Wait.. Losing weight eating only McDonald's!?

Written By:
Darren Lee

Diploma in Mass Communication

Republic Polytechnic

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Losing weight while eating ONLY McDonald’s? Yes you read that right, John Cisna, a biology teacher in a high school from Iowa in the United States lost almost 17 kilograms eating only McDonalds!

This started as a diet experiment to show his students that as long as you limit the amount of calories you take a day, sticking to the recommended daily allowances for nutrients and some exercise, eating fast food is not really all that bad. This was mentioned in an interview with KCCI television

But, of course this does not mean that you should just go ahead and start thinking of which three McDonald’s menu items that you’re going to eat for your three meals. To save you the trouble, we have done some research looking into the whys and how’s.

In an interview with HuffingtonPost, NYU professor and nutritionist Lisa Young, Ph.D., R.D., C.D.N., Says that it’s not surprising that Cisna was able to lose weight, as people could lose weight any way as long as you eat less and you’re conscious.

And I really have to agree with a point she mentioned, it really isn’t easy to walk in a place where the temptation of fries and soda and cheeseburgers are all over the place and remember about your healthy plan you were so determined to carry out. Imagine yourself eating a salad, only to turn around and look at people eating thick juicy burgers, chewing on hot crispy fries, and drinking coke. It’ll feel worse than collecting the results for the test last week that you had forgotten to study for!

On top of your diet, Exercise is also very important to keep your body healthy and to help you build some muscle ;especially the men, we need to have some strength too. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) recommends all Singaporeans to get at least 150 – 300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity per week for optimum weight loss and to see an overall improvement on health. Some activities include: Badminton, Cycling and swimming.

Muscle-strengthening activities are also recommended on 2 or more days a week, which include lifting weights and various body weight exercises. For more complete details on types of exercises and activities you can do, you can click HERE.

Now, just a little question for the readers. Would you guys want to eat ONLY McDonald’s for all 3 meals? Preferring a bit of variety to my meals, at least I don’t think I would want to. Speaking of variety, here’s a blog called “The Five Spoons” by Republic polytechnic students where you can look up for fantastic food in Singapore 

and for those of you who want to try healthy cooking by yourself, you can look at this blog “Skinny taste”.

All in all, as long as you balance your diet out by being conscious about your daily calorie intake, cutting down on fried food and coupled with a well thought out exercise plan that you actually carry out, no not the plan that you wrote on that one page in your diary that you never look, having more fast food in your meals isn’t going to be a big problem.

P.s. If anyone actually wants to try out the three month McDonald’s only diet, do let me know!