The McDonald’s Diet: Man Lost 86 lb. Eating Only McDonald’s Food



Meet Chris Coleson, a Richmond, Virginia, businessman who lost 86 pounds on the "McDonald’s Diet""

He said the idea was born out of his wife’s skepticism at his ability to lose weight.

"I told her I could lose weight eating anywhere," he said. "I told her I could do it eating at McDonald’s."

Determined to prove his point, Mr. Coleson started eating two meals a day at the Golden Arches (he doesn’t eat breakfast) and saved his receipts in a journal. He saved most of his salad containers, too. In another nod to the McDonald’s diet, Mr. Coleson changed his license plate from "OLDNFAT" to "MCFIT."

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(Photo: Chris Coleson, in his "before" photo)


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Posted on June 23, 2008 at 4:13 pm by Alex
Category: Food & Drinks, Medicine

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22 comments to "The McDonald’s Diet: Man Lost 86 lb. Eating Only McDonald’s Food"

  • Johnny Cat
    June 23rd, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Unfortunately, the diet caused him to grow magenta facial hair.

  • HollywoodBob
    June 23rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Take that Morgan Spurlock.

  • Miss Curly
    June 23rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    His beard is turning Ronald McDonald red!
    A side effect from eating at McDonalds?

  • SenorMysterioso
    June 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    1200 calories a day and all he ate was salads.

    I think its funny how he talks about how he is not interested in becoming a McD’s spokesperson because earlier in the article it says that McD’s is not interested in hiring him as one.

  • Geekazoid
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    All he ate was salads? Then I’m not impressed at all, anyone can lose weight on only 1200 calories, heck that’s like starvation mode not even the minimum an average adult needs. Now if he lost weight eating big macs and filet o fishes, then of course McD’s would be hiring him as a spokesperson, but only from eating salads? Fugghedaboutit

  • Stratoblogster
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    UNDERSIZE ME!!!

  • Alannah
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Apparently he was a magenta faced walrus before the diet.

  • bean
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    Thanks for linking to a website that requires a subscription.

  • SenorMysterioso
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    the link has changed

  • BlessedBlogger
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    Really?! You mean to tell me that if I go from eating 5000 calories a day, more than twice what a normal adult is supposed to eat, and starve myself on salads I’ll lose weight? If Only I’d known!

    Seriously though, this is ridiculous. It has nothing to do with McDonalds food. And I’d just like to point out that there is a significant difference between thin and healthy. Just because he lost weight doesn’t mean he’s any healthier than he was before.

  • Tempscire
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    What kind of person identifies themselves as “OLDNFAT” on their license plate?

  • ted
    June 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    An old, fat person?

  • WordyGrrl
    June 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Yep, reading this one requires a paid subscription. Simply filling out their info (with bogus name and address, of course) takes you to a page that gives you the first paragraph. If you want to read more, it’s by paid subscription only. I’m not that curious about the guy.

  • Alex
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Hm - paid subscription, indeed! It wasn’t like that earlier today. I’ve updated the post with an alternate link.

  • Mr. Binky
    June 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    Thinner, yes.
    Healthy? No.

  • Thomas
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    Try as you might, nothing will convince me that eating that crap is healthy.

  • Larfin Jackarse
    June 24th, 2008 at 3:14 am

    Oh was he esting the salad? I assumed it was the packaging.

  • Tim Giachetti
    June 24th, 2008 at 5:33 am

    Guys! That’s not magenta die in his beard. It’s catsup stains!

  • Orjan Morjan
    June 24th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    I bet making that salad at home is cheaper. And salad is fast food as it doesn’t have to be prepared.

  • Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    June 24th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    He’ll gain it back. That kind of diet isn’t sustainable… especially if he hasn’t dealt with the issues that made him sit in front of the fridge and gorge himself in the first place.

  • RM
    June 25th, 2008 at 2:36 am

    But he isn´t healthier. Stop looking for excuses to continue being stupid.

  • EAS
    June 25th, 2008 at 7:52 am

    Why is this a news item? Of course he lost weight on salad and apple dippers without caramel sauce. He would have lost weight if he did the same thing at Wendy’s eating the same food, or if he made the salad himself at home. Due to the release of “Super Size Me”, a lot of restaurants added healthier items to their menu.

    This is really not hard to figure out. Something is really wrong when the obvious is stated. Aren’t there any other important stories out there? Is this guy a plant for McDonald’s even though it says he’s not?

    Really … (Shaking Head)

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