Archive for the ‘Obesity’ Category

• Dying to be thin

  Thursday, September 17th, 2009

  I have chronicled my fight with weight and know what its like to want to be thin. I have gone to some extreme methods to try to lose weight due to the pressure I put on myself and the pressure I received from society. I can remember a fad that was going around [...]

• PETA”s AHA moment

  Friday, August 28th, 2009

  I don’t think that Bill Robinson, the Black tap-dancing artist, could have done faster tap steps than PETA has done recently. They have shuffled and jived their way to remove the offensive billboard in Jacksonville, Florida, showing an overweight woman in a bikini, stomach spilling over saying “save a whale, go vegetarian.” PETA [...]

• PETA their own worse enemy

  Friday, August 21st, 2009

  I love a good cause and I support them when I can. I am an animal lover and at times have gone the vegetarian route. PETA is not on my list of groups that I could get behind and support. Their hard hitting and offensive methods get my underwear in a bunch. [...]

• Fourth of July alert for your pet

  Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

  Unfurl and hang your flags, the fourth of July is here again. We will celebrate our freedom from the oppressive countries across the pond. As we deck ourselves in all things red, white and blue, drag out the grill and lawn chairs, let the parties begin. The neighborhood will be alive [...]

• The obesity problem

  Thursday, September 4th, 2008

  Thank god, they have finally given me an answer to my weight problem.
  There is a new Canadian study where scientist at Lavel University showed that after long sessions of intellectual work, the subjects were more likely to eat excess calories. Even though this test was only done with a small group of 14 subjects, the [...]