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Have You Tried An Extreme Fad Diet?
Losing weight is about lifestyle changes rather than fad diets …
www.gastongazette.com4/21/12
He hails from just south of Birmingham, Ala., and bleeds Alabama Red, but Gregg Talton has got to be Gaston County's winner at being the biggest loser. No, he doesn't have a big, invisible “L” on his forehead. He's happily …
Fad Diets Really, Really Don't Work
jezebel.com4/10/12
Hey, you guys, this is super weird: some scientists have done a bit of research and figured out that it is possible for obese people to lose weight by doing something other than going on The Biggest Loser. Crazy, right? What's …
A great many people will go to extreme lengths to lose weight, but after ingesting tape worms which has to be the worst, the K-E Diet has to be a close runner up.
A feeding tube is inserted into your nose for up to 10 days!
I can’t imagine using some of these more extreme fad diets, can you?
Do you think that people that eat tape worms and put tubes up their nose for days are normal?
I don’t, but maybe that’s just me.
Please let me know
Do people’s names affect their lives and personalities?
How Much Does Your Name Affect Where You Work? – DailyFinance
www.dailyfinance.com3/17/11
Names define us, but do they determine our life choices? The idea that our names can influence those decisions is what psychologists call "implicit egotism." To test the concept, a recent study looked at how our names might …
The Name/Personality Relationship « life of a doctor's wife
Okay, sure, names themselves have a sort of personality. “Rose” might have some sort of universally feminine quality, for instance… Or “Victoria” might have some sort of perceived sense of classicality and strength… …
Publish Date: 08/19/2011 0:40
http://lifeofadoctorswife.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/the-namepersonality-relationship/
I have many friends and acquaintances whose names seem to fit them exactly and only one or two that feel that they should be called something different.
I can’t imagine that I would ever have dated people with certain names whereas other names always had a special ring to them for me.
And I once read that people with names starting or ending with the same letter are believed to have similar natures, and people with same names are seen to have similar personalities.
What do you think?
