This is not a defense of McDonald's

So, this summer I watched Super Size Me and although I was fairly disgusted to see Morgan Spurlock gain 12 pounds in 7 days, I haven't stopped eating at McDonald's occasionally. I've found a few meals that can be eaten there which stay within a normal person's 1-meal calorie intake parameters (700-1000 calories for a lunch or dinner). And now and then, I like to have some greasy McDonald's fries, despite what happened (or didn't happen) to them during their 10-week stay in a jar on Morgan Spurlock's desk. (For those who didn't see the movie, I'll spoil it for you - the fries did NOTHING! 10 weeks after he poured them in a glass jar and put on the lid, they looked EXACTLY the same as they had when he put them there. Anything else would have molded and been disgusting. Why I continue to eat them, I don't know, but they're yummy anyway!)

People don't seem to take responsibility for the AMOUNT of food they put in their bodies. Just take a look at the McDonald's nutritional information chart. You can put together a fairly filling and tasty lunch with a normal amount of calories, just not by ordering a combo. It doesn't mean it's nutritionally complete, but it definitely doesn't mean that you will absolutely, for sure, no doubt, gain weight if you eat there a lot.

So, like I said, this is not a defense of McDonald's, just a rail against people who blame the company (or any other fast food chain) for making them fat. Taking responsibility for one's own actions is just not expected enough, and that bothers me. It should be expected AT ALL TIMES.