McDonald's Diet: Man Gets McFit with Salads and Snack Wraps
Chris Coleson, before and after his diet. inRich.com
It's an oft-told tale: guy eats copious McDonald's fare—guy gets fat.
Chris Coleson, a Richmond, Virginia businessman, has a different story to tell. He told his wife "I could lose weight eating anywhere." He chose Mickey D's.
According to AdAge.com, he has lost 86 pounds since last December on an apple-walnut salad, snack wrap, and cheeseburger diet. His cholesterol is down, too. In recognition of his achievement, he replaced his "OLDNFAT" license plate to one which reads "MCFIT." He'll appear on Good Morning America later this week to ballyhoo his weight loss saga.
The Golden Arches and our mighty obesity epidemic are faithful accomplices, or so we are told ad nauseam. A media blitz has pointed to fast food in general, and McDonald's in particular, as culprit for our collective beefy circumferences. One might think that the folks at Mickey D's would be stoked to get some good press, but their reaction is lukewarm.
"There have been numerous success stories like this one, where consumers elected to follow a responsible diet with adequate exercise and incorporated McDonald's food in a very positive way," said McDonald's USA spokeswoman Danya Proud. Of Mr. Coleson's accomplishment, she did not seem especially proud.
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4 Comments:
I don't know....I'm still kind of skeptical. What was he eating when he was fat? Cause if you spend your life drinking soda, sitting on the couch, and eating bacon double cheeseburgers four times a day (vomit) even the slightest changes in diet or lifestyle will result in weight loss, especially in men. I heard of a man who drank diet coke all day losing 50 pounds simply by cutting out soda and walking a mile a day. You have to see the whole picture....
embolini9 at 9:45AM on 06/18/08
The guy is right, it's all about portion size. Sadly McDonalds is all about encouraging you to ignore reasonable portion control.
I wonder what percentage of orders at McDonalds is for the apple-walnut salad, snack wrap or single cheeseburger.
I suspect low.
I bet there are a lot more sales of double cheeseburgers (hard to resist only paying a little extra and getting a double).
peekpoke at 1:05PM on 06/18/08
If he thinks he'll make a career of it like Jared has for Subway.... it's not likely. But losing 86 lbs by any moderately or even remotely healthy method 9(other than surgery) is a great accomplishment. Good for him.
phaelon56 at 1:29PM on 06/18/08
In the AdAge article, even McD's doesn't want weight-loss credit.
That's really smart.
If Coleson died of a heart attack tomorrow (while they were heralding him as a dietary hero), they'd be in for serious PR issues...
missginsu at 5:42PM on 06/18/08