Archive for July, 2009

[Forum] Teenage Girls: Is Dieting Really Worth It?

Friday, July 31st, 2009

From Diet Blog Share:

I wonder if there are truly more teenage girls that are members of this site than just the usual adults? For everywhere I look I find comments from a 13 or 15 year old girl expecting advice to become skinny, or to become unhealthy.

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Movie Review: Food Inc.

Friday, July 31st, 2009

“You’ll never look at dinner the same way”

Pretty much!

Political documentaries are more often than not guilty of skewing the truth – cherry picking footage, and facts to drive a point home. I was hoping it wouldn’t be too Michael-Moore-ish in its sensationalism and selective editing, and yet not vacuous and devoid of rationale, personality and pragmatism like “Super-Size Me” (yes, I am a harsh movie critic).

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Denny’s Sued For High Salt Content

Thursday, July 30th, 2009


Flickr: Curtis Gregory Perry

Denny’s is kind of a joke. Its open 24-7, so it’s the clich late night hangout for drunks, burnouts and stoners looking to sober up.

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Smart Kids Start the Day With a Good Breakfast

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009


Flickr: chocolategirl64

Maybe little Billy ate paste in grade school, not because natural selection was thinning out the herd, but because he skipped breakfast.

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[Forum] No More Dieting Just Eating Right

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

From Diet Blog Share:

I wanted to blog as a way of holding myself accountable…

I grew up always being in shape. Even after I had my child, I went right back down. Life threw me a lot of curve balls, and I swore I had everything under control.

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[Forum] Problems After Administering Diabetic Insulin Pen

Monday, July 27th, 2009

From Diet Blog Share:

My doctor has put me on Levinmir insulin pen (it’s the long lasting kind). I take 8 units with breakfast. But, I find if my sugar level goes into the 80s or 90s, I feel sick in my stomach, and my lips and parts of my body get numb.

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How to Maintain Your Weight After Dieting

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Is there anything more frustrating and guilt-inducing than losing weight only to see those pounds slowly creep back on?

The long-term success rates of diets is shockingly low. Figures vary on this, but at best, about 10% of dieters manage to maintain their new, lower weight.

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New Low-Calorie Chocolate Bar Being Developed

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Great news for sweet-toothed dieters: lab workers at the Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut have invented a new low-calorie type of chocolate.

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[Forum] Letting Circumstances Dictate My Eating

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

From Diet Blog Share:

Due to various circumstances with a guy I’d been seeing for the last 2 1/2 years I ATE MY EMOTIONS LAST NIGHT!!!

Now, I didn’t get too out of control and eat everything in sight, I just ate stuff I have never touched before. I have been so strong and have stayed away from things I knew were bad. I ate a 6 pack of Hostess donuts – they are the small ones, not that it is an excuse to eat all 340 calories of them! Then I continued to eat a whole box of ready-made breakfast sausages. Then I was on too spaghetti. I boiled the water, and then dumped it out – I stood in the kitchen and said, “What the heck am I doing? Why would I do that to myself?” I have worked too hard to gain weight back because of some idiot that can’t be faithful!

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Obesity and Inactivity Costs California $41 Billion

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

He sent the T-1000 to a molten grave, he killed a terrorising predator, he took down the snake cult, and he dealt with having made “Jingle all the Way”.

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