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The Truth In Advertising, Pt. 2
This sh*t will kill you.
With the exception of the Olson twins, Americans love to eat. Even amongst the healthiest of us, I’m sure there’s one little guilty pleasure out there that you’d fight your mama over for the last piece/portion/serving. Personally, I’ll eat just about anything. Yes, that too. But the older I get the harder I find it to stay in fighting trim, especially now that I have a sh*tty cushy government job and sit on my ass all day. (Pay your taxes, people.) I’m trying to make healthier food choices considering my schedule doesn’t allow me the time or the energy to work out. I’ve cut down on the pork, junk foods, sodas and fast foods in favor of more salads, fish, oatmeal, water and anything else that strikes me as healthy.
I was feeling pretty good about myself and my semi-healthy diet. Then I stumbled across a couple things very recently that made me think twice. The first was a guest on the Colbert Report who’s some sort of world class nerd scientist doing a study on the Potomac river (or whatever body of water that happens to be). From his findings, apparently all the waste that certain companies dump into the environment are slowly mutating the fish and frogs in the water. The males he studied have developed deformed genitalia and are beginning to carry eggs. Yes, eggs. As if that wasn’t shocking enough, he went on to explain that despite your local water treatment facilities best efforts to remove turds from waste water before it’s released back into the environment, they haven’t managed to figure out how to remove the estrogen contained in the urine of women that take birth control. So I guess it’s not Poland Spring’s fault that their water tastes like piss.
Now before you spit your water out, keep reading, it gets better. I receive an e-newsletter from a certain magazine that shall remain nameless because quite frankly, we here @ Three Ways want to be the only thing on your mind. Anyhoo, this particular edition of the newsletter was spilling the beans about the “truth in advertising.” Apparently there’s more than meets the eye in your favorite low-fat, low-carb frozen cardboard entree. While the claims from the makers of Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine that their products are low in fat may be true, they add a whole bunch of other crap in there to make up for the lack of tasty fat. Instead of dying from a artery clogging heart attack or stroke, these dishes may very well get you hooked up to a dialysis machine. So far all my meticulous eating habits, my cholesterol fighting bowl of oatmeal is killing me more softly than Lauryn Hill and Roberta Flack combined. (Damn, I miss L-Boogie. Eff you Stephen Marley and Wyclef!!) Diet soda will give you high blood pressure, so will those leaner cuts of meat you buy. The healthy fruit bars you’re feeding your crumbsnatchers kids are chock full of red 40 and yellow 69 which are making them dumber and crazier by the second.
As I sit here eating 7 hour old grilled KFC, I ponder the path this breast took before ending up in my hands. It’s no wonder they jack these things up with hormones and steroids so they produce as much as this stuff as possible to meet demand. They are 6 billion people on this planet, hundreds of millions of which are overweight Americans that eat more than their fair share and would probably revolt if every fast food restaurant they waddled their fat asses to ran out of food. So imagine the pressure on the food industry to deliver their products consistently to satisfy their customers and share holders alike. It’s no surprise that they take shortcuts to push their crack on the streets. And let’s give it up for the crafty folks in the marketing department that come up with the sweet words corporations put on their boxes and the even craftier bastards in the legal department that let them know where exactly the line is that they can’t cross.
There you have it. I’m pretty sure you knew you were gonna die eventually, but I’m pretty sure you weren’t aware that despite your actions to do the exact opposite, you are slowly digging your own grave. So what do you think, is this planet really about to crash and burn, or am I pulling a chicken little? Anyone out there trying desperately to eat healthy that have been enlightened? Damn it, stop making me ask leading questions and just comment. Jeez.
Eating sh*t and liking it,
RightCoastLexSteele, FDA Approved
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Dang, it seems like everytime you turn on the TV you find out about another way we are fast forwarding our own deaths. You try to be healthy, only to be deceived. Then you get discouraged and eat that Big Mac b/c the “healthy” food isn’t good for you either…so its like do you go on a raw diet or do you give into your urges?? I think you should try to live the happiest way you can, do what you think is right, try to exercise (if you want) and it will all work out. If you deprieve yourself you’re still not winning && still not losing weight.
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May I add to the doom and gloom? Most of our commercially grown fruits an veggies are from cloned (and trademarked) seeds, as are thousands of chicken eggs (from cloned genes). Nature has been pushed out of the food business.
I remember in 7th grade my science teacher told us that looking at the list of ingredients on your food was essential. If you can’t pronounce it, you probably shouldn’t eat it and the top three ingredients are what largely make up whatever is in that package, so beware.
I always carried that in the back of my mind, and over the years have heard & read reports that essentially say the same thing.
I like to put a nice blanket statement on it for myself and think that everything I eat has the potentially contribuiting to my death march, so I’m just going to try to avoid the things with the obvious skull & crossbones.
I mean, how many people are the perfect picture of health and one day wake up to find out they have some sort of cancer anyways? This is one of the few areas in life where I do go chicken little Lex. It doesn’t mean I give up though.
On my quest to get my sexy back, I’ve become a calorie watcher (which works for the geek in me, how I love any kind of budget); but the programs I have used also track nutritional content, and I started out eating a lot of empty calories, but slowly I’ve been educating myself. It’s lead me to seek out more nutritionally sound food and cook even more meals at home.
Point is, we’ve made it so that eating well (health AND yumminess) is much harder. Harder because I won’t entirely give up anything, and every other day you’re going to hear how something is full of death grams, and you’ll go crazy if you live by headlines alone.
It’s like voting: you gotta go with somebody, so at educate yourself as to the lesser of two evils.
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I try to eat healthy but food is so good… it’s like my crack.
The easiest thing I can do is cut back and change some things (like my sugar intake). I do eat Lean Cuisine, etc. meals because they are so convenient..
So I continue to work out, change some things in my diet, and hope some change reflects somewhere (It’s just gotta!)
I know a lof of our foods are prolly full of gross things but I do what I can- I wash my bagged salads before eating them, I try not to order salad in a restaurant (because they may not be washing their salad like me)… I only drink purified water, but I refuse to wreck my brain or go nuts thinking of all the possibilities that could be there.
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RightCoastLex Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Oh yea…your water…
I checked…there’s no spring in Poland. That Poland Spring water is bottled in some random city in your state. That’s right…local municipal water. W/ a fancy label. For all that, might as well cop a Brita and walk around w/ your own water bottle. Although, I must say, that Fiji water is mighty effin tasty!
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Is it actually possible for non-flavored water to be “tasty”? Perhaps “quality” is a better word. I effs with Fiji though…and smart water on lower budget days.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I don’t know, maybe that THC seeped into my taste buds, but when I think of Fiji water, the word tasty comes to mind.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:43 am
*off topic…but what kind of rum?
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
The rum I was conceived on…Cruzan Rum. Everything else is just rubbing alcohol.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:55 am
You must have never had that Demerara! Lol
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Sure haven’t and even if I did, I’d still be biased cuz Cruzan is made where I’m from.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Figured, lol. Demerara is where I’m/my peoples are from.
The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:31 am
So you’re S. American/of S. American descent?
Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Yup, Georgetown, Guyana by way of Kitty & Mahaica (Demerara) on my mama’s side
Haitian CHeeKZ Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
you want to talk about Rum…
BARBANCOURT
close thread.
Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I will only mess with Purified Water.. for some reason, spring water always makes my throat hurt.
I get the .99 jug in the grocery store- no need for fancy botles here. lol.
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Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:44 am
@Slim: And yes, I’ve tasted some NASTY arse water. lol.. my city water is disgusting (my residing city).
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Me and Brita have a love thang goin on. I have a pitcher at work…I lurrrve it!!
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Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Exactly!!!! (I broke my dang on faucet filtration device)
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am
See, now I would be pouting. Regular water is just…nasty, lol
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Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
It really is!!!
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Meh…people know what’s healthy for them, they just don’t wanna ‘know’ that it is. There are always choices, folks just make the easier choice (sometimes). How I choose to eat isn’t easy and it takes lots of planning to cook and carry 5 meals with me to work, but for me it’s about the bigger pay off, I feel better, have more energy, less irritable, sleep better, my skin is clearer; I’ve never had issues health-wise so it wasn’t a concern with cholesterol or blood pressure, I just felt bleh and sluggish and decided to make some changes before I DID have some issues.
Shhooot it was HARD turning down ribs and fried chicken in the beginning, I would get hunger pains (even though I’d just eaten) just smelling them cooking *sigh*. Now I don’t really get cravings for them, especially chicken and limit my pork intake to Christmas (can’t/won’t pass up Garlic Pork, nope).
Folk look at me like I’m crazy when I pull out the maple syrup instead of sugar or honey to sweeten my tea, lol; that actually came as a side effect of pregnancy, couldn’t STAND sugar when I was pregnant, now it tastes like straight saccharin to me, blechk, so I don’t use it.
There are a lot of little ways that make big impacts on your health, small changes that will make you feel better. Baby steps.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Do you get sick from that one instance of pork for the year? I mistakenly ate some pork after not eating it for months and… well, let’s just say most of my day was shot. I did get the chance to read up and do a lot of thinking though.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Let’s just say I definitely prepare for it! LOL and the High Wine helps ease the headache and that heavy feeling, but that one garlic pork chop a year is priceless *drooling*. Wouldn’t be Christmas without garlic pork. Imma light weight…couple of glasses of the high wine and a pork chop and I’m out, wake me up in a couple of hours and I’ll be good to go, lmao!
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Yeah, I don’t support all the Diet this and Light that. For one, I need all the calories I can get within reason. Like you said, they have to replace the sugary goodness with something else chemical. Just it doesn’t cause one illness doesn’t mean it won’t cause something else. I might as well eat the good fattiness that comes in the regular products. Then I’ll just hit the gym later to fight the effects.
::puts on sports bra and shorts, rolls out yoga mat::
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Miss Jenkins Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:43 am
And I dunno what pork does to people. It’s always one of the first things to go from people’s diets. Why? Bacon is simply delicious. Add in a few more reps so you can enjoy its salty goodness.
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Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Bacon is just lovely… and can’t u get protein from it?
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Pork started giving me headaches and ‘upset’ stomach. One piece of bacon and I’d have to go lie down somewhere 4 hours later. Headaches make me evil. No pork = no headaches = nice Smiley Face. I can deal with the one time a year at Christmas, lol, I’m usually tipsy offa High Wine and go lie down anyway, lol.
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Pork is effin great…as is porking. I love me some swine. It’s so flavorful and delectable. I may have to hit up one of those Brazilian BBQ spots now with the skewers. Yeah…you know exactly the type of place I’m talking about.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Yea, that’s the problem…pork is too great. And sometimes cheaper than air. In my perfect world, I’d eat lechun all day long. (Lechun- very lovely roasted pork that my Latino friends back home make. It’s to die for…literally.)
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OrangeStar616 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I haven’t eaten pork or red meat in almost 20 years, gave it up @ 16 yo..the smell of pork cooking makes me nauseous…red meat stays in the colon forever, technically it takes 30 days start breaking down………
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
30 days in the colon? *cringes* Don’t say that. Please.lol.
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OrangeStar616 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:12 am
yes sir, think about that, say over a lifetime of eating red meat………
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Still Water Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
And thats why that creepy colon cleanse guy is making a killing!
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Burgers and steak are my fave!
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BLaCk Bruce WaYnE Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
SMH @ Seattle….we spoke about this man! No PORK on the FORK…
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Preaching to the choir sir! Haven’t touched the swine for months. Aside from the byproduct I accidentally ingested when snacking on some scallions.
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Bacon is one of the loves of my life. seriously. I wrote on SBM about my vices last week. good cooked food–especially pork is definitely one of them.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Homie, I didn’t like when folks preached to me while I was scarfing down my egg & bacon sandwich, so I’ll hold off on making any remarks. But check this out:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_pork_bad_for_you
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:07 am
LMFAO @ “yes it’s bad”. Cut to the chase, why dontcha.
I think it’s more the fattiness of most pok that makes it bad. I read that pok is actually a good source of protein. Doesn’t matter, I still gave it up. I never cared for pok bacon because it has more fat than meat. Um, I’m a carnivore, I want some lean ish.
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Still Water Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Also pork is not good from you due to the lifestyle of the pig. Its very sedentary. Roots around in its own feces and dirt and eats trash… like a goat. There are tons of parasites that cohabitate swine and continue to hang out even after the animal has died.
My brother got a huge tapeworm when we were younger. Thats when I gave up ham and pork chops.
You wanna have a long #ss worm come wigglin out your butt? Keep on chompin.
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Another valid reason. Actually that tops the list o’ reasons.
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Brookland's OWn Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Well what actually makes pork horrible/terrible/(any other synonym) is the fact that the way they eat and live which is more disgusting and dirty than any other creature known to man. They EAT ANY AND EVERYTHING PLACED IN FRONT OF THEM, then you eat it. They also play and roll around in their S#!t and other pigs S#!t and vomit. NOW, just ask yourself, why is PORK MEAT always readily available and highly cheap? Well, for one, it makes you sick/die faster, hence your medical cost over a lifetime go up, especially if you start having internal indigestion, heart issues, cancer, etc. I mean, i’m no doctor, but just info i’ve gathered over the years of minor research, not to mention that I did a science project once when I was younger with a jar which contained Beef Bologna and a jar which contained Pork Ham in which I left sitting on the window seal for seven day. Guess which jar contained 4x as many magets and other random pest/insects/bacteria?
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Brookland's OWn Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
O, n just to add, its really hard to stop eating anything like meat, pork, sugar, etc. because they’re all over the place including your candy bars, toothpaste, pastries, soda, juice, etc.
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Peyso Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Let it be known that chicken are guilty of the same stuff, they routinely eat their own feces and other dead chickens too. In rare cases, they are known to be cannibals
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I’m gonna go starve myself and dehydrate myself now. Thanks.
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Nicki Sunshine Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
LOL.. “u gotta die of something. why not eat and be happy.”
That sounded so fat, I know.
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We were eating well in the 80s, but if you take a look at old pics and movies, everyone was skinny. Men were wearing smedium sweatshirts and women needed shoulder pads to appear larger than life. Nobody had the obligatory gut that’s become the norm.
Clearly, something in the milk (water, fish and/or chicken) aint clean now. Everybody’s sitting on swole. Even skinny chicks have bellies. Its a sign of illness.
I’ve become a fan of our local international farmer’s market. Not only is my bill a lot cheaper (less than $40 a pop), but the people walking around and shopping LOOK healthy. I can really tell the difference in myself, too.
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:21 am
How do you feel about the whole foods and co-op jawns of the world?
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am
My neighbor belongs (for lack of a better word) to 5 A Day CSA, they give enough to feed a family of four so he usually shares what he can’t use. They give you A LOT of different fruits and veggies throughout the year.
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Miss Jenkins Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am
You didn’t ask me, but I’ll share anyway. I don’t believe in Whole Foods. I think this “organic” food stuff is just another ploy by the man.
I do support local fresh grown products though.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am
“I’ve become a fan of our local international farmer’s market. Not only is my bill a lot cheaper (less than $40 a pop), but the people walking around and shopping LOOK healthy. I can really tell the difference in myself, too.”
Say word! You ain’t lyin! I buy in bulk and freeze. Miller Farms, The Amish Market, Eastern Market, even the fresh foods market down at the new harbor…those are my spots. I’ll head up to Takoma Park to the Caribbean Market for tiger shrimp, bora, edo and whatever other veggie is there.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Edo? Did someone say edo? LAAAAAAAWD, now mi hungry…smt
Yep, that’s right…smt…for my West Indian people (still in an E. Pkwy frame of mind)
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:58 am
SMT!! LOL..I know that’s right!! I made some provision soup Sunday…man it tastes just like home!
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I was just thinking the other day I gotta get my soup game correct. Recipe por favor….
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Lets see if I can make this short, lol
1 large yam
large potatoes (I usually use red or put more yam)
plaintains (3 or 4 depending on how much i want to make)
a cup of pigeon peas
7 eddoes
vegetable stock , about a cup
1 or 2 carrots
bird pepper (or scotch bonnet)to taste, depending on how spicy you want it
Sometimes I put dumplings depending on if i feel like making them, lol
Spices ( I use geera, salt, pepper, feg garlic, broad leaf thyme)
If you don’t soak the peas overnight, you have to pressure cook them.
So I start with a pot of boiling water with the stock and season to taste(I add the bird pepper last). Once the water is boiled I add the yam, potatoes and eddo, let them cook until I can push a knife through them, then add the plantain and let that cook for about ten minutes. Once the plantain is semi soft I add the pigeon peas add bird pepper and season more if needed, let simmer until the peas are soft enough to crush between my fingers. Then it’s time to eat!
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you are gonna have find the time to work out in conjunction with healthier eating most of the time, there is no way around it, sorry, even if you want to just stay in somewhat decent shape, let alone being that cut up diesel beast……….
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Huge rip-off that’s been used to exploit our need to appear healthy. My eyes were opened when I went to the Farmer’s Mkt and saw organic fruits/veggies that were 1/3 the price of Whole Foods. Best kept secret that’s right under our noses.
Funny thing is, I went to tell my mom about what I’d found and she said that same FM was where she’d bought all of our food growing up.
I don’t trust chains/corporations anymore.
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We all gonna die some day some kinda way. Shop at whole foods and eat organic everything, get hit by a bus. It happens.
That’s why people should just do what makes them happy and feeling good. Usually, that IS exercise and good eatin (no pause). But if you wanna hit up Mickey Deez every day and watch tv… Eff it. Be fat.
But lets face it… No one’s gonna give up the bunZ to a beached whale. That’s what this all comes down to… We stay healthy to increase our likelihood of getting laid. Which is why I’m fat cuz I’m not gettin any no way. =(
lol. =P
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I have actually been doing the opposite. I have been trying to eat as much as I can not really worrying about calories or fat which is not good but nonetheless. I got up to the weight I wanted to be at. Because I shed weight like Shaq sheds sweat and can never keep the weight on. Now I just have to chisel out the masterpiece now. And stay away from the tempting influences that try to get me to eat more and more.
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The best thing you can do is take ownership of your personal health. Make smart substitutions for the guilty pleasures that you enjoy. I eat as healthy as possible and try to avoid all the High Fructose Corn Syrup and other items.
As Americans, we forget that health is a comprehensive effort between diet and exercise. You NEED this combo to complete a healthy lifestyle. 30 minutes a day at the least of activity can keep you living longer and overall healthier.
I don’t know about you, but after seeing older family members pass because of the normal black afflictions (diabetes, hypertension, cancer) I decided I’m not going out like that and dedicated my life to staying active and making smart decisions (most of the time) with my eating habits.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:03 am
“I don’t know about you, but after seeing older family members pass because of the normal black afflictions (diabetes, hypertension, cancer) I decided I’m not going out like that and dedicated my life to staying active and making smart decisions (most of the time) with my eating habits.”
Truth!
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Tatica Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Agreed, you can’t just do one or the other!
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am
yep yep. But I’m not giving up pork, beef or anything else I love. Deprivation is not sexy and it just makes you binge eat. I’ve been blessed with high metabolism and a thin frame. I know its gonna slow down eventually so I’ve incorporated healthier eating and exercise in my life. I also have never indulged in large meals, simply because growing up I was really picky plus I get full quick–I was known as “Miss doggie bag” before restaurants increased their portions. Portion control and moderation is EVERYTHING.
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:04 am
“I eat as healthy as possible and try to avoid all the High Fructose Corn Syrup and other items. ”
I remember listening to Michael Baisen a couple years ago and this specialist was on and he surprised me with just how many items have high fructose corn syrup. It’s a lot more than one can imagine. He said avoiding it can change your life. But, in reality, avoiding it is extremely difficult. It is found in the most seemingly harmless products. For one, you can’t find many loaves of bread that it’s NOT in. That 100% whole wheat you think is healthy? Nope. Lots of sugar. Gotta get that REAL wheat bread with the grains and ish.
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What? Oatmeal is bad for you? Nahhh don’t tell me that, I just gulp down a bowl this morning.
Anyways, I don’t buy fat free or reduced fat (with the exception of low fat milk). Made the mistake of getting fat free ranch dressing and that stuff is horrible! Fat free, reduced fat stuff taste bad, so I try my best to eat regular foods, and avoid over eating.
I don’t do turkey bacon because that stuff looks suspect to me. Turkey should not taste like bacon, ain’t no telling what they put in that meat to get it to look and taste like bacon, nope give me real pork!
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Were they talking about Instant Oatmeal or ‘real’ oatmeal? I’ve heard about instant oatmeal not being as good for you but haven’t heard about the other kind.
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Streetztalk Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Regular oatmeal is much better because u make it from the whole grain oats instead of processed grains.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Yup, I know, I was just asking to make sure they were talking about instant.
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tonda Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Whew! Good! Because I use the old fashion oats, it’s cheaper and last longer, however I’ve tried the instant strawberry flavored oatmeal and I do like that one, maybe I can do that one once a month….
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I LOVE the baked apple/cinnamon bun/banana bread instant box. hmph.
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I think most of the food that we eat is doo doo. But I feel that portion control and variety is much more important than anything that is in our food. We dont eat normal serving sizes and our diets arent complex enough. We often eat the same sh!t every day out of habit. Aint nothing wrong with a Big Mac one day if you get some steamed vegetables the next.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Ehhhh, I walked thru an alley behind a McDonald’s one day to cut through to another street. That little voyage changed my life. I never saw so many biohazard barrels before. Messed me up just enough to not eat the fries for a good month or 2.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Damn you Seattle. Damn you.
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:01 am
LOL…that’s what the doc, Super Size Me did to me in college. I used to go to McDonald’s almost everyday then (hilariously enough, I was smaller…but maybe because it was sometimes my only meal other than some noodles), but when I saw that in my documentary class…um…it took me a few months to get a beloved order of fries again. That movie made me dry heave quite a few times.
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After years of my African friends looking at my side ways for eating swine, I finally cut it out several months ago. Along with red meat. Could be a placebo, but I felt a lot better after a few days without it. I had/have more energy and the cuts became more chiseled.
I messed around once and ate a burger just to see if I could. I felt that joint sit my in stomach like an anvil for a few hours. As a result I kept up the diet and haven’t looked back.
I passed on ribs the other day. I knew I made it once I passed up on ribs. It was like waving a few rocks in front of Pookie. I broke out in a sweat and had to drink my estrogen and turd filled water just to hold out.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Sounds like your on the slow train to tofu my friend.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Nah! I need to eat some dead animal, fish and chicken are satisfying that need. I can’t mess with the substitute. As a carnivore you can tell when someone tries to sneak in the fake meat. Tofu is cool, if made right, but I highly doubt you’ll see me snacking on tofu turkey when Thanksgiving comes around.
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:10 am
hey, the Tofurkey isn’t bad…lol. I’m a vegetarian, but i’m slowly adding fish back to my diet. But, I can cook some tofu…a relative tofu expert, if I say so myself.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:13 am
My neighbor made spaghetti with Italian ‘sausage’. Never knew tofu could be that good! I still squint at it but not as much as I used to, lol.
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:15 am
that italian “sausage” is the truth. I use it when I make red beans & rice.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:34 am
What brand? I’d like to try it out. I just found some chicken sausage that’s the truth.
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:48 am
I use this brand. http://www.tofurky.com/products/sausages.htm
I’ve never had any of the other flavors….
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I believe it was Tofurky (I think)..it had sun dried tomatoes and basil in it.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I did that test with Mr. Mister, he’s not there with the red meat yet but he does give pork the side eye now. His extended fam thinks I’m the anti-Christ now though like “What?! That baby can’t have no pork?!” LOL. That baby is 30 yrs old, he can eat all the pork he wants, I’m just not the one who’s gonna cook it.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Yeah, I kind of feel bad for the new shorty. Mom immediately gave her the side eye when I passed on the ziti with ground meat for the ziti with kidney beans in it.
“So you’re not going to eat the ziti I made you and your father with meat in it?”
“Nah ma… I told you, I don’t eat red meat anymore. Could you please pass the…”
((Mom gives the new girl the side eye)) o_O
((Dad looks at me, shakes his head & laughs to himself))
Sure shorty put me on to the no red meat diet, but it was mom’s family’s hereditary heart conditions that made my mind up. And that’s the story I’m sticking to!
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Exactly. You can pop pills for something you can control if you want to for the rest of your life but nah, not me. Sorry Charlie but that horse just don’t ride.
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OrangeStar616 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:22 am
EXACTLY good for you Seattle, you do feel about better when you eat healthier, and its funny cause I have never had the urge to go back….I think I may have had a craving for a steak n cheese bout 10 years ago LOL
If you do consume red meat, please do so in moderation to everyone else, your colon and over all digestive track will thank you,by working better longer and maybe avoiding things like colon cancer etc
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First of all, don’t eat the instant oatmeal. It’s not that healthy and with all of those flavors, is full of sugar. Get some old fashioned oats…you know the one in the big canister, and add your own flavors.
As others have said, both a healthy diet and exercise is the best way to stay healthy. I have a very sedentary job, but I take a 30min. walk everyday during my lunch break. People have to start incorporating exercise into their daily routines. I park on the 4th level of the parking garage, and I take the stairs. When I go to the grocery store, or some other store, I park farther away so I can get in a few extra steps. I wear comfortable shoes as often as I can so I can walk more. I know ladies like to wear the heels all the time
b/c men like it, but wearing flats and walking more is better for you.Also, I always try to eat local produce. I go to the NC Farmers Market once a week to get fresh produce. As for Whole Foods and other big chain health food stores, they are corporations, and care about their bottom line. I shop at Whole Foods mainly for supplements, tea, whole wheat pastry flour, things like that. Other wise, it’s the farmers market, or the local produce in the grocery store.
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“Apparently there’s more than meets the eye in your favorite low-fat, low-carb frozen cardboard entree. While the claims from the makers of Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine that their products are low in fat may be true, they add a whole bunch of other crap in there to make up for the lack of tasty fat. ”
I truly hope there aren’t that many people that don’t know this. I mean, think about it…Lean Cuisine and the like are FROZEN foods. That already lessens the tasty factor. So imagine what they have to do to the “healthy” versions in order for it to at least resemble food. It even broke my heart to read a while ago that my beloved granola cereal (the only cereal I really eat…I have an issue with cereal getting soggy…) was packed with sugar; same with granola bars. The article said, “How do you think the granola clumps stick together”. Yup, sugar glue. lol Anyhow, the only “granola” type cereal that is truly healthy is stuff like Kashi, which is pretty aiight actually.
And yes, it is hard to keep a nice figure in the corporate office when just about every day, folks are bringing in pastries/chocolate/sugar deaths. Will power loses 95% of the time.
I gave up pok a few months ago (don’t really miss it since I favored turkey bacon and the only thing I really liked was breakfast sausage and Parker House). It’s a whole ‘nother beast to give up red meat. I’m gonna have to baby-step that ish. Naw, I’ll never leave you, steak! NEVER! I’m a down arse chick for some steak. I’ll cut down on it, though…
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I eat Kashi bars, and their frozen meals sometimes. I don’t really do cereal like that because I don’t buy milk. But Kashi is straight. I’m gonna look on the box of my granola bars when I get home. LOL
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Have you tried Almond or Rice Milk? I get plain and add vanilla to it. The almond milk is a lil thicker (I guess you can say) than the rice milk but they both taste good to me.
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I’ve never tried any of them. I’ll have to try that. you add vanilla extract?
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Yup vanilla extract or essence. Its Almond Breeze and Rice Dream. They make vanilla flavored and chocolate flavored, too, though I just buy plain because I use the milk in other recipes.
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:38 am
co-sign on the rice milk
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I gets down with the Kashi!! Me and the Cocoa Beach cereal are down like four flat tires…it’s not a game. You’ve got to be special to my heart to share the Cocoa Beach with me.
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I just don’t understand the whole…”I don’t eat pork or beef.” I think it’s one thing to say you don’t eat it ever and another to eat it in moderation. For example, I love meat. (pause) but I haven’t had pork in a while, but I like it eat it. And beef is wonderful. I haven’t had it in about a week but if the offer presented itself for lunch I would probably eat it. It’s also another thing if it’s part of your religion not to eat it but for everyone else, I know you miss it.
Just the other day, the personal trainer at the gym was trying to give me tips and he told me a good way to go was eating a plant-based diet. PLANT-BASED! Like veggies and fruits. Sir, do you mean no meat? And he said yea. I said no can do, we may need to work around that. Then he asked me, so if we eat cows, what do cows eat? I said grass. He said no. And I cried a little on the inside.
Side note: I don’t believe in paying for water. Isn’t water supposed to be free? And Evian is gross along with Aquafina. Water should never be gross! I’m just saying.
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
“It’s also another thing if it’s part of your religion not to eat it but for everyone else, I know you miss it.”
I gave up Babe meat and don’t miss it one bit. I’ll probably never give up red meat, though. lol I’m working on moderation. I don’t eat THAT much, but I can benefit from cutting down a bit.
“Side note: I don’t believe in paying for water. Isn’t water supposed to be free? And Evian is gross along with Aquafina. Water should never be gross! I’m just saying.”
I just read that bottled water keeps you from getting needed minerals such as flouride and whatnot that tap provides. The best thing to do is to get a filter on the faucet, I hear. So, folks got me spending 2 bucks for a clear beverage (or a buck if you get it from that crackhead in the middle of the street who sells ‘em to thirsty ninjas in the summertime) and it ain’t even helpin’ my teef? WHA?
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I used to eat pork on the regular. Proscuitto sandwiches were my bougie meal of choice. One day I gave it up, snacked on some by accident a little while later and I got real sick. And I didn’t even eat the actual pork meat, some extra grease from the fat got on what I was eating.
Although I wish I wasn’t sitting on the throne for most of my Saturday, it did make me realize that anything that could make me that sick from not eating it for a few shouldn’t be something I indulge in anymore.
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Aquafina is the worst bottled water every created. I don’t think we should pay for water either. I drink water at work for the free, and I buy the occasional jug for home–But tap has never done me wrong either, plus it includes flouride which is good for the pearly whites–maybe we just have good water where I’ve lived.
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OrangeStar616 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I don’t drink DC tap water, no thanks, I prefer purified either with my pure water pitcher or bottled purified water..but hey how safe tap water is, I guess depends on where you live
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I was about to say the same…no DC water for me..I mean have you ridden past Blue Plains? Um….eeewww!!
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OrangeStar616 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
pewwwwww @ Blue plains, have to ride past everytime going out my moms LMAO……. too many ingredients in DC tap water LOL seriously tho..
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Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I’m not a fan of paying for bottled tap water. If you drink Dasani and/or Aquafina you may as well take an empty bottle, run over to the nearest faucet and refill it at will. I was holding off on buying a Brita for the crib, but I’m definitely going to now that I heard Poland Spring is in the same caliber. Eff you Maine!
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:44 am
I like Fuji and I used to throw back some Deer Park too. get that Voss bougie water if you feeling fancy, LOL.
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The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Voss taste aight, but the bottle can come in handy in certain situations.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I had to google Voss…you sure that’s bottled water? The bottle looks kinda serious, lol
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
that bottle is serious. every time i see it, i think that bottle is too sexy for water.
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Smiley Face Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
LMAO! Ya know!!
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Reecie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
The first time I got handed a bottle of Voss in the club–that costs like 4 bucks btw, I was like oooooh. LOL.
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
lol. i had my first bottle of Voss in the club. i was kinda pissed at the price, but was in awe of the package.
The Award Winning RightCoastLexSteele, I Want Meh Rum in di Mornin Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
“i was kinda pissed at the price, but was in awe of the package.”
I get that all the time.
N.I.A. naturally Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
LOL @RCLS!!!
Seattle Washington Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Like when you’ve had too much Voss.
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olivya23 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Oh Voss. I went to this nightclub in Vegas named Pure and my friend asked for a cup of water because we were dancing and it was hot…just a cup of water with ice. They said they “don’t do that” and gave her a bottle of Voss and said $8!!! Not for the bigger bottle but the smaller one. Needless to say she was highly upset and still has the bottle…that was over 2 years ago.
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CHeeKZ Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
those are strip club prices..
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Slim Jackson Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Voss makes me a happy Slim. Don’t know how I forgot to mention that one.
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Still Water make Water Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Back off the Aquafina now!
Yes, its drawn from US water sources, but there are only 3 (yes THREE) places in the entire United States that are allowed to bottle it. The water is heavily filtered to the point where over 40% of the water is discarded as not being pure enough. (The filter only allows on atom of hydrogen and 2 of oxygen through at a time). Lastly the water is treated to kill any and all living organisms.
Yes, Aquafina come from public water sources, but the purity you get is unrivaled by ANY other water company and its a far far cry from tap water. So drink your poo water if you want, but don’t poop on the Aquafina.
BTW: all water comes from public water sources unless its made in a lab that fuses atoms together.
Please excuse my nerdiness…
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Take advantage of community greenhouses and land to grown your own produce. Keep junk to a minimum, but dont deprive yourself if thats what your parents have been feeding to you from childhood…i luv you chicken McNuggets oh yes i do!
Detox (wormwood) exercise and listen to your body…if you got the sniffles for godsake take a fukkin sick day!!
I eat horrible some weeks and wonderfully other weeks…I’m about to try out detoxing and invest in a juicer..they are now easier to clean.
I haven’t been getting my email subscription I’m a little pissed..not sure what happened but someone pls help!
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Eat raw. Boil your water. Exercise. Die.
Eat what you want. Drink what you want. Exercise. Die.
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Cheekie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
*snicker*
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I am now 165 from 213 I been gave up the pork back in the 90′s but I still gained wait by simply being lazy. Well now cooking my own food and working out on the reg thats how the wait came off.
As for chicken its leaner than pork thats why I eat it I dont care if chickens screw giraffes its what it does to the body that concerns me. Our push button/remote control easy to gain everything lifestyle is why ppl have 6 yr olds that weigh more than me.
Eff moderation since its there everyone goes in, also you cant burn off fat and sugar like lean muscle-so just cause you still eat pork and sugar and still work out only brings right back to “0″ you havent burned off anything.
Look up any “great abs” article it states you have to change your type of calorie intake in order to get that last ten or 15 lbs off and that usually the high fructose corn syrup and pork. Not to mention what it does to your BP and cholesterol levels.
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