Re: Woman says 'Mc's diet' took off pounds

[Guest guest]

Actually I'm not surprised by it. If you saw Super Size Me you'd remember the

guy who has eaten nothing but Big Macs, usually 2 a day, for years, but he

rarely has the fries or a soda. And he was thin and healthy. I think it's more

the soda and trans-fat fries that are making people fat than the burgers.

Deanna Wagner <hl@...> wrote:

I wonder what her compensation was for this stunt?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8916080/

" , from Raleigh, thought the documentary [supersize Me] 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 Mc's-only diet isn't what's on the menu, but the choices

made from it, she said. "

Deanna

[Guest guest]

Deanna,

> I wonder what her compensation was for this stunt?

>

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8916080/

Good question. This isn't an original idea—some Dutch reporter went on

the " Mc's Diet " last year and lost weight.

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?channel_id=1 & story_id=10584

This made the rounds on another nutrition list. They were skeptical

about this story, because they thought that the European Mc's

foods probably have better quality than ours. I seriously doubt it! I

know the Japanese ones aren't that different, although they do offer

items that aren't available here (mainly fish).

Naomi

[Guest guest]

>Actually I'm not surprised by it. If you saw Super Size Me you'd remember the

guy who has eaten nothing but Big Macs, usually 2 a day, for years, but he

rarely has the fries or a soda. And he was thin and healthy. I think it's more

the soda and trans-fat fries that are making people fat than the burgers.

>

>

However, she also just plain counted calories:

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8916080/

1,400 calories a day

used nutritional information downloaded from Mc’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.

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.. McD salads are basically just salads (though nowhere near as good as the nice

organice ones we make at home) and the burgers you DO know how many calories are

in them. Lower-calorie diets DO work to lose weight, if the person can stick to

them. For many people that means constant hunger, which again, most people can't

live with long term. The argument, for me, against McD style food is that

somehow it is very EASY to eat way more than your body can possibly use. That

doesn't mean you CAN'T refuse to eat so much, if you choose to do so. Actually

when I was on " diets " in the working world I did eat a lot of fast-food salads.

Some foods though, it's very very difficult to eat so much that you gain weight:

probably the traditional French meals fall into that category, because even

though they are rich, they fill you up quickly. Some foods are like that, and

it's not JUST about macronutrients. Soups, apples, eggs, steak ... they all fill

you up! And some foods " stick with you " longer than others too.

The arguments about Supersize Me, on both sides, miss that point: food should

work WITH your appestat, not against it.

Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

> The arguments about Supersize Me, on both sides, miss that point: food

> should work WITH your appestat, not against it.

Plus also Spurlock set himself some conditions that were not

exactly free choice: He had to try everything on the menu at least

once, and if the clerk asked him if he wanted it supersized he had to

say " yes. " And everything he ate, including water, had to come from

there.

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky

http://www.siprelle.com * http://www.thenewhomemaker.com

http://www.deanspeaksforme.com * http://www.knitting911.net

[Guest guest]

Heidi-

>Lower-calorie diets DO work to lose weight, if the person can stick to them.

Not indefinitely. The body will adjust its metabolism to compensate, and

the more times the metabolism gets mucked with, the more problems you're

going to have down the line. Calorie restriction is a dreadful idea.

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