MORE DIET STUFF

In my files I have lots of diet information, stories and jokes.  Here are a few.  Some even have names included, but in most cases I don't know where the items were published originally.

1.  GOOD ADVICE

Somebody named Gullo says: "... the word diet comes from the Greek diaita which means "Way of Living."

To keep from being overweight, you have to count calories and make wise food choices as a long-term way of living, not a short-term diet.

Think of calories as dollars. Don't spend them recklessly!"

2.  WAIST TO HIP RATIO (WHR)

How do you tell whether you need to lose abdominal fat?

You could use a CT Scan or an MRI, but there is an easier and inexpensive way to tell the same thing.

Use a tape-measure to figure your waist-to-hip ratio.  Just divide your waist measurement at its narrowest to your hip measurement at its widest to calculate your WHR.

A WHR over 0.80 for a woman and over 0.95 for a man indicates that you need to get rid of that fat belly soon!.

Another fatness indicator is the Body Mass Index (BMI).  A BMI of 30 or greater indicates obesity.

I don't like the BMI because it doesn't work for very muscular body builders, especially for guys like "Big Arnie" Schwarzenegger when he was "Mr. Universe."

3. LITTLE KID STUFF

"Preschoolers who guzzle as little as 12 oz. of fruit juice a day tend to be fatter or shorter than their peers. Why?  At the expense of more nutritious foods, kids fill up on liquid that's packed with sugars, albeit natural ones."  (Anon)

Is this true?  I thought that fruit juices were good for you. However, I believe that drinks like Tang consist only of flavoring, water and lots of sugar, and no real juice. I could be wrong. 

We never let our kids drink Tang at home or take it in their school lunches. But of course, what they did away from home or when they skipped school was not under our control.

They did (and still do) drink Coke.  It doesn't seem to have bothered them adversely.

Is it true that Coke is good at removing rust?

4.  AM I FAT?

Another way to determine if you are fat, besides taking BMI or WHR measurements:

Find a scale that spits out a card message when you step on it.

If your message reads "One at a time please!" You are fat.

5.  IS MOMMY FAT

Our dear friend Louise Miller sent me this story:

"When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three-year-old came into the room as I was preparing to get into the shower.  

She said, 'Mommy, you are getting fat!'

I replied, 'Yes, honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing in her tummy.'

'I know,' she replied, but what's growing in your butt?'"

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