Comments on Cranky Fitness: The Pizza Diet, Size Issues, and Making a Change

You know this is the year for change (in more ways...

2009-04-07T16:45:00.000-04:00

You know this is the year for change (in more ways than one). I'm glad you are going to be a bone marrow donor. Gift of Life is actively looking for donors. It's also trying to raise awareness and get people involved through social media -- and that includes finding bloggers who know how to get a message out, and working with them to get people interested in donating.

Thanks for this very informative post. This is a n...

2008-11-08T19:51:00.000-05:00

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Very interestig study! Pizza and red wine??? Thank...

2008-11-07T16:53:00.000-05:00

Very interestig study! Pizza and red wine??? Thanks for sharing the news.

To reiterate what R said - yes, please!! Sign up! ...

2008-11-07T12:33:00.000-05:00

To reiterate what R said - yes, please!! Sign up! I did, and was actually a match to 2 someones! I donated for one of them (the other had a change in their health that took them out of the running).

Yes, it hurts. A lot. But knowing I had a hand in helping someone really did make it worth while.

And if you sign up when you donate blood, it's usually free.

thanks for the heads up! I didn't know!and, I thi...

2008-11-06T15:36:00.000-05:00

thanks for the heads up! I didn't know!

and, I think I could manage pizza and wine one night a month :) but omg....if it was my daily diet....TROUBLE since I go overboard on both!

I am in the donor registry, and it was free and no...

2008-11-06T14:21:00.000-05:00

I am in the donor registry, and it was free and no hassle at all. They did a bone marrow drive at a blood drive when I was in college, and just had us fill out a lot more stuff and took some extra blood. Ever since, I have been hoping they never call, because OUCH, but they never charged me any money.

Ha, red wine and pepperoni pizza was my election n...

2008-11-06T14:14:00.000-05:00

Ha, red wine and pepperoni pizza was my election night meal!

I wish I could set my metabolism into fat-burning mode on my own...

you have to PAY to DONATE?No wonder there's a shor...

2008-11-06T13:47:00.000-05:00

you have to PAY to DONATE?

No wonder there's a shortage...

Yay, pizza and red wine!I don't think I would dona...

2008-11-06T13:28:00.000-05:00

Yay, pizza and red wine!

I don't think I would donate - partly because of the recovery time - there's pain up to a week afterward - but also because I have some spinal problems in the area they tap. It makes me a risky candidate, because if they got the needle in even a little wrong, I'd be looking at back surgery. Yay. (And I know it makes me a bad person, but there is a part of me that is super-grateful to have a "legitimate" reason not to donate, since I'm not a big fan of the pain.)

As they won't even take my blood (asthma drugs I a...

2008-11-06T13:26:00.000-05:00

As they won't even take my blood (asthma drugs I assume), I don't imagine they will take my bone marrow. Um, not to mention the caner history.

Now, if only red wine didn't give me a headache, I would so be on that diet.

How convenient, I love red wine and pizza! :)(sorr...

2008-11-06T13:01:00.000-05:00

How convenient, I love red wine and pizza! :)

(sorry. still too caught up with that study to see anything else you wrote about in this post).

I believe that the 87% is accounted for by the fac...

2008-11-06T12:39:00.000-05:00

I believe that the 87% is accounted for by the fact that gay women are more healthy and fit than straight women. ??? Maybe?

Monica, yay!I shrink from the thought of a painful...

2008-11-06T12:24:00.000-05:00

Monica, yay!

I shrink from the thought of a painful procedure, but then I think about people like Emru Townsend
http://www.healemru.com/index-en.php

I understand he is leaving behind a young family.

Leth Gourmet, I hear similar comments from a lot o...

2008-11-06T12:19:00.000-05:00

Leth Gourmet, I hear similar comments from a lot of women. Seems like more than 8% of the population is not having wild times every night.

I'd sorta assumed women of both size groups were 'blurring' the truth a bit.

You, know...my first reaction (like everyone else,...

2008-11-06T12:18:00.000-05:00

You, know...my first reaction (like everyone else, it seems) was to think--donate bone marrow? No way, too painful!!

But then I thought about it, and I kind of felt ashamed of myself--yes, I have heard it can be painful, but it will only hurt for a matter of seconds/minutes. Compare that to the physical pain of having leukemia, or the emotional pain of losing someone to it... I don't know. I found myself feeling a little selfish. I mean, I've gotten plenty of shots and had blood drawn countless times in my life--all things that hurt, but I did them for my own health.

So yeah, long story short, I've decided to sign up to donate!

I've heard too that donating bone marrow is very p...

2008-11-06T12:06:00.000-05:00

I've heard too that donating bone marrow is very painful. I know it's really needed, but given the level of pain, I'm not sure I'd do it unless it was for someone I knew. I hope that doesn't make me a bad person, but there it is.

Pizza and red wine, mmm. I'm gonna have to try that!

It's a good thing I wasn't included in those sex and overweight statistics...I'm technically overweight and I've got nothing moving in the nooky department.

Gazelle, no no no, girl! The cookie and leftover H...

2008-11-06T12:01:00.000-05:00

Gazelle, no no no, girl! The cookie and leftover H candy is a separate diet ;)

Bunnygirl, my first thought was one of surprise th...

2008-11-06T11:59:00.000-05:00

Bunnygirl, my first thought was one of surprise that 92% and 87% of the women in question said "Oh sure! Lots of sex. Yep, all the time."

Tuesday night I tried out the pizza & red wine die...

2008-11-06T11:41:00.000-05:00

Tuesday night I tried out the pizza & red wine diet. I think I gained about 5 lbs though - maybe that's 'cause I followed it up with the cookie & leftover Halloween candy diet?

I think they should have asked the women how picky...

2008-11-06T11:35:00.000-05:00

I think they should have asked the women how picky they were...I mean size is sort of irrelevant if you're not really...um...turning them down, so to speak.

Can I somehow covert the red wine to beer? If so, it's the perfect things for me.

As for bone marrow...I agree. Like organ donorship it's a simple thing tha tsaves many lives...people think you need horrible tests and such but it's a cheek swab...and you can save someone's life :)

MaryAnne, I don't even want to think about a study...

2008-11-06T11:25:00.000-05:00

MaryAnne, I don't even want to think about a study on overweight men having sex with mice ;)

I think the long-ass-needle procedure would be done under some serious-ass anesthesia.

It's mind-boggling to think that something like this could actually save someone's life. Like donating a kidney, but in this case you still have all your body parts.

There are two ways to donate bone marrow: one with...

2008-11-06T10:01:00.000-05:00

There are two ways to donate bone marrow: one with PBSC (or some combination of those letters) where they give you drugs that cause your marrow to make extra cells and release them into your bloodstream and then it's like giving blood (other than the headaches from the pills.)

The other way involves a surgical (usually outpatient) procedures possibly involving a long-ass needle.

That said, I haven't joined the registry yet, but it's because I'm a chicken. Because I know if I got called, I would not be able to say no.

Maybe this will be the month I'll get the guts to join while giving blood.

This is one of my current favorites: Polenta Spina...

2008-11-06T09:36:00.000-05:00

This is one of my current favorites: Polenta Spinach Pie. It's very similar to pizza, but quite healthy.

As for the size issue, it's not impossible that heavier women (up to a point) have sex more often than skinnier (especially anorexic-thin) women. Contrary to what the fashion mags and catwalks would have us believe, most men prefer a gal with a little padding. The Olive Oyl look just isn't attractive for most women.

Yay - more pills!! Oh, wait. I wonder what the s...

2008-11-06T09:05:00.000-05:00

Yay - more pills!! Oh, wait. I wonder what the side effects of messing with one's natural metabolism like that will be. We don't have such a great history that way...

I will have to think hard about the bone marrow. Donating marrow is excruciatingly painful and I am a huge pain wuss. Although I do love helping people. Hmmmm....

So, there's a cause and effect relationship betwee...

2008-11-06T08:51:00.000-05:00

So, there's a cause and effect relationship between sex with men and overweightness? Have they tested THAT with mice?

Mary Anne in Kentucky