McDonald's All You Can Eat Buffet

Incredulous wrote:

You think the Kenyans and Moroccans are wolfing down transfatty foods? Think again.

WAKE UP WEJO!!

My Kenyan roommate loves McDonald's. He asked me to pick him up a big mac just 2 days ago.

Maybe I'll introduce him to Carl's Jr or In N Out Burger.

"If this how elite American runners eat it's no wonder why the Africans are killing us."

- Not even close to the truth.

"McDonald's is some shit-ass fuel for the tank."

- Only relative to well-cooked, fresh food and a balanced diet.

Of this training group, I am definitely the most conscious eater and yet by far the slowest runner! Yet in general, each of us out here is looking for a quick, convenient meal to fill ourselves up as we put in our 15-25 miles of training each day. We regularly cook ugali/rice/pasta, beans/meat and vegetables, but we cannot call ourselves good cooks (well, the Hawaiian actually is). We eat large amounts of food and have small amounts of funds. That is why we seek out buffets and have a rotation between Mandarin Buffet, Soup n'Salad and pizza/pasta "All-you-can-eats" - $5 to $8 can go a long ways. Wejo and some of the others also crave fast food, especially McDonalds, but I can almost guarantee it doesn't set them back a bit!

Here's a question, why does any elite runner owe it to the critical public (meesage board) to watch everything they eat? Of course, they owe it to themselves to be careful not to overdo it and to get the nutritional elements they require to perform as best they can, but I don't see a problem with fast food occasionally. And if you are going to go to McDonalds, it would be ideal for the starving runner if there was a buffet!

?! wrote:

If this how elite American runners eat it's no wonder why the Africans are killing us. McDonald's is some shit-ass fuel for the tank.

yeah wejo-- don't you realize that it's the fast food that's keeping you from winning the olympic 10000????

Wejo, I can't believe that you actually eat that SHIT on a regular basis.

During my last trip to Japan, I actually ate a Big Mac (well, part of it) for the first time in about 15 years.

Although I can still vividly remember eating my first Big Mac (around 1972, Reno Nevada), I found the Big Mac to be utterly DISGUSTING.

For the last 7 years I've lived on little besides homemade Thai food from street stalls in Bangkok and other points, and of course freshly prepared Chinese food here in China, and I believe that this has helped my running enormously.

Simply from a taste standpoint, I think that a McDonalds All-You-Can-Eat Buffet would be a NIGHTMARE, not a dream!!

Maybe I am just even more Un-American than ever.

Jason

I don't know about McDonalds, but McPatels in Brick lane do a lovely buffet on a thursday afternoon. All you can eat for £10, drinks not included. They have Korma, Tikka Masala, Bhuna, all the rices. Just the job.

Your arse is on fire the next day though, I wouldn't reccommend a long run the day after.

Speaking of McDonald's. Today, one of my teammates, who weighs 130lbs, said he could eat all 14 of the breakfast extra value meals in a hour and a half. Including the 14 hashbrowns and 14 orange juices. I said I would pay for it if he could finish it. This is a safe bet right? I mean, it is about 9000 Kcalories.

People! I think this was meant to be funny, not an indication that wejo does or would like to stuff his face with McDonalds grease every meal. Just the irony of them opening an all you can eat buffet after the recent lawsuits and downsizing the portions... maybe a line of fat people going in one door and having to be carted off in wheelbarrows coming out the other side... funny mental picture.

I don't know about McD's, but when I was in college our Waffle House had AYCE - not buffet, but short order from the menu. You could just sit there and order stuff until your tank was full. That was the best thing ever - do a long run, go home and clean up, take a short nap, and wake up with that ravenous feeling and head to waffle house. I'm not sure where the profit was in it, but it rocked from a runner's perspective - AYCE waffles, burgers, salads, soup, breakfast sandwiches, hashbrowns. The steaks were off-limits, but you could make up for that no problem. Alas, they don't offer it any more, but at $5 it had to be the best AYCE deal in the country.

McDonalds sales are up 22% this year over last year. It's no freaking wonder people are walking around in fat induced trances. Bunch of slobs with secret sauce stains on all their clothes. Isn't it already an all you can eat buffet when you can get a 32 oz sugar drink and a half a pound of fat soaked potatoes? I'm sure there are cardio surgeons out there seeing this and salivating like fat Bobby scarfing down a double quarter pounder with side super sized fries. Time to get those pipes cleaned out again, and as a bonus incentive we offer half price stomach stapling. Cha-ching$$$

When Haile G. came to NYC for a press conference in 99' to promote the movie Endurance. he said "I love McDonalds and I eat everything I want" Anyone else who was at that press conference should remember that- Iona guys remember?

I agree about the Africans. In college, I gave a teamate a ride to McDs so he could get a McRib sandwich. I can eat a BigMac once in awhile but McRib is absolutely out of the question. After he finished 3rd at NCAA's (indoor mile), I started to wonder if he knows something I don't.

wejo wrote:

Incredulous wrote:

You think the Kenyans and Moroccans are wolfing down transfatty foods? Think again.

WAKE UP WEJO!!

My Kenyan roommate loves McDonald's. He asked me to pick him up a big mac just 2 days ago.

Maybe I'll introduce him to Carl's Jr or In N Out Burger.

I N Out is rougly 5 million time better than McDonalds

The idea that there would even be a McDonald's all you can eat buffet is revolting and nauseating. Their food is non-food. If I happen to be strolling by and I've missed lunch, I might go in and get the mozzarella sticks off the dollar menu, but that's it. Why not just go to a good deli, or get a pizza?

Thought process for typical letsrun poster:

"I don't like something, therefore everyone must hate it. How could anyone like something that I don't?"

WEJO must be having a slow day. Funny post to liven things up a bit.

There's a documentary coming out in May called SUPER SIZE ME in which the director eats nothing but McDonald's three times a day for a month. His health is monitored by doctors throughout the experiment, which at first seems harmless. For the first week he loves it. Then . . . well, you'll have to watch the movie.

This is funny! I called my lady friend and asked her if she would like to go to the Wed night McDonalds buffet. I even hinted that WEJO and ROJO might be there. Sorry guys, but she held out for Culpepper and Goucher!

Maybe next week. (You will be there, won't you?)

runtimmyc wrote:

Speaking of McDonald's. Today, one of my teammates, who weighs 130lbs, said he could eat all 14 of the breakfast extra value meals in a hour and a half. Including the 14 hashbrowns and 14 orange juices. I said I would pay for it if he could finish it. This is a safe bet right? I mean, it is about 9000 Kcalories.

Calories: 11050

Fat: 403g

Carbs: 1092g

Protein: 300g

i call bullsh*t on this one!!! that's almost a gallon of OJ alone assuming it's the small 12oz. but you never know i guess, i had a teammate once eat 30slices of cicis pizza and run a pr in the 3000 12hrs later...

No wonder you guys (Americans) are horizontally endowed!