Tag: marketing

  • As CrossFit Explodes on the Scene, I wonder…

    I clipped my ankle this AM while doing my workout — and it stunned me but I shook it off and continued on with the workout so it should be interesting to see if the reason I am not feeling pain is from the adrenaline or because it was minor. I am hoping the latter…

  • CrossFit WOD: TOSH

    Warmup jog heel to butt shuffle karoke skip Today’s WOD was focused on endurance —  named ‘Tosh’. 3x (200m + 400m + 600m) Rest the exact time it takes you to complete the interval in each set (Ex: 200m Run takes 35 Sec, Rest 35 Sec, then Run 400m, Rest 400m time, etc…) TOTAL time…

  • CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys

    Here’s the article to go with my post from yesterday: Parents and Mcdonalds The Checkup – CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys. The D.C.-based nutrition watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest has helped a California mother file a class-action suit against McDonald’s, demanding that the burger chain stop marketing…

  • More deceptive marketing to kids….

    A Big Mac A Day Keeps The Doctor Away, McDonald’s Tells Students Welcome to nutrition class, kids! Today we’re going to be learning about how processed cheese, factory-farmed beef and iceberg lettuce fit into a healthy diet. No farmer’s market field trip today, everyone. Where are we going? McDonald’s! This one belongs in the “Hell…

  • Reflections on Letting Yourself Go

    Sometimes when I am driving to work or out doing an errand – I will randomly notice other women that look to be close to may age. Some of them look great – while others, well they don’t look their best. In some cases, it looks like they have given up any sense of self.…