Posted on 02/18/2005 2:43:02 PM PST by swilhelm73
Les Sayer hasn't cheated on his McDonald's-only diet. Not an apple, an orange, a cantaloupe or grapes in 17 days. Sayer, a teacher at NorQuest College and Metro Continuing Education, wanted to drive home the point to students that Morgan Spurlock's documentary, Supersize Me, was an opinion piece. He said he could eat McDonald's food for a month and lose weight, not gain it.
"The main reason for doing this is because my students thought (Supersize Me) was an objective piece," the 39-year-old Sayer said yesterday.
Sixteen days into the diet, Sayer says he's lost 13 pounds - he's down to 222 pounds from his 235 - and his blood pressure has dropped to 134/73 from 136/88.
His secret? One hour in the gym doing cardiovascular exercise and weight training five to six times weekly.
"The big surprise for me was the blood pressure."
Sayer has steadily chowed down on Big Macs, Bacon and Egg McMuffins and Chicken McNuggets.
"The magic here is in the exercise," he said. "The average Joe doesn't exercise."
Sayer said he's not being paid by McDonald's nor is he affiliated with the fast-food giant. But he said he has caught a lot of flak for taking on the diet.
"Some people are upset because they think I'm pandering to a huge, large corporation," he said.
"It's not McDonald's food that's unhealthy. It's the lifestyle you lead."
Sayer said the main message is that you should eat and enjoy a variety of foods as long as you exercise.
Ruth West, a registered dietitian at the Grey Nuns Hospital, said people who want to lose weight should be eating a variety of foods to benefit from all nutrients.
West said Sayer is likely expending more energy than he's consuming.
But Michael Moore never got pay solely to have people watch him stuff his face with fastfood.
He does that for free, doesn't he?
Ugh. The very thought makes me ill...
Actually, their new chicken strips, w/ their chipotle BBQ sauce, aren't bad at all. And I've always loved their breakfast burritos, bacon/egg/cheese bagels, and backon/egg/cheese McGriddles.
Mark
De gustibus non dispundandum est. Didn't know they had "chicken strips" (hm!) but some time back I determined I didn't much like the taste of their breakfasts -- but that's just me. (I'm not being "holier than thou," I just don't much like McDonald's breakfast offerings, just as I don't like pasta even though many people do.)
I was chubby in high school. I lost all that weight in my senior year by fast food. My parents worked too late, so my mother started giving me $5 to eat out every night. I took the opportunity to look up the calorie information of various restaurants, and blam, my weight plummeted.
I hate fast food now, though...
His grasp of the obvious is breathtaking.
Whoops! Make that her grasp of the obvious
Hey, "different strokes..." Actually, I can't stand their "Chicken McLugnuts," and most of their other stuff is awful, but I'll eat it when I can't get something else when I'm working.
But I've noticed that everyone likes different things for breakfast... Some people like different types of sausage, or their eggs made differently. No harm, no foul... Well, some of that fast food IS foul! lol
Mark
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