Super Size Me Page #2

Okay, let's start with

getting your height and weight.

Im 6'2".

I weight about 185.

For your height,

this is a healthy weight.

I can tell you that

right now.

Your BMI,

which is the body mass index,

is within normal limits,

which means you're not obese.

You're actually

at the correct weight.

So, I should keep a checklist

of the things that I eat

for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

Your calorie needs

are gonna be averaging

about 2,500 calories a day.

As far as fat goes,

for 2,500 calories,

you're gonna want about

80 grams of total fat in a day.

The saturated fat, which is

a component of total fat,

you want to have

less than 25 grams a day.

Don't try to overindulge

too much.

Good luck, Morgan.

Hi, there. I'm Eric Rowley,

our exercise physiologist.

Great.

Rowley:

the official weigh-in...

1851/2.

We'll go through

the cardiovascular assessment,

and then I'll be able

to calculate

how much oxygen

your muscles can utilize,

and that's also an indicator

of what type of condition your

cardiovascular system is in.

All right, good work.

Im gonna use

these skinfold calipers

to estimate

your body density.

You're 11% body fat.

that's great.

We're gonna

measure your flexibility

of your hamstrings, your hips,

and your lower back.

Good, good.

very nice.

38 centimeters

was your best.

There's a basic

old-school test

for muscular strength

and endurance.

36. Good job.

You're above average

above average fitness

for your age group,

definitely, I'd say

you're at a good spot right now.

More than 60% of Americans

get no form of exercise,

so for the next 30 days,

neither will I.

But I'll still have to walk.

How much does the average

American walk a day?

We have these pedometers

that we put on people,

step counters.

You could very roughly

estimate at about 2,000 steps,

because 2,000

would make a mile.

And we know that people

that work in office settings,

who drive a car

to and from work,

who take an elevator

up to that office,

may take as little

as 2,500 or 3,000 steps

in their entire day.

If you wanted to feel physically

like a lot of Americans do,

then you'd limit yourself

to about 5,000 steps a day.

Us New Yorkers --

we walk everywhere.

We walk to work,

to the park, to the store.

Most of us don't even own cars.

The average New Yorker will walk

four to five miles a day --

a day!

That's a lot of walking.

Ill also have the blessing

of being close to a food source

almost everywhere I go.

I walk past three golden arches

just on my way to the office --

three in just over a mile.

There are more Mickey D's

in Manhattan

than anywhere else in the world.

This tiny little island

is less than 13 miles long

by 2 miles wide,

22.4 square miles,

and packed into that area

are 83 McDonald's,

nearly four per square mile.

There are

twice as many Mac Shacks

as there are Burger Kings,

and there are

more McDonald's than KFC,

Wendy's, Popeye's,

and Taco Bell combined.

That's a lot of burger.

I know he's

gonna do it for a month,

but I think after a week,

he's gonna be really irritated.

I think it's gonna

affect our relationship.

You are a vegan chef.

Yes, I'm a vegan chef.

Ugh. I just don't

know if I can --

of course I will.

Ill sit next to him

while he eats McDonald's.

Of course I will.

Im just gonna be

rolling my eyes the whole time.

I have a vegetable tart

and a quinoa

and roasted veggie salad

artichokes,

and a simple green salad --

all beautiful, organic,

fresh vegetables

that you're gonna

miss so much.

What am I gonna have

that's organic?

In the next month?

Nothing?

You're only gonna have

genetically modified potatoes

Im gonna eat as many

vegetables as I can tonight.

There's plenty

here for you.

That's really good.

Thanks.

Have they improved their cookies

in the last 10 years?

Last time I had them, they were

like little hockey pucks.

I don't know.

We'll see.

It's the first day,

and I'm on my way

to breakfast.

Could I get an egg McMuffin

extra value meal?

Every 8-year-old's

dream right now

that I'm getting ready

to fulfill.

I got my egg McMuffin.

That's gonna be

the first thing right there.

This McDonald's

delivers for free.

All I did today

was leave my apartment,

walk down the stairs,

and walk to the McDonald's --

1,272 steps.

So, we got to go to the corner

and we got to get a cab.

The cabs are gonna

add up in this thing.

I can tell already.

I got my scorecard,

and in here,

I had one egg McMuffin.

I had one sausage biscuit.

Do you eat fast food?

Once in a while.

Yeah? How often?

Id say probably

once every two weeks.

Three, four times

a week maybe.

In France, yes.

But here, no.

I don't like here.

It doesn't sound

very...clean.

And what's

your favorite place?

Probably Wendy's.

McDo.

Taco Bell.

Taco Bell.

McDonalds is pretty close.

Do you ever have

super sized cokes?

No, in France...

the small size here,

it's a bigger size in France.

Even the small size here,

I can't drink.

There are rules

to what's going on here

in this whole process.

I will only super-size it

if they ask me.

I can only eat things

that are for sale

over the counter at McDonald's,

water included.

If McDonald's doesn't sell it,

I can't eat it.

I have to have

everything on the menu

at least once

over the next 30 days,

and I have to have

three squares a day --

breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

No excuses.

Oh, I love Big Macs.

This is probably

the first time in a long time

that I've seen a big Mac

that looks like the picture,

that actually almost

looks like the picture.

Look at that.

Big Macs never look this good.

You got to come to Chinatown

for the good big Macs.

You've heard

about all these people

who are suing

these fast-food companies.

Yes, I've heard of them.

I think it's ridiculous,

but it's the American

way to sue for everything.

Id throw the lawsuit out

if I was a judge.

And like I was saying,

if these fast-food places

can put their signs up,

if I can walk by them

and just totally ignore them

and say, "I'm not hungry.

I don't need this,"

they can do it, too.

We don't have to go there.

We don't have to shop with them.

we can easily go in McDonald's

and grab a salad,

but we choose not to.

Now, if the McDonald's

refused them service,

they'd be in court again saying,

"we were refused service."

so you can't win if you try

in this world.

I think there's a lot of focus

on the fast-food companies

because they are mentioned more

than virtually

all the other causes

in most of the articles

and books and studies

about why it's

a sudden epidemic.

Again, it can't be

the neighborhood restaurant.

We've had

neighborhood restaurants

for hundreds of years.

It can't be the foods

we eat at home.

We've been eating at home

for hundreds of years.

Something is very different.

I think the figure is we eat out

something like 40% of our meals.

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