In yesterday’s “Wall Street Journal” there is a story about how you can now customize your own Frappuccino.

In it, they say that my ordering one (which, by the way, accounts for 10% of all revenues at Starbucks) you lower the calorie count to 120 calories.

What? Lowering to JUST 120 calories makes no sense.

I have said this before and have to say it again, you should NOT be drinking your calories. Just one 120 calorie drink a day for a year will add 12.5 pounds to your body. That’s going the WRONG way.

Jim

I know I am getting into the argument a little late, but recently Howard Stern attacked Gabourey Sidibe about her career and her weight. He said there was NO WAY that she would ever work again.

Now, she may have a challenge, but if she is determined, I’m sure she will continue to work.

BUT!

Her weight is going to be a huge issue for her when it comes to health. I would say she is at least 150+ pounds overweight, and as a young women of 26, I’m sure her body’s “real age” is much, much older than that.

I wouldn’t be surprised is she suffered from high cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar and was having some joint aches and pains from carrying around all that extra baggage.

I would hope, in order to have a very long and happy career AND life, that she would be working hard on dropping some of the unnecessary weight. I’m not saying she needs to be a size 8, 6, whatever, I’m just saying that this is life threatening at this point.

And it would take VERY little work as she has to power eat to stay at that weight. Even in the movie, she eats an entire bucket of chicken. That’s thousands upon thousands of calories and is full of all the wrong fat.

Jim

There is an interesting article in today’s “New York Times” about accepting age with or without feeling the need for cosmetic surgery.

I can tell you how to age gracefully – stay lean.

NOTHING keeps you looking young better than living lean.

When you are lean, your face keeps its angles. That makes you look young.

When you are lean as a result of strength training, your posture stays upright. That makes you look young.

When you are lean and strong, you move like someone many years younger. That makes you look and feel young.

I could go on and on….

Look, I just hit 49. Part of me can’t believe I am that age as I don’t look OR feel one year from 50. When I was a little boy, people who were 50+ were old.

I strongly feel it’s how your treat your mind and your body that will keep you young.

And lots of sleep doesn’t hurt either.

Jim