It has been popular of late to talk about the ill-effects from being a blogger who writes about weight/diet issues. However, I have been wondering about the opposite effect. That is, what reading all this does to you. And to me. Reader Judy (whose hair I always admire in her profile picture) brought up this …
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Here’s a diet tip for you: Eat with a bear. I bet you eat less. Just try it and see. “She is a great example of fulfilling your destiny. She’ll order dessert and take one bite and then pour the salt shaker over it. She’s about living consciously.” ~ Ali Vincent, first female winner of …
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By most accounts, our economy is in the crapper, and yet the day after President Bush revealed his “bailout” plan, Google Search trends reported that “cupcakes” was a more popular search term than “financial crisis,” “bailout,” or even “economy in the crapper.” In case you are curious, “puppies” topped the list. The Boston Globe thinks …
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Photo Credit: Natalie Dee Apparently September was Better Breakfast Month. Who knew? Just so you don’t get caught off guard, November is listed as the month for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, National Novel Writing, Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness and National Homeless Youth. If you can write a novel about a homeless youth suffering from pancreatic cancer which …
Occasionally I am asked to test out a product so crazy weird that I simply can’t resist saying yes. Some bloggers get to try out cool stuff like hawt Danskin clothes (aside to Danskin: pick me, pick me!!) or powdered peanut butter. Me? I get pinhole glasses. The concept was bona fide nutsville – something …
If we’re going to be friends, there is something you should know: you must never, under any circumstances, give me a diet/nutrition book. Even if I ask you for it. First of all, I’ve probably read it. I’ve read them all. Or if I haven’t read it, I’ve read something very similar to it because …
Doing what I do here at The Great Fitness Experiment, one of the questions I get asked the most is “So which diet/exercise program is the best?” closely followed by the inevitable “And which one is the worst?” My answer is generally not what people are looking for: “Um, all of them.” See, the thing …
You are the current U.S. Open Champion and her equally-as-talented sister. People the world over adore you. You’ve made unprecedented strides in both of your athletic careers and at the same time managed to keep your personal lives on an even keel. Kudos all around. So what do you do? If you are Venus & …
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Photo Credit: XKCD Last week, a guest poster over at MizFit’s had an interesting diet tip. As I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur of weird diet tips, this one fascinated me simply for it’s sheer incongruity. Sue, a bodybuilder who promotes clean eating, suggested: 15 minutes before lunch and dinner suck on a sucking …
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I can’t try everything. I am only one person after all. And so it is with great delight that I present to you three experiments lovingly conducted for your pleasure/shock/horror by other people. Puffer Fish and Real Life ZombiesYou may remember me asking if you would try eating a puffer fish – called “fugu” in …
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