So yes we’re always on a diet but I believe that no food should be banned FOREVEH. You should be able to enjoy a thing or two and not have your inner-monologue go like this…. Inner Monologue Soliloquy “Well way to go, loser. You worthless glob of cream cheese. You just ate that piece of chocolate [...]
In 1954 psychologist William Sheldon classified people’s body types and then associated the body type with typical temperaments. It went like this…. Ectomorphic bodies are bananas. We’re talking long arms and legs, short upper bodies, higher foreheads, narrow shoulders and generally more “nervous tissue.” I don’t know what “nervous tissue” is but the idea is [...]
Love this vintage diet advertisement and the gallery of dieting ads over the decades. Click here to see the gallery. A new display is currently at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. It looks at diet fads and books through the decades. Read more about it here. As for the above ad – lose by listening. [...]
We’ve all been on many different plans and well, failed right? But here’s the question, is your failure on a previous diet derailing this one? Are you letting the time you went over on points that one week, or ate a donut during a low-carb phase, or the time you skipped exercising one day and [...]
DTBMULF Dictionary burglarfries- the car French fries eaten on the way home from the drive-thru carbgasm- the sensation experienced when one breaks with a no-carbohydrate diet. Moaning often accompanies a carbgasm. cudge- the chunka under your actual chin flabulous- compliment given to person successfully disguising fat rolls. As in “You look flabulous in that kaftan.” [...]
I was counting points but I fell off the wagon. So I decided to count calories and I went pretty low w/my daily caloric intake for about a week. Then to rein in my holiday binge I clamped down on the carbohydrates. But now I’m at an impass. I’m at the intersection of Bored Boulevard and Plateau [...]
Taking a page from my Catholic school days, where you have your Holy Days of Obligation, I think some sort of Holy Days of Diet Absolution are in order. Holy Days of Diet Absolution – And Their Historical Significance Thanksgiving – In 1621 Squanto teaches the Pilgrims that Turkey is great eats. Christmas Eve – [...]
The philosophy here at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat World Head Quarters™ is to eat very little sugar. We find we feel better with less sugar in our daily diets. When we do chose sweets we try to go with real sugar, Truvia®, and Splenda®. (None of which are paying us to post but [...]
Here’s the last installement. I promise no more history until Labor Day or something. Thomas Jefferson- The eloquent author of The Declaration of Independence and our nation’s 3rd President, Jefferson at his Monticello was the epitome of southern aristocracy. Where John Adams could be considered the ultimate Yankee, Jefferson’s gentile background was the perfect counter [...]
I pretty much went on and on about John Adams but he wasn’t alone in founding the nation. Today I give you George Washington. He pretty much grew what he ate. Way ahead of his time considering the new vegetable garden at the White House this summer! George Washington- Of course Mr. Washington was our [...]
