My husband and I went to Taco Bell for dinner and saw their advertisement for the new Fresco Drive-Thru Diet. We looked at each other incredulously, thinking "No way!" and then proceeded to read the advertisement, which told of a woman named Christine that lost 54 pounds doing this (comparing her to Jared from Subway). I further read into this because it's just something I cannot believe.
This is one article I found:
While Christine certainly looks slim, her story is a bit thin on the details. She claims that she reduced her total daily calorie intake by 500 calories to 1,250 calories by choosing from the seven Fresco items and "making other sensible choices," leaving us to wonder what those sensible choices were. Exercise? Other low-calorie foods? Diet supplements? She also doesn't state how much of her daily 1,250 calories were from Taco Bell.
Funny, on the ad there are all kinds of dislaimers in finer print, such as "this is not a weight loss program"...so ridiculous! I personally don't believe that Christine could possibly have lost that much weight eating tacos from Taco Bell that are around 9 grams a fat a piece. To me, it just seems like Taco Bell's way to deceive people into thinking their food is healthy so they can make more money, and ultimately contribute to America's ever-increasing obesity rates. Man, I had a hard enough time losing weight on the Atkins diet (eating no sugar or carbs). Although I eat Taco Bell occassionally, I don't believe their ad for a second! It's too bad that they can't actually sell what they are advertising and have to be dishonest about it.
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I feel like Taco Bell has really gone downhill over the past few years. Slashing the value menu...preparing increasingly low quality food and finally claiming that you can lose weight by eating their low quality fast food.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I feel like most fast food is a joke. I served my mission in Japan and hardly ate any fast food while I was there. Then one day, towards the end of my mission, an American member bought us some Taco Bell. My companion and I were so excited, until later that night when we found ourselves lying on floor holding our stomachs. It occurred to me then that the pain I was feeling was something I REGULARLY felt in America before my mission when Taco Bell and other fast food was a frequent part of my diet. I had just gotten used to it, thinking it was a regular part of my life. I now only eat fast food what I have no other choice, and even then I usually pay for it later.
ReplyDeleteI personally think Taco Bell is delicious...but a diet?
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