OT: "Gooder" Must Be Stopped

Sometimes, you have to get up on your soapbox and take a stand. Today, I'm doing just that against an evil trend sweeping the land. It's a trend that if left unchecked, will drag Western Civilization toward the dystopian vision seen in the film Idiocracy.

I'm talking about "gooder."

Just this month alone, I've seen two t.v. commercials utilize "gooder." One was for detergent, one was for orange juice. The latter at least tried to make light of the fact that "gooder" isn't a real word. But it makes me wonder why are the overeducated muckety mucks on Madison Avenue dumbing us down like that? Is it because they really do think they're talking down on our level? Is it some strange internet meme or hipster catchphrase?

It made me think of that billboard I saw in November that said, "Imma be healthy!" I make mistakes too when I write but at least I'm not TRYING to sound like an illiterate simp. It used to--and still does--drive me crazy to see people spell "doughnut" as "donut" or people confuse "loose" with "lose." But it's seen as cool or something these days to sound as though you only have a first grade education.

Gooder is for goobers!

Guess Who's The New Jenny Craig Spokesgirl? (And other boring diet advice)

No, not me.

Remember when I noted on Facebook during Celebration V that Carrie seemed to have gained a significant amount of weight? Well, I saw on TFN that she's on a Jenny Craig program and will soon appear in the weight loss company's ads. Thus far, she's managed to lose 12 pounds in six weeks, which is pretty good.

Jenny Craig has had success with Valerie Bertinelli, who has managed to keep the lbs off thus far, and Sara Rue. Kirstie Alley lost a lot of weight and then topped over 300 pounds. Hopefully, Carrie will be one of the long-term success stories.

Since October 2009, I've lost 59 pounds using a different method. Personally, I think programs like NutriSystem, Jenny Craig, etc. can work if you can stick out their programs. The main criticism I have with them though is that you never learn how to handle food in the real world, which is the main thing you have to master in order to lose weight and not gain it back. And you kind of do get bored eating all of that processed stuff. At least Weight Watchers is a method to handle "real" food.

I read in the TFN piece that Carrie is using something that monitors caloric intake. That's very helpful. I'm now a nut for checking calorie content on labels and I will look up nutritional information if I'm planning to go to a restaurant to eat. Losing weight is a numbers game. An average person has to clock in around 1700-2000 calories a day just to stay where he or she is.

Lots of luck to Carrie; I know where she's been on this issue. Maybe she'll be back in that bikini sometime soon ;).