Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by bmelton on Friday March 04, 2011 @05:47PM
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Your argument is sound, but overlooks that most people don't consume their entire daily caloric intake in a single meal. If I have a Big Mac, Fries and a medium soda, I'm almost certainly overfeeding myself for that meal.
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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by yummyfajitas on Friday March 04, 2011 @06:17PM
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Here is a 3 meal/day McDiet with a beverage at every meal.
Breakfast: Egg McMuffin (300 cals), Hash Browns (150 cals) and Coffee (0 cals).
Lunch: McChicken (360 cals), Fries (380 cals) and Coca Cola (210).
Dinner: Big Mac (540), Premium Southwest Salad with Chicken (320 cals), and Coca Cola (210).
2470 cals/day.
To become obese, you need to add this:
Afternoon Tea: Sweet Tea (150 cals) and McRib Sandwich (500 cals).
Desert: Hot Fudge Sundae (330 cals).
Now you are up to 3450 cals/day.
There is nothing about being poor which compels you to spend money on the McRib Sandwich, sweet tea and the Hot Fudge Sundae.
Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by randallsquared on Saturday March 05, 2011 @02:04PM
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Of course you can stop eating, but a poor person is more likely to get the 50 nuggets for $10, instead. Twice, for a total of 4750 calories, minus the ones they don't get to in each meal before they get cold. ;)