Archive for July 29th, 2009

Is the Best Really the Best?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Is there such a thing as a best diet pill?  Some will say there is and then they will give you a list of 10 different kinds that they swear by.  Some will say they like to mix them together to get better results.  I say that if you aren’t being monitored by a doctor, you could be playing with fire by mixing things that haven’t been thoroughly researched.

If you are at the point in you weight loss journey that you feel like taking a pill may help you out, you talk to your doctor.  You look for information from independent sources that backs up the claims of whatever diet pill you are thinking of taking.  And I’m not talking about a post on a website – I mean some kind of research or study that says this won’t make things worse.

Then you go from there.

Papers Please

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

So I after I renewed the registration for my husband’s scooter online and got the tags in the mail, I put his new registration on the keyboard at his computer.  The very same keyboard I’m using right now.  The very same keyboard from which I can easily read his vehicle registration because it hasn’t ended up in his scooter yet.  He’s got 2 days left before the old one expires and he’ll be in a world of hurt if he gets pulled over with an expired registration.

Then again, who am I to talk.  This is the first time in 10 years I’ve had unexpired proof of insurance in my car from the beginning of the policy.  It usually makes it in the car about 3 weeks before it expires.

Math Lessons Learned

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Every advertisement I’ve seen for diet pills says that theirs are the top weight loss pills.  Thing is, we’re adults and we know from our math class and the logic we learned there that not ALL pills can be at the top or they would also all be at the bottom and the middle to boot.

We also know from math class and the probability we learned there that this claim probably isn’t true.

So we, as the aforementioned adults we are, have to do research and find out the truth before we use our bodies as test tubes for whatever chemical cobination comes our way labeled as a weight loss miracle.

Think Fast

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

It turns out going shopping with my kids helps me make decisions faster.  It also results in my spending more money and buying a green pair of jeans.  Fortunately, I was able to resist their desire for me to let them dress entirely in camo for school.

I guess quick decision making does result in more errors of judgement but it also meant that they REALLY have enough clothes for the school year.  For my oldest it was a necessity.  I went through his clothes and tossed the torn and worn out stuff.  Then he had no pants. At all. None.