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What was different this last time
Tuesday night, I went to a Weight Watchers staff training, all about taking care of you wonderful people out there when you come into our centers and step on our scales. (Weight Watchers really does a lot of training, and it's very well done!) We paired up and told each other our "tipping point" stories, what made us decide to make a change and ( Read more... ) -
I've been wondering this myself
Found this blog via Balloon Juice, which led me to this article:Last year saw major street demonstrations in London and Greece; this year Tunis, Egypt and Yemen. For years, Paris has played host to various strikes and protests. Many of these were initiated and fueled by social networking sites and other iInternet resources.
Why then, with an ( Read more... ) -
Feeling full of pro-WeightWatchers feeling
I just finished watching Jennifer Hudson on Oprah from the other day, and I am just so psyched for her! And her awesome family members. That cousin Debra is fierce!
You know, this is going to sound sappy, but I think you can tell a lot about an organization by whom they associate with. And the more I see Jennifer Hudson, the prouder I am to be ( Read more... ) -
Maybe it's the shoes?
I've been suffering quite a bit lately with unusual tightness in my IT band in both legs. It's been pretty frightening to have pain in my left leg, especially since it's supposed to be the healthier leg. (I have mild osteoarthritis in both knees, but the right has always been a little worse.) I've tried resting it, exercising it, Icy Hot (which ( Read more... ) -
Food Politics » Dietary Guidelines: Why we need them
In an article about fast food marketing, the Los Angeles Times explains as clearly as could be why Dietary Guidelines matter so much. The article is titled “Eat less, U.S. says as fast-food chains super-size their offerings.”
Why would fast food chains want to offer hot dogs, hamburgers, and burritos ranging from 800 t0 1,600 calories each ( Read more... ) -
Tweeting what I'm eating
I had another bad eating day this past Friday, one of those "inhale every carby snacky thing in the office cafeteria" days. So Saturday I decided to start Tweeting my food choices in an effort to keep myself back on track. Then today I decided, for those of you who couldn't care less about when and how much I eat, to move it to a new Twitter feed. ( Read more... ) -
Mitigating factors
Yet another story in the Times today repeating the same old "Olbermann is difficult, Olbermann had this coming, Olbermann never had a job anywhere for a few years" canards.
And nowhere in this or any other story have I seen recognition that Olbermann also lost both his parents within the last what, year? Year and a half? And not just gently into ( Read more... )
