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And then everyone stood up and clapped!
Today in things that never happened.
She probably said Vivaldi' The Four Seasons* to make sure everyone knew she was a cut above.
* it was the first one that came to mind which says more about me really
 
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I’d duck up anyone younger than me who was interviewing by revealing the classic Agadoo.

If the “what song represents you” really did happen I can see most of the cunts earnestly proclaiming Imagine thinking they’re bleeping saints.
 
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my now hazy memories of metabolic chemistry at uni basically boil down to glucose = energy.

doesn’t matter what you eat, your basic fuel is glucose. It’s all broken down to that one molecule.

All this tit about insulin and blood sugar spikes and oh no! Carbs! Is crap because your Mac Donald’s is broken down to glucose and used as energy in the same way your home made hand cooked offerings are.

obviously the “health” angle lies in the inclusion of proteins and fats, vitamins/minerals, salt etc for other functions and repair. But your energy source is glucose.

your brain in particular burns through glucose, maybe that’s why all the low carbers seem hard of thinking.

from a weight point of view each individual needs to tweak their energy in/out if they don’t want to gain. How they do it again is irrelevant. Whether it’s one Big Mac a day or 1500 cals hand knitted by fairies.

maybe I should start a one Big Mac a day weight loss diet. I could write a book and mcds would sponsor me.

again from my hazy recollections I always remember burning ketones as fuel was bad, usually found in diabetics in a ketoacidotic crisis. So when the theory behind no carb and keto is to deprive yourself of glucose to the extent you start burning ketones as fuel, that does not compute.
I've definitely seen a show where someone only ate fast food and lost weight. Supersize Me shows Morgan Spurlock gaining nearly 2 stone after a month on fast food only but I'm fairly certain he just ate everything he could, and always took the 'supersized' option when offered (though it's been years since I've seen it). That's the whole premise of Subway's 2000s marketing - that you could eat a Subway (fast food) every day and lose weight. Very interesting.
 
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I'd completely panic at a question like that and probably blurt out something like "Baa Baa Black Sheep"
 
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Oh imagine an all-inclusive TUI holiday but the onsite restaurant is Mcdonalds, the ultimate dream.
 
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I've definitely seen a show where someone only ate fast food and lost weight. Supersize Me shows Morgan Spurlock gaining nearly 2 stone after a month on fast food only but I'm fairly certain he just ate everything he could, and always took the 'supersized' option when offered (though it's been years since I've seen it). That's the whole premise of Subway's 2000s marketing - that you could eat a Subway (fast food) every day and lose weight. Very interesting.
I enjoyed the film but even at the time, I remember thinking (and everyone saying) that of course eating nothing but three square McD's a day for a month, upsizing and finishing it all even when you don't want it is going to duck you up. No moral judgement, it's just food, but it wasn't a revelation that doing that isn't good for you.

And didn't it later emerge that he still had his alcohol addiction at the time and he admitted the times he threw up might have been down to being hungover? I might be wrong, but I think there was also a scene where a doctor said his liver looked terrible, and as the alcohol was never mentioned, it was very much implied that the food was responsible but it seems unlikely. That was very wrong in a documentary.

I remember being irritated too when he trotted out his mum and girlfriend to lament and wail ("oh sweetie, I love you, I don't want you to get hurt!"). He's not being sent to war! He's choosing to do this and we all know it isn't healthy! If he gets too ill he should stop, he's made his point!

Then he admitted sexual misconduct...
 
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In my eating disorder days at 6th form I’d go along to mcd’s with the rest of them and have a chocolate milkshake. That’s it.

400 cals. One milkshake a day.
Guess what? Despite all the sugar and carbs I lost a ton of weight very quickly.

there’s definitely something in this Mac Donald’s weight loss diet idea 😂
 
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In my eating disorder days at 6th form I’d go along to mcd’s with the rest of them and have a chocolate milkshake. That’s it.

400 cals. One milkshake a day.
Guess what? Despite all the sugar and carbs I lost a ton of weight very quickly.

there’s definitely something in this Mac Donald’s weight loss diet idea 😂
Isn't that the premise of Slim Fast and all the other weight loss shakes?
 
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It's thermodynamics
I enjoyed the film but even at the time, I remember thinking (and everyone saying) that of course eating nothing but three square McD's a day for a month, upsizing and finishing it all even when you don't want it is going to duck you up. No moral judgement, it's just food, but it wasn't a revelation that doing that isn't good for you.

And didn't it later emerge that he still had his alcohol addiction at the time and he admitted the times he threw up might have been down to being hungover? I might be wrong, but I think there was also a scene where a doctor said his liver looked terrible, and as the alcohol was never mentioned, it was very much implied that the food was responsible but it seems unlikely. That was very wrong in a documentary.

I remember being irritated too when he trotted out his mum and girlfriend to lament and wail ("oh sweetie, I love you, I don't want you to get hurt!"). He's not being sent to war! He's choosing to do this and we all know it isn't healthy! If he gets too ill he should stop, he's made his point!

Then he admitted sexual misconduct...
Yeah I think he was an alcoholic as well, I'm sure an all supersized McDonalds diet isn't going to do you much good but the liver issues were the alcohol.

I think the biggest issue of an all fast food diet even if it fits in a calorie deficit is you're not getting enough fibre and your digestive system definitely does need that. You'll lose weight though if you're taking in less than you're putting out, you just probably wont feel great and your bowels aren't going to thank you.

Had a laugh at this one in the what do you weigh at 5''10" (or whatever the height was)

I'm substantially shorter (5ft3) and I'm a size 6/8 and weight 65-67kg


Bollocks you weigh that at that height and wear a size 6-8 unless we're talking US 6-8 which is UK 10-12 and even then probably only if you're pretty muscular. Fortunately someone did call it out. Also laughing that the person asked for weight in KG and I know they said stone is fine but it's not difficult to do the conversion.
 
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I think I need to leave this thread. I’m officially a mumsnetter my god. Sittting here reading the McDonald’s posts feeling shocked and sick that so many people eat it. while wearing a striped cardigan over a midi dress from M&S.

That’s it, must get all my ducks in a row to go NC with myself. (in reality I’m going to throw some dippers in the air fryer and put Corrie on)

Quelle Vie De Merde (FML for all you uncultured non french speakers) 😜 🤣
 
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Had a laugh at this one in the what do you weigh at 5''10" (or whatever the height was)

I'm substantially shorter (5ft3) and I'm a size 6/8 and weight 65-67kg

Bollocks you weigh that at that height and wear a size 6-8 unless we're talking US 6-8 which is UK 10-12 and even then probably only if you're pretty muscular. Fortunately someone did call it out. Also laughing that the person asked for weight in KG and I know they said stone is fine but it's not difficult to do the conversion.
Like absolute duck they're a size 6/8 at that weight and height. 67kg is 148lbs or close enough, I'm 5ft 6 and when I was 148lbs for most of my 20s I was a size 10 on top and a size 12 on bottom (pear shaped).
 
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I’d duck up anyone younger than me who was interviewing by revealing the classic Agadoo.

If the “what song represents you” really did happen I can see most of the cunts earnestly proclaiming Imagine thinking they’re bleeping saints.
I hate ice breakers , most stupid thing ever, so in my working days I just lied outrageously. My favourite was when I said I'm descended from inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha. Some rapid eye blinking from the trainer and a swift move to the next victim lol.
 
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