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Wendy’s pushed too far
Posted on June 26th, 2007 No comments
Wendy’s, claiming that such a menu would be cluttered and hard to read, is therefore deciding to remove nutritional information from its restaurants altogether. Who loses? The very consumer who is supposed to benefit from the regulation. Well done, New York City Health Department.
What I want to know is — if you’re calorie-counting, what the hell are you doing at Wendy’s in the first place?
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Greer Childers: 61, mother of three, bullshit artist
Posted on June 19th, 2007 No comments
If there are two things I hate, it’s people who have had way too much plastic surgery and people who take advantage of vulnerable overweight women to make money. I therefore can’t stand Greer Childers because she hasn’t had a facial expression in thirty years, and because she’s the queen of bullshit fitness infomercials.Perhaps you have already seen the above clip of her making an ass out of herself. (Thanks, Alona, for the reference.) It’s from her BodyFlex+ video. What she’s doing, apparently, is supercharging her blood with oxygen, causing fat to burn. Sounds like crap to me, and thank goodness it also sounded like crap to the FTC. They took Savvier Inc., Childers’ company, to court to shut them up.
Unfortunately, she’s at it again. This time her evil plan takes a slightly different form: Shapely Secrets.
Motionless exercise – it works just like it sounds. You stand still and you don’t move. That’s my kind of exercise!
The best part about the program is that it requires only seven minutes of your time a day!
Ladies and gentlemen, Greer Childers.
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"Healthy foods" not so healthy
Posted on June 14th, 2007 No comments
Beware of food items that say they are low-fat and fat-free. Although these claims are true, the problem is that the missing fat has to be replaced with something in order for the food to still taste good. The culprit: sugar. Not exactly what you want to be eating if you’re trying to stay fit.
Some low-fat food items that can still pack on the pounds:
• breakfast cereal
• sushi
• fruit juice
• creamy salad dressing
• pretzels
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Slow down!
Posted on June 8th, 2007 No comments
Rushing is probably the single worst lifestyle habit I have. I have to be productive every minute of the day, or else the Catholic guilt kicks in. Carl Honoré, author of “In Praise of Slow,” came to this realization a while ago.
We live in a world that is obsessed with speed that is stuck in fast forward. We often lose sight of the damage that this road-runner form of life does to us — on our health, our diet, our work.
So what’s a chronic rusher like me to do? Some advice offered by Honoré and others:
• Turn off your cell phone
• Don’t answer emails right away
• Go for walks
• Make more tea
• Understand that slowing down doesn’t mean slacking offDefinitely good ideas to think about. For now, though, I’ve got to run….
