Downsize Me: Me and Mickey D Trailer

Yea, but how many people eat like that? More people eat unhealthy when they go to McDonald's than healthy. This was no doubt funded by McDonalds to try and save some face and create more buzz about their 'fruit buzz'. Supersize me was real, but instead of what happens over a year or two he did it in 30 days.

The problem with these "Super Size Me" debunkers is that they are conducting very different experiments than Spurlock did. Spurlock made a big deal about not getting more exercise than the average American. So comparing "Super Size Me" with "Me & Mickey D" is that you are comparing apples and oranges.

Good point. Spurlock was demonstrating the "average" American with little nutritional knowledge, no exercise, and just accepting that supersizing a meal is a normal thing to do. On the other hand Whaley is making good nutritional choices and exercising.

So is it about McDonald's or about broader lifestyle choices?

This is old hat... watch www.BowlingForMorgan.com

Well the point of the matter is that McDonalds is not responsible for making people fat. It's people themselves who make them fat.

Yes, but as Spurlock stated at the beginning of the film he could have chosen any fast food company like Wendy's, Burger KIng, etc (or ate the same ammount of calories), but he specifcally went for McDonalds because of the number of convienient easy to find locations (like in a WalMart or esp. in a hospital as shown in the film). This way he could show the spread of the bad food and lifestyle habits through out the country.

Americans only know two things: what Bill O'Reilly tells them and what Karl Rove tells Bush to tell them.

I think it boils down to one thing. Personal responsibility. this is what Spurlock tries to reject. He implies that it is the corporations fault. He abused fast food like he could have abused anything. Bottom line. Do what you want, but blame no-one but yourself for the result. (hint, liberals)

Please, this is black and white. I agree with the previous post. Personal responsibility is the american way. It's the constant onslaught of the liberal bias in everything from education to Hollyweird to national judiciary that has turned this land into a land of whiners and people who blame others for their life choices. If you rely on fast food as a dining choice(note the word choice) then you accept the consequences of YOUR actions. Come on people, wake up.

I would rather see someone showing that people should have some sort of responsibility than a person who stuffs thier face. It is almost to say that we have become lazy enough to start blaming others for a scapegoat when it is obviously only your fault how you take care of yourself.

I don't have much to say, except that Amber, Chris B, and Chris Gamble are completely correct in their statements. I thought about writing more, but I didn't just want to repeat what they were saying. :-)

"Americans only know two things: what Bill O'Reilly tells them and what Karl Rove tells Bush to tell them."

And things would be SOOOO much better if they would only do what CHRIS told them, or what Morgan Spurlock told them, or what Hillary told them or any other wannabe megalomaniac that thinks they know what is best for all of us tells us.

Idiots that "follow" get what they deserve. Learn or die.

hi im paige and 13 and i weigh 150 i dont look 150 but im pretty tall and big bone but i would like to get down to 125 at lease thats my goal right now if u have any thing maybe that can help me out can u plez reply to my email slick_chick_626@yahoo.com

Paige: please don't stress about your weight. Eat your vegetables and fruit, don't eat junk, and stay active and you'll be just fine.

yeah eat ur veg n fruit and leave da cake alonnneee

Hey Paige!
Like Jan said, try not to stress about your weight. When I was about your age (5years ago)I became obsessed with my weight and became anorexic. I finally realized it's not what the scale says that counts it's what the way you look. I'm sure you are fine. I am also tall (5'8") and weigh the same as you. But if you do want to lose weight the best thing to do is excercise (I find running/jogging works the best) several times a week, drink atleast 64oz of water, and don't stuff your face. Eat smaller proportions but don't starve yourself. Good Luck!

"Yea, but how many people eat like that? More people eat unhealthy when they go to McDonald's than healthy."

I'm going to have to agree with the commenter "Chris Gamble" (and note that I'm a liberal). I eat fast food at least once or twice a week, and I have NEVER Super-sized/Biggie-Sized/Up-sized anything in my life. Usually I'll order just the sandwich and a diet soda, and when I order the entire meal then I'll compensate for the extra calories with a small dinner. I also exercise regularly. The whole idea of "Big Food" (like "Big Tobacco") is absurd, because food chains don't lie about their products being unhealthy. They know darn well it's unhealthy, because they put a lot of stuff in there that adds taste, and as a result, calories. Their business is TO SELL FOOD. If their business was to make everyone healthy, then Ray Kroc would have financed a franchise of gyms instead of hamburger stands.

Bottom line, unless you have some serious health concerns anyone can eat what they want - within reason. Overall diet and attention to fitness has a far greater impact to your appearance and health than the occasional Big Mac and fries.

Isn't it possiblwe that maybe the person lost muscle and gainted fat and since muscle weights more nothing happened
I am almost fourteen 5'5" and am abouty 113 but i hate when people say how i am like well maybe its because i just play so much psorts and don't eat sooo mch

Everyone please, Spurlock's Super Size Me is straight biased, he purposely over ate what an average person would, purposely under excercised what an average person would and most the information was only half relevant to what he was actually doing. If the movie was what he stated it was intended for, "the kids of America", he would of left most of the profanity out of it, ie. showing the fat backsides of Americas, showing a guy getting a bypass and his rectal exam. him showing fater Americans backsides in a way that is mocking them is not the way he should be presenting his doc. to children. His documentary serves no purpose what so ever.

Im 13 year old girl...I weight 57 kilos and im 160 cm... I think Im soo fat I hate my body im so fkn fat!! Toungh my friends tell me I look good and Im thin they just say that to make me feel better and my mom says im gettin too thin to make me feel better to!..Im trying to not eat more than like 1000 cals a day some times I get below 500 sometimes 100-200 cals :) But I know thats not enogh... I hate myself for being so fat! :(:(:( I seriously need sum help I dont drink sodas or fast food or sweeds or anything!!!! I dont get it this is so not fair! I think Im allso depressed soo thats not gd at all! I hate my life and me and everything about it its just so hard I want to be skinny...I know I set my goal to high I want to be model thin...But I AM gonna make it!! I have been on a non stop diet since I was 11 and I have lost like 20 kilos :)... maby somone hwo has the same problem can e-mail me its jenny_hestar@hotmail.com

Jenny, 57 kilos at 1,60m is not overweight at all. Eating as little as you are will not only damage your health long term, but it will only make you fatter in the short term. If you keep eating 100 calories a day, the day that you eat 500 calories, you are actually gonna gain weight, and all of it in the form of fat, with no muscle whatsoever. The end result is that soon, even if you manage to remain 57 kilos, you'll be wearing bigger clothes sizes, and odds are you'll weigh more too.

Please remember that models are retouched and often use unhealthy methods to be that skinny - their diets consist of cigarettes, illegal drugs, and hardly any food. Think about how much you've wasted being on a diet since you were 11 and most of all, hating your life and yourself and everything about you, as you say. Do you have a conselour at school you can talk to? Cause hating yourself is no way to go through life.

Jenny, 57 kilos at 1,60m is not overweight at all. Eating as little as you are will not only damage your health long term, but it will only make you fatter in the short term. If you keep eating 100 calories a day, the day that you eat 500 calories, you are actually gonna gain weight, and all of it in the form of fat, with no muscle whatsoever. The end result is that soon, even if you manage to remain 57 kilos, you'll be wearing bigger clothes sizes, and odds are you'll weigh more too.

Please remember that models are retouched and often use unhealthy methods to be that skinny - their diets consist of cigarettes, illegal drugs, and hardly any food. Think about how much you've wasted being on a diet since you were 11 and most of all, hating your life and yourself and everything about you, as you say. Do you have a conselour at school you can talk to? Cause hating yourself is no way to go through life.

Hi.. me name is Sam, i'm 14 years old and im 5 feet 3 inches and I weigh about 117 pounds...and I do not look great in a bathing suit.. I feel big compared to my friends, I want to lose inbetween 5-10 pounds, soon! how do I do it.. its almost summer time??..

Hey peoples. I'm 13 years old, and I weight 238 lbs. Yeah, I know ya'll are like "damn she fat." Well, I liike to eat so what. Anyway, I really need to loose some weight, and I don't know how. I try to eat healthy and excercise, but it never works out. I need help!

Hi i am 12 years old and 120 pounds i went on a diet this summer and it didn't to to much i can't stand looking at my self and i really want to loose 10-20 pounds.please tell me wat deiting pll i should use or wat diet i should go on.
I am very active i play soccer,surf and do P.E very day...yet some how i am still fat.help!!!!!!!

Kendra: Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, and for God's sake never use diet pills.

Kendra: Oh, and you can find it at www.burnthefat.com.

Yeah, it's true, Morgan didn't show at that, but he's had alot of interview requests by people like you, such as this one guy who made a film entitled "Bowling for Morgan".

Seems Spurlock inspired alot of people to eat at mcDonald's, even though the firm seemed to have denounced Super Size me.

As far as that goes, I am sure there will be others trying this experiment.

When does Downsize me come out? (the full film, not the trailer? Or was the trailer the film?

Rock on

hey im 14 and i weigh like 148 pounds and im 5 feet 8 inches. im planning on losing 20 pounds and if i eat 1250 calories and BURN 250 calories how many pounds will i lose?? thankss1!!