Survival of the Fittest- Part Three
April 29, 2009
Written by Joe Garcia
Guest Blogger today Julie Kantrowitz, MFT
Survival of the Fittest
(Stress Management During a Recession) - Part Three
Continuing with our series on (Stress Management During a Recession) last time we talked about “Turning off the News” and “Taking a hike.” Great suggestions to be able to reduce the amount of stress you can experience throughout the week. Yesterday I went on a hike after taking a couple of weeks off of an injury I recently experienced. Unfortunately because of the lack of outdoor activity I experienced I started to have projects pile up. Ugghh! Well I am glad to report that I have taken my own advice and am back on track even after a single day!! This stuff really really works. I can’t tell you how good it feels to be able to knock off things off of your “To Do List,” especially if your list like mine is constantly in the back of your head.
So it gives me great pleasure to give you this week’s blog on Stress Management. We start with a simple question.
Question: How are you? Do you have an outlet? What do you do to take care of yourself everyday?
To answer some of these questions on how to deal with stress I turned to psychotherapist Julie Kantrowitz on a few tips that we can all put into practice right away. She writes… Read more
Tape Worms and The End of the World
April 23, 2009
Tape Worms and The End of the World
By Jonathan Aluzas
I might have to kill myself. Yep, just might have to. But not because I’m not happy with life, or depressed or because I am without hope. I might have to do this simply to avoid the Apocalypse, which I am certain is imminent. Now, people have been crying out that “The End is Near” and we need to “Repent” for years, so I’m not really on the cutting edge of this Armageddon movement, but I came across something recently that sealed the deal on this for me.
There is, apparently, some disagreement as to the specifics of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse, but I’m pretty sure they include war, famine, plagues, natural disasters and the Four Horseman. And maybe locusts, or crickets, or something. Well, looking at the global scoreboard we have Iraq, avian bird flu, Katrina, tsunamis and, as for the Horseman, well, any combination of politicians from anywhere should fit that bill. Plus, you have Paris Hilton, TMZ and pretty much any Keanu Reeves movie and that should fill in any gaps. But the final seventh sign? It was brought to my attention recently, and it’s called The Tape Worm Diet.
- The End is Near!
This abomination of nature can be reviewed at www.tapewormdiet.net, and I’m not kidding. Now, I’m holding out hope that this is just an elaborate hoax, that someone is having a good laugh at our expense and that I will prove to have been the most recent rube, but somehow I know this won’t be the case. In visiting the website you will see that there is a fairly clinical discussion on the topic and a site from which you can apparently order hookworms and tapeworms for the treatment of a variety of ailments. But the one that leaves me slack-jawed and (almost) wordless is the proposed use of intestinal worms for weight loss.
I’ve come across some stupid things during my time in the fitness business, but this one takes the cake (and, apparently with parasitic weight loss treatment, you CAN have your cake and eat it, too). I never fail to be shocked by the extremes to which people will go to look like movie stars.
I could go on and on and on, but I think this one speaks for itself. And it got me thinking: If I could get some people to bottle and ship simple tap water from Tijuana, Manila, and somewhere in India I’ll bet I could market the Dysentery Diet and make mad cash…..
Jonathan Aluzas is the owner of Arena Fitness in Encino, California.
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