It’s always nice when studies can backup what many of us already know to be true from years in the trenches of real world work.

Over the years there have been several smaller similar studies, but this is the largest and longest term study of its kind to date.  The test subjects were split into 3 diet groups, a low fat diet, a low carb diet and a Mediterranean diet.

The Wall Street Journal sums it up quite nicely:

Not long ago (earlier today actually) I launched an evil and dastardly plot to make other nations fatter.  That way we Americans will seem less piggy in comparison.  Sinister right?

I am well aware I have very little influence one way or the other at this point, but at least I know Mr. T is on my side.

Well it seems Japan has started without me.

Not long ago Pizza Hut in Japan released the "Mega Pizza".

The Actual Mega Pizza - (If You Can Call It That)

Speed walking just looks stupid.  I don’t even think it is debatable. But I’ll come back to that.

Just keep walking…

Let me start with some disclosure.  I was a fan of Mr. T in the 80’s.  The first time I saw the mohawked, verbose muscle man encased in gold chains was in Rocky III where he beat the crap out of Sly Stallone.

It was not long after that that he starred as "B.A" Baracs on the hit show "The ‘A’ Team".  I can still hear the the theme song…

Damn Nintendo Wii.  Ruining everything.  I thought that I was on the cutting edge, delivering state of the art fat loss training and nutrition programs online and at my highly regarded Carter Fitness training facility in beautiful West Hills, Ca. But apparently that is not the case.

I saw this commercial and I just knew.  I knew I was glimpsing the future.

Who needs a highly educated, inventive, motivating trainer with over 15 years of in the trenches experience guiding you every step of the way?

Not you.  All you need is a video game.

I was checking out my friend Derek’s Blog, Cheek & Bluster and I saw a link to this site called The Blog Readability Test that rates Blog’s etc. and determines the level of education required to understand it.  So I gave it a shot.

Hmmm. I’m not sure how to take that.

It reminds me of a sitcom a while back (I can’t remember the name where the main character on the show had a Tivo.  Incase you did not know, Tivos can record show based on what it (the Tivo) thinks you would like. On the show the Tivo kept recording gay shows- the Tivo thought he was gay.  Hilarity ensued.

WARNING: First few paragraphs contain adolescent humor and should be skipped by un-funny people as you will not laugh and simply think I am an idiot.

I am a still a kid on the inside. I think stupid things are funny. For instance farts are a riot.  My eldest son recently learned the never-gets-old “pull my finger” gag and I could not be more proud.

A few years back a movie grabbed America’s attention. The movie I am refering to is “Super Size Me“:

Super Size Me is an Academy Award-nominated 2004 documentary film, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. It follows a 30-day time period (February 2003) during which Spurlock subsists exclusively on McDonald’s fast food and stops exercising regularly. The film documents this lifestyle’s drastic effects on Spurlock’s physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry’s corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. During the filming, Spurlock dined at McDonald’s restaurants three times per day, sampling every item on the chain’s menu at least once. He consumed an average of 5,000 calories (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment.