Lose weight eating McDonald's

[gaius]

Actually, if you bothered to read the article and watch the video, his health improved. He didn't exercise that much either.

 

The point of his experiment was to prove that losing the excess weight regardless how you do it, is good for your health.

 

Years ago there was an ad campaign about Jared, the Subway guy. He was fat and lost weight only eating subs from Subway.

Food is the new religion now for some people. Even the recent study from Stanford showing absolutely no benefit in eating organic food can't stop them from flushing a lot of money down the toilet thinking it's somehow better. Logic has no bearing.

 

Most of the people I see coming into McDonald's in the morning are those who do physical activities for a living, so saying you would somehow not have any energy eating there is just ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as paying a ton of extra money for organic food.

[Eternal Sunshine]

You can lose weight eating anything as long as you burn more calories than you consume.

[Eau Claire]

This thread reminds me of another tidbit. A poster on some site wrote that all they ate one day was a whole can of Pringles.

 

I think it was about 1100 calories. Eating nothing but a can of Pringles a day for a week...a woman would lose about 1.3 pounds.

 

McDonald's, Pringles...fat, salt and chemicals.

[Anela]

If all those vitamins and minerals they strip out of food while processing were that important don't you think the recent study on multivitamins would have shown some sort of positive result? Instead of suggesting they don't do much to help anything? Granted it's better to get that stuff the natural way, but still.

 

Besides, the McDonald's Oatmeal serving size is almost 10 ounces, 5 times the candy bar you're comparing it to. And it's still low in fat and sodium. If you're one of these big fatsos on a diet McDonalds isn't really a bad option for breakfast. You don't need to gag down real Oatmeal or something equally bad tasting 3 times a day to be healthy. It's a fallacy.

 

PS Sometimes when I eat a banana for the first time in a while I get a stomach ache too, just means your system isn't used to it. Doesn't mean it's some kind of poison.

 

I feel a lot better when I eat a bowl of homemade soup, versus the burger and fries from McDonalds - they make me sick. I mentioned inflammation above, because certain foods can cause it. I was getting sick the first day I tried some of my own soup, but the following day, it was calming my stomach. I tried to eat a burger the other night - Dad brought me a Quarter Pounder (?) but I couldn't - I was already sick and it made it worse.

 

In my soup, there is everything from carrots, and celery, to Rutabaga, which is loaded with B vitamins. Turmeric is very good for you, as is anything else I add to it.

[Anela]

Things like this make it bleedingly obvious that most of the concern over fat people has nothing to do with health and everything to do with how you look.

 

True, unfortunately. That's what I thought when I first saw this thread. :/

[amaysngrace]

I'd be on the toilet all day if I ate McDonalds. Suppose I would lose weight!

 

That's exactly what I was thinking. McDonalds is like laxatives you eat.

[Mr Scorpio]

McDonalds is like laxatives you eat.

 

Aren't all laxatives edible?

[gaius]

I feel a lot better when I eat a bowl of homemade soup, versus the burger and fries from McDonalds - they make me sick. I mentioned inflammation above, because certain foods can cause it. I was getting sick the first day I tried some of my own soup, but the following day, it was calming my stomach. I tried to eat a burger the other night - Dad brought me a Quarter Pounder (?) but I couldn't - I was already sick and it made it worse.

 

In my soup, there is everything from carrots, and celery, to Rutabaga, which is loaded with B vitamins. Turmeric is very good for you, as is anything else I add to it.

I know you have some health issues so I'm not surprised. Different conditions can respond differently to certain foods. Soup is always good for stomach issues. You shouldn't drink milk when you have a cold though and my grandmother has something that makes her ill when she eats lettuce and that's pretty healthy for you.

 

I've never really noticed a difference in energy levels when I've switched between stone ground whole wheat and white bread for a sandwich.

[Eau Claire]

Aren't all laxatives edible?

 

As a nurse, I wish they were. More often than not we are administering them through a different orifice. At least now that I have seniority I can instruct the newbies to do it.

 

 

'Turn over....'

[gaius]

Aren't all laxatives edible?

How many calories do they have though?

 

As far as McDonald's vs a can of pringles, you aren't getting a lot of the basic foodgroups just eating a can of pringles so there's a good chance that might make you feel worse than you would otherwise. You can get them all at McDonald's though. Protein, carbs, etc. That's more important than trying to make sure you get 100% of every daily vitamin and mineral you're allegedly supposed to.

 

The human body is pretty versatile when it comes to what you put in it.

[gaius]

As a nurse, I wish they were. More often than not we are administering them through a different orifice. At least now that I have seniority I can instruct the newbies to do it.

 

 

'Turn over....'

I heard a little while back you can get drunk drinking beer through your butthole. I wonder who the genius was that tried that for the first time.

[Elias33]

How many calories do they have though?

 

As far as McDonald's vs a can of pringles, you aren't getting a lot of the basic foodgroups just eating a can of pringles so there's a good chance that might make you feel worse than you would otherwise. You can get them all at McDonald's though. Protein, carbs, etc. That's more important than trying to make sure you get 100% of every daily vitamin and mineral you're allegedly supposed to.

 

The human body is pretty versatile when it comes to what you put in it.

 

Actually, no, the human body is not as versatile as we think. We give ourselves all kind of conditions (diabetes, heart disease, and even some type of cancers!) because of what we eat. It's your body telling you, stop it!

 

Yes we survive what we put in our mouths, but to say we thrive is another story. By eating at McDonalds all day everyday for each meal, even when on a caloric deficit, you will consume unhealthy amounts of sodium, fats, sugar, TBHQ (5 grams of this will kill you!), bleached wheat flour, trans-fats (yes, they're just not listed), and all kinds of chemicals.

 

I am not trying to tell anyone what they can and cannot eat, but let's not romanticize fast foods. Our bodies can only take so much. The evidence we have right in front of us.

[Elias33]

I heard a little while back you can get drunk drinking beer through your butthole. I wonder who the genius was that tried that for the first time.

 

Haha, werent those the guys from MTV's Jackass who did research on that?

[pink_sugar]

While the food choices are healthier, like another poster mentioned, watch out for those processed items with additives. Healthy choices included. You're better off eating oatmeal at home. It is true though that it's about how much you eat in regards to weight gain/loss. Limiting processed foods is better for your overall health, not just for weight loss.

[FitChick]

For the folks who didn't read the article, which judging by the comments are most of you:

 

"In the 2004 film [supersize Me] Spurlock famously ate everything on the menu at least once and would Super Size his order when asked. But Spurlock, who ate about 5,000 calories a day, was making a point that people were not making good choices about their nutrition and that McDonald's did not offer healthy choices such as salads or a side that wasn't fries.

 

"The fast food company did make more healthy options available after the film was shot and eliminated its super size options in 2004. At the time the company said the move was "menu simplifications" and had nothing to do with the film [sure ] in which Spurlock acted irresponsibly by consuming so many calories."

As for the science teacher, "His before and after picture show a marked difference. He reported that not only did he lose the 37 pounds, but his cholesterol level dropped from 249 to 170."

People can choose how they want to lose the weight. If you can afford it shop at Whole Foods. If you can't, know that McDonald's is ONE option at least for some of your meals.

Edited January 7, 2014 by FitChick

[Eau Claire]

Crap food is crap food. If I want a salad, I make it at home. McDonalds food...fat, salt, sugar...with some magical processing.

 

All served with a smile. 'Would you like boogers and urine back spray on that?'. The very thought of eating there makes me vomit.

[FitChick]

If I want a salad, I make it at home.

Some people are too lazy or stupid to do even that. Hence, fast food.

 

Years ago they used to have Home Economics classes in high school where girls would learn how to cook nutritious meals.

[Mr Scorpio]

People can choose how they want to lose the weight. If you can afford it shop at Whole Foods. If you can't, know that McDonald's is ONE option at least for some of your meals.

 

Well yeah, but it's gross.

[ooglesnboogles]

I ended up losing a lot of weight while still eating a lot of fast food by simply cutting back. As others have said, it's all about moderation. I was eating large meals, with cokes or root beers, and sometimes adding an extra small nugget or something like that. I'd do this 3-5 times a week. I lost the first 40 pounds over just a couple of months by cutting that out, and cutting out the calorie-laden soda. I walked a little bit more, and moved a little bit more, but the calories burned from daily exercise was still closer to 200, which isn't all that much I suppose. I was just eating wayyy too much.

 

Every now and then, I binge nowadays. I like eating, I like feeling full, but I also like not being winded because I walked from the parking lot to the counter at KFC...