Super Size Me Page #3

Im gonna use

these skinfold calipers

to estimate

your body density.

You're 11% body fat.

that's great.

We're gonna

measure your flexibility

of your hamstrings, your hips,

and your lower back.

Good, good.

very nice.

38 centimeters

was your best.

There's a basic

old-school test

for muscular strength

and endurance.

36. Good job.

You're above average

above average fitness

for your age group,

definitely, I'd say

you're at a good spot right now.

More than 60% of Americans

get no form of exercise,

so for the next 30 days,

neither will I.

But I'll still have to walk.

How much does the average

American walk a day?

We have these pedometers

that we put on people,

step counters.

You could very roughly

estimate at about 2,000 steps,

because 2,000

would make a mile.

And we know that people

that work in office settings,

who drive a car

to and from work,

who take an elevator

up to that office,

may take as little

as 2,500 or 3,000 steps

in their entire day.

If you wanted to feel physically

like a lot of Americans do,

then you'd limit yourself

to about 5,000 steps a day.

Us New Yorkers --

we walk everywhere.

We walk to work,

to the park, to the store.

Most of us don't even own cars.

The average New Yorker will walk

four to five miles a day --

a day!

That's a lot of walking.

Ill also have the blessing

of being close to a food source

almost everywhere I go.

I walk past three golden arches

just on my way to the office --

three in just over a mile.

There are more Mickey D's

in Manhattan

than anywhere else in the world.

This tiny little island

is less than 13 miles long

by 2 miles wide,

22.4 square miles,

and packed into that area

are 83 McDonald's,

nearly four per square mile.

There are

twice as many Mac Shacks

as there are Burger Kings,

and there are

more McDonald's than KFC,

Wendy's, Popeye's,

and Taco Bell combined.

That's a lot of burger.

I know he's

gonna do it for a month,

but I think after a week,

he's gonna be really irritated.

I think it's gonna

affect our relationship.

You are a vegan chef.

Yes, I'm a vegan chef.

Ugh. I just don't

know if I can --

of course I will.

Ill sit next to him

while he eats McDonald's.

Of course I will.

Im just gonna be

rolling my eyes the whole time.

I have a vegetable tart

and a quinoa

and roasted veggie salad

artichokes,

and a simple green salad --

all beautiful, organic,

fresh vegetables

that you're gonna

miss so much.

What am I gonna have

that's organic?

In the next month?

Nothing?

You're only gonna have

genetically modified potatoes

Im gonna eat as many

vegetables as I can tonight.

There's plenty

here for you.

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