“English: A language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages, and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary” Our language is a bastard. In fact, of 80,000 English words, roughly 28% originate from Latin, 28% from French, and 25% from Germanic languages, so more than 3/4ths of English kinda… isn’t. What’s worse is we use this language to tell each other things that aren’t so. Oh, I don’t mean lying, though that’s certainly a bad thing. I mean [...]
“I’d think that anyone who truly wanted to end world hunger would donate his or her body to culinary science.” ~ Kevin Wickart 223.1 lbs I had the usual 100 calorie meal shortly after waking. In less than two weeks this has become the new normal. For the first few days this would make me feel like I’d had a small snack and my body was goading me into having something more; now I slowly eat that small cup of [...]
“It’s important to watch what you eat. Otherwise, how are you going to get it into your mouth ?” ~ Matt Diamond 221.4 lbs I got into this project voluntarily, choosing to starve myself for 100 days to show the physical effects on the human body and make people think about body image issues. This comes with a lot of mail from readers saying I won’t understand the true nature of it as the emotional aspects are far worse. This is [...]
“If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck… it probably needs a little more time in the microwave.” ~ Lori Dowdy 231.6 lbs So far my morning routine has been get up, use the loo, then weigh myself. Today is a little different as I’ve not yet been to bed. Sleep is important, and you continue to burn calories even as you rest your head on big pillows and dream or whatever; but cravings [...]
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