I just read about an advertising study that noticed that seeing thin women modeling a product makes you more likely to rate that product highly. Of course, you end up feeling insecure about yourself, but the marketing for the product is positive.
Go figure: Skinny sells best
More importantly, seeing thin models also affects eating behavior:
Advertisers like to mess with your head and so do researchers, so here come the free cookies. The researchers tried to gauge the short-term link between seeing thin models and eating behaviour, and used the ploy of offering free Oreos as a thank-you to their study participants. Those who had just seen the thin models were almost four times as likely to refuse the cookies.
So, if you look through the latest issue of Elle magazine, is that good for you or bad for you? Your self-esteem might suffer, but your eating behaviors might improve.
Maybe these words from Jay Leno actually help in this case:
I think high self-este...
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SLB’s Bulldog 25k Trail RaceFrom: starling-fitness.com
Post Date: 2008-09-07 05:00:46
After fighting through injuries and problems, SLB finished the Bulldog 25K Trail Race. He talks about it here:
Quadrathon: Bulldog 25k Trail Race
His descriptions of the race trail make this an enjoyable read.
The first miles took us along the side of a dried out creek bed and then along the appropriately named Crags Road, so called due its “cragginess”, basically a it’s a dry river bed complete with the prerequisite jagged rocks at every turn, beaten down over the ...
more Hiking for Weight Loss from Hike HackerFrom: starling-fitness.com
Post Date: 2008-09-06 05:00:03
Our friend, Tom Mangan, who writes my favorite Two-Heel Drive blog has started a new blog called Hike Hacker. He tells you all the things you need to know about hiking. Here is a good article about hiking for weight loss from him.
Hiking for weight loss | Hike Hacker
He lost 37 pounds in three months by hiking and here are the three things he did:
He cut out Cokes and cookies
He walked on hills for an hour a day
He took long hikes on the weekends
Even if you don’t ...
more Why Should I Buy Local?From: starling-fitness.com
Post Date: 2008-09-05 05:00:36
Driving through Oregon along the back roads to Mount Hood, we saw tons of little fruit stands and markets. It seemed like every swath of land was offering to sell us ripe and delicious fruits and vegetables.
Compared to what I can get at a supermarket, however, their choices were limited. There is a lot of talk about buying your produce at farmers’ markets lately, but not all communities have access to such great fare locally and in the coming winter months, it’s impossible ...
more Strawberry Cottage Cheese SmoothieFrom: starling-fitness.com
Post Date: 2008-09-04 05:00:40
The other day, I read this article on Diet Blog:
How To: Make Nutritious Smoothies
Michael bought a new blender last week, so we have been using it to create a wide variety of smoothies. I had never put cottage cheese in a smoothie, however, so the suggestion from the Diet Blog was surprising to me. I immediately ran into the kitchen to try it out and this is what I created:
Strawberry Cottage Cheese Smoothie
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup frozen strawberri...
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