I recently heard of a man who lost a lot of weight by eating nearly every meal at McDonalds. Is it really possible to lose weight and make healthy choices from fast-food menus?
Yes, Chris Coleson, a 42-year-old man from Virginia, shed about 80 pounds eating nothing but McDonald’s! Chris says he chose the chain because it was convenient, and over the course of about six months, he reduced his waist size from 50 inches to 36 inches. Reportedly, Chris tipped the scales at 278 pounds in December 2007 but now weighs 199. In theory, “fast-food” has been around for ages. In early Roman times, vendors sold ready-to-eat food from street stalls. Two thousand years later, food eaten away from home accounts for almost half of Americans’ calories. In general, studies show that eating out leads to weight gain. Researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill recently followed more than 3,000 adults for 10 years and found that body mass index (BMI) increased with each additional fast-food meal per week (those who ate four fast-food meals per week weighed more than those who ate three, etc.). It is possible to lose weight and make relatively healthful choices from
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