McDonalds.

[CNagy]

(Don't know if rants/possible comedy goes here, if not, I apologize.)


Have you seen those new McDonald's commercials? Ronald the Clown is running, jumping, climbing trees, re-applying his makeup, working out, playing sports, as a bunch of non-obese kids do so around him. The message? Get fit with Ronald McDonald. Yeah, right, because when I think fitness, I think double-fuckin-quarter pounder, with cheese, hold the onions, super-sized fries, and twelve gallons of coca cola. Get fit with Ronald McDonald.

McDonald's wants to make people get fit? How about they stop selling their grease-bomb hamburgers and carcino-fries? Wait, that would cut into their money, so they take the "eat all the McDonald's you want, and run like a motherfucker" approach to fitness. That's the McDonald's diet, you know. Pick the farthest McDonald's from your house, preferably a route that takes you past a few doberman and at least one gang's teritory. Run there, and buy yourself some McDonald's. Eat it there. Run back. If you can keep that food down on the run back, you obviously didn't pick the farthest McDonald's, cheater. How are you ever going to get slim if you cheat on the McDonald's diet, for fuck sake?

I think McDonald's should be forced to install treadmills in their restaurants, and I think part of their prices should figure that in. You want a Big Mac meal? That's ten minutes on the machine, fatty. You want it supersized? That's another five minutes. Let's see how appealing this food is when you're sweaty and it's greasy. And I don't think it should be just McDonald's. Let's hit every fastfood place. Watch how quickly the nation gets healthier as it either runs its ass off, literally, or gives up fast food.

This will have an effect that I'd like to call the Nagy-Fitness effect, or the Trickle Up Approach to Fitness. As the common joe gets his ass in shape, running from the cops is going to be a hell of a lot easier. Combined with treadmills in, you guessed it, donut shops, our law enforcement officers will have little choice but to lose the gut if they want to catch the guy. As the poor to middle class get fit, the upper middle to upper class will see this and get worried. Every overweight businessman and every bored housewife will end up getting a personal trainer, because part of their self-esteem is derived from being better than you in every possible way, and because they will fear our ability to beat them up, take their wallet, and then outrun the cops who magically appear to protect the rich.

Politicians will have to get in on the game too, because who is going to vote for some guy who is in worse condition than we are? It might have been possible in the past, but one only needs to look at Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Arnold "The Governator (Future Presinator?)" Schwartzenegar to see that the modern american public does not expect its politicians to merely uphold the law and create policy, but also to act as a superhuman group of political heroes who, when push comes to shove, can take matters into their own hands with deadly efficacy.

The Nagy Fitness effect. Hell, people bought into Reaganomics.

[moo]

Well there are lots of people that eat Mcdonalds and manage to stay fit. I honestly do not blame these business for making people fat, just like I do not blame cigarette companies for people who smoke. If people choose to eat this crap 7 times a day and not work out it is entirely their fault and not the fault of the people who feed them. I for one do not eat at fast food places unless a friend forces me too because they want to go, or I have a craving for something (which is hardly ever considering I go to these crap places maybe 2 times a year at most).
Now I do understand where you are comming from, but is it really the companys fault for trying to sell their product?

[Arvynia]

I think everyone should be injected with my gene: Fast metabolism.

MCD is a an oxymoron.

[CNagy]

I don't eat fastfood, and I really wouldn't say anything about it except that it kind of shows how bad the "obesity epidemic" has gotten. The commercial is obviously not targetted at adults, so this is more about the children. The fat, fat children. Still, getting everyone to exercise would be a really nice thing for McDonald's to do, but it strikes me as a bit ironic.

[h2orowe]

:( I'm fat.........
but Mcdonalds sucks.....

[Stephy]

I like Mcdonalds. It helps (like Arvyina) to have a fast metabolism.

-I have not seen those commercials, yet.

[Ahimsa]

You should check out that documentary Super Size Me. Good stuff if you loath McDonalds and the obesity epidemic.

[hapacheese]

I used to work out, then head over to McDonald's and eat a double quarter pounder as a part of my 4th meal of the day... then go play basketball :D

Then I hit my late 20's o_O

My metabolism came to a screaching halt, but my appetite didn't. This causes... issues.

[Arvynia]

Omg. I hope i'm gonna be like my dad and stay skinnhy well over 50.

But I'm most likely gonna gain some weight later on.
I don't eat too much fast food lately. I try to cook myself - I'm not that great of a cook, but eh. It feeds me and it's edible!

I need to get motivated to work out. I wish there was someone with me to work out with me...

[LJustus]

*waiting for Jay to come in and make a comment about "working out" with Arvynia*

[Drocanis]

I think it's funny how people will go to McDonald's and just go all the way with the two supersized BigMac combos and then get a diet coke with it. Yeah, that diet coke is really going to offset all the grease they're serving themselves.

[Uh_oh]

The whole "get fit with McDonalds" is just marketing. They've recived a lot of bad press, with Supersize Me, Fast Food Nation, and many others aqnd they Are now trying to rid themselves of the unhealthy image by intoducing salads and running the aforemetioned commericials.

However, it's not just McDonalds and other fast food that is causing the obesity epedemic. A lot of it is lifestlye. Kids sit on the couch, play vidio games, watch TV, surf the internet and play computer games. If McDoandls ads ecourage them to get outside, and play like normal kids do (or should), back in the age before vidio games, thats a good thing, and while it might not make the kids skinny, get some exercise has to be at least a bit healthier than their current lifestyle.

I wish I had a fast metabolism. I can really only eat one (small) meal a day or I gain weight - and I play a heap of sports. :(

[ruaidhri]

We live in a capitalistic economy. The sole purpose of the capitalist is to grow and constantly make more money. Above all, sales accomplish this goal. While cost cutting is important it accomplishes nothing without sales. So, how do businesses increase sales? They expand into new markets and they make their products more attractive to the consumer.

The fast food industry is just that, an industry. In order to increase its sales it first must create demand for its product and second must be easily available to its customers. Food from fast food franchise tastes good and is designed for you to want more so that you spend more money and they make more profit. Grease and high fructose corn syrup create the desire for more. They also add weight.

Is the fast food industry responsible for individuals that eat too much and get fat and then fatter and then morbidly fat? Is the fast food industry responsible for the diabetes epidemic affecting people of all ages? I say they should be held responsible but probably never will. Everywhere you turn today food advertisements say eat, eat and eat even more. Portions get larger and larger and people honestly believe they’re getting a bargain.

But, doesn’t the individual have to take responsibility for their own actions? I say not when an industry purposely creates desires that they know are unhealthy.

Saying enough is enough isn’t easy. Losing weight isn’t easy. I am 5’ 8” tall. I used to be thin, really thin. When I was 25 and discharged from the Coast Guard, I weighed 117 pounds. By they time I was 29, McDonalds and cokes and beer brought my weight up to 185 pounds. I dieted when I was 30 and dropped my weight to 135 pounds where I kept it for a number of years. Then, I was trapped by fast food again. It was convenient and it tasted good. I lost weight again. This has happened a number of times over my life. Last January I weighed 236 pounds. I started at Weight Watchers. Today, I weigh about 176 pounds. My goal is 160 but I really want to drop down to 150. Maybe in another 6 months I’ll get there. This time I’ve changed how I look at food and how I eat. I’m too old to continue being a Yo-Yo.

What have I learned over the years? I’ve learned that it’s far easier and far more fun to gain weight. It’s definitely not easy nor is it fun to lose weight. It’s sure as hell a lot easier to just give up and have that double or triple Quarter Pounder with Cheese. After all, isn’t that what all the ads are suggesting?

Take a walk down just about any street and count the number of people that aren’t overweight. Consider that each overweight person is a candidate for high blood pressure, heart problems, cancer and, of course, diabetes. The food industry could make more healthy food but then they wouldn’t sell as much. The soda industry could use sugar from sugar cane instead of high fructose corn syrup but then it wouldn’t be a cheap or as sweet or as addicting. And, after all, they’re just giving the people what they want. Right?

[Vidgmchtr]

I hate McDonald's. I actually hate burgers. Disgusting, IMO. When I go to fast food restaurants, I usually have something containing chicken. McDonald's has shitty chicken. Wendy's chicken is a bit better, but you know....Processed meat (chicken nuggets) in general sounds disgusting to me. Burger King is the best when it comes to chicken (I always get the Spicy Tendercrisp).

I stopped going to McDonald's and Wendy's. I actually hate lots of fast food places.
The only exceptions are:
Burger King
Subway

And you know, Subway, seeing as everything's all made fresh and not dipped in fucking grease there, one can consider it as NOT fast food, but a regular restaurant.

Now, I am fat, but that's not due to fast food. I got this stomach because children can be cruel. (They insulted my behavior and I ate whatever was in the house to take my mind off them. This was back when I was like, in 4th grade, 7 years ago.)

[Dr. Hobo is my hero]

I only eat McDonald's once in a while. Every so often I get the need for some grease to clog the old arteries :) But it also helps that I work out and play basketball for 4 hours at a time. I'm still on the big side and I've never lost my belly from being fat from like 12-15, but hey I have stamina, good blood pressure, and my cholesteral is in good shape too.

Besides McDonald's has the greatest mascot of all time. The one... the ONLY... GRIMACE!! Now to promote running they really should have Grimace chase down the people eating McDonald's saying stuff like "If you don't exercise after eating Mickie D's, Grimace will come for your soul!!"

[Jay]

*waiting for Jay to come in and make a comment about "working out" with Arvynia*

*wonders why people always make comments like this*

Seriously, my relationship with people warrants the way I talk to them, it's nothing overly perverted. :D

About McDonalds, I think yours is a great idea, cnagy! They SHOULD put treadmills and such in McD's, because then you can't shirk out. :D

[Ev0]

A few years ago, I was starting to get fat. I was less than 5'10, and I was about 180lbs. So, I decided to take the workout class my high school offered, and I did a complete turnaround. By the end of the 5 month semester, I was in the best shape of my life, and I was back down to a respectable 165lbs. The moral of the story: if you're overweight, exercise is an excellent way to lose the unwanted weight.

Now, how did I get fat? No, it was not fast food. This happened around 3 years ago, and I already knew that fast food was crappy for people. It was big serving sizes. For example, I would have two bagels for breakfast every morning. I ate fairly often, but when I ate, I had a lot. I've got a big appetite, so I had to learn to control it. I think one of the problems of the obesity epidemic is laziness. Not only are people too lazy to take a bit of time to make themselves a good, delicious and healthy meal (it only takes 5 minutes to make a really good sandwich for instance), but they are also not willing to exercise.

If you don't exercise after eating Mickie D's, Grimace will come for your soul!! Sigged!

[ruaidhri]

This thread has evolved into a discussion that I believe is more appropriate for the General Discussion Forum than the Creativity Forum. I started a new thread for that purpose titled “Why Are We Overweight?”

[PopCulturePooka]

You should check out that documentary Super Size Me. Good stuff if you loath McDonalds and the obesity epidemic.
Sorry. That movie is a crock?

What was that guy trying to prove? Of course he would get health problems stemming from only eating one food source for a month. Fucking DUH. If he only ate carrots for a month he'd have health issues.

Whats next? Making a movie where he lives in the middle of a freeway for a month to show people how dangerous playing on the freeway can be?


A good anti-McD book is Fast Food Nation. Which really isn't too bad and has some positives about McD's.

[Pfalzer]

SHould make a book lol "When You Are Overweight Do not Eat: The Guide To not becoming Overweight" On the list is do not eat fast food why because everyone knows it is bad lol but it is a convience lol when you are overweight and complain about it turn ur ass around to a supermarket and buy some fruits and veggies Simple Pimple!

[God Hates You]

There is a McDonald near my house, I go there only when I have munchies or is really hungry because it is hella close and I can just walked there under 5 minutes.

Anyways.. There is this new ad campaign that is called I-am-Asian.... Asian kids at school are wearing the T-shirt.

Fucking McDonald is trying to make us fat too... Grr...

Anyways Burger King is way better.

[Wizdom]

The only problem i have with mcdonalds is that they are trying to be way too hip.

I mean they are one step away from being another Mtv,Vh1, BET marketing clone.


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[Aerumna]

Ahh, saw this topic and simply had to post a reply.

As a practicing taoist, I don't advocate industries such as McDonald's or Burger King or any of the like. In fact, the concept of fast food and what I have seen done in those restaurants is enough to make you never want to eat at any fast food chain ever again. I don't deny their right to do business, but I also don't approve of the way they go about their product. In regard to the obesity-child/adult issue, I think what happens with a lot of people is that they are given these 'delights' as children, and it kind of works up into their memory as something that tastes good. As a child, one tends to filter things out; prices, health, general concerns. Why shouldn't you filter anything out? You're a kid, you're growing, and everything will go your way someday, right? The point is, people will always remember things like, "Oh, well McDonald's is quick and easy." when they are on the road (a horrible addiction/convenient necessity these days), so they decide to maw down on a nice, juicy burger of three quarters of a pound of beef cooked in grease and whatever other muck ends up in there.

I don't really have much else to say, other than to comment on the presentation of this topic. I really like the idea of putting treadmills in fast food restaurants. Perhaps one day (even though it was a joke) this idea can have some practicality in the future. I would vote for Nagy Fitness anyday over the plethora of various marketed diets out there. Then again, I have my own balanced diet and fitness regimen, so you would only be getting my vote, not my participation.

[keitaidensha]

(Don't know if rants/possible comedy goes here, if not, I apologize.)


Have you seen those new McDonald's commercials? Ronald the Clown is running, jumping, climbing trees, re-applying his makeup, working out, playing sports, as a bunch of non-obese kids do so around him. The message? Get fit with Ronald McDonald. Yeah, right, because when I think fitness, I think double-fuckin-quarter pounder, with cheese, hold the onions, super-sized fries, and twelve gallons of coca cola. Get fit with Ronald McDonald.

McDonald's wants to make people get fit? How about they stop selling their grease-bomb hamburgers and carcino-fries? Wait, that would cut into their money, so they take the "eat all the McDonald's you want, and run like a motherfucker" approach to fitness. That's the McDonald's diet, you know. Pick the farthest McDonald's from your house, preferably a route that takes you past a few doberman and at least one gang's teritory. Run there, and buy yourself some McDonald's. Eat it there. Run back. If you can keep that food down on the run back, you obviously didn't pick the farthest McDonald's, cheater. How are you ever going to get slim if you cheat on the McDonald's diet, for fuck sake?

I think McDonald's should be forced to install treadmills in their restaurants, and I think part of their prices should figure that in. You want a Big Mac meal? That's ten minutes on the machine, fatty. You want it supersized? That's another five minutes. Let's see how appealing this food is when you're sweaty and it's greasy. And I don't think it should be just McDonald's. Let's hit every fastfood place. Watch how quickly the nation gets healthier as it either runs its ass off, literally, or gives up fast food.

This will have an effect that I'd like to call the Nagy-Fitness effect, or the Trickle Up Approach to Fitness. As the common joe gets his ass in shape, running from the cops is going to be a hell of a lot easier. Combined with treadmills in, you guessed it, donut shops, our law enforcement officers will have little choice but to lose the gut if they want to catch the guy. As the poor to middle class get fit, the upper middle to upper class will see this and get worried. Every overweight businessman and every bored housewife will end up getting a personal trainer, because part of their self-esteem is derived from being better than you in every possible way, and because they will fear our ability to beat them up, take their wallet, and then outrun the cops who magically appear to protect the rich.

Politicians will have to get in on the game too, because who is going to vote for some guy who is in worse condition than we are? It might have been possible in the past, but one only needs to look at Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Arnold "The Governator (Future Presinator?)" Schwartzenegar to see that the modern american public does not expect its politicians to merely uphold the law and create policy, but also to act as a superhuman group of political heroes who, when push comes to shove, can take matters into their own hands with deadly efficacy.

The Nagy Fitness effect. Hell, people bought into Reaganomics.

snap.

crackle.

burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn. :D