You ask, “There’s Mexican food, Chinese food, and even Mongolian food but what’s Canadian food?” All I know about is Canadian bacon, and I kind of doubt that’s actually Canadian food.
So, let’s hear from Canadians: What’s on the menu up north? Ah, found a few clues on my own. Here’s 26 Canadian Foods You Need To Try on BuzzFeed.
I saw an ad in the paper for a one-day hypnosis workshop. It said, “If you don’t lose weight, we’ll return your money at the end of the workshop.”
How are you supposed to know if you lost weight when you’ve not been given a chance to go out in the real world and actually lose some? That’s just ridiculous. Stop smoking in one session, sure, but lose weight in one session? Not likely.
Weight loss pills and potions aren’t going anyway, but they are sure getting bolder. Plus, and here’s the kicker. No one can guarantee you’ll get a result–since you must do the work. I can teach, but I can’t make anyone put what they learn to use. Only you can do that.
That’s why the decision to change comes first. Remember the W.H.A.C.K approach in my book, Changing Beliefs, Your First Steps to Permanent Weight Loss? “W” is for Want. You must WANT to change more than not change. When you reach the point that you not only Want to change but you Must change, then you’re ready.
Get my free weight loss E-book, Changing Beliefs and see if you’re ready for permanent weight loss.
The Well Duh! Report
Just about everything I read in research journals and in the news makes me say, my “Well, duh!” Henceforth I’ll be providing my “Well Duh! Report.”
To think of the millions of dollars wasted on researchers going back and forth with these gems:
1. Dark chocolate is good for you. That’s good to know but why is it some say dark chocolate is good, but yet others say apples are bad? Whatever happened to common sense? The truth is, dark chocolate in its natural state is good, i.e. no added sugar. Turn it into a confection and you’ve got a different animal.
For fun, go to or hold your own chocolate tasting party. Chocolate lovers are just as discriminating as wine experts.
Learn more about chocolate at the Chocophile blog, check out EGullet for tips on getting a chocolate tasting kit, and drop by SeventyPercent to learn all about chocolate.
Naturally all that reading about chocolate might make you a bit hungry, so don’t forgot the EFT. EFT helps you learn to eat chocolate like a pro! I love chocolate and have it frequently, but I rarely eat a whole bag of anything and one or two pieces (depending on size) is just about perfect.
In their quest to take over everything, Walmart has managed to secure the raw materials to produce their own variety of Splenda, despite Splenda being trademarked by Britain’s Tate & Lyle.
Now, it’s fine to develop as similar sweetener but where it gets sticky (no pun intended) is calling it “Walmart’s brand of Splenda.” That clearly implies they are selling a product that’s the same as Splenda, but doing so infringes on Splenda’s trademark since the public would be confused thinking they are getting the same thing. at least that’s the way I’d interpret it.
Time will tell what the court’s say or don’t on the issue. Walmart intends to roll out their version of Splenda in their version called “Altern.” What kind of a dopey name is Altern? Oh, I get it; alternative.
Word on the street is its illegal to annoy on the Internet if you do it anonymously, but perfectly fine if you do it with your real name. That’s not quite correct. Here’s the best explanation by The Volokh Conspiracy in A Skeptical Look at “Create an E-annoyance, Go to Jail.”
The text in question is within H.R. 3402, the “Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005” which added the following:
“Whoever… utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet… without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person who receives the communications… shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
Read in part this seems pretty stiff, two years for being annoying? But this only part of a larger text, so without reading in its entirety, you cannot interpret the language at all. Frankly, interpreting law isn’t an easy task. That’s why we leave it to the lawyers.
That said, the word annoy is pretty ambiguouss and certainly isn’t on a par with abuse, threaten or harass, but hey, that didn’t seem to come up in debate. Maybe next amendment.
Meanwhile if politics gets you crazed and wanting a snack, remember to use EFT: “Even though I hate _________ (insert political affiliation here), I deeply and completely accept myself.”
You can talk yourself back down when a snack attack hits, if you are pro-active, meaning, just do it. Before you start to munch, try EFT. Just for fun. See what happens. Worst case scenario it won’t do anything, and best case it’ll make you see what’s happening. Then you can decide, do I really want to eat this? It’s fine to eat, but try to stop eating in a trance and watch the pounds disappear.
