Just the facts, please…

From the Fort Worth Star Telegram Life & Arts section:

0 grams of fat in 1/4 cup cranberry sauce

3 Hours of weight training needed to burn off a snack of chips, onion dip, and three Budweisers

4-6 Mini-meals you should eat each day to help control cravings

1200 Calories per day the Mayo Clinic recommends for women who want to lose weight (Me thinks no).

15 Minutes of fast walking (1 mile) it takes to burn 100 calories (for a 150-lb adult)

20 Minutes it takes the brain to learn that the stomach is full

30 Minutes of daily exercise recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General and National Institutes of Health for good health.

8 Glasses of water people should drink each day to stay healthy and stave off weight gain

60 Minutes of daily exercise recommended for weight loss, per the Institute of Medicine

18 Grams of fat in a slice of cheesecake

125 Calories in 1 ounce of fudge

31 Percentage of American adults who are obese

i’ve been reading parts of your diary for a good part of the morning, and i’ve found it very inspiring. congratulations on all that lost weight!!! 😀

Baseballgirl

November 12, 2003

I drink way more than 8 glasses of water a day and I haven’t been able to keep off any weight. Guess the water doesn’t overrule the cheesecake. Damn.

Calicakes

0 grams of fat but tons of sugar in the cranberry sauce.

fatcat

We are a society that doesn’t like to always play by the rules. That’s why the bottom line is what it is.

I love factoids…

Serilen

November 13, 2003

This thanksgiving I’m making the cranberry sauce with splenda so that even the sugar content isn’t a problem. ‘Cause I love it, but it’s something like 4 points for 1/4 cup! Whoa.–

I’m lazy! 😡

BonnieRose

That 15 minutes for 100 calories seems so unfair!