McDonald’s has a new burger called the Big Arch, which is essentially a Big Mac on steroids. You can get the full description here, and I borrowed this (also linked) image from there too. It’s pitched as a limited-time-only premium burger. I’d guess it’s $8-9 as an a la carte item. It packs 1,020 calories.
And really, I’ll just stop there.
Aaron remembers as fatherly advice the story of me going to Burger King many years ago, sitting in the parking lot eating a Whopper. As my hunger was gradually supplanted by the familiar vague discomfort of dropping crap in my stomach, a wave of self-loathing washed over me. I looked down at the half-eaten burger and thought “Bo, if you’d spent just 10 more minutes you could have had Vietnamese.”
Though I may never qualify as thin, I’m smaller than I was and still headed in the right direction. One of the things I try to do consistently now is consider a caloric investment carefully. I’ll eat 1,000+ calories at a single meal from time to time, but do I want this to be the meal?
My non-review: I’m sure the Big Arch tastes good. But go eat something else.
For me, it’s a sonic shake. Those things are so much higher in cals than other shakes. I always feel sick after I down one. Now, I try to be more picky, as in 1) don’t drink the calories, and 2) is this treat really worth it???