Sunday, September 14, 2008

One Value Meal #3 please.

Would that be "go big"?

Yes. "Go Big" please.


Fast food restaurants are offering meals that are super-sized. Portions today are bigger than in the past translating to more calories for the consumer. More and more fast food restaurants are offering biggie meals for just a few cents more. Customers, logically, super size their order for the bargain. Super-sizing adds about 50 -150 calories per meal. What's the big deal? An additional stored 10 calories a day equals to a gain of a pound a year. An extra 100 calories a day equals to a gain of 10 lbs. a year. Ok. Now you know where the extra pounds are coming from.

A small serving of french fries packs 210 calories. Super size it and you'll have an extra 400 calories on fries alone. A 12 oz soda has 150 calories. Get the biggie and you'll add another 250 calories to your meal. A biggie hamburger meal would be equivalent to 1500 calories -and that is only one meal. People are now used to big servings. A research shows that consumers buy the large bag of just about anything. We have been conditioned to eat what is served us - no matter how big the portion is. The end result of eating big portions is overeating that leads to unwanted weight gain.

Next time you have the urge to "go big" on your meal, think of the extra calories you'll be consuming.

Posted by desperateblogger On 9/14/2008 04:12:00 PM 2 comments

2 comments:

  1. Super big talaga...Here in the states, all their meals are huge, that I can't even eat at least half of it...

    No wonder tons of obese people here, hehe!

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  2. yah i know. i remember comparing the size of a regular fries there is more than the biggie fries here.

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