Supersize Me

[magician]

Wierd. I just edited this poll and added "never" just to see what would happen and it let me add it. I'm off to phpbb.com to report a bug!

-M

[Rekka Alexiel]

I take it you just watched Super Size Me, huh? haha That'll get anyone off the fast food diet...

[Cloud]

I'm glad you got a laugh out of it.

[kenshikenji]

there is one thing about the movie that pissed me off, it wasnt a controlled experiment, not only did he change his diet, but he also quit exercising! that was mostly overlooked throughout the movie, and skewed the results. exercise is half the equation to health. lets have one variable please when you do a documentary!

[hanaeleh]

I was counseling students while watching this movie, so I wasn't paying too close attention at the beginning, but did it say what he was doing in regards to exercising before the "diet?"

What the food did to his body besides just the weight gain was what disturbed me. There's only so much exercise can do for you....

The one thing people have told me time and again is to lay off of the fries when getting fast food... the fries apparently are terrible for you (fat, sugar, etc.).

Since I've been cooking more and eating out much, much less (no extra $) I've noticed that I both feel better and have more $. I only ate fast food once the past few weeks, and that was a Taco Bell burrito at school because I forgot to pack my own lunch. I felt poorly all afternoon. Blah.

My next hurdle is to get over Coke. The beverage kind, of course (I love it so!).

[Cloud]

Congratulations.

[kisara]

Ack! Far too often!!!!

[shellie]

I must admit, I'm afraid to watch the movie after reading what everyone has said!! Even though I have little kids, we dont' do fast food very often, but still probably more than we should to be healthy. And if I skip a part of the meal, it ain't gonna be the fries... they're my favorite part. I often just order fries with a side of cheese to dip them in. Extra deliciousness, but not extra health there huh. One of my best friends is an "all natural" health food quack (and yes, I call her that to her face... in a loving way, of course! ) and she says I should have been dead years ago since my diet consists mainly of fries, cheese and Mt. Dew.

[blueheaven]

I was counseling students while watching this movie, so I wasn't paying too close attention at the beginning, but did it say what he was doing in regards to exercising before the "diet?"

The one thing people have told me time and again is to lay off of the fries when getting fast food... the fries apparently are terrible for you (fat, sugar, etc.).

He did a weigh in at the beginning, and he said that he is a very active guy. He doesn't own a car, and walks everywhere. He worked out on a regular basis, and his girlfriend was a vegan. He did eat meat, but not a lot. The rules for the diet were:

1. Eat at least one of every item McDonalds serves during the 30 days. Only get the super size if they ask him. He had to eat McD's for every meal.

2. He could only walk a certain distance every day, and the rest of the time had to drive. The distance was slightly less than the average person walks every day.

In the end, he lost muscle mass, gained weight, and his liver and kidneys were damaged.

As for the fries, they had a DVD outtake about those. They put one of each type of McD burger in their own glass jar. They also put a restaurant burger in a glass jar. They then put a box of McD's fries in a glass jar and an order of restaurant fries in a glass jar. After 2 days, the restaurant burger was fuzzy and blue and so were the fries. After 10 days, the McD's burgers started to degrade. But, after 30 days, the McD's fries looked like they just came out of the frier. It was sick!

[Pomidor]

I never eat fast food as such. Tried a hamburger in McDonalds once.. never made that mistake again. Im not saying that hamburgers are bad, they are great, I make home-made ones whenever I have a barbi... "bunny-burgers" being my speciality ^_^

SmacznyPomidor

[Cloud]

What are you saying?

[Court]

there is one thing about the movie that pissed me off, it wasnt a controlled experiment, not only did he change his diet, but he also quit exercising! that was mostly overlooked throughout the movie, and skewed the results. exercise is half the equation to health. lets have one variable please when you do a documentary!

Do you honestly think 3/4 of the chubbies sitting in a McDonald's bother to have an exercise regime. And if they were on a diet, they wouldn't be in there. Exercise burns calories but what I found really disturbing was his Liver damage, it was being turned to cottage cheese. Exercise can't prevent that.

[shellie]

As for the fries, they had a DVD outtake about those. They put one of each type of McD burger in their own glass jar. They also put a restaurant burger in a glass jar. They then put a box of McD's fries in a glass jar and an order of restaurant fries in a glass jar. After 2 days, the restaurant burger was fuzzy and blue and so were the fries. After 10 days, the McD's burgers started to degrade. But, after 30 days, the McD's fries looked like they just came out of the frier. It was sick!

So that's why I still look so young... I've been preserved from the inside out from all those fries over the years! heehee!

[yukineko]

More than I should, for sure.

See... I love fried chicken. I get a hankerin' for it at least once a week. Also, my boyfriend is a very picky eater. Thanks to some not-so-good parenting when he was growing up, it's impossible to get him to eat most fruits or veggies. :/ Even the stuff we microwave at home isn't too good.

I really can't stand McDonalds, save for the Chicken McNuggets and those evil french fries.

[Cloud]

Okay, your boyfriend is a very picky eater .