Man eats McDonald's, loses 37 pounds

Ya really. Subway ain't got nothing on this.

I thought the opposite was supposed to happen. Oh, well. Only in 'Murica.

Wouldn't want his arteries. Or his colon, for that matter.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

I knew Super Size Me was a bad experiment.

To be fair, it was 9 years ago, and Mcdonalds may have changed since.

He's probably hideously malnurished. I mean, it's not exactly a balanced diet, is it?

Article never mentions the teacher's original weight. Therefore it is fake

Man eats McDonalds according to carefully prepared diet plan, also exercises daily, loses weight.

Quelle surprise.

Supersize Me was also designed to make the guy make the worst possible choices. He ate everything on the menu; if the counter person suggested an upsize or an addition ("Would you like to make that a Value Meal?") he took it. He basically handed over the responsibility for what he ate to the McD's management and corporate policy. Contrast that with

edited 6th Jan '14 9:25:03 AM by Madrugada

My mother works at a fast food restaurant. The cashiers have to ask the customer if they want more, or else they lose efficiency points. Because money.

That's my point. Corporate policy requires that they try to upsell. The guy from Supersize Me made no choice about what he ate beyond "which item am I going to order today?"

Ah okay. I misread you then.

In all seriousness, the article seems quite sensationalist and not too well written.

Working in fast food, I can confirm that. There are half a dozen different ways we're trained to encourage more spending by the customers. Usually by up selling or encouraging the buying of a dessert.

Most people will actually just say no.

They do that at the movie theater too. Wouldn't it be more enticing to buy more of their stuff if they offered to decrease the price?

Wait, you mean that not exceeding recommended daily calorie intake and remaining physically active causes weight loss? Get me the President on the phone! The world must be told!

What would you have preferred him to say?

This. On the one hand, I think the term "fat" is meant to refer to the morbidly obese, not to slightly chubby people with love handles, but those are usually the ones suffering the most from the flak fired off by the boneyard beau crowd.

edited 6th Jan '14 9:51:40 AM by TAPETRVE

I would've preferred him to not implicitly promote McDonald's. Honestly, I'm half convinced this whole exercise is a Mickey D's ad in disguise. A particularly clever one, if so, but a really sneaky, devious, and morally irresponsible one.

He's right, of course, about it being our choices that ultimately decide our wellbeing. Which is why I choose never to eat Mc Donald's; I have enough trouble keeping my weight steady as it is without making things harder for myself with junk food.

I'm sure some folks can get away with eating that stuff, but I prefer not to try.

See, now that's a more reasonable way to put it.

You really shouldn't silence speech with concerns of "oppression".

Indeed. That just leads to people being oppressed by folk who tell them they're oppressing other folk. And that's just silly.

And embarrassing.

I agree with that statement but in a different way. People attack fast food all the time claiming it is unhealthy, but really anyone can get fat from eating anxcess of any food. That's a really simple belief looking for a single thing to blame.