How many calories are there in a pound?

9:54am January 6th, 2009 By braceletseeds

Sounds silly, I know.  But it's actually a phrase that is often searched for on the internet. Why? Because everyone's obsessed with the quickest way to lose weight.  I still can't believe it when I hear 12 and 13 year olds worry about their size and if they look skinny in those jeans.  Wow. I didn't even know what that meant at that age. Have we changed so much in less than a decade? What is up with all the obsession over size and weight and age? Are we that uncomfortable with ourselves that we waste our precious brain power on superficial problems? Yes. And I've fallen victim for it too. Who hasn't strolled down the promenade just to catch your reflection in the store window and then take a minute to figure out if you look okay without attracting any attention? And I bet you guys are victim to this thinking as well, but maybe in a different way.  Are we all wired to obsess over our attractiveness? Is evolution trumping our better judgement? Or is this the mentality that seems to plague the buzz of modern city life? Food for thought. Calorie-laden, fatty food.

Oh, and btw, there are 3500 calories in one pound. :)

Tags: culture, health, lifestyle, psychology, sociology

Comments (3) | Leave a comment

Number of Trackbacks: 0
  Posted by anonymous January 6th, 2009
We are the fattest nation, so maybe our obsession with loosing weight is understandable.

  Posted by anonymous February 24th, 2012
2012 autumn and winter, the New York Fashion Week Cheap Ugg Boots, more than half of the fashion wave of people in the front row to enjoy the next season's fashion Ugg Boots UK, the OTC has become the T-stage pass and follow-up stage, whether it is singular trendy headgear is colorful tide serving Ugg Boots Classic Short, are highlights of thesethe stylish beach-goers on the trend of the tireless pursuit of Ugg Boots Classic Tall, let's take a look at more influx of people off-dress!a

  Posted by anonymous February 28th, 2012
Leaked documents suggest that an organization known for Prada Shoes attacking climate science is planning a new push to undermine the teaching of global warming in public schools, the latest Manolo Blahnik indication that climate change is becoming a part of the nation's culture wars.The documents, from a nonprofit organization in Chicago , outline plans to promote a curriculum that would cast doubt on the scientific finding that fossil fuel emissions endanger the long-term welfare of the planet. Principals and teachers are heavily biased toward the alarmist perspective, one document said. While the documents offer a rare glimpse of the internal thinking Efforts to undermine climate-science instruction are beginning to spread Franklin Marshall across the country, they said, and they fear a long fight similar to that over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In a statement, the Heartland Institute acknowledged that some of its internal documents had been stolen. But it said its president had not had time to read the versions being circulated on the Internet Jimmy Choo Shoes on Tuesday and Wednesday and was therefore not in a position to say whether they had been altered. Heartland did declare one two-page document to be a forgery, although its tone and content closely matched that of other documents that the group did not Men Prada Low Shoes dispute. In an apparent confirmation that much of the material, more than 100 pages, was authentic leak. The documents included many details of the group's operations, including Christian Louboutin Shoes salaries, recent personnel actions and fund-raising plans and setbacks. They were sent by e-mail, someone using the name “Heartland insider” and were quickly reposted Franklin Marshall Femme to many climate-related Web sites. Heartland said the documents were not from an insider but were obtained by a caller pretending to be a board member of the group who was Jimmy Choo Shoes switching to a new e-mail address. We intend to find this person and see him or her put in prison for these crimes, the organization said.

Leave a comment