Virginia man sheds 80 pounds eating at McDonald's

Posted: Jun. 20, 2008

QUINTON, Va. — A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald's. Not Big Macs, french fries and chocolate shakes. Mostly salads, wraps and apple dippers without the caramel sauce.

Chris Coleson tipped the scales at 278 pounds in December. The 5-foot-8 Coleson now weighs 199 pounds and his waist size has dropped from 50 to 36.

The 42-year-old businessman from Quinton says he chose McDonald's because it's convenient.

His inspiration came from his two children and from the story of a blind war veteran who rode a tandem bicycle cross-country.

Coleson says his goal is to get back to the 185 pounds he weighed when he married Tricia Summer. Their 10th anniversary is Saturday.


http://wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/3076578/

6/21/2008 10:43:41 PM

dude i could lose weight and eat cicis all the time if really wanted to

6/21/2008 10:44:22 PM

haha, yeah

i could eat lard all day and lose weight.

6/21/2008 10:45:47 PM

yea i could eat nothing but fat and carbs and lose wait if i tried

6/21/2008 10:46:40 PM

A "before and after" pic would not have hurt.

6/21/2008 10:47:50 PM

all you gotta do is exercise a lot and eat a salad or too along w/ the pizza

6/21/2008 10:49:49 PM

this story is a little perplexing to me. could he not just make his own salad? is salad that inconvenient to make?

aren't the salads/wraps from fast food restaurants not even THAT good for you? does stuff like that at mcdonalds still have all the sugar in it?

i guess it is still a kind of cool story i just have so many questions

6/21/2008 10:50:43 PM

ive dropped 20 in 2 months just by not eating all the damn time, im pretty normal now but i was freaked once i hit 240

[Edited on June 21, 2008 at 10:53 PM. Reason : i'm also 6'1 so that dude was mega fat, i was just a little pudgy in the face]

6/21/2008 10:52:57 PM

When you weigh 278 with a 50 inch waist, just about anything will be an improvement most likely.

6/21/2008 10:53:14 PM

i hit 163 the other day

[Edited on June 21, 2008 at 10:54 PM. Reason : ldjfkdjfs]

6/21/2008 10:53:52 PM

how tall are you RD, i couldnt imagine myself under 200 without loooking like a little girl

6/21/2008 10:55:07 PM

salads and wraps at fast foods are expensive shit... Making salads, sandwiches or wraps isn't that hard to make.

6/21/2008 11:21:27 PM

^ that is how i feel. and i feel like they are healthier when you make them yourself, too. i just don't understand.

6/21/2008 11:22:03 PM

convenience > practicality

6/21/2008 11:22:40 PM

this is like that subway shit. what they don't tell you is he probably walked there every day.

6/21/2008 11:22:58 PM

6/21/2008 11:48:25 PM