I recently showed the following to a friend of mine. Her reaction: “Jamba juice is real?” Apparently Jamba Juice has been made fun of so many times, some people assume it’s just a joke. Like some other drink chains (be it coffee, smoothies, or whatever) the drinks are pretty pricey. They also got in some hot water over an allegedly ripped-off ad campaign that John Hodgman (@hodgman) of The Daily Show and Mac ads fame tweeted about - though to be fair [...]
During the starvation I wrote about the KFC Double Down – a reviled yet popular sandwich that uses fried chicken in place of bread. You read that right. Its 540 calories – more than 1/4 the recommended daily food intake for a woman, and almost 1/4 for a man – come locked and loaded with 5 milligrams of cholesterol. That’s twice the cholesterol of a Big Mac, and 1/2 the recommended daily intake. Of course there’s ‘good’ cholesterol and ‘bad’ [...]
“A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.” ~ Erma Bombeck 210 lbs. So after a week, I’m back to 210 lbs. That would be healthy if I weren’t starving myself. Seriously; 7 days of minimal food and I’m still the same weight? My BMR must be lower than my IQ right now – and that’s saying a lot. Between the weight setback and the slowdown in comments & facebook ‘likes’, this project is starting to be [...]
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you”. ~ African proverb 213.9 lbs. I’ve learned something interesting. Because I started this project at 240 lbs, dropping more than 25 lbs in 24 days doesn’t seem to alarm many people. I was speaking with a media analyst who was giving me some pointers on how to get the word out, and he was saying how the media isn’t really going to care until I look skeletal and [...]
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