McDonalds Made Me Fat??

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  • Sweet13_Princess
    Sweet13_Princess Posts: 1,207 Member
    Remeinds me of the Supersize Me documentary. This guy eats McDonald's all day long for a month and practically kills himself. Great to watch... grosses you out so much, you avoid restaurants for a while.*LOL*

    Shannon
  • suzii32
    suzii32 Posts: 26
    Very True!!!! I used to work their from ages 16 to 18...and I ate it ALL THE TIME!! I never gained any weight ( back then I had a high metabolism and I played sports year round). Anybody will get fat eating too much of anything!!!!!!! You will never lose weight for good until YOU take the responsibility for being the reason YOU are overweight! That doesn't mean beating yourself up about it...but in the words of Dr. Phil-You gotta get real!!
  • pauldbarnhart
    pauldbarnhart Posts: 5,999 Member
    Oh, we could go on and on with this one, and so many others as well..... RJR made me get cancer. Violent video games turned me into a serial killer. The internet caused me to leave my family for somebody in Timbuktu.

    Personal responsibility is the key, but we do also have to realize that unless parents also take some responsibility and instill good habits/values/morals into their children, those kids will grow up without any sense of personal responsibility. Unfortunately, we seem to be there already. I'm as guilty as the next parent... I know I could have done better.

    But no, McDonald's didn't make me fat.
  • lucielu2
    lucielu2 Posts: 251 Member
    so true.....u make the decisions on what u put in your mouth.
  • LOVEsummer
    LOVEsummer Posts: 304 Member
    Someone once said something very wise to me... "Look at the people eating here, if they don't look the way you want to look, walk to eff out those doors" :)
  • rnroadrunner
    rnroadrunner Posts: 402 Member
    Great post! The thing I am enjoying is that the people on here have become aware. They realize that they must take responsibility for their own actions.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I love it Great job everyone.
  • vgrassi
    vgrassi Posts: 2
    Although I entirely agree with you in principle...this is a more complex issue than just "don't eat there". The bigger issue is that fast foods, unhealthy foods and processed foods (basically everything that makes you fat) is a lot cheaper than healthy food. So a lot of people don’t have a choice but to eat bad.
    What needs to happen here is the government needs to put higher taxes on junk food and use that extra revenue to invest in making healthy food cheap again! They also need to educate the population on healthy alternatives.
    This way, the people with money that decide they want to eat at McDonalds will help make the people with less money healthy again. (sounds simple in y head...but I’m fully aware that it isn’t)
    All that being said...you’re all right on the fact that a lot of people don’t take responsibility for their actions!!
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    I was reading another thread and did not wish to hijack it so I'm here. The gist of what got me to post is that McDonalds is the evil empire that forces folks to eat and become obese.

    IMHO:

    Why is it McDonalds' fault? Don't eat there. Yes they make it and advertise it, but who's eating it and why? People need to stop entering the Golden Arches. I have no love for them, but please, I have not seen Ronald out in the street grabbing people and throwing them in the door.

    People need to own up and take responsibility. Boo Hoo I'm obese because I can't stop eating 3 Big Macs a day! WTF!

    Want McDonalds to go away? Stop eating there.

    two thumbs up.
  • chris2991
    chris2991 Posts: 32
    you hit it right on the head 20 thumbs up
  • misslizz6958
    misslizz6958 Posts: 124 Member
    The only thing mcdonalds is guilty of is making super yummy food!
  • misslizz6958
    misslizz6958 Posts: 124 Member
    I save money when I eat healthy and big gov is not going to help. Taxing fast food is wrong and the product of a nanny state.
  • brookeybaby_00
    brookeybaby_00 Posts: 142 Member
    My favorite is when I hear this order:

    "I need a big mac meal, super-sized with a DIET coke."
  • misslizz6958
    misslizz6958 Posts: 124 Member
    Lol. I only drink diet so I have made that order before!
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    My favorite is when I hear this order:

    "I need a big mac meal, super-sized with a DIET coke."

    But the diet coke saves on calories. :laugh:
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    My favorite is when I hear this order:

    "I need a big mac meal, super-sized with a DIET coke."

    My favorite cousin, Debbie, used to eat a large bag of Peanut M&Ms with a large diet coke. But, like she always said, it's better than a large bag of M&Ms with a large regular coke.

    Gotta start somewhere. I like to go on long walks. I also like to take a cigar with me. Does it defeat the purpose? It's better than sitting in my backyard smoking a fat stogie and drinking a double JD on the Rocks.
  • Jennplus2
    Jennplus2 Posts: 984 Member
    Oh, we could go on and on with this one, and so many others as well..... RJR made me get cancer. Violent video games turned me into a serial killer. The internet caused me to leave my family for somebody in Timbuktu.

    Personal responsibility is the key, but we do also have to realize that unless parents also take some responsibility and instill good habits/values/morals into their children, those kids will grow up without any sense of personal responsibility. Unfortunately, we seem to be there already. I'm as guilty as the next parent... I know I could have done better.

    But no, McDonald's didn't make me fat.

    I agree. I am more upset about the poor kids who can't control their dinner. I work at a school and have a few kids who get McD's drop off a few times a week. REALLY? You don't have the time to make a turkey sandwich?
    I do agree with most of the posts, but the kiddos who go where mommy/daddy take them can't be blamed for being over weight. The parents can and should be blamed, but not the fat little 4 year old's. So sad but true. Cheap meals is one thing but is the cost of your sweet babies life worth it?
    Personal responsibility is the key, and responsibility to do the right thing for your kids.
    Until my daughter was 3 every time she heard McDonalds she would start singing "ol Mc Donald had a farm". lol
    (just to be clear, I do go to McD's every now and again, but I am talking about the parents who do fast food many times a week or every night)
  • Wiitabax
    Wiitabax Posts: 284
    I saw a lion and a gazelle both go in to McDonalds the other day...

    "Can I have a large Big Mac Meal please... coke to drink?" said the gazelle.

    The lion just stood there and said nothing.

    "Isn't the lion hungry?" said the guy serving?

    "Do you think I'd be stood here if he was?" said the gazelle.

    :laugh:
  • Sheepdoglady
    Sheepdoglady Posts: 93


    Gotta start somewhere. I like to go on long walks. I also like to take a cigar with me. Does it defeat the purpose? It's better than sitting in my backyard smoking a fat stogie and drinking a double JD on the Rocks.

    I'd sooner ditch the cigar and have the double Jd and (diet) coke if it's all the same please?!
  • LilynEdensmom
    LilynEdensmom Posts: 612 Member

    Personal responsibility is the key, and responsibility to do the right thing for your kids.
    Until my daughter was 3 every time she heard McDonalds she would start singing "ol Mc Donald had a farm". lol
    (just to be clear, I do go to McD's every now and again, but I am talking about the parents who do fast food many times a week or every night)

    I see alot of this I work at mcd's so I'm kinda hope since it pays my bills it doesn't go away anytime soon..But there are some people I see for lunch, then after school, then back for dinner...ordering thier kids the same thing...I've even had people ask me to put a medium fry in the kids meal...
    I don't feed my kids this stuff, maybe once in a blue moon,,, I don't want them going down the same road I am.
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