Addicted to Food

Remember Tennie and her "intensive" program that Ruby and friends went to during the last season of her show? The place where Ruby discovered "12 Steppin'" but never really seemed to grasp the idea that she has to go to meetings and actually follow the Steps but still calls herself a "12 Stepper"? 

Well, on the new OWN Channel tonight at 10pm starts a whole series called "Addicted to Food" that follows a group of people going through Shades of Hope's in-patient program.





My timers are already set.

In the Land of the Northern Lights Video

My brother once spent a few months up there and he told me the only good part of that work trip was seeing the aurora borealis in those rare times he was off work and outside. This is most likely what he was seeing. Beautiful! The guy who made this video must have been as mesmerized as my brother had been.

Air New Zealand Loves Richard Simmons

Pray for Japan

All this in less than 6 minutes!

Healthful Health Q & A

I first read these way back in 1992 when I used my IBM PS/1 computer to access Prodigy and bulletin boards. These are as funny today as they were then.

Enjoy!

HELPFUL HEALTH Q&A 

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap. 

 

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables? 

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

 

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio? 

A: Well, if you have a body, and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

 

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating a regular exercise program? 

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good. 

 

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? 

A: You're not listening. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

 

Q: What's the secret to healthy eating? 

A: Thicker gravy. 

 

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle? 

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

 

Q: Is chocolate bad for me? 

A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around! 

 

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. Now go have a cookie...flour is a veggie! 

Calories In = Calories Out = Bad Science

The Dances with Fat blog has a great post about the fallacy of this commonly held false belief.

An excerpt:

Besides which, a BMR-type calculation would be reasonable  if we were a lawnmower.  We can calculate the fuel needs of a lawnmower and then have a reasonable expectation of how much grass it can mow and what will happen when the fuel runs out.
Ready for a blinding flash of the obvious?  Our bodies are not lawnmowers.

Huge on DVD

I just found out today that this fantastic (but canceled) series starring Nikki Blonsky is on DVD! I just put my order in on Amazon even though I already downloaded every episode from iTunes when I got the bad news about cancellation. I look forward to the extras on the DVD's, such as episode commentaries.

I wish we had series like this when I was a teenager instead of stuff like My Mother the Car and Hogan's Heroes.