You Don't Want More

While driving a few days ago and stuck at a red light, I noticed the sign outside the local McDonalds read:

Make it Large,
Get Free Pie

I was pretty stunned. REaLly? Aren’t you getting enough food as it is?

Hamburger :250
Small French Fries :230
w/out ketchup
small cola drink :110
= 590

A Double Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese : 740
Large French Fries : 500
w/ 1 packet of ketchup : 15
Large cola drink : 310
= 1,700

A large meal is almost an entire day’s worth of calories for an adult male. (suggestion of 2,000 per day, which is really WAY too much for anyone who isn’t an athlete, body builder, construction worker/ manual laborer or who isn’t at least 6’2 tall and active most of the day!)


Large McDonald meal 1,700
free apple pie + 250
= 1,950

Or basically 12 seconds of eating something "free" equals = 20 minutes sprinting on a treadmill or 1 hour brisk walking just to burn off the free pie. Gee, thanks!

America is bulging at the seams.
TWO out of every THREE adults in America is obese.

NOT fat, but Obese.

30% of the population under 18 is obese too.

Obesity as defined by the National Institutes of Health (the NIH) is a person who has a BMI of 30 and above. (A BMI of 30 is about 30 pounds overweight.)

So what exactly does 30 pounds look like?
An entire 30 lb. turkey (includes bones).
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30 lb. weight lifting ball
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30 lb. adolescent pit bull mix
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30 lbs of dirt
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30 lbs of nails
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WHO in their right mind would want to lug around any of that all day, all night 24/7, 365????

According to this site: http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm


USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions
• 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
• Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
• 78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
• 25% completely Sedentary
• 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990


Obesity Related Diseases
• 80% of type II diabetes related to obesity
• 70% of Cardiovascular disease related to obesity
• 42% breast and colon cancer diagnosed among obese individuals
• 30% of gall bladder surgery related to obesity
• 26% of obese people having high blood pressure
Childhood Obesity Running Out of Control
• 4% overweight 1982 | 16% overweight 1994
• 25% of all white children overweight 2001
• 33% African American and Hispanic children overweight 2001
• Hospital costs associated with childhood obesity rising from $35 Million (1979) to $127 Million (1999)


Childhood Metabolic and Heart Risks
• New study suggests one in four overweight children is already showing early signs of type II diabetes (impaired glucose intolerance)
• 60% already have one risk factor for heart disease
Surge in Childhood Diabetes
• Between 8% - 45% of newly diagnosed cases of childhood diabetes are type II, associated with obesity.
• Whereas 4% of Childhood diabetes was type II in 1990, that number has risen to approximately 20%
• Depending on the age group (Type II most frequent 10-19 group) and the racial/ethnic mix of group stated
• Of Children diagnosed with Type II diabetes, 85% are obese
SOURCE: Wellness International Network Ltd - web.winltd.com

So…thanks anyway. McDonalds can keep their large meal AND their free pie.

If you want to really live this one shot you have at life...
You don’t want more.