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Read more: Supersize Sales – Making it Big & Junonia
Supersize Sales – Making it Big & Junonia
No comments on Supersize Sales – Making it Big & JunoniaMaking it Big has an “Online Warehouse Sale” through midnight Monday night (Pacific time). Most items are priced $19.95 – $29.95, but there are things at $9.95 too. Junonia is offering 40% off everything through midnight Sunday (Central time). http://www.junonia.com/home.htm?offer=11279
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Read more: NYT on The Biggest Loser: “Health Can Take A Back Seat”
NYT on The Biggest Loser: “Health Can Take A Back Seat”
From The New York Times‘ article on The Biggest Loser today: Doctors, nutritionists and physiologists not affiliated with “The Biggest Loser” express doubt about the program’s regimen of severe caloric restriction and up to six hours a day of strenuous exercise, which cause contestants to sometimes lose more than 15 pounds a week. At least one other contestant has confessed to using dangerous weight-loss techniques, including self-induced…
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Read more: What would you put into a Fitness for Life class?
What would you put into a Fitness for Life class?
Everyone’s talking about Lincoln college requiring students with a BMI of 30 or larger to take a “Fitness for Life” class. What I’m wondering is, what would you like to see in such a class? Not what is usually in such classes, or what Lincoln is including — what would rock your socks to see? Here’s some ideas: Topics: Fitness isn’t necessarily thinness Why fitness is useful…
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Read more: Feeling Better
Feeling Better
I caught up on sleep over the weekend. This is good thing, since I turn into a bear of very little patience when I don’t have enough. ;) I also realized yesterday that I’ve gone days without taking ibuprofen for my leg. I passed “Not hurting all the time” a little over a week ago and now I’m at “not hurting unless I misstep / walk to…
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Read more: Oprah Mag printed the words “fat acceptance”
Oprah Mag printed the words “fat acceptance”
Yeah, I’m kind of in shock too. It’s in the December 2009 issue. The Fat Fight in the “Connections” section, by Robin Marantz Henig and Jess Zimmerman. Actually it’s a pair of articles: the first is by the mother, Henig; the second is by the daughter, Zimmerman. Henig discusses how she tried to be “supportive” of her daughter so she wouldn’t grow up fat, but notes…
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Read more: Virtual Window Shopping: Zaftique
Virtual Window Shopping: Zaftique
[Looking at supersize / extended size clothing which is to say, clothing I can wear. Preferably modeled by fat people.] Zaftique carries a lot of sexy clothes. Curves are emphasized; stretch (and lace and chiffon and velvet) is often utilized. Not everything’s tight, mind, but a lot of it is. There’s also a sense of fun in a lot of the clothes – such as the…
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Read more: Losing Weight Doesn’t Prevent Cancer?
Losing Weight Doesn’t Prevent Cancer?
From an article on myths and facts in cancer prevention in The New York Times comes this interesting sidebar. Specifically, among things that have not been shown to prevent cancer are: Exercise Fruits and vegetables Losing weight Low-fat diet So why are these so often recommended? “I think it’s wishful thinking,” said Dr. Susan Love, a breast surgeon and president of the Dr. Susan Love Research…
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