I was going through some old family photos the other day and saw a picture of my mom eating at McDonalds. And in front of her was just a plain hamburger, small bag of fries, and a medium coke. I forgot that before the BigMac and other gut busting inovations, that this used to be a meal. Now that's what they put in a childrens Happy Meal. No wonder we are all fat.

I have a huge appetite, and one small burger and a little packet of fries would make for a nice snack if anything

MajesticOne89 said:

Yeah, I think our appetites have grown as value meals have. I was at Taco Bell last summer and I saw where you could order a huge box of food for one person. It made me think, are we really far off from fast food places just throwing gallons of food in a trough for us?

I think it´s mainly the BigMac sauce that makes people fat, not necessarily the bun and the meat because the meat is getting leaner and leaner due to health oriented customers and the demand for lean beef.Back in the days most burgers were much greasier ( and tastier because fat makes burgers tastier).

I am absolutely not a fan of McDonalds but that Morgan Spurlock documentary kind of scared me so I googled some info about it and came across a website by some Swiss scientist who did the exact same thing and studied the physical changes in some men who ate nothing but McDonalds products , and to my surprise, the results were completely different from the ones that Morgan Spurlock came to.
I mean, making a documentary is a good thing when you stick with the facts and inform people but it´s not so cool when you manipulate the people and rearrange certain things just so they can suit your agenda.

However, I agree with you that there IS a problem with the size of certain meals and the fat and sugar content of certain products.

Also, the burger meat in America is packed with hormones and as far as I know European McDonalds restaurants don´t use meat with hormones.
Those "BIG GULP" drinks at Taco Bell are also a major factor. Who needs a whole liter of Coca Cola ? That´s a lot of refined high fructose sugar.

KoolEaze said:

I just can't imagine "health conscious" customers demanding anything from McDonalds but the exit & it's not just the sauce, it's the multi-layered white bread bun & the questionable greazy meat too. Come on now Who is this scientist you looked up? I'm curious about his results, not that it'll get me to step foot into McDonalds again

I actually DON'T remember this.

Eh-Ever since I can remember I ben
ordering quarter pounders

did the fish filets shrink ..

this week I had to face the fact that Hardee's is just so much tastier than McD's

I wonder if it's any better/worse for you?

CalhounSq said:

LOL, there was a clip on utube a while ago where a lady did an experiment: took a french fre, and a burget bun and put them in zip lock bags for 5 yrs, they hadn't changed. i wonder what mcd's puts in their "food".


don't eat it but im a sucker 4 the icecreams; mcflurrys yummy!

missmad said:

OMG Yea, it's not food. I think people have a hard time accepting that b/c they're used to it, they wanna eat it & want to justify eating it. But it's horrible stuff

CalhounSq said:

LOL, nah it ain't. Right and right- not giving a care about the consequences. It is. Its like coke/pepsi- I only drank water 4 3 months ( trying 2 lose weight) and then I drank coke/pepsi - it literally tasted like syrup- disgusting thing ever. Never again. I wonder what they put it that.

missmad said:

Yeah, but what do they put in the water

jockeyb4u said:

yea I wonder that 2! Seems like everything has things in it these days. sad.

abigail05 said:

My family was a Hardee's family growing up. Their burgers are much better. But they're so dang expensive!!!! And so big!

JuliePurplehead said:

we say this every time we go there!

order the All American meal it's not on the menu and it's $1.99

i remember when mcdonalds had fried apple pies and they burnt the tongue.

and i remember when taco bell tacos looked like this

jockeyb4u said:

no i do remember super size. goodtimes

i think i got started out on two cheeseburgers and an order of small fries. it was a rite of passage when i moved on to a quarter pounder + a cheeseburger and medium fries. it got out of hand from there.

drifit said:

Those were

CalhounSq said:

you call that meat?

I just read that McD's Large Triple Thick Chocolate Shake has 1160 calories!!

that's almost the equivalent of drinking TWO Big Macs!!!

Genesia said:

they don't have those anymore?

i know they haven't had the lava-filled cherry pies in years, but i thought they still had the apple ones. shows how long it's been since i've eaten at mickey d's!

Anxiety said:

I liked the cherry pies better than the apple ones. If they brought those back I would actually go to a McD's again. Just for the pie tho, the burgers are fucking vile. Their other sandwiches just sit in my gut like a rock...ugh...

CalhounSq said:

thr snack wraps are on hit tho tasty and healthy.but lets keep it real ur drunk u want fries with ranch and two cheese burgers maybe nuggets too

I always wanted the Happy Meals, even once I was too old for them

jockeyb4u said:

Taco Bell is the only place you'll ever see me stuff my face in a big box.

Me love me some Big Box Meal.

You know...you can still just order a burger (not big mac), small fries and med coke.

You don't have to get the gut-buster.

johnart said:

I like their chicken softshell tacos