How much do you think you are influenced by the media? Has marketing and advertising affected how you’ve tried to take control of your weight? Most definitely. We’ve all bought products, we’ve all bought gadgets, we’ve all tried programs. Even when we think we’re finally getting smart, some product will come along with a pitch …
January 2013 archive
“Flab to Fabulous” Pageant: Mystery Prevails
I had a great chat on the phone with a very helpful woman in the Sales Department at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. She confirmed for me that the Flab to Fabulous Pageant does NOT have any event space booked for the dates May 26 to June 2. Those are the dates listed in this “Sponsorship …
Fat Exploitation of a Different Kind
May in Atlanta will see an event billed as “The First, The Only National Pageant for Bariatric Surgery Patients.” The embarrassingly-named “Flab to Fabulous Pageant” will be awarding the titles Mr. & Ms. Fabulous. I’m compelled to wonder what man outside of an Atlantic City lounge act will hope to wear the crown as “Mr. …
Weight & Fat: Contradictions in Correctness
I love the First Lady. I really do. But I read an interview in which she joins in doing something that I think creates an aspect of denial to the difficulty some of us endure in managing our weight. It’s a contradiction with roots in political correctness. In an interview in Women’s Health magazine, Michelle …
The Scourge that is “Biggest Loser”
Why mince words? “Biggest Loser” is one of the most offensive television shows of all time. It perpetuates truly hateful paradigms in the guise of a sickening insistence that the show “is changing lives.” I could say that the most disgusting scenes are when the trainers are humiliating the contestants and they do that in so many …
Rejecting Weight Loss “Advice”
It’s the time of year when everyone is talking about going on a diet, starting exercise routines, and losing weight. Everyone’s got an opinion and plenty of advice. Are you listening to any of it? There might be a lot of approaches people could take if they have put on some weight due to lifestyle …
Obesity in America: Facing Obvious Truths
As usual for me, I have a cable news channel on while I’m here at my desk. The running news crawl at the bottom of the screen is quite interesting today! A headline about how being fat is maybe GOOD for you is being followed immediately by a headline about how fructose can drive you …
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