Ryan Giesel had one mission and wouldn't rest until he achieved it. He created a Facebook group called "If 100,000 people join, I'll eat every McDonalds value meal, #1-12." Ryan then learned the valuable lesson of how fast news can travel via the Internet. And just how sadistic 100,000 people can be, in that they would actually care enough to join a group to see someone make good on such an outlandish claim. Once major news outlets got ahold of Ryan's quest, his group ballooned to the required 100,000 members.

So did he follow through? Well he gave it his best shot, consuming 10 out of the 12 meals before giving up and subsequently throwing up what was surely a lovely combination of Big Mac, Quarter Pounder and 10 servings of fries. Apparently Ryan and the 99,999 other people in his group don't read Ecollo or the other sources of information proclaiming the high impact meat consumption has on the environment.  Or maybe they just don't care, because let's be honest, even if you're the most committed environmentalist/vegan around, isn't there still a morbid curiosity involved? PETA would probably wholeheartedly disagree.

In case you're wondering, the 12 meals Ryan attempted to force down included: Big Mac, 2 Cheeseburgers, Quarter Pounder with cheese, Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, Big N' Tasty, Double Cheeseburger, Chicken Ranch BLT Sandwich, Premium Chicken Club Sandwich, Chicken McNuggets (10 piece), Chicken Selects, Premium Chicken Classic Sandwich and Fillet-O-Fish. He made is as far as the Chicken Selects, somewhat understandably, because for many the mere thought of downing a Fillet-O-Fish on an empty stomach is too much to take, let alone with 10 full McDonald's meals already swirling around down there.

Just to provide a breakdown of the meat alone, the Eat Low Carbon Calculator estimates Ryan's binge-fest would generate nearly 42 pounds of carbon emissions (loosely based on seven cheeseburgers, two chicken sandwiches and an order of chicken tenders). That's pretty significant for one meal, albeit one excessively large meal. Most people don't typically eat that much every day, but imagine if this stunt inspired copycats. Yikes!

Perhaps Ryan should consider eating only locally-grown vegetables for the next month as an act of penance for his over-consumption. Then again, that's assuming he'll want to eat period anytime soon.

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