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Haha! You thought I wouldn’t post again for like 3 years, didn’t you? You were wrong! Although to be honest I think the odds on two posts in one week on this blog were 75:1 when I checked with my bookie yesterday afternoon (his name is Hmayek, he is from Armenia, he loves taking NBA […] Newsflash: I am a HUGE nerd. Like, staggering. Wait, let’s back up. A few weeks ago, Brian revealed to me that he had ordered a new diet book, the TNT Diet, off of eBay for like $4. I found it on Amazon for like $6 (the price appears to have gone up), and since I […] Happy belated New Year! Did you make a resolution? Jonah Lehrer bets it falls apart! Willpower, like a bicep, can only exert itself so long before it gives out; it’s an extremely limited mental resource. Given its limitations, New Year’s resolutions are exactly the wrong way to change our behavior. It makes no sense to […] The New Yorker explores why we’re mostly fatties. The topic of “Supersizing” is particularly interesting: In the early nineteen-sixties, a man named David Wallerstein was running a chain of movie theatres in the Midwest and wondering how to boost popcorn sales. Wallerstein had already tried matinée pricing and two-for-one specials, but to no avail. According […] On the subject of overeating and large portions, James Joyner writes (via Andrew’s guest blogger Patrick Appel): …[O]ne of the things that has long occurred to me about restaurant dining is that, because every customer must be served the same portion size (within allowances for human error) they’re naturally going to provide huge amounts of […] I’ve lifted weights twice in the last 5 days, and here is what I can report on the subject: I don’t really care for it. You know? It frickin’ hurts, is why. I begin to see why people do steroids and HGH; I’m going to be crippled for days. Hey, wait a second. What are […] Gained a pound since yesterday. I guess that’s the Good Sweet Lord Crying Baby Jesus burning me for enjoying a single beer last night, despite finishing the day 300 calories under my 2-pounds-a-week rate. (By which I mean: in order for a 265 pound man to lose 2 pounds in a week, I need to […] I lost 6 pounds in one day! Of course, it was water-weight, whatever that is, so I still don’t fit properly into pants. Still, if you ever find yourself needing to lose 2% of your body mass in 24 hours, here is how you do it: 0630 – Wake up and step on the scale. […] Yesterday was the last day of church choir for the summer, so we had to make sure to dress up in our official finery, including khaki slacks and a blazer. The blazer was removed for the rehearsal and service, but we all put on our heavy polyester cassocks, which caused a great deal of sweat […] From the everlasting joy that is This Is Why You’re Fat, I bring you: the deep-fried cheeseburger on a stick. Oh heck yes:
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