Birds Dropping In For Lunch

These birds decided to swoop in for some lunch. 

It was funny to see the people go scrambling from the table.

The birds were completely unabashed and took their time over the chow. 

One couple in the corner had ordered this truly enormous meal (don’t worry, I was good and ate only the salad).

Each of them had a full lunch plate PLUS in the center of their table was “The Volcano” of nachos, cheese, chili, guacamole,  sour cream, and jalapenos. 

That was certainly no bird food with The Volcano punching in at 3,500 calories!

I have no idea how any two people could possibly eat that much food.

Probably good that the birds decided to drop in.  😉

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Cold-Press Fruits and Veggies

We starting watching this movie with Joe Cross called, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.”

This guy weighs a ton and goes on a 60-day all juicing diet.  

He stops all the food and just carries his juicer with him everywhere making fresh fruit and vegetable cold-press. 

While obviously a little extreme, I like the idea of reducing the food intake (especially everything gluten which is death itself), and replacing it with healthy juice. 

I tried one of the super green juices and it literally tasted like eating grass. 

Uh, that’s not gonna realistically work for me. 

So I settled on Evolution’s Organic Super Fruit Greens that has a combination of orange, mango, pineapple, cucumber, spinach, romaine, and kale. 

I actually like it and am sitting here sipping on one as I write this blog post. 

I went into the fridge and threw all the carbs in the freakin garbage–good riddance!

Gotta get and stay healthy!  😉

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Sizing Fashion And More

So it was interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today…

There is an obesity problem in the U.S. 

But the statistics in terms of the typical sizes of fashion (for women) has been “largely” overlooked.

The biggest size most fashion brands even bother to sell is: 12

“Only 7% of womenswear stocked at multi-brand retailers is a size 14 or above.”

But the average American dress size is between between 16 and 18!

The typical runway model is size 2.  

BTW, I think men have the same problem with sizing.

There was another thing about measurement in the WSJ today having to do with measuring time. 

Day is measured by the earth rotation (on its axis). 

Year by the rotation around the sun.

Month by rotation of the moon. 

Earth, Sun, and Moon…give us time. 

Now we need to take all the wonderful time we have measured and not spend it all eating.  😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal @Ripley’s Believe It or Not)

Extra Large Sizes

Obesity rates have been consistently growing in this country.

This is concerning for all sorts of health effects (including unfortunately Cancer). 

Many of us struggle with our weight and it is not easy to fight it especially given the processed foods and carbs all around us. 

The picture as of 2015 is that almost 40% of Americans are categorized as obese (versus a below average of 18% in Israel)  

In this context, this store sign in Israel for big and tall clothing was off the charts. 

Talking about extra large sizes for people…

Check out how many “Xs” as in XL this store is advertising? 

A full 11 Xs (after that I lost count)!

Hey, that is a large size for anyone. 

What does a size 11 XL look like.

Now that’s something that I don’t have a good picture of.  😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Weighing The Evidence

Here is an interesting idea.

In front of the inner doors to this supermarket in Florida…

There is a huge scale for weighing yourself.

Before you shop for the mac and cheese, hero sandwiches, pizza slices, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and chips, why not have a look at the scale!

Then decide what you want to buy in the supermarket today.

Maybe you’ll spend a little more time and money in the fruit and vegetable isle.

Or getting some healthy and diet snacks.

The scale only goes up to 300 pounds.

So if that that doesn’t scare you straight…

Maybe the fact that everyone can see your weight when you get on, will. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

A Fat Pill

So true story…

This guy at work goes to me today, “Hey, did you get a fat pill?”

I am thinking to myself DID I put on a few pounds…but still how totally rude. 

My colleague must’ve seen me looking at him with some disbelief and irritation that he would say something like that to me. 

Then he gets this look on his face like, oh sh*t {oops that wasn’t what I meant!}

Immediately, he reaches down to the counter in one of our common areas and picks up a Dunkin’ Donut from the box that someone had brought in for Friday munchies. 

He’s holding up the donut to his face mouthing, “A fat pill,” as he takes a big bite engulfing half the donut (or more) in that one mouth shot. 

Well, I never heard of a Donkin’ Donut called a fat pill before…

Probably lucky for someone that is what he was referring to (LOL). 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

>Eat, Pray, Fly

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Imagine your airplane flight with 40% more people than today’s already crammed cabin…

(Pretty unimaginable right?)

Well check out these new airline seats called Skyriders, marketed by Italian company Aviointeriors.

The catch is that the Skyrider seats are only 23 inches narrow and passengers are expected to be in this crazy, half-sitting, half-standing “ergonomic” position for up to 2 hour flights.

The company’s advice to larger size people: “You have to lose some weight!”

This certainly doesn’t seem like a very customer-centric attitude, nor a very practical way to fly, no matter how much their spokesperson tries to “sell us the Brooklyn Bridge” on this one.

GONG! Back to the drawing board on this “innovation.”