Super Size Me is a new documentary about what happens if you eat at McDonald’s with exercising self control. Morgan Spurlock, a filmmaker decided to see what would happen if he ate at McDonalds for 3 meals a day for 30 days. Because he wanted to tell good story, he gorged himself and gained 25 pounds in a month. That is hardly surprising.

What is more surprising is that Soso Whaley’s, another filmmaker, is losing weight while following Spurlock’s same eating rules of eating everything on the menu at least once and eating 3 meals a day at McDonald’s. So far, she has lost 7 1/2 pounds in 19 days of eating at McDonald’s.

The difference between Spurlock and Whaley is that Whaley exercises some self control while Spurlock wanted to tell a good story of getting fat. It’s too bad that Super Size Me will receive so much press attention because his story fits the preconceived notions that McDonald’s is ultra-fattening and un-nutritious. As Whaley shows, sure there is a lot of fatty food at McDonalds, what is more important than the fat content is that people exercise self-control and know when to say when.