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Is The Biggest Loser Realistic?

I was recently interviewed for an article in the NY Times about the television show “The Biggest Loser“. I was asked my opinion of the show and if I thought it was realistic or set people up for failure. I had some opinions of course, but you can read about that in the New York Times.

In the mean time, I’d like to ask you quite simply:

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If you have any thoughts on the Biggest Loser, please leave them in the comments below. As for the article, you can read my comments in the New York Times. It was also picked up by the entertainment section of MSN.

Do You Eat Breakfast?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day has been a very common quote for years and years. Harvey Diamond, author of Fit For Life and other Natural Hygeine practicioners say “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – to SKIP”. From a natural hygeine point of view, digesting a breakfast first thing in the morning interupts the cleansing cycle and contributes to a toxic body. Fitness enthusiasts and fat burning experts both agree that a breakfast meal supplies the body with the nutrition it needs for the day, increases the metabolism, reduces the changes of cravings, burns more fat and prepares your body for intense workouts later in the day.

I can discuss more about both principles later, but for the time being, I just wanted to ask the question

Do You Eat Breakfast?

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What Would You Like To Know More About – Reader Poll

What do you want to know about in the area of Natural Health, Weight Loss and Fitness? What sort of information are we providing that is working for you and what would you like to know more about? I have had a natural health and weight loss newsletter for a few years and I’d like to get to know you a bit better. This poll is a way for me to ask you, my reader what you would like to know more about in the areas of improving your health, your fitness level and achieving your ultimate physique.
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I believe that to get what you want involves being informed about various techniques from health, fitness, supplements, equipment, fitness programs, learning to cook better, improving relationships as to reduce stress and to improve the immune system and sleeping habits. To be a better person requires a knowledge in a few different areas.

I would like to provide you with exactly the information that you want to know more about and in so doing, would like to take this opportunity to just ask the question:

What Would You like To Know More About?

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Do You Pee In The Shower?

This is so just for fun and has nothing to do with any sort of seriousness, but will help settle an argument between Darlene and I. We were talking the other day and it turns out we have different thoughts around peeing in the shower. I’m not going to say which of us is totally for it and which of us has never done it, but it got me thinking about what the general consensus is out there. The question is simple, and anonymous, so you can answer honestly. Do you pee in the shower?

It’s our first poll, and what a way to kick off the polls. I promise they’ll be more enlightened from here on out (probably, except for Friday Fun)

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There will be no prizes awarded, but the answer may surprise you, me and even Darlene – No, not Darlene.

Before you send me tons of comments about how inapropriate a question this is, I want to just say that I’m willing to bet money, and I’m not a betting man, that you’ve always wanted to know the results of this poll. You may be the CEO of a fortune 500 company, an actor or actress or even a pastor or rabbi – and I’m sure it’s come up at one time or another, so don’t tell me your not even a little bit curious.

and for the record, she dared me to post this poll and to be honest, I hesitated a bit. Just a bit.

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