Even though he got results, this is not the best way to lose weight:
But rather than try conventional diets, which had failed him before, the then 276-pound Coleson opted for his own “realistic” solution in December: he’d only eat at McDonald’s.
After six months on his McDiet, Coleson lost 80 pounds and dropped 14 pants sizes. His waist went from 50-inches to 36.
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Coleson said he was able to lose weight by avoiding the fast food restaurant’s extremely popular French fries. He said he never had them once.
“I stayed away from the fries,” he said.
What he did eat were the salads and on occasion he would integrate a hamburger patty on one.
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The Virginia man also would eat grilled chicken salads and sandwiches, walnut salads, and apple dippers sans the caramel sauce.
I guess this is the response to Super Size Me 
It’s really not surprising that he could lose weight eating at McDonald’s since he went from 5,000 to 1,400. Just doing that is enough whether you eat in McDonald’s or at home. And there are healthy choices at McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants, just avoiding the fries can be a big calorie saver.
BTW, the author of the Abs Diet is also the author of Eat This, Not That and he was on ET recently comparing foods you should and should not eat at fast food restaurants. You can watch it here.
Check out his worst food list and his comparison of drinks as well. I was surprised by the calorie content of some of the things that we eat when we are out at a restaurant. Like P.F. Chang’s Pork Lo Mein. It has 1,820 calories but at least the four of us split them. And here’s a list of the best foods to get at the supermarket.
posted June 20, 2008 at 11:34 am
Well, some of those offerings are recent, and in response to Supersize me. (I remember when there were no salads on a McD’s menu, and then when it was the traditional shreds of iceberg with a few tomatoes on top. Try eating that three times a day.)
If a person is able to resist eating fast food trash at the restaurant, he’d, you’d think, be able to make those same choices at a grocery store.
There are a lot of hidden calories in processed food, courtesy of the second largest processed product from corn (only a few percentage points less than ethanol).. High Fructose Corn Syrup. And they even found out that it doesn’t trigger the satiation response.
Namely (and not surprisingly) the body doesn’t seem to recognize it as food, and it doesn’t contribute to feeling full, and the flavor triggers the desire for more. And the calories certainly do add up.
And it ends up in some of the weirdest places, where you’d never think to look for it.
So, gotta read those labels.
posted June 21, 2008 at 8:48 am
The salads weren’t in response to Supersize Me, they had salads before the movie. It was one of the criticisms of the movie that he deliberately chose the least healthy option.
posted June 21, 2008 at 10:23 am
I said they did. Shreds of lettuce and tomatoes. ‘Side salads’. The salads that could be meals, that came later. The whole ‘eat smart’ section.
posted June 21, 2008 at 10:24 am
They made their announcement about their ‘premium salads’ in 2004. Guess what year the movie came out?