This is going to make you feel a lot better about that 20 piece McNugget meal you ate last night. A science teacher in Iowa decided to eat nothing but meals from McDonalds for three months, and he managed to lose 37 pounds in the process.
Inspired by the 2004 film "Supersize Me," which ended with disastrous results, science teacher John Cisna of Ankeny, Iowa decided to put together his own experiment. “I can eat any food at McDonalds I want as long as I’m smart for the rest of the day with what I balance it out with,” Cisna said.
Cisna limited himself to 2,000 calories a day and tried to stay as close to recommended levels of nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins and fat. So while he may eat a Big Mac for dinner, he’d have to pass the McGriddle’s for some yogurt or oatmeal. Even so, he even let his students pick out the food he would eat. Imagine leaving your diet up to a bunch of teenagers?
Well it worked out, Cisna told KCCI News he had lost 37 pounds, his cholesterol dropped from 249 to 170, and his low-density lipoprotein dropped from 173 to 113. He also managed to get all the meals for free from his local McDonalds. Not a bad marketing gamble for the fast food franchise.
It doesn’t hurt that he also walked 45 minutes a day during the experiment. So diet and exercise are still the answer. Cisna told KCCI he doesn’t necessarily recommend that we all go out and pick up our three meals a day under the Golden Arches, but instead that we should pay attention to our daily nutrition. “We all have choices. It’s our choices that make us fat not McDonald’s,” said Cisna.
What’s most impressive is that Cisna was able to stomach nothing but McDonald’s for three months straight. So in the end, unless you plan on taking a 45 minute stroll at some point tonight, that 20 piece McNugget and large Coke (and the beers we know you had) remain a poor choice.
The video segment featuring John Cisna, courtesy of KCCI News, can be viewed below.
John Cisna McDiet: Iowa Science Teacher Eats Nothing But McDonald's For Three Months, Loses 37 Pounds
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