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Jakanden
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 Posted: 08/13/05 - 11:05 Post subject: Woman says 'McDonald's diet' took off weight
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8916080/
| Quote: | Woman says 'McDonald's diet' took off weight
Updated: 5:26 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. - Inspired by the documentary “Super Size Me,” Merab Morgan decided to give a fast-food-only diet a try. The construction worker and mother of two ate only at McDonald’s for 90 days — and dropped 37 pounds in the process.
It was a vastly different outcome than what happened in the documentary to filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who put on 30 pounds and saw his health deteriorate after 5,000 calories a day of nothing but McDonald’s food.
Morgan, from Henderson, N.C., thought the documentary had unfairly targeted the world’s largest restaurant company, implying that the obese were victims of a careless corporate giant. People are responsible for what they eat, she said, not restaurants. The problem with a McDonald’s-only diet isn’t what’s on the menu, but the choices made from it, she said.
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“I thought it’s two birds with one stone — to lose weight and to prove a point for the little fat people,” Morgan said. “Just because they accidentally put an apple pie in my bag instead of my apple dippers doesn’t mean I’m going to say, 'Oh, I can eat the apple pie.'"
'I had to think about what I was eating'
Spurlock, who turned his surprise-hit movie into a TV show on the FX network, isn’t talking about Morgan or the many other McDieters who have criticized his film and found success losing weight by eating healthy foods off the McDonald’s menu, said his publicist, David Magdael.
One person went so far as to make her own independent film about dieting at McDonald’s. “Me and Mickey D” follows Soso Whaley, of Kensington, N.H., as she spends three 30-day periods on the diet. She dropped from 175 to 139 pounds, eating 2,000 calories-a-day at McDonald’s.
“I had to think about what I was eating,” Whaley said. “I couldn’t just walk in there and say 'I’ll take a cinnamon bun and a Diet Coke.’ ... I know a lot of people are really turned off by the whole thought of monitoring what they are eating, but that’s part of the problem.”
As might be expected, McDonald’s also objected to the impressions left by Spurlock’s film. Walt Riker, the company’s vice president of corporate communications, said Oak Brook, Ill.-based company is pleased — but not surprised — that some customers have lost weight eating only at the fast-food giant.
Spurlock’s film “really spurred a backlash based on common sense,” Riker said.
1,400 calories a day
Morgan used nutritional information downloaded from McDonald’s Web site to create meal plans of no more than 1,400 calories a day. She only ate french fries twice, usually choosing burgers and salads. Those choices are a stark contrast with those made by Spurlock, who ate every menu item at least once.
At the end of the 90 days, she had dropped from 227 to 190 pounds.
“It feels great,” she said. “Because, the truth of the matter is that beauty is power, and if you’re fat, or your overweight, then people don’t really take you seriously.”
Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, agreed that a low-calorie, McDonald’s-only diet can help people lose weight but said it may not offer enough long-term variety. Whatever an individual does to lose weight, they need to do for the rest of their life, she said.
Morgan said she hasn’t decided if she will stick with the McDonald’s-only plan to reach her goal of 150 pounds. But she does have one complaint about McDonald’s.
“If I could suggest anything to McDonald’s, I would suggest the McMargarita,” Morgan said. “Dine-in only, of course.”
© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
Well the fact the she was consuming 1,400 kCal a day by carefully monitoring her intake and ate things like Salads often, of course she would lose weight. The point is that most people do not make those choices and eat things like Big Macs with Fries super sized with no thought to the nutritional content.
I do agree that it is the consumers fault that they are overweight though, not McDonalds.
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khrath
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Posted: 08/13/05 - 11:12 Post subject:
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she musta been one fat w***e to lose weight eating there
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Eurotrash
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Posted: 08/13/05 - 12:02 Post subject: Re: Woman says 'McDonald's diet' took off weight
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[quote="Jakanden"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8916080/
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One person went so far as to make her own independent film about dieting at McDonald’s. “Me and Mickey D” follows Soso Whaley, of Kensington, N.H., as she spends three 30-day periods on the diet. She dropped from 175 to 139 pounds, eating 2,000 calories-a-day at McDonald’s.
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Lolz, what a dumb b***h.
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moot
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Posted: 08/13/05 - 12:15 Post subject:
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| Quote: | she musta been one fat w***e to lose weight eating there
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She's from Henderson 
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Zab
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Posted: 08/13/05 - 12:33 Post subject:
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Dieting is no mystery. Its as simple as burning more than you take in. People have made it into more than this. dumb mother f*****s.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 08/14/05 - 20:26 Post subject:
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They had a f*****g double big mac in canada. It was cool until it costed like 8 dolalrs after tax for the meal. I f*****g hate Canada.
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atarom
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Posted: 08/14/05 - 21:27 Post subject:
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| Zab wrote: | | Dieting is no mystery. Its as simple as burning more than you take in. People have made it into more than this. dumb mother f*****s. |
ding ding ding winner.
calorie defecit = Decrease in mass
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WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
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Aluaeia
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Posted: 08/14/05 - 21:47 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | | Zab wrote: | | Dieting is no mystery. Its as simple as burning more than you take in. People have made it into more than this. dumb mother f*****s. |
ding ding ding winner.
calorie defecit = Decrease in mass
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WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. |
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS WINS AGAIN.
2000 calories/day and you're going to lose weight over time even without drastic exercise. This is called starvation. (although at 2k cal/day it's not drastic starvation)
5000 calories/day and you're going to gain weight unless you're working hard to burn those excess calories. This is called "Hi, you're an overeating fat pig" (or "Hi, you're a bodybuilder/heavy labourer/sumo wrestler, please don't kick my ass or eat me.")
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Ishmael
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Posted: 08/14/05 - 22:14 Post subject:
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DBL BIG MAC KTHX
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khrath
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Posted: 08/14/05 - 22:18 Post subject:
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uh that dont sound good.
big macs are tall enough as it is
double whopper with cheese is where it's at.
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Aluaeia
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Posted: 08/15/05 - 01:21 Post subject:
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Whilst I've been unable to contemplate the gustation of any of McDonald's sandwiches since seeing "Super Size Me" and reading the book "Don't Eat This Book", I retain an unreasonable and illogical appreciation of their french fries.
Fortunately however, I live nearby to a small local eatery which features (amongst many other reasonably priced and well sized portions of freshly prepared and delicious tasting victuals) waffle cut fries, golden brown and lightly salted, which cause an orgasmic explosion of flavour.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 08/15/05 - 01:30 Post subject:
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| khrath wrote: | uh that dont sound good.
big macs are tall enough as it is
double whopper with cheese is where it's at. |
You are right. the double whopper is better. 
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Paden
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Posted: 08/15/05 - 01:58 Post subject:
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i've wounderd if I could live off the dollar menu
one time I had like 2 double cheese burgers from mc donalds every day for lunch
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