Workout Barbie
I just finished gagging my way through this NYT profile of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, who was quoted as saying (p. 2): She said a woman should never lift more than three-pound weights. “Most gym programs overwork major muscle groups,” she said. “Repetition builds and bulks muscles.” Judging from her arms, it looks like she takes her own advice. Madonna and Gwyneth should...
Target Women: Yogurt
Ran across this during my travels across the blogosphere. I have a tough time as it is with gender-specific marketing for ordinary products…so it was amusing to see these particularly lame yogurt ads get skewered by comedian Sarah Haskins. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffIo2VAi_qg] Actually, I prefer Greek yogurt to all that sweetened Yoplait junk – higher in protein, and sinfully rich-tasting – even the...
Weight Loss Isn’t a Spectator Sport
I have to admit, this New York Times article made me want to bang my head my head against my keyboard. So it stands to reason that weight-loss shows are now a part of the television landscape, spanning NBC, the Style Network and Discovery Health, as common as crime procedurals, soap operas or talk shows. (All television genres have signature moments. On westerns it’s the cattle stampede; on weight-loss shows it’s the weigh-in,...
Funny…
If you’re considering getting a spa body wrap done to “tone and firm” your body, read this first. 😀
But It’s Sooooooo Expensive To Eat Healthy!
The incongruity of this statement dawned on me the other day as I stood in line at my local grocery store. ‘Cause it’s one I’ve heard often enough… It costs SO much to eat right. Does it? Really? From my impromptu info-gathering session at the grocery store the other evening, I’d say it’s VERY expensive to eat poor, nutritionally deficient foods. I watched, for instance, as a heavyset woman and her...
Self Acceptance – Not “Fat Acceptance”
I’ve been aware of the “Fat Acceptance” (FA) movement for some time now…on occasion, I’ve dropped in to look around on sites like BigFatBlog or Fatshionista. Sometimes it feels like visiting another planet — I have a hard time getting into these people’s heads. But believe it or not — I’m sympathetic to some of the points FA activists make, especially as they pertain to women’s...
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