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Weekend Roundup - I hate TV edition

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I spent an hour watching TV the other day and now I remember why I hate it. Nothing but mindless crap interspersed with commercials trying to convince you to spend money on things you don’t need. In the thirty minutes I saw a commercial that suggested ordering pizza makes you a good dad, three advertisements for fast food and two commercials for cholesterol controlling drugs. I wonder if anyone but me saw the irony in that. Here’s a thought, turn off the TV and go do something active and productive.

And with that little rant, here are this week’s articles I thought you might be interested in:

From the Chicago Tribune, we have this article about Volumetrics being the best diet out there. I think they’re right and wrong.  Right because it’s the most effective plan out there.  Wrong because it’s not a diet. It is simply a book that educates you about food. I highly recommend reading The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan if you want to know more about food and how to make intelligent choices about it.
@Chicago Tribune

And while we’re on the topic of effective weight loss plans, the Diet Blog has 7 tips for how to spot weight loss scams. Speaking of which, I’m still trying to weed out all those “lose 40lbs in 2 weeks” ads from 60 in 3. The more of them I get rid of, the more pop up!
@The Diet Blog

On the exercise front, here’s an article from Fit Sugar which I found useful. It’s a short and practical guide for starting a weight training routine. It seems to be geared towards women but I think men can benefit from reading it as well. If you want more information on building a workout you can find it in these previous 60 in 3 series about designing a workout and a sample 4 day routine.
@Fit Sugar

And for you advanced gym goers, here’s an article from That’s Fit about the workout routine that the actors on the movie The 300 used to get in shape. Personally, it sounds little crazy, but I’m actually thinking of trying it out for a week as a change of routine. If anyone has tried this one out, let me know.
@That’s Fit

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4 Responses to “Weekend Roundup - I hate TV edition”

  1. kathryn on November 19th, 2007 12:46 am

    Thanks for those useful links. I haven’t heard about the volumetrics stuff before.

    TV adverts, it’s a weird world out there. So many adverts equate good parenting with their product. Which is just plain mean and manipulative.

  2. Gal on November 19th, 2007 9:15 am

    The one that really amazed me was the ad I saw for a large screen TV from WalMart. It showed a whole family slowly getting sucked into sitting on the couch and watching TV. One by one the family members all sat down and were enraptured by this new purchase. Even the kids stopped playing and started watching.

    Is this really the message they want to send? Hey folks, make your family into couch potatos! It’s cheap and easy at Wal Mart! Either they’re out of touch with their audience or America is in big trouble. I hope it’s the first but I tend to suspect that it’s the latter.

    Gal

  3. Israel on November 21st, 2007 1:37 am

    i hate commercials. i use my DVR to record shows i like and watch them when i have free time.

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