When Denver, Colorado, resident Alton Ward was at Texas A&M University four years ago, he said he weighed 355 pounds despite trying diets such as Jenny Craig, Atkins, juice diets and every other thing,ValdostaToday reported.
"All my life I knew I was big and I always wanted to lose weight," Ward told Business Insider.
Ward had been eating atChick-fil-Asince he was child. He knew it had healthy portions, so it was a good place to start. Texas A&M had one on campus and Ward would have several meals a week there.
Here"s what Ward"s meal plan looked like:
He ate two boiled eggs with oatmeal for breakfast.If he went toChick-fil-Afor lunch, he would have a grilled chicken wrap. If it was colder, he would get soup. He would frequently get salads with a little bit of ranch dressing. There were days he ate at the chicken restaurant twice a day, Business Insider said.
He also added an exercise program.He came up with a strength and cardio plan and he said he lost 140 pounds in 11-and-a-half months.
"I thinkChick-fil-Ais a great brand. It"s literally help me change my life because I was on my way to a heart attack or just having a stroke or diabetes in every way," Ward told Business Insider. "Chick-fil-Ajust helped me to take a step back and understand that I have to make a long-term change and find food that works for me and exercise that works for me and make it fun."
Claim: Chick-fil-A released "Back the Blue" shirts in the wake of July 2016 "Black Lives Matter" protests.
WHAT"S TRUE: In 2015, high school employees at a single Chick-fil-A in Texas created their own "Back the Blue" shirts.
WHAT"S FALSE: Chick-fil-A has not voiced support for either movement in question; "back the blue" is not tantamount to "a bomb on Black Lives Matters"; the shirts were not created or distributed by a franchise (much less the company); the shirts had nothing to do with Black Lives Matter protests in July 2016.
Example: [Collected via e-mail and Twitter, July 2016]
Chick-Fil-A-just-dropped-a-bomb-on-black-lives-matter-police-officers-are-pumped. . . this is circulating on face book with a picture of chick fil a employee wearing a t-shirt. . .is this true?
Origin:Two days after the 7 July 2016 shootings in Dallas that killed at least five police officers, multiple web sites published items reporting thatChick-fil-A had essentially "chosen a side" inboth the tragedy and Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality:
According to that version (and several like it) Chick-fil-A "unveiled" the shirts on or around 9 July 2016, presumably in response to events in Dallas:
Its not too often a large company like Chick-fil-A gets involved in a controversial topic, but they have thrown themselves right smack in the middle of the Black Lives Matter movement with a statement that has millions of people talking across the country.
Blue Lives Matter is a movement that counters BLM by encouraging citizens to support police officers that put their lives on the line every single day for citizens across the country. Police officers are here to protect citizens and will do so regardless of color, as long as you cooperate and obey the law.
To show support for law enforcement, Chick-fil-A has unveiled their Back The Blue t-shirts:
Nearly every version of the popular tale was written from a standpoint that presumed thateither people either opposed police officers or Black Lives Matter:
The claim about Chick-fil-A introducing "back the blue" shirts specifically in response to events in July 2016 was easily proven untrue. In November 2015, the pro-law enforcement web sitePoliceOne covered the appearance of the shirts at a single Texas location of the chain in October 2015:
Employees at the College Park Chick-fil-A wore "Back the Blue" shirts to show support to law enforcement, Independent Journal reported.
"Were supporting those everyday heroes that protect us," location manager Eli Advincula told the publication. "There are [police officer] regulars that eat here all the time, and we just want them to know that.
The blue also symbolizes the local high school football team.
That post itself linked to a Facebook photograph of a child wearing a "back the blue" shirt unrelated to Chick-fil-A:
Also linked was an article identifying the location of the shirts as Conroe, Texas; notably, an embedded Facebook post had since been deleted. We contacted Chick-fil-A corporate to ask whether the shirts were created in 2016 or were a chain-wide issue. A representative told us that the shirts were the work of high school employees,and that they were worn at a single location in Texas in October 2015.
Last updated: 12 July 2016
Originally published: 12 July 2016
sources:
Lee, Parker. "Chick-fil-A Employees In Texas Are Sporting T-Shirts That Are Catching Police Officers Attention." Independent Journal. November 2015.
PoliceOne.com. "Photo: Texas Chick-Fil-A Employees Wear "Back The Blue" Shirts." 19 November 2015.
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Claim: Chick-fil-A released "Back the Blue" shirts in the wake of July 2016 "Black Lives Matter" protests.
WHAT"S TRUE: In 2015, high school employees at a single Chick-fil-A in Texas created their own "Back the Blue" shirts.
WHAT"S FALSE: Chick-fil-A has not voiced support for either movement in question; "back the blue" is not tantamount to "a bomb on Black Lives Matters"; the shirts were not created or distributed by a franchise (much less the company); the shirts had nothing to do with Black Lives Matter protests in July 2016.
Example: [Collected via e-mail and Twitter, July 2016]
Chick-Fil-A-just-dropped-a-bomb-on-black-lives-matter-police-officers-are-pumped. . . this is circulating on face book with a picture of chick fil a employee wearing a t-shirt. . .is this true?
Origin:Two days after the 7 July 2016 shootings in Dallas that killed at least five police officers, multiple web sites published items reporting thatChick-fil-A had essentially "chosen a side" inboth the tragedy and Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality:
According to that version (and several like it) Chick-fil-A "unveiled" the shirts on or around 9 July 2016, presumably in response to events in Dallas:
Its not too often a large company like Chick-fil-A gets involved in a controversial topic, but they have thrown themselves right smack in the middle of the Black Lives Matter movement with a statement that has millions of people talking across the country.
Blue Lives Matter is a movement that counters BLM by encouraging citizens to support police officers that put their lives on the line every single day for citizens across the country. Police officers are here to protect citizens and will do so regardless of color, as long as you cooperate and obey the law.
To show support for law enforcement, Chick-fil-A has unveiled their Back The Blue t-shirts:
Nearly every version of the popular tale was written from a standpoint that presumed thateither people either opposed police officers or Black Lives Matter:
The claim about Chick-fil-A introducing "back the blue" shirts specifically in response to events in July 2016 was easily proven untrue. In November 2015, the pro-law enforcement web sitePoliceOne covered the appearance of the shirts at a single Texas location of the chain in October 2015:
Employees at the College Park Chick-fil-A wore "Back the Blue" shirts to show support to law enforcement, Independent Journal reported.
"Were supporting those everyday heroes that protect us," location manager Eli Advincula told the publication. "There are [police officer] regulars that eat here all the time, and we just want them to know that.
The blue also symbolizes the local high school football team.
That post itself linked to a Facebook photograph of a child wearing a "back the blue" shirt unrelated to Chick-fil-A:
Also linked was an article identifying the location of the shirts as Conroe, Texas; notably, an embedded Facebook post had since been deleted. We contacted Chick-fil-A corporate to ask whether the shirts were created in 2016 or were a chain-wide issue. A representative told us that the shirts were the work of high school employees,and that they were worn at a single location in Texas in October 2015.
Last updated: 12 July 2016
Originally published: 12 July 2016
sources:
Lee, Parker. "Chick-fil-A Employees In Texas Are Sporting T-Shirts That Are Catching Police Officers Attention." Independent Journal. November 2015.
PoliceOne.com. "Photo: Texas Chick-Fil-A Employees Wear "Back The Blue" Shirts." 19 November 2015.
Working 24 Hours Straight at Chick-fil-A | Bon Appetit
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The employees at aChick-Fil-A restaurant in Orlando performed a generous act of kindnesswhen they found out about the Orlando terror attack.
(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Though the fast food chain is famously closed on Sundays, several employees decided to go into work this past Sunday tomake food for the hundreds of people who were waiting in line to donate blood.
AnotherOrlando-based Chick-Fil-Aposted a photo of their flag at half-staff as a tribute for the victims.
Our restaurant, along with a couple of others in the area, simply responded just like numerous other Orlando businesses and residents have done we came together as a community to lift those in need, the restaurant said in a statement.
In 2012, the son of the chains owner set off a wave of protests when he said he supported traditional marriage during an interview.
We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles,Dan Cathy said.
