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Read more: Quick: Men get Photoshopped too; Diet Wars; Where the Heck Have I Been?
Quick: Men get Photoshopped too; Diet Wars; Where the Heck Have I Been?
9 comments on Quick: Men get Photoshopped too; Diet Wars; Where the Heck Have I Been?This short shows before/after shots for a fictional bodybuilding product that were shot on the same day. The man in question really does look heavier in the before — due to lighting, positioning, makeup, and Photoshop. Epictetus was born in 55AD. I looked him up when a “quote of the day” site came up with his “Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as…
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Read more: Meridia (sibutramine) being removed from the US market
Meridia (sibutramine) being removed from the US market
From CNN: Abbott Laboratories has agreed to take its obesity drug Meridia (sibutramine) off the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The company voluntarily withdrew the drug because clinical trial studies showed there was an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in people who used the drug. […] Approved in 1997 for weight loss, the original data on the drug showed that people…
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Read more: Exercise and Reinforcing Spirals
Exercise and Reinforcing Spirals
I’ve written about my mother being self-conscious about her fat. Afraid of other people thinking she was fat, afraid of not being able to walk far enough, of not being able to find a chair that fit, of being unable to defend herself if physically attacked. Mom was also self-conscious of being out of shape and having an “ignorant-sounding” accent.* Mom broke her leg when I was…
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Read more: Some Good Things
Some Good Things
Riot Nrrd explains why judging other people’s health can be inaccurate. Despite turning my ankle a couple times Monday (and working too much and walking too little these past weeks) I didn’t have problems walking over a mile at the Sounders game Tuesday night :) My new CPAP mask arrived! Somehow I’d broken the widget that connects the nose piece to the headgear. I’ve got another mask which…
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Read more: Fat Bingo: Fat and Fit Article
Fat Bingo: Fat and Fit Article
Using the article “Fat but fit? Big gray area confounds scientists“. “Is it possible to be fat and fit? Perhaps, researchers say, but losing weight may make you even better off.” Message: Don’t get your hopes up, fatty, exercise and a healthy diet are only worthwhile if you lose weight—if your weight is stable you might as well skip the gym. “No excuse to pack on pounds”…
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Read more: Morning Wake-Up: Kashmir Floral Leggings
Morning Wake-Up: Kashmir Floral Leggings
Yes, this is the folk/filk group Vixy and Tony (with Sunnie Larsen playing violin, Betsy Tinney playing cello, Heather Dale playing bohdran, and Ben Deschamps with the mandolin) performing Led Zeppelin. I finally opened the package from the UK that arrived Saturday and found my size 32UK (“28US”) leggings are a bit loose. This may signal good for ordering other things from Evans, but it’s still a…
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] The man of the house baked a chicken with some rosemary this evening. He accompanied it with broccoli with cheese sauce, green beans steamed with red potatoes, corn cooked with onions, cold sliced beets, and French bread. As we were eating he said, “So did I make the Thankful Thursday this week?” So. Um. Today I’m thankful for: The man of the house…
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Read more: A year or two ago …
A year or two ago …
Two years ago, I wrote 2 of the most-read posts of this blog: on stress incontinence and jock itch. I worked hard on both of those posts. I was a bit embarrassed to admit they were problems I deal with, but I also felt that writing a bad post on either would be worse than not writing them at all. Take of that what you will….…
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Read more: Doing the Same Thing, Expecting Different Results
Doing the Same Thing, Expecting Different Results
Can you place this quote? Just about everyone can list ways to fight childhood obesity: schools should alter lunch menus, teach nutrition and hold more physical education classes. At home, parents should be more diligent and the Xbox less available. Here’s the problem: as logical as these suggestions might sound, when many of them have been subjected to the cold light of rigorous scientific study, they have…
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Read more: Ditto: Standing In The Way Of Control
Ditto: Standing In The Way Of Control
Beth Ditto, lead singer of the band Gossip, is in the news again, this time taking on the belief that thin=healthy and fat=not healthy. “I’m not an unhealthy person and… one of the most tiring parts of being fat and being proud of it is… you do a lot of proving yourself all the time.” She added: “It’s really interesting to me that people will look at a…
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