But they don't lose weight at the rate they expect. They don't lose weight at 3500 calories deficit = 1 pound. It literally CANNOT just be calories in/calories out. Most of the examples you pointed to are really about how we have been eating/drinking too many CARBS, not too many calories. That's what's different…

Yes, i read that about the pink/blue switch, very interesting.

Oh, God, you're griping over Jezebel's journalistic bar on THIS article?

I feel like there's a difference between there being a biological affinity towards weaponry/nurturing toys and color preferences. Pink, frilliness, etc., those are entirely socially constructed to be "girly." But I do agree with the general point that you shouldn't make these choices for your kid - give everyone…

Say you have a gym that has X amount of space. In that space, you can fit 100 aerobic machines. Each person uses each machine, on average, for an hour, so a 24-hour Planet Fitness can handle 2,400 people a day who want to use the treadmill/elliptical. If you're Planet Fitness, that means you either can have about…

Planet Fitness's whole business model is about appealing to people who won't work out regularly. Bodybuilders, the very "in shape," people who want real weights and real equipment - - all people who are likely to use the facilities more often - - - are met with policies that actively discourage their membership. …

OMG, the Rumplestilskin with Shelley Duval gave me more nightmares than The Shining. That you so much for suggesting this, this is like a walk down memory lane of my NIGHTMARES.

OMG - YES! And I now remember the other EFFING FRIGHTENING ones too! THANK YOU THANK YOU (although, not sure what I'm going to do with this information since I'm never going to get this for my kids haha)

I remember a truly scary live action Little Mermaid that I kept asking my mom to rent from the video store, even though it FREAKED me out. But I was obsessed with all things little mermaid, and kept thinking it would be different. Nope, each time, frightening. I remember something about fishermen catching this poor…

Well, maybe try to keep your baby from gumming on your belt.

Who is inhaling/eating their belt?

Yes, I agree - it's within out control - but the control isn't "eat less, move more." It's "eat the right stuff, your body will follow"

They have a higher metabolic rate, sure, but their metabolic rate (although higher) is still lower than the amount of calories they consume. The point is that an overweight person eats more calories BECAUSE they are overweight, not because they are eating more calories.

Yes, and I honestly am just coming from a place of "Huh, this book is interesting point of view." I don't know if I understand every aspect of it 100% (but it's helpful to me personally, since it's giving me additional motivational information to keep eating low-carb, which has resulted in, for me, vastly improved…

Here's the thing, your causation is messed up. Essentially, American's aren't fat because they are eating too many calories. They are eating too many calories because they are fat. Being fat slows your metabolism. Your metabolism doesn't cause you to be fat. Decreasing the number of calories you eat will make you…

The book cited decades of medical science. You should check it out.

The word "want" was used as shorthand, I'm not saying that your body cells are penning love notes to a pair of size 14 pants. What I AM saying is that, if you eat fewer calories, your body will compensate in some way and decrease the number of calories you burn (either by making you more tired, or less likely to go…

I read an interesting book, The Calorie Myth. It was really fascinating and had a lot of strong science to underscore what I personally think is making people fat (in a word, carbs). But, essentially, the fundamental point of the book is that Calorie In/Calories Out is totally the wrong way to think about weight…

Sure, maternity leave SHOULD be standard, but this is America-land, where it's not, so offering it or asking for it is part of a negotiated perquisite package.

Yes, and I really think kids now have 10x more homework than I ever did (I refuse to do the math of how many years ago high school was for me, but it was a different millennium). I really don't get why we make high school so hard (from a structural/process point of view.