Happy International No Diet Day! Book news: As of early this morning, we are the number two bestseller on Powell’s. HOLY CRAP. Thanks to Meowser for first pointing out that we were on the list (at #3, last night) and The Bald Soprano for catching the move to #2! And a huge damn … Continue reading »
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Shut up, Bob Greene
A couple people have e-mailed me (thank you) about Bob Greene saying on Larry King that it’s healthier to yo-yo diet than stay fat. Specifically: King: Is fluctuating weight like Kirstie Alley bad, Bob? Greene: Well, there’s two sides to that story. First off, if you remain heavy, that’s when the most damage is done to your … Continue reading »
Behold the Queen of Fats
OK, so the best article that ever has been and probably ever will be written about me is in the Chicago Tribune today. (Thank you, Nara Schoenberg!!!) If you live in the area, you should totally go pick up a hard copy to see the hilarious photo on the cover of the “Live” section. (ETA: … Continue reading »
1,000 calories a day: Officially not torture
Via Rachel at The-F-Word, the HuffPo is reporting that calorie restriction was a Bush-administration-approved torture technique, and the justification for its legality was that people do it voluntarily. We just call it “dieting” instead of “torture.” In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s … Continue reading »
Bachelorettes, bathing suits, etc.
Hi! Remember me? A long time ago, I used to blog here. So, last time I wrote, I was off to my first destination bachelorette party. The destination, it can now be told (OK, it was already told repeatedly on Twitter last weekend), was Vegas. The bride, one of my oldest and dearest, works for … Continue reading »
The End of ‘Results Not Typical’?
Tari just Twittered about this, and I see Rachel’s already covered it in-depth. I am giddy. Updated guidelines on ad endorsements and testimonials under final review by the Federal Trade Commission—and widely expected to be adopted—would end marketers’ ability to talk up the extreme benefits of products while carrying disclaimers like “results not typical” or “individual … Continue reading »
Read ‘Em
There are about a gazillion things we’ve missed in the last week, so it’s round-up time. First, though, I have a favor to ask of anyone who can swing it. Al’s friend Peter lost his job last July. He and his partner of 20+ years, Ericka, are now in danger of losing their house — … Continue reading »
I am in love for the second time this week
This time with an officially real person, Emily Blunt. That is, Emily Blunt, Doughnut Smuggler. On being monitored to make sure she didn’t gain weight while playing a diet-obsessed fashionista in The Devil Wears Prada, she says: I understand why I was asked to be like that for that role, my character was surviving on … Continue reading »
WTF of the day: Fling candy bars
Andy Wright at Mother Jones nails everything wrong with Mars’s new candy bars for the lady market so perfectly, I can’t even add anything. I can only quote: Predictably, one of the hot selling points for the Fling bar is that “at under 85 calories per finger, it’s slim, but not skinny. Indulgent but not greedy. … Continue reading »
Exceptions that aren’t
We frequently get commenters who stop in to tell us that they lost weight and kept it off for more than five years, which in their opinion utterly disproves the claim that 95 percent of diets do not result in permanent weight loss. This is probably because when they use figures like “95 percent,” they … Continue reading »
