Weight Watchers says eat at McDonald's to lose weight (WTF??)

[Mari333]

(NaturalNews) Weight Watchers has now officially endorsed Chicken McNuggets as a "healthy meal" in New Zealand, where McDonald's restaurants will begin carrying the Weight Watchers logo on several menu items. This bizarre and inexplicable decision has now made Weight Watchers the laughing stock of the health world where nutrition and weight loss experts normally don't use "McDonald's fast food" and "weight loss" in the same sentence.

As The Guardian reports, "As part of the deal, which the company says is the first of its kind in the world, McDonald's will use the Weight Watchers logo on its menu boards and Weight Watchers will promote McDonald's to dieters."








http://www.naturalnews.com/028372_Weight_Watchers_McDonalds.html

[joeybee12]

1. Apparently everybody can be bought for the right price...n/t

[Mari333]

2. yes, today especially LOL

[Luciferous]

14. Ouch

:rofl:

[Systematic Chaos]

3. I have my very own "McD's" and it's allowed me to lose a LOT of weight easily.

No shitty fast food sandwiches, either.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/index.html

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Nutritional info

Serving size 10 pieces (159g)
Calories 485
Calories from fat 260
Total fat 29 g (44% of US Dietary Reference Intake)
Saturated fat 5 g (25%)
Cholesterol 70 mg (23%)
Sodium 1000 mg (42%)
Total carbohydrate 27 g (9%)
Dietary fiber 0 g
Sugars 0 g
Protein 24 g
Vitamin A (0%)
Vitamin C (2%)
Calcium (2%)
Iron (8%)
Source McDonald's
Notes May vary outside US.
Dietary Reference Intake based on 2000 cal. diet.

The Chicken McNugget is a small piece of minced chicken breast and mechanically separated meat held together with phosphate salts and some chicken skin. The pieces are then coated with batter, lightly fried to set the batter, individually quick frozen, packaged, and sent to stores. At the McDonald's stores, the McNuggets are deep-fried and sold. According to McDonald's, Chicken McNuggets are made entirely of white meat chicken.<1> McNuggets come in three different shapes: "The Boot", named for its boot-like appearance, "The Tombstone", named for its tombstone-like appearance, and "The Circle", which may have a slightly ovular appearance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets



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[FarCenter]

8. Does that include the gross sauce you dip them in?

[Cirque du So-What]

11. In their haste to smooch McD's pasty corporate rump

it appears that Weight Watchers neglected to mention the putrid, additive-laden sauce. WW jumped the shark years ago, but when they endorse chicken mcfuckingnuggets, they reveal themselves for the $2 whores they truly are.

[HopeHoops]

10. A friend who managed McD's visited a McNuggets plant - "Chicken goes in..."

"... bones, feet and feathers go one way, everything else goes the other."

It was a bit of a simplification, but not by much. Gross shit, that.

:puke: is right.

[laconicsax]

5. Based on my experiences with that "food," I think they're advocating bulemia...

I was never able to keep those things down. I'm sure if I kept at it, I'd lose weight.

[LynneSin]

6. I will say this - after "Supersize Me", McDonald's did make an effort to provide healthier choices

Mind you the healthiest choice is to make your own foods from fresh, natural ingredients at home. But in a pinch, McDonald's does have several healthy choice alternatives.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

7. A 10pc McNugget is not that bad... only like 460 calories or something.

That's less calories than a Subway Veggie Delight footlong sub.
Eating a 10pc for lunch puts you on par for a sub 2000cal diet. :shrug:

Although most of the calories are from fat and the protien/nutrtion content isn't great. High sodium too.
However, if you are craving "junk food" or fast food the Mcnugget isn't too bad.

[bertman]

9. If you only eat ONE McNugget.

That's in the very, very, ultra-fine print on the edge of the cardboard container, written in Chinese.

:eyes:

[Tailormyst]

12. Wow that is REALLY fucked up.

[WolverineDG]

13. They don't say that

They partnered with McDonald's & placed points values on some of their menu offerings. They aren't saying "Eat only at McDonald's to lose weight." :eyes:

As someone who has used the WW point system in the past, you have a set number of points you can use per day. How you use them is up to you but anyone who is serious about WW & the points system will tell you that it is stupid to eat fast food at every meal, even if you do have the points. For most of my meals, I prepared my own meals, but there were times when my friends would want to go out & eat somewhere, or I was out of town & couldn't make my own meals. Knowing the points values of items on various menus really helps (do a google search, they're out there) & *occasionally* I would treat myself to a Happy Meal when I wanted a burger & fries.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587798,00.html?test=latestnews

Several items on the fast food giant's menu — the Filet-O-Fish, Chicken McNuggets and Sweet Chilli Seared Chicken Wrap — have been approved for the Weight Watchers program. Each meal is worth 6.5 points on the program, which assigns points to food items and allows dieters to consume 18 to 40 points each day to achieve their goal weight.

Chris Stirk, Weight Watchers director of business in Australia and New Zealand, said the partnership between the two companies reflects "part of our philosophy that you can enjoy life ... while still achieving your weight loss goals."

dg

[NeedleCast]

15. Doesn't McD's carry a variety of salads and grilled items now?

Honest question, I haven't been in one in years, never been a fan.