Eat McDonald's, lose wight, set terrible example

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    Why should someone be bothered by this?
  • e_elizb
    e_elizb Posts: 62 Member
    HOw is this a terrible example? Isn't showing that you can make healthy choices and stick to a diet even if you are rushed for time or on a short budget a good thing?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,268 Member
    This only proves that you don't have to know very much about nutrition and get published.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Not the least bit. Why would I be??
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    Far more bothered by the OP than by a dude who lost weight eating McDonalds every day. You act like fast food is the root of all evil or something ignorant like that.

    Rigger
  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    Far more bothered by the OP than by a dude who lost weight eating McDonalds every day. You act like fast food is the root of all evil or something ignorant like that.

    Rigger

    But ... but ... MCDONALDS! That clown is evil! :laugh:
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    Nope. Not at all. It shows that fast food doesn't make you fat. Your habits make you fat. I think it's actually kind of cool.

    I'm so tired of people proclaiming that fast food is the root of all evil.
  • SillyC2
    SillyC2 Posts: 275 Member
    He had the oatmeal for breakfast, which is pretty good stuff nutritionally, and the salad for lunch.

    McDonalds isn't all Big Macs and large fries anymore. I've been a vegetarian for 20 years, and they didn't have my business until a couple of years ago. They've been ahead of the curve with making the calorie content of their food easily accessible. I love their strawberry banana smoothie, and they offer many coffee drinks that are low cal and very good.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    No, there are better things in life to bothered by.

    Take this judgmental post, for instance...
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/06/mcdonald_s_diet_high_school_teacher_john_cisna_loses_37_pounds_sets_terrible.html

    So this happened. Is anyone else really bothered by this??

    I am over-the-top bothered by this. This guy - a teacher no less - chose McDonald's for this interesting demonstration of watching macros and calories. I don't like McDonald's (except for breakfast stuff like McMuffins). He could have chosen Taco Bell, or Carl's Jr., and I would have a lot more interest and respect.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Far more bothered by the OP than by a dude who lost weight eating McDonalds every day. You act like fast food is the root of all evil or something ignorant like that.

    Rigger

    But ... but ... MCDONALDS! That clown is evil! :laugh:
    He probably thinks this is okay, too!

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    Oh, right. It is. Carry on.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,268 Member
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/06/mcdonald_s_diet_high_school_teacher_john_cisna_loses_37_pounds_sets_terrible.html

    So this happened. Is anyone else really bothered by this??

    I am over-the-top bothered by this. This guy - a teacher no less - chose McDonald's for this interesting demonstration of watching macros and calories. I don't like McDonald's (except for breakfast stuff like McMuffins). He could have chosen Taco Bell, or Carl's Jr., and I would have a lot more interest and respect.
    lol.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member

    So this happened. Is anyone else really bothered by this??

    I am as bothered by his diet as I am by yours (in other words it is none of my business and I don't remotely care)
  • amber_gem
    amber_gem Posts: 23 Member
    Nope, not bothered. It's great he could lose the weight. I LOVE happy meals!!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I find it empowering. It means even if I don't have time or resources to prepare three "healthy" meals and two snacks from scratch every day, I can still be at a healthy weight if I monitor my calories and macros.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    It only bothers me if he consumed Mcrib sandwiches.....otherwise I could care less.
  • MissKriss3
    MissKriss3 Posts: 117 Member
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  • HoverKitteh
    HoverKitteh Posts: 33
    I'm not. The man ate egg whites and salad.

    People make choices every day, right or wrong. It is possible to make good food choices at many fast food restaurants--just as it is possible to make bad ones.
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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    yeah-well-come-at-me-bro
  • tequila09
    tequila09 Posts: 764 Member
    It bothers me that it bothers some people..
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Nope, not bothered by it at all.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    It bothers me that it bothers some people..

    I'm bothered that you're bothered that it bothers some people.


    As for this guy and what he eats? Nope, not at all bothered.


    ETA: Probably because my own food diary isn't much better than a bunch of McDonald's.
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/06/mcdonald_s_diet_high_school_teacher_john_cisna_loses_37_pounds_sets_terrible.html

    So this happened. Is anyone else really bothered by this??

    No. Caloric deficit always wins.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I would hope that in the future the MFP community would be a little less judgmental, given the circumstances.

    :huh:


    So we need to be less judgmental be being more annoyed with what other people eat?
  • vwbug86
    vwbug86 Posts: 283 Member
    The OP is just quoting the title of the article.

    I the the Slate article writer is really judgmental, and seems to be missing the point of the diet.
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I would hope that in the future the MFP community would be a little less judgmental, given the circumstances.

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I'm not bothered, but I'm not indifferent. Although the teacher did not intend to set a bad example, I think this a bad example for any reader/viewer. While McDonald's does offer oatmeal, salad, etc., the connotation of Big Macs, fries, and hashbrowns will be primarily evoked.

    Many of the above posters are entitled to their opinions, as is the original poster of this particular topic.
    I would hope that in the future the MFP community would be a little less judgmental, given the circumstances.

    Please elaborate on the circumstances.
  • Daniellelearnstolikesalad
    Daniellelearnstolikesalad Posts: 20 Member
    http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/05/teacher-loses-37-pounds-after-three-month-mcdonalds-diet/?iid=nf-article-trend-now

    "Cisna enlisted his students to help him plan out a 2,000-calorie daily diet plan consisting only of food sold by the fast food giant. They also tried not to exceed recommended allowances of nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, fat calories and cholesterol.

    “It’s our choices that make us fat,” Cisna told KCCI. ”Not McDonald’s.”


    Calorific deficit is always going to win. I appreciate that he's teaching his students that its your choices that matter, and theres always a way to make good food choices even when you don't have many options.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I would hope that in the future the MFP community would be a little less judgmental, given the circumstances.



    Wait. So in the future we should be less judgmental of the OP, but more judgmental of what other people eat?

    :huh:

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