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I had several chances to destroy my new, healthier eating lifestyle, but somehow, I stuck to my plan.

-Angus, I only met you several months before I began this diet. Angus, I hardly knew ye. -"Dad, would you stop kissing the menu?" -Angus, call me-- -"Dad!"

I also lost money by not going to the YMCA -- we have a membership, and I should be using it more -- but I didn't make it once this week. If I had, I might have finally dropped enough to get into the high 240s.

I used to spend almost $100 a month on snacks and generally unnecessary food -- and frankly, I'd rather not believe that.

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Many of these shows are drawing in large audiences

On the other hand, weight loss shows may be setting unrealistic expectations for others who may be trying to lose weight. The contestants on these shows are given trainers and nutritionists, and because they are on a show they have nothing to do except work out.

When young people were asked about their reasons for dieting, they cited the celebrities that they saw in television shows. Since this study the amount of advertisements for weight loss supplements, diet programs, and thin women on television has only increased.

(I’m as guilty as anyone in indulging in these reality TV shows),

We make pledges to lose weight, to exercise, to eat healthy, but it is so much easier to go to the drive thru, to sit on the couch, and to avoid the scale.

Our meals are super sized, our population is becoming super sized, and now reality television is catching on to the trend.

because even if you are not trying to lose weight, there are tips on ways to start exercising and eating better, areas I know a lot of us could use some help in.

He created “The Money Diet,” and recorded all the foods he resisted buying, then calculated how much not buying junk food and fast food saved him.

(I’m usually in the drive thru with a serious craving for fries and a shake).

And when you really think about it, wouldn’t you rather spend that money on a fabulous pair of shoes instead of that burger at In n’ Out?

We are always hearing about how breakfast is the most important meal of the day, for everyone, regardless of size, and

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In the real world you have to be able to motivate yourself.

I stumbled upon a blog with another interesting take on what can motivate people to lose weight,

Plus, money is usually a much better motivator than salad and the treadmill.

yet the waistline of our country seems to be growing every year.

Eating healthy and exercising are hard habits to get into, and it can be discouraging to go to the gym and jump on the elliptical next to the gorgeous, perfectly toned girl who doesn’t sweat

writing is sort of looming

hen I first reading

How money is scaring the meat market into the corner with a cleaver.  In a food/ethics blog.  In the words of the internet, lolzI'll definitely be reading more of his blog soon.

This week I’ve decided to do a sort of “tribute” bit about my newfound favorite blogger, “Wayne Yuen,” and his blog, “Piles of Philosophy.” 

Whether you are a carnivore, omnivore, “demi-vegetarian,” vegetarian, vegan, or fruitarian, you will probably be intrigued with what he has to say.  

Well for starters Yuen

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nd it only gets worse

though

The one that ran free looked like an animal, it had big legs, a smallish breast, and plenty of dark and white meat, while the run-of-the-mill supermarket turkey had the tiniest legs and hugest breast I have ever seen…there is NO WAY that thing could have ever stood up on its own. 

Long story short Wayne thinks it’s a was

Om nom nom…

Now, on to something completely different…

ever increasing

Ethics in food is a particularly hairy subject, but to get started, here are a few sites that I found helpful and interesting on my quest for knowledge and to sort out my own opinions…

Is this because we need harsher regulations? Or is someone slacking on the job

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it was advice that I needed to hear directly from an influential and successful individual in order to truly take initiative in directing my life.

At this point, there are no specific topics that I’d like to blog about in regards to personal development

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It is difficult to believe that these individuals we hold to such high regard would pay large sums of money for a product viewed as phony as the shaw-wow.

stevepavlina.com

numerous topics

self-improvement on various levels

orum you are can utilize if you choose, an RSS feed, and some really i

variety of topics to comment on in my blog in the future.

as thoughtfully written as Emily Dickenson might have.

familiar Robert Frost issue of deciding which road to take.

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Real quick, I have to plug my own blog before you become aficionados of The Superficial and forget all about me: come here for a dose of celebrity lives from a different angle.  I’m not here just to make fun of celebrities, but also to let you know how reading about them/being obsessed with them, is affecting the way you do things and the way you think.  But, when it comes to good ol' celeb bashing, The Superficial is there for me, and you.

Nope, I’m definitely not a hater of celebrity gossip.

it’s being a bit annoying with our incessant talk about the latest celeb news

The Superficial

It is so weird to look back at the older posts of bloggers who've been around for quite some time. I missed a lot of information in my pre-gossip life (have I mentioned that keeping up with the gossip of our times is a new venture for me??). So browsing the past brought up a lot of "she did whats?!" that would make the avid gossipists look away with shame at my naivety.  But I like to think that it gives me a fresh outlook on the news; none of the usual bias latched on to each person.  So how does one get started in this messy gossip business? It all starts with some innocent curiosity, a click of a link here or there, watching the girls sitting in front of you in class surf perezhilton.com

which is obvious

too-perfect-to-be real-people

Talk about unhealthy

not the scariest thing you’ve seen

And also because it's fun to read :)

  I promise to be blunt and to be honest.  Hey, I’m already out of the closet with the most embarrassing secret: Hi I’m "Ok!", and I’m addicted to gossip blogs.

And it has also convinced me not to go out and do yoga with my boobs hanging out right after those surgeries in order to make money to pay for them.

When you post links to stories, you really should make sure that everyone can see what the story says rather than link to your own site and expect people to click through from your site to the source content.

Just a thought.

IF YOU TWEET, EMAIL, IM, OR DO ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION IN ALL CAPS, IT MEANS THAT YOU’RE YELLING WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO SAY!!!!!! MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU YELL IS WORTH YELLING!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!

For those not in the game, it can get rather mundane if all you post is who you’ve assassinated, what weapons you’ve purchased, and how we can join your clan/family/ring/dojo.

I know. Everyone loves Oprah.

You can’t say anything bad about her because she is perfection boxed up into human form.

It reminds me of the people who followed Forrest Gump on his runs across the country. They were there, waiting for him to say something magical, and it never came.

It’s the Internet. Porn is everywhere. Why would anyone go to Twitter to find it? Answer: they don’t.

I know Twitter in its purest form is supposed to be somewhat mundane, but some people take it way too far.

Still, that shouldn’t be ALL that you tweet, should it?

That’s nice. What are you going to Tweet about?

There. My little rant is over.

I was one grumpy, cappuccino lady today.

While many fast food companies are trying to include healthy options in their menus, this isn’t the reason most of us are going there (I’m usually in the drive thru with a serious craving for fries and a shake)

He knows that all that old food will still be calling out to him. He also knows that his weight loss is not going to be as dramatic as all the reality shows make it seem.