I think I've seen everything. . . no wait, this just in. . . the Chugay tongue patch. I thought the lipo thing with the oozing fat was nuts, check this out:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-talk-tongue-patchsep22,0,6111154.column

Tough decision tonight Dancing with the Stars or Biggest Loser. I know there was a food competition show on, but I couldn't even go there. I'm really not a reality show junkie. Really!

I stepped on the scale today, and acording to my home scale, I've lost about 4 pounds. I don't like to trust that scale, so I'll also weigh myself at the gym.

A couple of very busy days, so getting to the gym will be a challenge, but I will meet my goal of at least five hours of exercise this week. I won't have much time to cook, but I'm happy to have discovered the new Healthy Choice dinners. The Asian potstickers are really good! It's time for some new low-fat frozen dinners. I love the Lean Cuisine, but after a while you need a change. I remember in High School thinking I was always going to just eat those low-fat frozen dinners. Hmmm. Must have been before I discovered cooking.

Yes, I love to eat and it's so easy to skip the gym, but I have always exercised because I've seen first hand what can happen when you do not pay attention to diet and exercise. My dad was an avid fisherman, but you would never see him pumping iron or doing any cardio. He always ate whatever he wanted. Even when he was diagnosed with type II diabetes, he still ate whatever he wanted. He had high blood pressure for years. He died at age 63. He had suffered a stroke about four or five years earlier and not being able to do what he wanted I think eventually killed him.

When I hear people say "I'm going to eat what I want and enjoy life," I cringe because that's great if you die when you have that stroke or heart attack, but if you don't, you're not enjoying life, are you? And then someone has to take care of you. Those small sacrifices we make every day when we don't go to the drive through or when we hit the gym when we'd rather do something else all adds up to a better quality of life! It only hurts for about an hour. You feel the benefits for at least 24 hours! And the cumulative benefits for years!

When I see people in the grocery store driving those carts because they are too fat to walk, it doesn't make me sad, it makes me angry! They are disabled because of the decisions they made. I have a four-year-old son who is disabled not because of any choices he or I made and we can't do anything about it. He was born that way. Why would someone knowingly cause their own disabililty? You know what, my son will never drive those carts in the grocery store and he will never use his disability as a crutch. This country needs to get off it's fat ass!

Ok, I usually try to keep it light, so here's a couple weight-loss tips:
Want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat? Cut off your head.
Want to lose nearly 400 pounds of ugly fat like I did? Get divorced. Twice!