Supersize Me

hanaeleh · Post by **hanaeleh** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:45 pm

Has anyone seen this movie?

I'm not a big fast-food junkie by ANY means, and a vegetarian to boot, but STILL... I probably eat more than I need.

Which, after watching this movie, is like more than once a month.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:45 pm

How does more than he or she need taste?

birdie · Post by **birdie** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:53 pm

I want to see this movie. With two kids, who love getting toys with their food it is hard to convice them it really isn't a good idea. So we treat it as a extra special treat a couple of times a month. I couldn't bear for them to eat that crap more than that.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:58 pm

In my college days, that's all I ate was fast food. I lived off of 50 cent tacos at Taco Bell. Nowadays, I go every so often as a splurge.

Court · Post by **Court** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:00 pm

I got a big kick out of the movie, it was interesting. It pretty much confirmed what I already knew but I think a lot of people might be surprised by his facts. I personally thought it was rather sick that the kids all knew who Ronald McDonald was versus other more famous people(especially Jesus, even if you believe or not!). However, I would ask that you add the choice of 'never' or like 'once or twice a year' to your poll.
Since I've personally pretty much removed it from my eating habits save desperate situations where I had no choice.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:04 pm

I eat fast food about three or four times a week.

McDonald's hamburger and large fries Sunday night 12:05 AM.

Regular Beef Bowl half the time on Sunday evenings. Although sometimes we eat Beef Teriyaki dinner or have a 1/4 chicken dinner at Boston Market.

Beef Bowl or somewhere like Kentucky Fried Chicken on Monday evenings.

Sometimes Carl's Jr. Famous Star combo or Beef Bowl during the week.

I had a hamburger and fries from Jack in the Pouch today.

Remi · Post by **Remi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:05 pm

I didn't vote because I didn't see my option. There really should be an option for less than 2 times a month. I don't eat fast food. I very occasionally will get a Chicken BLT salad at Wendy's (but with no bacon), but that's like twice a year when I'm stuck away from home at like 10pm and starving.

Their salads are actually quite fresh and healthy if you order it without the bacon.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:09 pm

That was pretty frightening. Too see him deteriorate like that is scary, and he looked pretty scared as well. He not only gained over 20 lbs., but lost a severe amount of muscle mass. I think this film should be mandatory for school kids. They need to see the effects of what eating this stuff every day can do to the human body. Me, I REFUSE to eat fast food any longer. I either eat at restaurants or cook for myself.

Post by **magician** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:49 pm

Oh the irony......

By day I am a network administrator for the Boston Market Corporation which is entirely owned by McDonalds. This makes me a McEmployee. I watched this flick with several coworkers in sysadmin and we were surprised by just how much damage this "diet" did. Of course, the guy was eating waaaay more per meal than I would or do but the degree of change was still unexpected.

I won't eat McDonalds anymore, but my paycheck sure does appreciate when all of you guys do. So help keep Beta running.....have fries with that!!!!!

hanaeleh · Post by **hanaeleh** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:54 pm

Huh... that is so odd... I did have a final option on there that didn't show up....

Hey... how do I edit the poll?

Post by **magician** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:00 am

Edit your original post. The Poll options will be at the bottom of the page.

-M

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:01 am

hanaeleh wrote:Huh... that is so odd... I did have a final option on there that didn't show up....

Hey... how do I edit the poll?

When I did a poll earlier I could only have five options in it even though I listed six options before I clicked "enter".

Didn't someone once have a poll with six options in it? I wonder how they did it?

Post by **magician** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:03 am

Odd....the forum is set to allow 10 options in a poll. I will reset it to see if that fixes the problem.

ReiTheJelly · Post by **ReiTheJelly** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:13 am

I only eat fast food when on road trips, or somewhere that I can't get other food easily. But I must admit that when I was in high school I ate out *a lot* since we were allowed to leave school for lunch.

hanaeleh · Post by **hanaeleh** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:15 am

Magician wrote:Edit your original post. The Poll options will be at the bottom of the page.

-M

Yeah... I tried that. It might be because people have already voted. I started a poll previously and the last option didn't show, either. I don't remember how many options I tried, but I know it was less than 10. I think it just didn't pick up the last option.

Ah, well... for those of you health nuts who don't eat it that often, well... good for you!

You're better than I!

Hmmm... most of my fast food comes from Subway... does that count?

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