my lunch and 2 healthy snacks every day. I drink water and avoid sodas. I prepare nearly every meal I make (I only eat out when I'm forced to be in a social situation, then I do the best I can when ordering). It is possible to do. After making these changes for 6 months (with some adjustments along the way), I really don't crave that stuff anymore. And I'm down nearly 50 pounds since I started, my cholesterol is lower than it has ever been, and my waist has shrunk 8 inches. Though I understand that it is not easy, and I understand that the office culture makes it harder than it should be, it is worth the effort.

Just curious, what's your typical eating plan during the work day?

Breakfast - Oatmeal mixed with Kashi GoLean and soy milk, two pieces of 35 calorie/high fiber bread with Smart Balance Light spread Morning Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkLunch - Sandwich - either ground turkey breast, tuna, or peanut butter (natural) - with Smart Balance Light Popcorn (the popcorn is only 120 calories)Afternoon Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkDinner - Chicken Breast coated with oatmeal or Salmon with Lemon Pepper seasoning, heaping serving of broccoli, quinoa or rice.Evening Snack - Egg Beaters sandwich with fat-free cheese or 1 tbsp of peanut butter (natural) on toast.It adds up to about 1950 to 2000 calories a day. I drink soy milk because I like the taste and I'm slightly lactose intolerant - otherwise it would be skim milk. I probably should eat more veggies if I was really picking at my menu choices (probably adding a spinach salad to lunch would be a smart thing for me to do), but I'm able to stick to this so that is what is important to me.

 

[McDonalds Store Manager]

It's all perception. I heard there was also a woman who ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days and lost like 15 pounds or something. She ordered the right stuff, grilled chicken, salads, etc.....

I garauntee you if I ate at Subway, and got the BMT with double meat, extra mayonnaise, oil and vinegar, I would make Jared look like a tool.

sheep......all of you........

Me thinks you manage a McDonalds? Maybe I am wrong?

I checked the email address book. Couldn't find a BigJohn.

 

[joffer]

I work in an office, like many of us here. I've changed my eating habits over the last 6 months for the considerably better (and began exercising again - resistance training and cardio interval training), and it is possible to do so. I bring in my lunch and 2 healthy snacks every day. I drink water and avoid sodas. I prepare nearly every meal I make (I only eat out when I'm forced to be in a social situation, then I do the best I can when ordering). It is possible to do. After making these changes for 6 months (with some adjustments along the way), I really don't crave that stuff anymore. And I'm down nearly 50 pounds since I started, my cholesterol is lower than it has ever been, and my waist has shrunk 8 inches. Though I understand that it is not easy, and I understand that the office culture makes it harder than it should be, it is worth the effort.

Just curious, what's your typical eating plan during the work day?

Breakfast - Oatmeal mixed with Kashi GoLean and soy milk, two pieces of 35 calorie/high fiber bread with Smart Balance Light spread Morning Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkLunch - Sandwich - either ground turkey breast, tuna, or peanut butter (natural) - with Smart Balance Light Popcorn (the popcorn is only 120 calories)Afternoon Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkDinner - Chicken Breast coated with oatmeal or Salmon with Lemon Pepper seasoning, heaping serving of broccoli, quinoa or rice.Evening Snack - Egg Beaters sandwich with fat-free cheese or 1 tbsp of peanut butter (natural) on toast.It adds up to about 1950 to 2000 calories a day. I drink soy milk because I like the taste and I'm slightly lactose intolerant - otherwise it would be skim milk. I probably should eat more veggies if I was really picking at my menu choices (probably adding a spinach salad to lunch would be a smart thing for me to do), but I'm able to stick to this so that is what is important to me.

you've definitely got more willpower than me. i'd go postal if i had to eat like this.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

No joke. This movie made me hungry for McDonalds 20 minutes into it.I've eaten fast food at least 3 times a week for the past 15 years and its had no ill effects on me. I like Spurlock, but this 'study' didn't prove ####.

Keep it up.

Your man love for me is starting to freak me out. Seriously.

Wow. Been a while?

 

[TheIronSheik]

No joke. This movie made me hungry for McDonalds 20 minutes into it.I've eaten fast food at least 3 times a week for the past 15 years and its had no ill effects on me. I like Spurlock, but this 'study' didn't prove ####.

Keep it up.

Your man love for me is starting to freak me out. Seriously.

Wow. Been a while?

Are you hitting on me?

 

[MrPhoenix]

I work in an office, like many of us here. I've changed my eating habits over the last 6 months for the considerably better (and began exercising again - resistance training and cardio interval training), and it is possible to do so. I bring in my lunch and 2 healthy snacks every day. I drink water and avoid sodas. I prepare nearly every meal I make (I only eat out when I'm forced to be in a social situation, then I do the best I can when ordering). It is possible to do. After making these changes for 6 months (with some adjustments along the way), I really don't crave that stuff anymore. And I'm down nearly 50 pounds since I started, my cholesterol is lower than it has ever been, and my waist has shrunk 8 inches. Though I understand that it is not easy, and I understand that the office culture makes it harder than it should be, it is worth the effort.

Just curious, what's your typical eating plan during the work day?

Breakfast - Oatmeal mixed with Kashi GoLean and soy milk, two pieces of 35 calorie/high fiber bread with Smart Balance Light spread Morning Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkLunch - Sandwich - either ground turkey breast, tuna, or peanut butter (natural) - with Smart Balance Light Popcorn (the popcorn is only 120 calories)Afternoon Snack - Banana, Apple or Orange, 12 raw almonds, 1 cup soy milkDinner - Chicken Breast coated with oatmeal or Salmon with Lemon Pepper seasoning, heaping serving of broccoli, quinoa or rice.Evening Snack - Egg Beaters sandwich with fat-free cheese or 1 tbsp of peanut butter (natural) on toast.It adds up to about 1950 to 2000 calories a day. I drink soy milk because I like the taste and I'm slightly lactose intolerant - otherwise it would be skim milk. I probably should eat more veggies if I was really picking at my menu choices (probably adding a spinach salad to lunch would be a smart thing for me to do), but I'm able to stick to this so that is what is important to me.

That meal plan is just plain insanity, but I do see the general concept. I could probably do a fruit during my 1st and 2nd 15-minute breaks and then, just do the sandwich during lunch.

 

[Gr00vus]

Just curious, what's your typical eating plan during the work day?

The first thing you need to do is to make your own lunch and bring it with you. Buy a small cooler or thermal lunch bag and keep it at your desk if you're worried about your lunch getting taken. For me lunch is a turkey sandwich on wheat w/ mustard or low fat mayo (5 or less grams of fat per serving), carrots and strawberries. Drink water, not soda. Keep a healthy snack around for between meals - I use almonds, when I want a snack I grab a small handful and put the rest back. The handful of almonds gets you through and is actually good for you. If you're still hungry after that drink more water - it'll fill your stomach and kill some of the hunger pains.Try to find the ballpark of your ideal weight. You can look online (google for it) for various calorie intake levels depending on age/height/activity level, which will help give you an idea of where you should be with your food intake. Find this and then count your calories, keep your intake at the recommended level if you want to maintain weight, go below if you want to lose weight.Do this and it'll be easier for you to eat better during the day and improve your health.

 

[Rayderr]

It's all perception. I heard there was also a woman who ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days and lost like 15 pounds or something. She ordered the right stuff, grilled chicken, salads, etc.....

I garauntee you if I ate at Subway, and got the BMT with double meat, extra mayonnaise, oil and vinegar, I would make Jared look like a tool.

sheep......all of you........

Me thinks you manage a McDonalds? Maybe I am wrong?

I checked the email address book. Couldn't find a BigJohn.

I love all these aliases (aliai?) that just hang around waiting for the right moment to make an appearance.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

No joke. This movie made me hungry for McDonalds 20 minutes into it.I've eaten fast food at least 3 times a week for the past 15 years and its had no ill effects on me. I like Spurlock, but this 'study' didn't prove ####.

Keep it up.

Your man love for me is starting to freak me out. Seriously.

Wow. Been a while?

Are you hitting on me?

This is moving a little fast for me.

 

[John Mamula]

No joke. This movie made me hungry for McDonalds 20 minutes into it.I've eaten fast food at least 3 times a week for the past 15 years and its had no ill effects on me. I like Spurlock, but this 'study' didn't prove ####.

Keep it up.

Your man love for me is starting to freak me out. Seriously.

Wow. Been a while?

Are you hitting on me?

This is moving a little fast for me.

too close for missiles, switching to guns.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

No joke. This movie made me hungry for McDonalds 20 minutes into it.I've eaten fast food at least 3 times a week for the past 15 years and its had no ill effects on me. I like Spurlock, but this 'study' didn't prove ####.

Keep it up.

Your man love for me is starting to freak me out. Seriously.

Wow. Been a while?

Are you hitting on me?

This is moving a little fast for me.

too close for missiles, switching to guns.

 

[Brony]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

 

[McGarnicle]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

Is it because he got cancer though?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

No, I think it still makes sense to blame McDonalds.

 

[Warrior]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Define "fine".

and "over-do".

 

[culdeus]

Why is it shocking that if you eat less calories than maintenance you lose weight? This is mainly a headline grab.

 

[shader]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

As long as you get some soda in there, you will be fine.

 

[culdeus]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

2 McDonald's Cheeseburgers

Calories 600

Calories from Fat 216

Total Fat 24g36%

Saturated Fat 12g60%

Cholesterol 80mg26%

Sodium 1360mg56%

Carbohydrates 66g22%

Dietary Fiber 4g16%

Sugars 14g

Protein 30g

2 Small French Fries

Calories 460

Calories from Fat 198

Total Fat 22g34%

Saturated Fat 3g16%

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 320mg14%

Carbohydrates 58g20%

Dietary Fiber 6g24%

Sugars 0g

Protein 6g

1060 Calories from that diet plan.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

2 McDonald's Cheeseburgers

Calories 600

Calories from Fat 216

Total Fat 24g36%

Saturated Fat 12g60%

Cholesterol 80mg26%

Sodium 1360mg56%

Carbohydrates 66g22%

Dietary Fiber 4g16%

Sugars 14g

Protein 30g

2 Small French Fries

Calories 460

Calories from Fat 198

Total Fat 22g34%

Saturated Fat 3g16%

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 320mg14%

Carbohydrates 58g20%

Dietary Fiber 6g24%

Sugars 0g

Protein 6g

1060 Calories from that diet plan.

Let's try a real meal like a Double QP with large fries and a large coke, how we doing on that?

750+500+280=1530, still plenty of room for fresh fruits and vegetables the rest of the day.

 

[Lutherman2112]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

"The supersized difference was that Joe Cisna exercised for 45 minutes a day and plotted a sensible calorie intake through planning Meals at McDonald's."

Reduced caloric intake + exercise = weight loss.

This has little to do with the brand of food the man consumed.

 

[Brony]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

"The supersized difference was that Joe Cisna exercised for 45 minutes a day and plotted a sensible calorie intake through planning Meals at McDonald's."

Reduced caloric intake + exercise = weight loss.

This has little to do with the brand of food the man consumed.

Correct. The documentary Super Size Me attempted to condemn the brand of food and ignored the fundamentals that you just pointed out. ####ty journalism IMO.

 

[Lutherman2112]

Guy loses 37 pounds eating at McDonalds for 3 months

My link

Can we please stop blaming McDonalds' and other fast food chains and blame individuals for their unhealthy choices?

"The supersized difference was that Joe Cisna exercised for 45 minutes a day and plotted a sensible calorie intake through planning Meals at McDonald's."

Reduced caloric intake + exercise = weight loss.

This has little to do with the brand of food the man consumed.

Correct. The documentary Super Size Me attempted to condemn the brand of food and ignored the fundamentals that you just pointed out. ####ty journalism IMO.

Spurlock filmed a documentary. Documentaries are biased to the film maker, and are not a form of journalism.

Just ask Joe Berlinger. He had 600 hours of film for his documentary Crude. Chevron sued for possesion of the footage and won, but Berlinger eventually won his appeal after spending $1 million in legal fees. He was not afforded the journalistic priveledges of speech and expression.

The media vs. Chevron: Bring it on

This particular story is a headline grabber about a fatass that had never tried diet and exercise.

 

[siffoin]

In the movie Supersize Me..didn't the guy only supersize the meals when the Mcdonalds employee offered it.

"I'll have the #1 Meal."

"Would you like to Supersize that for only $.25 more?"

"Sure"

That's why he ate so many calories. The supersize option was offered pretty much 99% of the time.

And didn't that essentially force Mcdonalds to change their sales method of upsizing?

The pics of this guy...he goes from morbidly obese and a heart attack waiting to happen to just obese. But its a start. Good for him.

There was a Freakonomics podcast where they present the McDouble as the most nutritious thing a person could eat based upon cost per calorie.

 

[McGarnicle]

I have more of a problem with the rat meat they use in their burgers. Who cares about calories? You're eating ####### RAT. Unbelievable.

 

[SacramentoBob]

At least this Spurlock guy has been exposed as a fraud now.

 

[Sabertooth]

How much you weigh Brony? What's your BMI?

 

[Brony]

How much you weigh Brony? What's your BMI?

?

Why does that matter? I have no vested interest in McDs, I just find it peculiar/stupid that they are singled out as being the villians when there are a bazillion other outlets for people to eat unhealthy (or healthy for that matter). The only thing that McDs are guilty of is being the biggest restaurant chain. If they didn't exist, there would be another food outlet that would pop up that would also sell high calorie foods at low cost. I didn't like that Spurlock tried to pawn off a biased one person study as indicative of the truth (well, more annoyed that anyone listened to him)

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

How much you weigh Brony? What's your BMI?

?Why does that matter? I have no vested interest in McDs, I just find it peculiar/stupid that they are singled out as being the villians when there are a bazillion other outlets for people to eat unhealthy (or healthy for that matter). The only thing that McDs are guilty of is being the biggest restaurant chain. If they didn't exist, there would be another food outlet that would pop up that would also sell high calorie foods at low cost. I didn't like that Spurlock tried to pawn off a biased one person study as indicative of the truth (well, more annoyed that anyone listened to him)

I don't think the film was intended to suggest that McDonald's was uniquely bad. He could have used a different fast food place, he just chose the most famous one.

 

[Sabertooth]

I think Supersize Me was an indictment of all fast food to be honest. Yeah he went to McDonald's only but I sure as hell avoided all fast food for a good 6 months after viewing it.

 

[culdeus]

In the movie Supersize Me..didn't the guy only supersize the meals when the Mcdonalds employee offered it.

"I'll have the #1 Meal."

"Would you like to Supersize that for only $.25 more?"

"Sure"

That's why he ate so many calories. The supersize option was offered pretty much 99% of the time.

And didn't that essentially force Mcdonalds to change their sales method of upsizing?

The pics of this guy...he goes from morbidly obese and a heart attack waiting to happen to just obese. But its a start. Good for him.

There was a Freakonomics podcast where they present the McDouble as the most nutritious thing a person could eat based upon cost per calorie.

Spurlock has specific rules governing his eating habits:

• He must fully eat three McDonald's meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• He must consume every item on the McDonald's menu at least once over the course of the 30 days (he managed this in nine days).
• He must only ingest items that are offered on the McDonald's menu, including bottled water. All outside consumption of food is prohibited.
• He must Super Size the meal when offered, but only when offered (i.e., he is not able to Super Size items himself) (Spurlock was offered 9 times; 5 of them were in Texas).
• He will attempt to walk about as much as a typical U.S citizen, based on a suggested figure of 5,000 standardized distance steps per day,[8] but he did not closely adhere to this, as he walked more while in New York than in Houston.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

How much you weigh Brony? What's your BMI?

?

Why does that matter? I have no vested interest in McDs, I just find it peculiar/stupid that they are singled out as being the villians when there are a bazillion other outlets for people to eat unhealthy (or healthy for that matter). The only thing that McDs are guilty of is being the biggest restaurant chain. If they didn't exist, there would be another food outlet that would pop up that would also sell high calorie foods at low cost. I didn't like that Spurlock tried to pawn off a biased one person study as indicative of the truth (well, more annoyed that anyone listened to him)

Is eating at McDonald's excessively healthy? We can quibble about what frequency with which one eats there would be healthy, but I think that it would be pretty low. I think that it is good that people know that and I don't know that anything that Spurlock showed was inaccurate. And I would think that ultimately the truth about eating at McDonald's is on the unhealthy side of the spectrum rather than the healthy side. And I don't know that everyone thinks about that. So to whatever extent he was able to get people to think about that is positive and probably better than, say, a ban on large sodas.

 

[Warrior]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

2 McDonald's Cheeseburgers

Calories 600

Calories from Fat 216

Total Fat 24g36%

Saturated Fat 12g60%

Cholesterol 80mg26%

Sodium 1360mg56%

Carbohydrates 66g22%

Dietary Fiber 4g16%

Sugars 14g

Protein 30g

2 Small French Fries

Calories 460

Calories from Fat 198

Total Fat 22g34%

Saturated Fat 3g16%

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 320mg14%

Carbohydrates 58g20%

Dietary Fiber 6g24%

Sugars 0g

Protein 6g

1060 Calories from that diet plan.

Let's try a real meal like a Double QP with large fries and a large coke, how we doing on that?

750+500+280=1530, still plenty of room for fresh fruits and vegetables the rest of the day.

Nobody needs a double QP + large fries + large coke.

Eat like a reasonable person. Get a regular burger, regular fries and an iced tea or lemonade. That'll cut the calories down by like 30% and is more than enough food for one meal.

 

[Warrior]

In the movie Supersize Me..didn't the guy only supersize the meals when the Mcdonalds employee offered it.

"I'll have the #1 Meal."

"Would you like to Supersize that for only $.25 more?"

"Sure"

That's why he ate so many calories. The supersize option was offered pretty much 99% of the time.

And didn't that essentially force Mcdonalds to change their sales method of upsizing?

The pics of this guy...he goes from morbidly obese and a heart attack waiting to happen to just obese. But its a start. Good for him.

There was a Freakonomics podcast where they present the McDouble as the most nutritious thing a person could eat based upon cost per calorie.

Spurlock has specific rules governing his eating habits:

• He must fully eat three McDonald's meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• He must consume every item on the McDonald's menu at least once over the course of the 30 days (he managed this in nine days).
• He must only ingest items that are offered on the McDonald's menu, including bottled water. All outside consumption of food is prohibited.
• He must Super Size the meal when offered, but only when offered (i.e., he is not able to Super Size items himself) (Spurlock was offered 9 times; 5 of them were in Texas).
• He will attempt to walk about as much as a typical U.S citizen, based on a suggested figure of 5,000 standardized distance steps per day,[8] but he did not closely adhere to this, as he walked more while in New York than in Houston.

"Fat Head" pretty much proves that he cheated and didn't follow his own rules.

The documentary notes which items he ate, the # of calories, and how many calories his doctor stated (multiple times) that he was consuming. It's mathematically impossible for him to have consumed as many calories as his doctor claimed he had unless he was eating food in addition to his McD meals. Fat Head even calculates with two additional hot fudge sundaes and it doesn't come close.

 

[culdeus]

In the movie Supersize Me..didn't the guy only supersize the meals when the Mcdonalds employee offered it.

"I'll have the #1 Meal."

"Would you like to Supersize that for only $.25 more?"

"Sure"

That's why he ate so many calories. The supersize option was offered pretty much 99% of the time.

And didn't that essentially force Mcdonalds to change their sales method of upsizing?

The pics of this guy...he goes from morbidly obese and a heart attack waiting to happen to just obese. But its a start. Good for him.

There was a Freakonomics podcast where they present the McDouble as the most nutritious thing a person could eat based upon cost per calorie.

Spurlock has specific rules governing his eating habits:

• He must fully eat three McDonald's meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• He must consume every item on the McDonald's menu at least once over the course of the 30 days (he managed this in nine days).
• He must only ingest items that are offered on the McDonald's menu, including bottled water. All outside consumption of food is prohibited.
• He must Super Size the meal when offered, but only when offered (i.e., he is not able to Super Size items himself) (Spurlock was offered 9 times; 5 of them were in Texas).
• He will attempt to walk about as much as a typical U.S citizen, based on a suggested figure of 5,000 standardized distance steps per day,[8] but he did not closely adhere to this, as he walked more while in New York than in Houston.

"Fat Head" pretty much proves that he cheated and didn't follow his own rules.

The documentary notes which items he ate, the # of calories, and how many calories his doctor stated (multiple times) that he was consuming. It's mathematically impossible for him to have consumed as many calories as his doctor claimed he had unless he was eating food in addition to his McD meals.

I think what most likely happened was he was chugging milkshakes and sodas between meals.

 

[Brony]

How much you weigh Brony? What's your BMI?

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Why does that matter? I have no vested interest in McDs, I just find it peculiar/stupid that they are singled out as being the villians when there are a bazillion other outlets for people to eat unhealthy (or healthy for that matter). The only thing that McDs are guilty of is being the biggest restaurant chain. If they didn't exist, there would be another food outlet that would pop up that would also sell high calorie foods at low cost. I didn't like that Spurlock tried to pawn off a biased one person study as indicative of the truth (well, more annoyed that anyone listened to him)

Is eating at McDonald's excessively healthy? We can quibble about what frequency with which one eats there would be healthy, but I think that it would be pretty low. I think that it is good that people know that and I don't know that anything that Spurlock showed was inaccurate. And I would think that ultimately the truth about eating at McDonald's is on the unhealthy side of the spectrum rather than the healthy side. And I don't know that everyone thinks about that. So to whatever extent he was able to get people to think about that is positive and probably better than, say, a ban on large sodas.

I agree that [insert restaurant here] that specializes in burgers and fries and soda is more unhealthy than healthy. I would also imagine that most people know that. I would rather see a message of eating high amounts of fat-laden calories is bad for you, or something to the effect that it's the individual choices that are the cause of obesity and not McDonalds.

My interpretation of Super Size Me and the spin from it was "McDonalds is the cause of the obesity problem, you're off the hook". Glad that not everyone had the interpretation.

 

[daddo39]

My biggest problem with McD is they dont offer antacid with their meals,ugh

 

[Slapdash]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

The guy in Fat Head is not eating fries and soda nor is he having burgers for every meal. It is mostly a validation of the Paleo style.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

I haven't seen "Fat Head" but googling it turns up lots of hits claiming that it's misinformed and manipulative.

 

[Statcruncher]

I haven't seen "Fat Head" but googling it turns up lots of hits claiming that it's misinformed and manipulative.

Google moon landing and you'll get a bunch of hits that claim it was a hoax. Watch Super Size Me and Fat Head and see which one you believe more.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Watch Super Size Me and Fat Head and see which one you believe more.

OK, I have Netflix, I'll try to watch this at some point.

ETA: Looks like it's on Hulu. Watching now.

 

[Godsbrother]

My biggest problem with McD is they dont offer antacid with their meals,ugh

Me too. I stopped eating Mickey D's years ago cause I always got indigestion after eating their food. Last year I had only a few minutes to grab something before a 5 hour flight so I got a Big Mac. Sure enough 30 minutes later I had indigestion.

I am not sure what it is they put into their food that does it because burgers don't usually bother me.

 

[Arsenal of Doom]

Sure, you can eat fast food regularly and still maintain a healthy weight. But that's not necessarily typical of the eating habits of people who eat at those establishments regularly. The problem is that the caloric content is so high on the majority of their menu items, you kind of have to plan the rest of your eating around those meals if you want to maintain a decent balance. We eat at a local Freddy's every couple of weeks, and on those days, that food makes up about 1/2 of my total caloric intake.

IMO the problem isn't the food or restaurants themselves, but the information inequality that exists between them and a large number of their consumers. Of course if that didn't exist, fast food as we know it probably wouldn't exist either.

 

[Warrior]

"Fat Head" is a good documentary on Hulu/Netflix. He basically points out the lies in Spurlock's documentary as well as showing that you can eat at McDonald's for every meal for a month and be healthier than when you started. And that's not with him choosing the healthy options on the menu either.

Burgers and fries and soda are fine if you don't over-do it.

Hmm...I would seriously question that you could eat burgers and fries every meal for a month and be fine. I don't disagree with you that if you don't over-do it, it's fine...but it still isn't healthy.

I suppose you could eat a cheeseburger and small fry for lunch and dinner and not gain weight, as the calories in that wouldn't be too high. But you'd be starving and you wouldn't be healthy, imo.

The guy in Fat Head is not eating fries and soda nor is he having burgers for every meal. It is mostly a validation of the Paleo style.

He ate plenty of fries, plenty of burgers, and drank soda occasionally. Just like any reasonable person would do if they were forced to eat at McD every day. Common sense says you'd vary it up a bit.

 

[Warrior]

I haven't seen "Fat Head" but googling it turns up lots of hits claiming that it's misinformed and manipulative.

To be fair, both are very misinformed and manipulative. Neither is as bad as "Fat, sick and nearly dead" though.

It's like listening to political talk shows or talk radio. You only get one side and it's always pushing a particular agenda (to make $ for the film maker).