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SASSY SCALE: This sassy diet scale doesn’t tell you how much you weigh, but it does tell you what you should be eating. So, if one day you’re instructed to eat “one piece of lettuce” and end up shedding a few pounds by the next day, which lets you eat a “deep fried pork loin,” won’t you just be back to lettuce the next day? Guess it would balance itself out.


BURGERS IN YOUR AREA This is a multi-colored photo/graph showing which Fast-Food Hamburger joints dominate in your area of the country. The Top 8 burger chains are represented.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES: We’ve brought you a lot of info lately about Girl Scout Cookies, including that the booth sales (in front of stores) will take place from 3/5 – 3/21. With that said, today we give you a Girl Scout Cookie locator! Not sure where to find a cookie booth in your area? Click on the link below, put in your zip code and it will give you dates and locations of Girl Scout Cookie booth sales in your area! Man, I love America!
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It’s a spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” – it’s the “Entrepreneur State of Mind.” It’s The New Dork…. HUGE props to this guy! VERY well done!
The trailer for “Iron Man 2.” It hits theaters (and IMAX) May 7th.
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RED WINE KEEPS YOU THIN
For all the wine lovers out there (I included), here’s the best news you could possibly hear. A new, long-term study says that people who drink red wine in moderation stay thinner into middle age. Woo hoo! Now there’s finally a legit reason to pop the cork on a daily basis.
Of the 20,000 women that participated in this study, the red wine drinkers consistently put on less weight than the women who drank white wine, beer, liquor, or no alcohol at all. Why? The theory is that the body processes calories from alcohol differently from calories from food. The livers of regular red wine drinkers develop a separate method of breaking down alcohol, where surplus energy is turned into heat rather than fat. So those calories from your glass of Pinot Noir will get burned off while the calories from your slice of pizza will go directly to your butt.
If you weren’t already excited to go out and buy a bottle of liquid dinner, studies also show that red wine can prevent blood clots and heart disease and extend your life expectancy. Cheers to that!
FOUR PARTYING/DRINKING MYTHS BUSTED
Speaking of alcohol, your Saturday night party habits may not be as safe as you thought. A few common but ugly rumors may be giving you a false sense of safety and putting you at major risk.
Marie Claire is setting the record straight, so the next time you hit the bars you can think twice about ordering that extra vodka Red Bull.
1. HOOKAHS ARE SAFER THAN CIGARETTES. First of all, “Hookah” is not slang for Hooker. A Hookah is a water pipe used to smoke tobacco. Anyway, the myth is false. A typical hookah session lasts 45 minutes, so you’re exposed to at least 50 times more smoke than if you lit one cigarette. Plus, “water-pipe smoke contains about eight times the carbon monoxide, nearly two times the nicotine, and 36 times the tar of a cigarette.
2. YOU CANCEL OUT THE EFFECTS OF PARTYING IF YOU “PRE-TOX” DURING THE WEEK. False. One drink a day can be good for you (as we shared above about red wine), but if you skip Wednesday and Thursday, that doesn’t mean you can have three drinks on Friday and toast to your health. Your body (namely, your liver) can’t handle so much alcohol at once, even if you didn’t drink for a few days beforehand.
3. DIET SODA MIXERS GET YOU WASTED FASTER. True (who knew?!). Recent research found that alcohol mixed with diet soda resulted in higher blood-alcohol concentrations than when the alcohol was mixed with regular soda. Researchers think sugar may slow the absorption of alcohol.
4. MIXING RED BULL AND LIQUOR LETS YOU PARTY LONGER. True (of course it is!). Red Bull and other caffeinated drinks let you party longer — but not smarter. They make you feel like you’re alert but don’t reduce the real effects of alcohol, including slower physical and visual reactions. And be extra careful: They can make you think you can drive when you’re actually seriously impaired.
10 WAYS TO GET MORE SLEEP AND LOSE WEIGHT IN THE PROCESS
In honor of National Sleep Awareness week (3/7 – 3/13) Dr. Mark Hooper, founder of My Ideal Pillow, offers some advice: He says two appetite-controlling hormones are adversely affected by loss of sleep. Hence, less sleep equals more pounds. So…why not kill two birds with one stone: get some rest and curb extra eating–just by using a few simple tactics. Here, some practical strategies to help us all get some sleep.
• Change your bedtime to an earlier one.
• Switch bedtimes with your partner: You retire early one night and get up for the first feeding while he gets the baby to sleep—and then switch the following night.
• Avoid caffeine from mid-afternoon on.
• Create a sleep-friendly bedroom (cool, dark, quiet, and comfortable).
• Take a shower every morning. One mom’s brilliant, if not scientific, opinion is that a hot shower can equal two hours of sleep!
• Nap, especially on the weekends. There is truth to the phrase “catch up on sleep”
• Let the sunlight in during the day. Even if you can’t physically make it outside, having the blinds open to let in the sun can refresh the mind and promote a better night’s sleep.
• Create a worry journal to write your worries down before you sleep.
• Hire help for a few hours after you get home from work to alleviate the “after work” stress.
• Consider a meal service for a few days each week. (because we all have a ton of extra $$ in this economy, right?)
SHOULD I TELL MY BOYFRIEND I’M PREGNANT?
Woman thinks she’s pregnant and doesn’t know if she should tell her boyfriend because she’s not 100% sure she’s preggers… “I am a 20-year-old college student who is in a really strong relationship with a great guy. Lately I have been feeling extra tired, extra hungry, and my boobs have been extra sensitive. I feel like there is a chance that I’m pregnant, but it is definitely too soon to tell.
I’m struggling with whether or not to tell my boyfriend. My inner feminist is telling me to let him know, because it takes two to get pregnant, and I shouldn’t go through this alone. Another part of me says that I should suffer in silence rather than cause potentially unwarranted chaos, and wait until I know for sure. What do you think?”












