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Great Britain vs. Wine
- Mr. Porky! (Thank you to hwayoungjunk.)
The British Government has declared war on obesity, and among its first targets are drinkers. According to British government intel, "The average wine drinker consumes an extra 2,000 calories a month - the equivalent of 184 bags of crisps." This comes via The Telegraph, which further notes: "Few middle class drinkers realise that a couple sharing a bottle of red wine a night are both consuming the equivalent of a Snickers chocolate bar in alcohol." Appalling. You'd never see the French government release such data.
Here's the problem: New Yorkers go from work to gym, and then out to dinner. Londoners skip the gym, go directly to the pub, and load up on "pork scratchings." (L.A. people, of course, drive to yoga, and then go for sushi.) Anyway, we blame the pork scratchings.
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wisdom from londontransplant (re:out of shape & exercise) "We'll be the red-faced, jiggling, panting Americans being scorned by the hoards of emaciated Londoners drinking cocktails and snorting cocaine."
Blimey bastards.
Submitted by sandyliz on 04.20.09 at 05:47.
I think you're right, don't throw out the red wine with the bath water. But to lose weight this month, I've tried to keep caloric beverage intake to a minimum, and it seems to have helped. It's also made the days I have gone bibulous pretty wonderful, if incoherent (sorry for the hallucinogenic posts).
Submitted by spindig on 04.20.09 at 10:00.
It's totally the pork scratchings. Thanks for the well-wishes, Oliver, I appreciate it and I'm much better now! Your post reminds of that woman at work (everyone's got one, and why is it always a woman?) who is always trying a new diet every month but doesn't exercise. And the diet is always some sort of quick fix....maybe I should get her to join the social workout.
Submitted by rebeebit on 04.20.09 at 10:17.