A 57-year-old man documented consuming McDonald's for 100 days on TikTok and says he by some means misplaced weight

• Kevin Maginnis, 57 from Nashville, mentioned he was going to eat McDonald’s on daily basis for 100 days.
• He simply hit the milestone, and claims to have dropped from 238 lbs to 179.5 lbs.
• His technique was to eat McDonald’s 3 times a day, however reduce the meals in half.

A 57-year-old man documented consuming McDonald’s for 100 days on TikTok, and says he misplaced 58 1/2 lbs within the course of. 

Kevin Maginnis, from Nashville, mentioned he was going to eat McDonald’s on daily basis for 100 days again in February, and he simply hit the milestone

His technique, he mentioned, was to eat there 3 times a day, however reduce the meals in half. He additionally vowed to not have any snacks, and solely drank water.

“I wakened this morning, and I weighed in at 238 kilos,” Maginnis mentioned in his first TikTok of the journey. “And I made a decision that that’s completely unacceptable. So I drove right down to McDonald’s.”

Maginnis appeared on NBC’s “At the moment” to elucidate extra. He shared earlier than and after pictures, exhibiting a big change in his physique, and mentioned he felt “wonderful.”

By his reckoning, he ended up at just below 180 lbs.

Per CDC statistics, the change introduced him under the typical weight for a US male of 199.8 lbs.

He mentioned he allowed himself to order something on the McDonald’s menu and “by no means counted” the energy.

“So I’ve eaten Huge Macs, quarter pounders, decide a quantity, with fries,” he mentioned. “Do not be bitter whereas I am consuming my apple fritter and losing a few pounds.”

Maginnis additionally mentioned his well being had improved in different methods too. He mentioned his ranges of triglyceride — a kind of fats that circulates within the blood — was down 205 factors, and his ldl cholesterol was down by 65 factors.

Maginnis mentioned he was not affiliated with McDonald’s and hadn’t been sponsored by them to do the problem, however they did ship him a “present field.”

He mentioned he selected McDonald’s within the first place as a result of his nickname was “Huge Mac” and he thought it might be a superb match.

Tara Schmidt, the lead registered dietitian for the New Mayo Clinic Food regimen, informed Fortune that Maginnis’ methodology labored as a result of it was calorie-based weight-loss — he was merely burning extra energy than he was consuming.

Nonetheless, weight will not be the one measure of well being, she identified.

“Within the realm of meals selections, it is also notable to think about the standard of meals being consumed and its influence on the physique,” she mentioned.

Extremely processed and fried meals, as an example, can improve our danger of growing coronary heart illness, kind 2 diabetes, and most cancers, because of the irritation they will trigger. One examine from 2021 discovered that one small portion of fried meals per week was related to a 3% elevated danger of coronary heart assault and stroke, a 2% elevated danger of coronary heart illness, and a 12% elevated danger of coronary heart failure.

Maginnis mentioned well being was his precedence for his subsequent 100 days, telling the At the moment Present he was going to try a 100-foot rope climb. However not earlier than his final McDonald’s meal — six hen nuggets.