Why Weight Loss is Like Saving Gasoline

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:54:35 -0500, jbuch wrote:

[quoting an article]

Quoted message said:

So they are responding in much the way they try to lose weight — with
complex special diets, instead of by simply eating less and exercising
more, Kloza said.

They *are* simply eating less. Cutting out 1000-2000 calories per day
which used to be filled with JUNK food, *IS* eating substantially "less",
non? Keeping the good, pitching the bad="eating less".

It's a sad day and age when eschewing junk food and (dare I say) [censored],
constitutes a "complex special diet" haha.

--
On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

Crafting Mom said:

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:54:35 -0500, jbuch wrote:

[quoting an article]

Quoted message said:

So they are responding in much the way they try to lose weight — with
complex special diets, instead of by simply eating less and exercising
more, Kloza said.

They *are* simply eating less. Cutting out 1000-2000 calories per day
which used to be filled with JUNK food, *IS* eating substantially "less",
non? Keeping the good, pitching the bad="eating less".

It's a sad day and age when eschewing junk food and (dare I say) [censored],
constitutes a "complex special diet" haha.

You are reading more into the commentary than was there.

BARS BARS BARS

So many diets have this focus (sometimes unintentional) on "MY SPECIAL
BARS" that you can use to "help" keep on the diet.

When I first listened to presentations on the Zone Diet.... they were
almost always followed by Q&A and the opportunity to by ZONE BARS.

It was sad to see the Atkins Nutritionals promoting their own "BARS"
when I finally moved to the low carb approach.

jbuch said:

You are reading more into the commentary than was there.

Ahh, ok. I was only commenting on that one snippet. But yeah, I agree
with the "bars bars bars" comment. I don't do (and never have done) the
bar thing (or the AS thing), so I simply cannot relate

Quoted message said:

It was sad to see the Atkins Nutritionals promoting their own "BARS"
when I finally moved to the low carb approach.

Atkins' body was barely cold before I saw an increase in advertising for
all of their junk-food "supplements".
--
On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

"Crafting Mom" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

"Atkins' body was barely cold before I saw an increase in advertising
for
all of their junk-food "supplements".

And it only became junk food then? One of the first products from
Atkins Nutritionals was the bars and they were being produced, marketed
and advertised while Atkins was alive, owned and directed the firm.
BTW, I don't think it was ever junk food. You're entitled to your
opinion. But let's at least keep the basic facts straight.

Opinicus said:

"Crafting Mom" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

That sig was from a "silly warning labels" site, which indicates some of
the silliest things manufacturers were forced to put on their products to
avoid further lawsuits over the same issues.

http://cgood.org/society-45.html

--
On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

Quoted message said:

"Atkins' body was barely cold before I saw an increase in advertising
for
all of their junk-food "supplements".

And it only became junk food then? One of the first products from
Atkins Nutritionals was the bars and they were being produced, marketed
and advertised while Atkins was alive, owned and directed the firm.
BTW, I don't think it was ever junk food. You're entitled to your
opinion. But let's at least keep the basic facts straight.

I assume everything I read on usenet is somebody's opinion. But yes, it
is indeed my opinion, sorry for not including that very obligatory
disclaimer.

The above paragraph is my own opinion, too.
It is also my opinion that the sentence in the above line is my own
opinion, as is this ;-) (grin)

--
Warning on fireplace log:
"Caution: risk of fire."

On a household iron:
"Never iron clothes while they are being worn."

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crafting Mom said:

Opinicus said:

"Crafting Mom" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On a Halloween Batman costume:
"This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

That sig was from a "silly warning labels" site, which indicates some of
the silliest things manufacturers were forced to put on their products to
avoid further lawsuits over the same issues.

http://cgood.org/society-45.html

Who wears Halloween costumes? For the most part, kids. Are kids capable
of thinking that a costume could let them fly? Yes. The warning is
hardly "silly."
--
D.F. Manno | [email hidden]
"The average man doesn't want to be free. He wants to be safe. "
- H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

D.F. Manno said:

Who wears Halloween costumes? For the most part, kids. Are kids capable
of thinking that a costume could let them fly? Yes. The warning is
hardly "silly."

Most children old enough to read and understand the legal lingo would know
this already 😉

Anyway, I thought it was cute more than silly, the title of the *site*
said "silly warning labels"...but I liked most of the other "warnings" on
the site. I've seen more ridiculous warning labels than that.

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Disclaimer: Everything authored by me is my own opinion and personal
experience, unless otherwise indicated.