At least for this science teacher. He simply made smart choices (tracked cals and macros) and started getting some exercise, and lost weight. It’s not rocket science. Although I do NOT recommend getting most of their food from fast food places such as McDonalds beyond the occasional treat, he does a great job of showing - and stating - McDonalds does not make people fat, choices people make does. 
http://screen.yahoo.com/popular/science-teacher-gets-surprising-results-122737570.html
Big surprise. Food is food.
Losing weight doesn’t always mean getting more healthy.
That is true, but the indicators he tested did improve also. Ergo, why I said I wouldn’t personally recommend it as a long term strategy, but it does show very clearly that choices people make are the major factor, even when eating at McDonalds.
I love people who do this kind of thing.
Calorie deficit = weight loss, 99% of the time.
It’s not rocket science.
How true indeed. There’s a booklet given me by one of the PharmDs for me to use as a guide if I had to go fast food. It was one of those that displayed the menus of practically all of the fast food restaurants here in the USA, and disciplining oneself to make the smart choice as to what to eat. As stated above, it’s not for long term use as an excuse to eating healthy.
How do you define “eating healthy”? Is it the way the food is processed, the way it’s cooked, the way its grown, or the amount and type of fat/protein/CHO in any given meal? IMHO, “eating healthy” is almost entirely about the latter.
Not surprised and good for him. Nutrition 101 + Exercise 101 put into practice.
Very true. Loosing weight and getting in shape is easy, it just takes a lot of hard work.
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A guy made a movie doing this soon after Supersize Me came out. It was called Fat Head. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333994/
That would be it in my case.
I agree completely. In which case I’m not a bit surprised that the guy lost weight and improved his health. Fast food is not intrinsically unhealthy these days, but the choices that it encourages for those less savvy than this guy (the vast majority) can be. Excellent lesson in nutrition to teach high school students. I really applaud his insight. It’s the kind of thing that might make people less inclined to blame spoon manufacturers for their obesity.
Not trying to defend fast food companies like McDonalds per se, but it should also be noted that they have repeatedly tried to offer healthier choices, usually dropping them from the menu as they don’t sell. I’d say that’s telling.
If you have ever seen the documentary “fat head” he covers alot of it in detail.
Saw that mentioned somewhere. I think it was here…https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?145234-McDonalds-Weight-Loss&p=1827347#post1827347
McDonald’s does offer a few semi-healthy things. Combine those in sane doses with exercise and surprise…the guy lost weight.
Watch what you eat and exercise…lose weight…shocker! LOL
They OFFER a few healthy (or not so bad) choices. The problem is that very few people actually CHOOSE them.
Still, I make it a rule to stay far away from places like that to begin with. Just the smell of being near McD’s is nauseating to me. After being away from those food choices for a while…you really don’t crave them…sorry. Most of the time if I am out and need lunch or a snack…I’d rather duck into the grocery store and snag a bag of almonds and a container of Greek yogurt instead.
-brickboy240
Not that it is really germane to this discussion but upon cleaning out the loose change in my car tonight I decided to throw it away on one if those new bacon ranch spicy McChickens… omg was that delicious. First time I’ve eaten there in 4 months or so.
Ok back to the health stuff again lol
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Or the guy could’ve saved himself some money and ate garbage from a dumpster, same difference.
Nutrition value of the “food” not factored into this comment. If you cut calories you loose weight. If you increase calories you gain weight. Seems Mcdonalds is trying hard to gain business from the vast majorities non thinkers in this country.