Woman loses 37 pounds in 90 days, eating at McDonalds
 

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People Try to Lose Weight at McDonald's
By VALERIE BAUMAN, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 11, 11:11 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. - Inspired by the documentary "Super Size Me," Merab Morgan decided to give a fast-food-only diet a try. The construction worker and mother of two ate only at McDonald's for 90 days _ and dropped 37 pounds in the process.

It was a vastly different outcome than what happened in the documentary to filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who put on 30 pounds and saw his health deteriorate after 5,000 calories a day of nothing but McDonald's food.

Morgan, from Raleigh, thought the documentary had unfairly targeted the world's largest restaurant company, implying that the obese were victims of a careless corporate giant. People are responsible for what they eat, she said, not restaurants. The problem with a McDonald's-only diet isn't what's on the menu, but the choices made from it, she said.

"I thought it's two birds with one stone _ to lose weight and to prove a point for the little fat people," Morgan said. "Just because they accidentally put an apple pie in my bag instead of my apple dippers doesn't mean I'm going to say, 'Oh, I can eat the apple pie.'"

Spurlock, who turned his surprise-hit movie into a TV show on the FX network, isn't talking about Morgan or the many other McDieters who have criticized his film and found success losing weight by eating healthy foods off the McDonald's menu, said his publicist, David Magdael.

One person went so far as to make her own independent film about dieting at McDonald's. "Me and Mickey D" follows Soso Whaley, of Kensington, N.H., as she spends three 30-day periods on the diet. She dropped from 175 to 139 pounds, eating 2,000 calories-a-day at McDonald's.

"I had to think about what I was eating," Whaley said. "I couldn't just walk in there and say 'I'll take a cinnamon bun and a Diet Coke.' ... I know a lot of people are really turned off by the whole thought of monitoring what they are eating, but that's part of the problem."

As might be expected, McDonald's also objected to the impressions left by Spurlock's film. Walt Riker, the company's vice president of corporate communications, said Oak Brook, Ill.-based company is pleased _ but not surprised _ that some customers have lost weight eating only at the fast-food giant.

Spurlock's film "really spurred a backlash based on common sense," Riker said.

Morgan used nutritional information downloaded from McDonald's Web site to create meal plans of no more than 1,400 calories a day. She only ate french fries twice, usually choosing burgers and salads. Those choices are a stark contrast with those made by Spurlock, who ate every menu item at least once.

At the end of the 90 days, she had dropped from 227 to 190 pounds.

"It feels great," she said. "Because, the truth of the matter is that beauty is power, and if you're fat, or your overweight, then people don't really take you seriously."

Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, agreed that a low-calorie, McDonald's-only diet can help people lose weight but said it may not offer enough long-term variety. Whatever an individual does to lose weight, they need to do for the rest of their life, she said.

Morgan said she hasn't decided if she will stick with the McDonald's-only plan to reach her goal of 150 pounds. But she does have one complaint about McDonald's.

"If I could suggest anything to McDonald's, I would suggest the McMargarita," Morgan said. "Dine-in only, of course."

Did they met any gipsies?
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Worth a try !

thats a movie?!?

that was a great book

Great read... I had been wondering why he over fed himself in that movie anyways. lol

anyone can lose weight regardless of what they're eating if what they consumed before was higher in calories (to be general).

so this bitch could have eaten butter sticks and fried greasy food all day before trying her "mcdonalds diet". the fact of the matter is, is that the larggggge majority of mcdonalds food items are unhealthy and contain a shitload of calories.

it isn't advisable for ANYONE to rely on mcdonalds to lose weight lol.

i think her ploy for attention and sponsorship from McDonalds failed. First of all she's still fat at 190, If she'd dropped 100lbs and given it more time McDonalds would have probably gotten behind her as their own Jared, the Subway guy.

Some people, geez.

Hey I'm fat but i know it's my own damn fault.

mcdonalds is tasty, espiecally the breakfast stuff

THank you , its mostly garbage

Wherever the fuck you choose to eat there are good and bad choices. The individual is free to make those choices and then deal with the consequences. It is just that simple. You eat like a fuckin pig and you will look like one. You can't place the blame on any restaurant for your lack of control.

I would imagine you could do the same study at any place and get the same results. Bottom line, its all about the choices you make. :2 cents:

exactly, I was thijnking of Jarod the subway guy too.

"Beauty is Power"

Really?

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Handsome man. :)

Interesting story!

EAT YOUR OWN PIE WHITE MAN! DIE CLEAN!

I heard about that chick eating McDonalds and losing weight, she appeared on several shows awhile back. I still prefer the Super Size Me (Whiskey) that rickholio posted the other day.

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1123347827

:1orglaugh

mmmmm butter sticks! lol

Damn this is so clearly McDonalds sponsored it`s not even funny.
I love junk food but for some reason I find McDonalds kinda disgusting.The only good thing there are the fries.
Burger King and Wendy`s kick their ass IMO.

Loses weight? that cant be real

I read once that mcdonalds salads had more fat than their burgers.. (because of the dressing)

It's About time someone put things in context regarding diet.
Hats off to her.

sounds like Jared has some competition now

Hell, you can lose weight at any restaurant, or eating only krispy kremes for 90 days. Just eat LESS, lmaooo!
Also, the point of supersize me was that he was PURPOSEFULLY supersizing whenever he was asked to. These articles make it seem like he went in and ordered kidsmeals or something, when there was no secret that he was trying to supersize everything since it was always part of the marketing to ask every customer "would you like to supersize it for only $1".

Another thing that most is being ignored is that McDonald's has only recently rolled out their 'healthy choices' (or whatever the fuck they're calling them), in all likelihood with direct influence from the negative publicity resulting from Supersize Me.

Let her try to lose that weight on McDonald's old menu. :1orglaugh