Posts Tagged ‘hot topic’

Don’t Wake Me If The Worlds Ends

So I wake up this morning, and want is the first thing I hear on the news? Scientists have turned some 10 billion dollar contraption that has the ability to create black holes and dark matter. However, the newscaster was quick to add, had anything gone wrong and the earth was destroyed, it would have [...]

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Could restaurants ban obese customers?

If Mississippi lawmaker Republican Rep. John Read of Gautier had his way they just might be able to. No one is suppose to be offended by his proposal for the new law to govern who restaurants could and could not serve based on their weight, because he “was [just] trying to shed a little light on the [...]

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Take the Challenge

Just in time for the upcoming New Year Oprah and Bob Greene have put together the Million Viewer 2008 Challenge for everyone – “you have nothing to lose but some extra weight” and you’ll gain better health and more energy. It’s easy to get started just fill out the online registration form, sign a contract you [...]

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Monkey Spit Coffee

This is not a post about dieting or even health – but it is about a product that most folks consume every day – Coffee.  It is just too weird, so of course I have to blog about it. Question of the day:  If you were going to chose between these two coffees which would [...]

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Fitness a Luxury?

Recently I came across a post on Getting Personal: A Weighty Matter that quoted Farai Chideya’s June 8 blog: “I’m not deluded about what I am probably doing to my joints and arteries. I am also not deluded about the many reasons why I haven’t transformed myself. I am a workaholic, internet-a-holic, and a cheeseaholic. [...]

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Fat Hate

Fat Hate needs stamping out where ever it’s found! As if the yogurt ads weren’t enough for one day – I read about another outrageous example of “fat hate” that I feel deserves attention. V’ron posted about a speech given by Howard Tullman (“apparently he pretty much saved Kendall College from dying by eliminating some [...]

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Sexy Ads

Photo Source: Got-Ads The photo for the ad is beautiful, but the tagline is a disgrace! Thanks to Brian for bringing this dreadful ad campaign to our attention. I feel so strongly about it I just had to drag out my soapbox and blog about it. I don’t care that it is in Brazil and [...]

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Church of Thin

Church of Thin – God’s word, cult or nonsense? You decide. I feel it is important to discuss topics like this when they appear (***getting out my soapbox***) – I am not telling any one what to do or not to – we all have the right to pick our own religion, church and diets. [...]

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Nude magazine cover, empowering or not?

** gets out my soapbox**  Every once in awhile I do have the occasional rant, personal opinion, or thought provoking commentary on a variety of topics – today is one of those days.  Beth Ditto on the cover of NME (weekly bible for English music nerds, Beth Ditto is an outspoken and empowering Gossip singer). [...]

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33,000 Calories A Day

Definition of Obesity, Food Addiction and BMI I watched a show on the TLC channel over the weekend called “I eat 33,000 calories a day.” It was a heart wrenching story of four people’s lives who are devasted due to being very overweight and food addiction. I realized that I could easily have been in [...]

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