It looks like I have some takers on my 10,000 steps dare. I managed to make it to 9787 yesterday, but I just did my one mile walk at lunch and didn't walk after work. I did, however, go to the gym and do the elliptical trainer for 15 minutes, and I think it recorded most of that as steps. My shins and calves were really burning yesterday during my lunch walk though, which is why I decided to pass on my after-work walk. I decided to also take today off from walking, since I really don't crave shinsplints. I'll just do weights at the gym instead. This will, of course, make today's totals suck ass. (I'm up to a whole 2097 at 1:45 pm. Woo.)

And, I think the weight is slowly creeping off. I'm trying to be better about the eating as well. Jack rented SuperSize Me over the weekend, and we were pretty well blown away by it. The basic premise is that, as an experiment to see just how bad fast food is for you, this guy eats nothing but McDonalds for 30 days. Before I saw the documentary I was like, "Yeah, well no shit it's bad for you. Duh!" But what's amazing is just HOW bad it is for you. The 30 day McDiet literally nearly destroyed his liver. Yes, no sane person eats three meals a day at McDonalds every day. But come on, there are a whole lot of people who eat at least one meal a day at a fast food joint. I have coworkers who bring their McBreakfast every single morning. I used to grab a fast food meal once or twice a week, or sometimes more. (Oh man, those Hershey Sundae Pies at Burger King...) Since trying to lose the weight I've mostly cut it out completely, but still the siren song of greasy food would beckon to me every so often. So, if eating it every day for just thirty days can nearly kill you, how bad is it to eat it just twice a week... but for years?

The documentary isn't just about McDonalds--it looks at the entire industry of prepared foods as well as the sedentary lifetyle that most of us have. Moreover, it takes a frightening look at school lunch programs. Why the hell are french fries being served in any school lunch?

After it ended, Jack and I looked at each other and said, "Everyone needs to watch that!" Especially kids. Sheesh, they should make it required viewing in the junior high and high schools.

Now, I don't agree with everything the director says. He talks about the lawsuit that two obese teenagers brought against McDonalds suing for damages because they got fat off of eating McFood, and the point of his experiment was to prove that the food truly is harmful over time.

Call me silly, but I still believe in Personal Responsibility. Only a complete fucking moron would think that eating lots of fast food would not make you gain weight. Yes, the documentary is very eye-opening, and I find myself not wanting to ever set foot in a McDonalds again, but if there's anyone that needs suing, it's these girls' parents for not teaching them about proper food choices and for taking them to these fast food restaurants in the first place.

I'm gonna go eat my apple now.