Low-Carb Hell

[legalmoose]

I don't normally read a lot of Dave Barry's columns, finding his humor a bit to puerile for my tastes, but he hit the nail on the head with

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I don't normally read a lot of Dave Barry's columns, finding his humor a bit to puerile for my tastes, but he hit the nail on the head with <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/8292220.htm" target+"_blank">this column about low-carb diets</a>:
<blockquote>I probably shouldn't admit this to you younger readers, but when my generation was your age, we did some pretty stupid things. I'm talking about taking CRAZY risks. We drank water right from the tap. We used aspirin bottles that you could actually open with your bare hands. We bought appliances that were not festooned with helpful safety warnings such as ''DO NOT BATHE WITH THIS TOASTER.''

But for sheer insanity, the wildest thing we did was -- prepare to be shocked -- we deliberately ingested carbohydrates.
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<a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/8292220.htm" target+"_blank">Confessions of a closet carb fiend...</a>

Comments

[gregmce.livejournal.com]

That's utterly brilliant. I love it--doubly so since a former roommate started lecturing me on Saturday on why joining Weight Watchers (y'know, losing weight based on calories, fat, fiber, and exercise) was such a stupid move and I should go to a low- or no-carb diet because "that'll make you lose it much faster". I didn't know it was a race.

(I know tons of people have lost weight quickly on low-carb diets, and power to them, but I prefer the idea of losing weight by just learning to recognize my eating patterns, structure them so I'm doing less, and continuing to exercise. I'm terribly old-fashioned that way. Well, except for the fact that you can use a website now to track your food. Woohoo!)

[furmuslbulk.livejournal.com]

"Today, of course, nobody eats bread. People are terrified of all carbohydrates, as evidenced by the recent mass robbery at a midtown Manhattan restaurant, where 87 patrons turned their wallets over to a man armed only with a strand of No. 8 spaghetti. ('Do what he says! He has pasta!')"

ha ha ha

[pylduck.livejournal.com]

Ok. I'm just being mean here (jokingly, of course), but too "puerile" for your tastes? Ha ha ha!!!!

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