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It’s been eight weeks now and I’ve lost 20 pounds and 3 inches around my waist.  I finally got past my plateau.  But even when I wasn’t losing pounds, I was still losing inches.

I’ve been doing more aerobic exercises with the Wii Fit such as boxing, advanced step, biking and running.  I think this has helped me past the plateau, but I will return to a balance of strength and aerobic exercises this next week.

Exercising helps burn fat, but it also creates muscle.  When my weight was staying the same, this meant that for every bit of fat I was burning, I was putting on muscle.  More fat was burned than muscle created, but since muscle is denser than fat, I wasn’t losing weight, but was losing inches.

Exercise also benefits by helping to manage cholesterol.  The American Heart Association has a very good description of the different kinds of cholesterol.  Exercise, along with diet, helps lower the LDL, or bad cholesterol.  At the same time, it helps raise HDL, or good cholesterol.    According to my doc, exercise and weight loss are the primary ways to increase HDL.

Docs also watch the triglycerides, which is a form of fat made in the body.  Usually, people with high triglycerides also have high LDL and low HDL.

Triglyceride is a form of fat made in the body. Elevated triglycerides can be due to overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, excess alcohol consumption and a diet very high in carbohydrates (60 percent of total calories or more). People with high triglycerides often have a high total cholesterol level, including a high LDL (bad) level and a low HDL (good) level. Many people with heart disease and/or diabetes also have high triglyceride levels. – AHA Website

Well, here’s to healthy eating and exercise.

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Lindsay Lohan, according to reports, is suing E*Trade over a commercial she says is a parody of her.  Unless you live under a rock, I’m sure you’ve seen the E*Trade babies talk about the “milkaholic Lindsey”, but in case you haven’t it’s magically embedded in this post for your viewing pleasure.

Ms. Lohan is saying that she has the same single-name recognition as Oprah, Madonna, or Cher.  I don’t think so, sweetie.  Until now, I didn’t even THINK about associating you with the Lindsay or Lindsey or however-it’s-spelled mentioned in the ad.  Now, if the baby had said Oprah,  Madonna, or Cher, I would have immediately associated with the respective celebrity.  But Lindsay??  It is a much too popular name to be associated with only one person.

So, she thinks she is entitled to $100 million because the ad so closely resembled her that it was unquestionable (in her mind) that it was aimed at her.  Well, in my opinion, the baby is much cuter and probably a good deal more intelligent.  And, I wonder when exactly it was that she last enjoyed a glass of milk.  According to a news broadcast on KTUL-TV, because she has been in rehab for substance abuse, the “milkaholic” comment was a gig at her.

I think she is paranoid and looking for a quick, easy payday.  I hope E*Trade sticks to their guns and does not settle this frivolous lawsuit.  I further hope they pull a judge who has enough common sense to recognize this for the desperate grab that it is.  Maybe the E*Trade babies should sue her back.

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We hear about some Americans who have joined Al-Qaida and are denouncing America should get their wish.  We should give them what they want and revoke their US citizenship.  I figure Al Qaida can have our garbage.

This idea has the added bonus that as non-citizen enemies, we can treat them as combatants and, if we capture them, treat them as prisoners of war.  Since they are not citizens, we should not treat them as though they have the rights of American citizens.

That means no Miranda, no lawyers, no rights beyond the basic human rights.  It also means that we can give them a fair military trial and a swift execution.

I’m just saying…

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How does Wii Fit calculate calories?

Wii Fit uses a standard measure called metabolic equivalent of a task, or MET, to calculate the energy and effort required of each activity.  Using METs and the time you are exercising, Wii Fit can get close to the number of calories burned while exercising.  The higher the METs, the more calories burned in a given amount of time.

Now, the activities in Wii Fit don’t have the same METs as their real life counterparts, but it’s better than being a couch potato.  It can also help you meet the American Heart Association’s recommendation of a half hour of moderate activity (three to six METs) five days per week.

Lose weight while you sleep

Can you really lose weight while you sleep?  The answer is actually, yes.  No I don’t have a magic pill or formula or anything else.  The answer is exercise.  When you exercise regularly, your body will continue to burn calories and fat even when you are at rest.  So, if you are faithful in your exercise and diet, you will continue to lose weight even while you sleep.

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So, you are in an airport waiting for your next flight out and you get hungry.  So, you find a food court, get your food, set your stuff down and eat.  After eating you gather your things, except your coat, and walk away.  Sometime later, you realize that you left your coat and return to the food court only to find it missing.

Most of us would chalk that up to personal stupidity, chastise ourselves, write it off as a loss and go on about our business.  Apparently, not so as a Texas lawyer has taken personal stupidity to a new level.  In this article from The Smoking Gun, you will read about a lawyer who wants to sue everyone for his stupidity.  I only hope he gets a judge who is as tired of frivolous lawsuits as I am and sanctions his self-righteous a… butt.

And lawyers wonder why there are so many jokes about them.

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