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June 19th, 2008

On a Diet Rollercoaster? Take Inspiration from This Guy

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You think you have weight loss goals? Well, I’m guessing Manuel Uribe has you smoked. His goal is to be able to walk down the aisle at his own wedding. And we’re betting he’ll do just that.
The 43-year-old Uribe has dropped an astonishing 550 pounds over the last […]

By Liberty -- 2 comments

May 20th, 2008

Obesity and Global Warming: One Man’s Personal View.

Okay, so enough with what the scientists are saying about ‘obesity and global warming’. I want to hear what the man on the street blogosphere has to say about it all.
Luckily, I’ve found just the man.
Israel over at Fatman Unleashed was ahead of the game on this one. He weighed in on the subject last month with this […]

By Liz -- 5 comments

May 19th, 2008

Fact or Ficton: Obesity is Contributing to Global Warming?

Okay, don’t shoot the messenger but the word out on the streets is that ‘obesity is to blame for global warming.’
So is there merit to this hypothesis or is it just one more way of laying a guilt trip on those who are overweight?
Let’s look at the facts.
This recent discussion relating obesity to global warming […]

By Liz -- 10 comments

April 21st, 2008

Is it a Computer? Is it a Treadmill?

How about this for the office of the future - a combined treadmill / computer. What a great idea. Sure might help all of us ‘glued to the computer’ bloggers get some exercise on the job.
The brainchild of Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Dr James Levine, this ‘vertical workstation’ offers exercise for both the mind and the […]

By Liz -- 9 comments

April 4th, 2008

Thinness is…an inheritable trait.

*************************NEWSFLASH***************************
Ladies, turns out it might not be your fault if you can’t lose weight no matter how much exercise or dieting.
It could be that you are simply missing the ‘lean gene’.
A collaborative study between Tel Aviv University in Israel and Kings College in England has determined that ‘thinness, like your smile or the color of […]

By Liz -- 2 comments

January 25th, 2008

Do the Hara Hachi Bu…

Concerned about your growing weight? Then maybe it’s time to do the hara hachi bu. Practiced by the Okinawan people for generations, it simply means ‘to eat until you are 80% full’.
Now, Okinawa has one of the healthiest and longest living populations in the world, so there must be something to this.
Let’s face it, eating […]

By Liz -- 6 comments

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