4 Tips to lose weight

HERE ARE FOUR DIET TIPS TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT:


As an American, it's practically your patriotic duty to become an obese, self-centered loud-mouth. But if you'd rather be a self-centered loud-mouth of average size, here are four diet tips to help you shed those extra pounds:


#1.) Start walking: The American Heart Association recommends you take 10,000 steps every day. That's like walking three miles a day. Or 1,095 miles a year.


--But while the average European walks about 237 miles a year, the average American walks just 87 miles a year. That's about 8% of how much you should be walking.


#2.) Eat slower: For most Americans, eating a meal involves stuffing their face with as much food as possible, as quickly as possible. But studies have shown that eating slowly can help you feel full quicker, which will prevent overeating.


#3.) Eat-in more: The average American eats more than half their meals at restaurants, while residents of the healthiest countries in the world eat out only on special occasions.


#4.) Be careful with tropical fruits: If you're trying to lose weight, eating more fruit is a good place to start. But watch out for tropical fruits like pineapple and coconut because they have the highest fat and sugar content of all fruits.


(That's Fit)

Just remember, start off slow and work your way up with more exercise.

Most importantly cut down portion sizes!!!

Insane artist!

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE COOL 3-D PAPER SCULPTURES:


Peter Callesen is an artist from Denmark who uses just a single sheet of plain paper to create the most amazing 3-D paper sculptures. I promise you, his work is much cooler than it sounds. In fact, it's pretty unbelievable. (Digg)


Copy and paste this link into your browser.

Then click on the first item on the left labeled A4 Papercut


http://www.petercallesen.com/index/index2.html

Helping Haiti

Here are various ways that you can help the people of Haiti. This country has been devastated by a major earthquake and the people there need your help!IF everyone just donated one dollar we could really make a difference.


HELPING HAITI

The International Red Cross said that up to 3 million people may have been affected by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. The biggest need is money. Here’s some information from CNN and other reputable organizations offering assistance, along with information for loved ones.

· The U.S. State Department has set up a hotline for information on family members who may be in Haiti: 888.407.4747. This number is for information on U.S. citizens in Haiti only.

· You can text donations for Haiti relief from your cell phone. In addition to your donation amount, standard text messaging fees will apply. Red Cross: Text HAITI to 90999 ($10 donation)

· Web sites where you can offer money, your time, and other ways to help. (Stations: You may want to post the links you mention on the air on your Web site.)

Providing Basic Needs:
- American Red Cross (www.redcross.org) 1.800.Red.Cross
- CARE (www.care.org) 1.800.521.CARE
- Save The Children (www.savethechildren.org) 1.800.728.3843 or 203.221.4030
- American Jewish World Service (http://ajws.org)
- William J. Clinton Foundation (www.clintonfoundation.org)
- World Concern (www.worldconcern.org/haiti-earthquake/)
- Mercy Corps (www.MercyCorps.org)
- U.S. Fund for UNICEF (www.Unicefusa.org) 1.800.4UNICEF
- YELE Haiti – founded by Wyclef Jean (www.wfp.org) Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5

Providing Medical Aid:
- International Medical Corps (www.imcworldwide.org) 1.800.481.4462
- Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org) 1.888.392.0392
- Operation USA (www.opusa.org) 1.800.678.7255
- World Health Organization (www.who.int/en)
- AmeriCares (www.AmeriCares.org) 1.800.486.HELP
- Direct Relief (www.directrelief.org) 1.805.964.4767 or 1.800.676.1638
- Christian Global Health organization (www.medicalteams.org) 1.800.959.4327

Providing Food:
- Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org) 1.800.SAL.ARMY
- World Food Programme (www.wfp.org)
- Food For The Poor (www.foodforthepoor.org)

Providing Shelter:
- Habitat for Humanity International (www.habitat.org)
- Shelterbox (www.shelterbox.org) 941.907.6036

Best Fails of 2009

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Hold off on buying these.....

HERE ARE TEN THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T BUY BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT TO BECOME OBSOLETE:



#1.) DVDs: By the end of the year, Blockbuster plans to close nearly a quarter of its stores, and you know why: The late fees are annoying, services like Netflix are ridiculously cheap, and your cable provider offers plenty of on-demand movies.


#2.) Home telephone service: You already have a cell phone, email, instant messaging and Skype to help you stay in touch. So why bother with a landline?


#3.) External hard drives: You need to back up all the music, photos, and other material on your computer. But online backup services like Carbonite.com and Mozy.com are already starting to replace traditional external hard drives.


#4.) Smartphones that aren't the iPhone or BlackBerry: Right now, BlackBerries account for 40% of the smartphone market, and the iPhone accounts for another 25%. Unless you go with the Google phone that just came out, don't bother with anyone else.



#5.) Compact digital cameras: The wave of the future is the single-lens reflex camera. They're a little bulkier, but they take much better photos.


#6.) Newspaper subscriptions: If you need to get your news, there's this CRAZY new invention called the Internet where you can get breaking news all day long. (???)


#7.) CDs: Like the eight-track and the cassette tape before it, the CD is about to go the way of the dinosaurs. But you've seen that one coming for years, haven't you?


#8.) New college textbooks: There's really no point in shelling out for new textbooks when you can get them much cheaper used. Better yet, download your textbooks on the Internet, or rent them from a service called Chegg.com.


#9.) Gas-guzzling cars: It's finally happened . . . consumers are interested in buying cars that get good gas mileage, and manufacturers are interested in making them.


#10.) Homes and appliances that aren't energy-efficient: Thanks to all the new federal environmental standards, and the tax credits tied to energy-efficient home upgrades, anything that's not energy-efficient is about to become a thing of the past.


(Yahoo Finance)