Britain is overweight.

[Oddsocks]

A kids happy meal is £2.79, contains a main item, (burger, fish fingers, veggie sticks etc). Chips, apple slices or a.n other. Drink, pop, water or milk.

Maybe enough for a kid up to about 8-9yrs old, if they’ve eaten other meals.

You have however missed the 70000000 million calorie McFlurry

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Ah, OK. There's also the adult meals to add and when they're teens I expect it's not far away from what I'm suggesting.

I'm always amazed when visiting the local retail park at the number of cars queued waiting to buy from McDonalds.

Then it’s cheaper with the 99p Cheeseburger.

 

[Foxholer]

I've known plenty of people who have lived healthily into their 90's and one over 100 who did not do hard exercise. Just walking for them.
I...

Given that shuffling is all that I can (currently) do - at nearly 70 - I hope to be similarly 'afflicted', Though I have certainly done 'hard' exercise in the past.

...
It is a modern commercialised myth that the more you exercise the healthier you can become and the more weight you can lose.
...

FTFY!

...All I'm saying is that no amount of food you eat will replenish lost energy which is naturally stored in your body by sleep.

Twaddle!

 

[Paperboy]

Which gym have you joined Simon?

its a little gym called DMF Evolve in chandlers ford. About a minutes walk from work

 

[SocketRocket]

Then it’s cheaper with the 99p Cheeseburger.

Enjoy ?

 

[stefanovic]

Given that shuffling is all that I can (currently) do - at nearly 70 - I hope to be similarly 'afflicted', Though I have certainly done 'hard' exercise in the past.

At nearly 72 I've just returned from a 9 mile canal walk.
Cycling, jogging, sprinting are no problem.
I will probably go jogging this evening
I can do over 100 challenging yoga poses and can perform a one hour Tai Chi workout (hardest of the lot).

If I have a 'secret' it's not eating much. I never have a big meal, only snacks.
I avoid all take-away's.
I don't expect others' to lead this lifestyle. It's their choice.
I'm going to die one day, but I'd still like to extend my health span.

There is a clear price to pay for over eating and over exercising.
It's like the smoker who realises too late there was a price to pay for his addiction.
I've never smoked and have consumed very little alcohol in my life.
Yet there is always an element of luck.

 

[Foxholer]

...
If I have a 'secret' it's not eating much. I never have a big meal, only snacks.
...Yet there is always an element of luck.

I'm inclined to believe the (or at least 'a') 'secret' to longevity is to have long-lived ancestors!

 

[sunshine]

The fact that McDonalds now sells a double big mac says it all.

Fat-shaming is no longer acceptable, but actually women are now encouraged to celebrate being fat.

There's nothing (seriously) wrong with being a little overweight, but I haven noticed an explosion in the number of properly obese people in the last 10 years.

 

[Fade and Die]

The fact that McDonalds now sells a double big mac says it all.

Fat-shaming is no longer acceptable, but actually women are now encouraged to celebrate being fat.

There's nothing (seriously) wrong with being a little overweight, but I haven noticed an explosion in the number of properly obese people in the last 10 years.

If I am too drunk in the pub then the landlord can refuse to serve me. Maybe McDonald’s should adopt a similar policy. “Sorry love you’ve had too much already” ?

 

[SocketRocket]

The fact that McDonalds now sells a double big mac says it all.

Fat-shaming is no longer acceptable, but actually women are now encouraged to celebrate being fat.

There's nothing (seriously) wrong with being a little overweight, but I haven noticed an explosion in the number of properly obese people in the last 10 years.

I think that obese people are eating too much refined and unrefined sugar rather than fat. Fat has been given an undeserved bad press for a long time, it's transfats that are unhealthy. The most unhealthy part of a burger is the bun.

 

[ColchesterFC]

I think that obese people are eating too much refined and unrefined sugar rather than fat. Fat has been given an undeserved bad press for a long time, it's transfats that are unhealthy. The most unhealthy part of a burger is the bun.

Surely that depends on where you get the burger from. If I make burgers at home from 5% fat steak mince, breadcrumbs and eggs then the bun is very likely to be the most unhealthy part of it. If I buy a pack of 40 burgers for £2 from Iceland (or wherever) then it's highly likely that the burger isn't going to be even close to healthy.

 

[SocketRocket]

Surely that depends on where you get the burger from. If I make burgers at home from 5% fat steak mince, breadcrumbs and eggs then the bun is very likely to be the most unhealthy part of it. If I buy a pack of 40 burgers for £2 from Iceland (or wherever) then it's highly likely that the burger isn't going to be even close to healthy.

Why? It's not the fat in the burger that's the unhealthy part, it's the unrefined sugar in the bun's carbs.
As I suggested, trans fats are unhealthy, saturated and unsaturated fats are not a problem when used proportionally with other foods like non root vegetables. We do need sugar in our diet but the average diet Is much too high in it.

I eat a fairly high fat/protein diet and my cholesterol score is 3.5.

 

[Leftitshort]

At nearly 72 I've just returned from a 9 mile canal walk.
Cycling, jogging, sprinting are no problem.
I will probably go jogging this evening
I can do over 100 challenging yoga poses and can perform a one hour Tai Chi workout (hardest of the lot).

If I have a 'secret' it's not eating much. I never have a big meal, only snacks.
I avoid all take-away's.
I don't expect others' to lead this lifestyle. It's their choice.
I'm going to die one day, but I'd still like to extend my health span.

There is a clear price to pay for over eating and over exercising.
It's like the smoker who realises too late there was a price to pay for his addiction.
I've never smoked and have consumed very little alcohol in my life.
Yet there is always an element of luck.

Sounds miserable. I’d rather get pissed & chain smoke woodbines

 

[SocketRocket]

Sounds miserable. I’d rather get pissed & chain smoke woodbines

Go for it, you know it makes sense.

 

[Jimaroid]

Just for balance. McDonalds isn’t as bad as people think it is provided you stay away from the soft drinks, pancakes and ice cream. They knew years ago they stood to lose a lot in accusations of dietary harm, especially in children. Happy meals come with fruit, vegetables and fruit juice rather than fries and pop. It is reasonable to say they’re playing a good part in habitual change.

Their coffee is decent and they’re a pretty good employer too. There’s much worse out there.

 

[Foxholer]

At nearly 72 I've just returned from a 9 mile canal walk.
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Well, that's another 90 mins or so of your 'life' wasted.
Average life expectancy of males in Spain, France and Italy are all higher that of Brits, so, having had a pasta meal, I'm having a very pleasant (if large) glass of Rioja - while listening to Jimmy Buffett's 'Rue de la Guitare' - the Monmartre reference bringing back wonderful memories of a wonderful holiday in Paris and Loire Valley that included a several rounds and meals at Les Bordes!

 

[Leftitshort]

Go for it, you know it makes sense.

Isn’t that the true spirit of Christmas? ?

 

[bobmac]

Get out of your chair*, walk to the car, drive to the drive through, get your family bucket, drive home, back to your seat, consume aforementioned bucket, washed down with a large coke.
It's hardly hunting and gathering.
Any food that has 'bucket' in its description should be avoided in my opinion.

*And now we can just order food in without even leaving your chair, get someone in the house who still has the ability to walk to collect it from the front door.

In the olden days (early 60s) all we had was the chippy, once a month as a treat. You better double wrap it in newspaper so it wont get cold on the walk home.

Now what do we have, Macds, KFC, Burger King, kebabs, pizzas etc.
At first it's just a bacon and egg mcmuffin washed down with coffee for breakfast, then it's the take away burger and chips for lunch, which leads to take away pizza for tea/dinner, its the domino affect.
It saddens me when I see queues at our local Mcd drive through at 8 am

All is not lost however.......

 

[Voyager EMH]

None of those shorts are "tailored". 2nd from right: short socks must be "predominately white". Far right needs to tuck his shirt in.
Dreadful. Makes me quite angry to see such awfulness on a golf course.
Perhaps we need to try much harder to put youngsters off the idea of playing golf.
We don't go out there to enjoy ourselves you know.

 

[Jimaroid]

What's the difference between a McDonald's Bacon McMuffin and a bacon roll at the golf club? Apart from one being criticised and one being often praised on this forum?

I'm here all day.