You Tube Users As Delusional As Britney Spears

I write about celebrities and their diets on my blog at Diet.com. I try to tackle the issue as light heartedly as possible but I do enjoy adding my 2 cents every now and again. Seriously though, in the year 2006 celebrities were scrutinized for being way too skinny. They have all gained back that weight for one reason or another.

In the start of 2007 we had the Tyra scandal where pictures were taken of her in a very unflattering bathing suit down in Aussie land. She fired back at the media and paparazzi. Similarly Jessica Simpson was critiqued, as well as Jennifer Love Hewitt.

I poked fun at the situations because let’s face it, they are celebrities and want the attention. If they are going to famous for their trade that is famous for being harsh on starlet weigh gain they should be able to handle the pressure and attention.

However, I produce videos for a diet website. I am a healthy weight, and I’m pretty sure that I’m not overweight by any medical standard. I am in many of the videos I produce for Diet.com, and recently one of my videos started more than usual negative comments regarding my own appearance. The fact that these typical people are being so critical of my appearance, really makes you think, “Is it the media or the Hollywood producers that place this thinness pressure on women in our society?” Apparently everyone is a critic and the producers in Hollywood are just giving the American people what they want.

If I was Tyra Banks I would say kiss my fat ass, but I really don’t think I have a fat ass…maybe a little bootlicious but really? I’m fat? Am I suppose to lose weight for the audience of YouTube?

Here are the usernames and comments written under my video.
To watch my video and read the comments yourself, CLICK HERE!

From user name GoGouTube,
“fat ppl are so annoying. ultimate tip to lose weight: eat less. it's strange because this host is tubby. i would never take advice from her!”
You Tube member Paraz1tul says,
“If you are gonna tell people how to loose weight you should loose your weight first before trying to make money off other people loosing their weight.”

CocolutoBeans 20 yrs old,
“Why are you chubby? You're not encouraging me.
I'm going to eat some hot dogs and a bucket of haagen dazs.”

BroProductions2008, a 17 yr old male from Canada said,
“who tha fuk duz she think she iz saying ppl cant lose weight she should look at herself that fat bitch!”

robbie23m, a 23-year old man from Isreal says,
“Diet tips from a fat girl? Don’t listen to her!!!”

BroProductions2008 again makes a intelligent-less comment,
“lol thank u ur right who tha fuk duz she think she iz.”

Then we have ih4t3l33t which isn’t even a real name, seriously?, says,
“And YOU are not losing weight because you're a fatty who sits and preaches. So YOUR body is fooled into thinking you know everything when really you should be hitting weights at the gym.”
Well ih4t3i33t, I actually get paid to make these videos and I go to the gym 4-6 times a week, run at least 3 miles every time I go, and then on top of that, some times I got twice a day because I film in a gym sometimes. So, while you are watching videos on YouTube, I am working out or getting paid. What are you doing?

Heysteve took the nicer approach by saying,
“she needs to take a lap or 30.”

The best username is by far, Russianfart. He says,
“why is a fat chick talking about this?” I saw, Why is a man whose name is Russian FART watching my diet news?

But apparently Airhendrix91 agrees,
“Tru dat”

Maybe one of my favorite comments is from someone whose name is Gamer (likes to sit around and play videos games) Cartman (The fat character from the cartoon South Park) Ahhh yes, Gamercartman must be a body builder and therefore should probably have something good to say right?
“You Are Fat” Thanks Gamercartman! I would be so lucky if I were to be enlightened with a picture of you!

And lastly I leave with a comment from JoseHernandez16,
“so they get a fat chick to talk bout diets?..”

Is Mike Huckabee, Current Presidential Front Runner, The Next Dr Phil?

Last night while you were watching reruns or really bad game shows on network TV, Britney Spears was hospitalized and suprisingly (to me at least) Mike Huckabee won in Iowa. And you thought I would I only cared about pop culture? Shame on you. As a former Political Science minor, I analyzed the past presidential election down to a T. But did you know that the new Republican Front-Runner for the Presidential election is also a diet expert? Well, not really but he did lose 100+ lbs and wrote a book about it.


Since I'm sick of hearing about B.Spears I'm going to tell you a little about this baptist preacher turned politician who is the former Arkansas Governor. In 2003, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and lost over 100 lbs in the next year. In 2005 he wrote, "Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork" which is a 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle. Far from the typical diet book, it's target audience is towards middle-aged obese men. Here are the 12 steps.
1. STOP Procrastinating.
2. STOP Making Excuses.
3. STOP Sitting on the Couch.
4. STOP Ignoring Signals from Your Body.
5. STOP Listening to Destructive Criticism.
6. STOP Expecting Immediate Success.
7. STOP Whining.
8. STOP Making Exceptions.
9. STOP Storing Provisions for Failure.
10. STOP Fueling with Contaminated Food.
11. STOP Allowing Food to Be A Reward.
12. STOP Neglecting Your Spiritual Health.

In his own words Huckabee says,

"My faith is my life -- it defines me. My faith doesn't influence my decisions, it drives them. ... Real faith makes us humble and mindful, not of the faults of others, but of our own."

I love to cause controversy among celebrities and their wacky diets/habits/actions, but for this blog I am going to stay away from the politics because that is one topic I have learned to agree to disagree. So anyway, could our next president be the another Dr Phil? The Boston Herald (which obvs is biased towards this man given his views and where he comes from) calls him a "Baptist preacher-turned-hayseed politician". I didn't know what hayseed meant, so I looked up some synonyms and found that it means hick or redneck. Could this also mean that if elected, there will be greater restrictions on trans-fats, school lunches, and other efforts towards a healthier and less obese America? Is this on anyone's platform? Has anyone read this book?

I had never heard of Huckabee (who won with 34% of voters) until recently, and so now I am quite suprised that he beat out Mitt Romney (lost with 25% of voters) who spent the most $$ by far compared with all the other candidates. Romney repotedly outspent Huckabee by tens of millions of dollars. And oh yeah, Obama beat Hilary. Can Bill Clinton run again?

AND lastly, will the writers strike hurt campaign dollars spent on television advertising? I know I have been watching a lot less without the new episodes. This is an interesting concept that hasn't really been touched upon. Hollywood LOVES to campaign for candidates, mostly democrats except Boston Red Sox Pitcher Curt Schilling who's rooting for Mitt.

Anywhoooo, Happy Friday ya'll!

People Magazine Encouraging Outrageous Diet Tricks and Eating Disorders?

Happy New Year Everyone! As the new year begins, so do the resolutions and people who go on diets. It's kind of surprising to me that people still go on diets as a resolution but whatevs. First we need to stop calling it a resolution, most people forget after two weeks and I mean seriously when was the last time you remembered someone say, "oh no I can't, my new years resolution" in the middle of the summer or fall!? Second, it should be thought of as a lifestyle change, making baby steps towards a greater goal.

While doing my daily search for celebrity and diet gossip (can my resolution be to never go to Perez Hilton again?), I stumbled upon a lieu of comments on People.com. I seriously was questioning if I was on Diet.com though.

"Weight loss isn’t easy, and it’s no piece of fat-free cake for the stars, either. Even they rely on some pretty crazy methods to drop unwanted pounds. When she needs to lose weight, Cameron Diaz cuts out all white food (like pasta and bread) because it can have high amounts of sugar, her trainer Teddy Bass told InStyle. And Lily Allen attended hypnotherapy sessions … at a reported $600 an hour! … to help curb her eating. We’ve heard of lemonade diets, soup diets … even cookie diets!"

So basically, People.com asked it's readers to post their "Most Outrageous Diet Tricks." The problem with this is that the people who read People.com are not your typical dieters you find on Diet.com. These are crazy ladies who love to read tabloids and gush over celebrity bodies hoping to one day lose those last 5 lbs and look like Jessica Alba in a bikini despite their 10 year age difference. Maybe that was harsh, but they are average women, giving outragous dieting tricks (i.e. UNHEALTHY). It didn't take long for the first crazy post from Glenda:

- I used to be a night snacker so i stopped snacking after dinner
- drink 3 liters of water a day (add the sugar free powder mixes like Chrystal Light or Propel which makes it taste MUCH better and adds almost no calories!)
- running and doing atleast 500 crunches and 100 pushups a day
- eat 1000 calories or less per day (but LOTS of fruits and veggies with lean protein and whole grains)

…. it is a little drastic, but hey - it helped me drop 20 pounds!

Shortly after, you can guess what came next... from none other than probably the only male reading this article:

This is the most irresponsible page I have ever seen - you are encouraging women to share details about how to use starvation and other extreme measures to lose substantial amounts of weight quickly. In this age where eating disorders are so prevalent amongst young girls, I cannot believe that you are encouraging this. What about advocating health, nutrition and regular activity? Spreading the word about skipping meals, drastically reducing calories and major caffeine overdoses is simply not on. ‘People’ - I’m very disappointed…

Here are a few other comments that I feel are worth re-posting:

I think it’s really sad and shocking that people are resorting to such extremes to lose weight. The average woman needs at LEAST 1200 calories to simply function properly throughout the day! To go less than 1000 calories is very dangerous because your putting your body into starvation mode. At first you will lose weight but as soon as you eat more calories you will gain it all back. It’s impossible to maintain a less than 1000 calorie eating regime!
As long as you eat healthfully and exercise regularily you should be able to lose and maintain a healthy weight!

-Alessandra

You don’t have to do “outrageous” things to drop weight, and do it quickly. By sticking to a balanced diet that includes plenty of fresh fruits and veggies you can feel full while cutting back calories and not starving yourself!! Personally, I stick to about 1500 calories when i’m trying to drop weight…and I make sure to walk for at least 30 minutes 6 days a week. I also include simple toning excersises like crunches, pushups and lunges to tighten up while dropping the pounds.

But My little “miracle tricks” that are key for me - is starting my day with a glass of metamucil (keeps you fuller longer), and adding fish oil & Pyruvate supplements. They have been proven to help you lose up to 7% more body fat with your diet & excersise. When using these methods, and drinking 2 ltrs of water a day, I can drop about 3 pounds a week - HEALTHILY!!!

-Heather

I have to agree with a few other posters…this section of People is ridiculous….eating a pickle after meals, water & exlax…..this is going to become a board to share your eating disorder tricks….

Eat healthy & work out. THATS ALL YOU NEED!

People, you need to either remove thissection or remove some of the obviously unhealthy responses.

- Lauren

i disagree with the people who say these comments should be taken down - the post is, in fact, titled “your most outrageous diet tricks” which seems to indicate that it is ok to share the absurd lengths we have gone to in order to try and lose weight. what is scarier than anything, in my opinion, is the call for censorship that some people are making here. that’s so much more dangerous than exlax and water - which, in fact, is nothing new and not particularly scandalous anyway. if someone wants to diet in an extreme and/or dangerous way, they don’t need to come to a forum on people. com to figure out how to do it. stop trying to parent this forum - if it offends you, go find something else to read.
ok, i’m going to go drink grapefruit juice and take exlax now..

Click here to read the other ridiculous and humorous message board at People.com.

See... everyone has an opinion when it comes to diet and exercise and not just Diet.com members! It seems this is one sticky topic that will always raise a few people's blood pressure. Please do not post your outrageous tips. Thanks :)

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