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Morpheus99
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 Posted: 01/17/03 - 15:42 Post subject: New Year, New You, Biggest Scam Ever
Bull**it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless you in a climate where the temps are pretty good year round
Ariz, CA, FL.
The biggest new year scam is the diet lose pounds before Summer.
Here at work there are a number of new year new diet women complaing about it being too cold and they can't seem to stay on their diet.
A few men too by the way.
I mentioned to them why not diet in May or June or July so you have the warm temps to be outside.
The answers I got was:
It'll be too late by then.
Its too hot.
We tend to have BBQ for the holidays.
Etc.
So its taken me a few years to figure out the weight loss places are scaming people with their post glutton ads knowing most people will fall off the wagon.
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genie
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 15:56 Post subject:
Either that or the Magic Bullet folks that really don't want to make the commitment to work at it like we all do take that long to wise up...there's no free (diet) lunch, folks!!!!!!!!!!
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 16:47 Post subject:
What, so it's cold, you have to eat like a pig? I don't ge the correllation. Besides, no one"has" to eat something just because it's being offered to them at a family function or because it's a certain season. Willpower is a good thing to have all year.
(Says the girl who can't gain any weight ever again because of this navel ring...)
Hey, there's an idea!!! Instant diet incentive. Pierce your navel, and then diet until you can actually see the piercing. (Yes, I am sick)
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airehead
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 16:53 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | What, so it's cold, you have to eat like a pig? I don't ge the correllation. Besides, no one"has" to eat something just because it's being offered to them at a family function or because it's a certain season. Willpower is a good thing to have all year.
(Says the girl who can't gain any weight ever again because of this navel ring...)
Hey, there's an idea!!! Instant diet incentive. Pierce your navel, and then diet until you can actually see the piercing. (Yes, I am sick) |
I thought you were touting a soft-food diet!!  I was all ready to start mine....I bet after your little "teeth" incident, you haven't eated a whole heckuva lot.
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 16:59 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | | kristin31 wrote: | What, so it's cold, you have to eat like a pig? I don't ge the correllation. Besides, no one"has" to eat something just because it's being offered to them at a family function or because it's a certain season. Willpower is a good thing to have all year.
(Says the girl who can't gain any weight ever again because of this navel ring...)
Hey, there's an idea!!! Instant diet incentive. Pierce your navel, and then diet until you can actually see the piercing. (Yes, I am sick) |
I thought you were touting a soft-food diet!! I was all ready to start mine....I bet after your little "teeth" incident, you haven't eated a whole heckuva lot. |
hehe. No , I still eat. It just hurts more to chew. If I don't eat I get cranky.
I want to eat SPICY again. I am dying for some blackened escolar. Or some super-hot wings. Or some szechuan tofu. Or pizza with hot peppers.
(I know, get over it. Life could be a lot worse.)
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 17:18 Post subject:
Since this is already diet related, has anyone else tried the new ALMOND Snickers bar? I don't eat candy very often--but Snickers are like the devil's candy. These new Snickers rock!
(I thought Gina might want to know, too!)
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 17:23 Post subject:
No, but they sound fabulous! 
But, as far as new years resolutioners go I wish they would give up and clear out of my gym already...January's are the worst 
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Cappy
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 17:43 Post subject:
Interesting that treadmills, and such are all on sale too. In a few months most of them will be expensive clothes racks
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 17:55 Post subject:
I want to try those new Snickers! They have a snickers topped cookie out here; haven't tried it yet.
I am annoyed with the January people too sometimes; however, I guess at least they are trying and you have to start somewhere. Especially since I am trying to encourage someone else to get some exercise, I need to be supportive.
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genie
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 17:57 Post subject:
But Fat Trapper and Exercise in A Bottle will still be topping the sales charts at your local drugstore.....
Aire, I am not much of a Snickers fan, I prefer my peanut butter straight up!
K, why no spicy? Does it hurt the incisions??
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 18:00 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | But Fat Trapper and Exercise in A Bottle will still be topping the sales charts at your local drugstore.....
Aire, I am not much of a Snickers fan, I prefer my peanut butter straight up!
K, why no spicy? Does it hurt the incisions?? |
Like you wouldn't believe. I am not a pain wimp. This is worse than anything I have ever done running/sports-related wise.
Also, the teeth are really sensitive down to the bone. I'm thinking of puttin a bottle of ambesol on them and eating the escolar and the wings anyway. I am going to need sustenance after I fight my way through the January crowd at the gym tonite..
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 19:08 Post subject:
Yowza!!!! Well, if you want some sympathy, call later. I'll be home prolly after 7:30.
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 22:38 Post subject:
Personally, I think all dietsf are scams. It's a lifestyle behaviour modification, not a quick fix in 6 to 8 weeks.
And, I happen to like all those tourists in the gym in January. 
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 22:40 Post subject:
Oh, and one other thing. I normally run a fitness program at the beginning of the year called "New Year, New You" or sometimes "Commit to be Fit". And it's not a scam. 
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kristin31
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Posted: 01/17/03 - 22:59 Post subject:
| flarunner wrote: | | Oh, and one other thing. I normally run a fitness program at the beginning of the year called "New Year, New You" or sometimes "Commit to be Fit". And it's not a scam. |
I think that kind of program can be a good thing; especially if it leads to a long-term life-style change. and everyone has to start and learn somewhere. After a while, you get 'spoiled' as a gym regular and get used to having your pick of machines (your own treadmill, your own stairmaster, etc).
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