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Yesterday's Diet Blow Yesterdays diet blow/cheat, whatever you want to call it consisted of pizza, cake, doritos, and cheese. I'm suffering for it today too. I'm sticking with fruits, veggies and a bit of turkey for today. … [Read more...] about Yesterdays Diet Blow

Kewl..... Skippy manufacturer bans skinny models AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -- Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever NV decided to ban super-slim models and actors from its advertising, joining growing global ambitions to fight eating disorders such as anorexia. Unilever, which makes Lipton teas and Skippy peanut butter, said it will not … [Read more...] about Skippy manufacturer bans skinny models

Little Known Ways to Slim Down Begin lunch and dinner with a veggie-rich salad or broth-based soup, says Pennsylvania State University satiety expert Barbara Rolls, author of "The Volumetrics Eating Plan." That lets you fill up first on a big volume of low calorie food and ends up displacing some of the foods you'll eat next - the choices that are … [Read more...] about Little Known Ways to Slim Down

Day Five - Food Log Day five and still behind. (We're actually on day 6). No walking yesterday or today: yesterday I was simply swamped with running around and today I don't feel well. Tomorrow we'll have to start on the walking in earnest. Food Calories Fat Sugar 1/13/07 Saturday Breakfast Oatmeal (steel cut) 200 18 0 1/2 cup … [Read more...] about Day Five – Food Log

Study: Adults living with kids eat more fat DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Adults living with children tend to eat more fat than grown-ups in kid-free homes, consuming as much additional saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza, a new study suggests. It may not exactly be the kids' fault, but household cupboards are more likely … [Read more...] about More Fat

The FDA has stated that cloned livestock is safe to eat, and on top of it no special label is needed to let us know it's cloned meat we're stuffing down our gullets. Can we say eww? Alltogether now! This really grosses me out, and there's not a whole lot when it comes to food that grosses me out. Well, ok, maybe SPAM is right up there. Beef … [Read more...] about Things That Make You Go Ew

Study: Preschoolers too fat; Hispanics at highest risk WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far too many kids are fat by preschool, and Hispanic youngsters are most at risk, says new research that's among the first to focus on children growing up in poverty. The study couldn't explain the disparity: White, black and Hispanic youngsters alike watched a lot of TV, … [Read more...] about Preschoolers Too Fat

Calorie Content Of Cocktails After a night of drinking cocktails, most people will not only wake up the next morning with a screaming hangover , they'll wake up fatter too. That's because the average serving of one ounce of 80-proof alcohol contains about 90 calories. And that's before mixers are added. While many people who spend hours on … [Read more...] about Calorie Content Of Cocktails