(because hopscotching the internet is so August 1st)
OK. (deep breath)
Raise your hand if, even with all our quitting & doing LESS, youve had a CRIZazee week.
Im not even certain why (or how) mine became so hectic —-but it did.
Which leads me to my first link.
I freakin adore this *entire* site (so please to explore) but needneedneed this item STAT. How relaxing does that look?!
Speaking of living the life which feels akin to cramming 8 pounds of beef jerky in a 6 pound sack—-have you seen this?
In my never humble opinion, the fact that there’s the word MANIAC in the description speaks volumes.
Ive been known to devour books on my ereader (which is a chat for a different day. anyone else out there have one?) but via my CELL? No thank you.
Now, and I apologize in advance, it’s time to get riled up.
AT OURSELVES.
Have you see this study?
If it’s correct then we women feel WORSE about ourselves after seeing advertisements using skinny models (groundbreaking info. I know) BUT we feel *better* about the products (Ill give you a moment to process that one).
According to one of the commenters in the piece (a male business professor): thin models make women feel bad, but they like it.
(I shall leave it at that & look forward to your comments below.)
Veering back to the shopping , I give you this.
While I mightcould appear to be free & easy with the virtual moneyspending in my posts—-MizFit is all about the deal.
It’s not so much that I thrive on the bargains but more that it gets my hackles up to think that I paid $XX.XX for something when someone, somewhere paid far, far less.
(classy, I know, & two points if you can tell me where the phrase GETS HACKLES UP comes from (dog trainers?). Im too lazy to look unable to locate that anywhere.)
HOWEVER, with all the money you saved with your couponing, you can now afford this.
It totally makes me laugh, People, as nothing shouts Im A MizFit! like a bluetooth-wannabe accessory!
Making a hard left back toward Serioustown (or as close as we come) remember when I never took off this tanktop?
I was doing so well at no longer washingwearingwashingwearing and then I read this post.
I greatly enjoyed it (especially number 7) & simultaneously know, given my tired state, I can use a visual reminder.
Consider yourself warned, residents of the ATX, it’s gonna be all Be Present tank all the time this weekend.
I leave you to your Friday with one final link & an opportunity. Sure, this already exists but I challenge you, oh lovers of the felines, to not them them be neglected.
John MEOWcain? Barak ObMEOWma?
I know you can do better than that.
Please to spend your weekend creating & get to cafepress A-SAP.
(just be SURE to use spell check!)
EDITED TO SAY: here is the PB2 post as per yesterday’s discussion. I love me some powdered peanut butter and it is PERFECT for leaving in the trunk for those snack’mergencies.
chiarunner says
August 8, 2008 at 4:14 amPsst… You gotta extra http in your thinkgeek link chicky :-*
Cammy says
August 8, 2008 at 4:17 am“candy bar style cell phone”
I have yet to see a cell phone shaped like a candy bar. Do they come in Reese’s peanut butter cup style?
We laugh, but it occurs to me that this accessory would be the perfect place to keep your protein bar, or you know, an actual candy bar, while you’re driving down the road. No blindly reaching for it in the console when you’re ready for the next bite. Just lift your wrist (without taking your eyes off the road) and chow down.
(snerk!) I know I’m not the only one who would wind up with bitemarks on her wrists. 🙂
Good for giggles in the a.m. Thanks!
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 4:20 amand fixed.
maybe? I hope?!
and Cammy? I LOVE THAT IDEA!
my you bars will fit perfectly.
think we can convince them to send us all one? (not a bar. a bar-holder. eh, and a bar too if they want!)
Fitarella says
August 8, 2008 at 4:20 amsome linkies no workey for me…please to check your email (ha, I did a mizfit!)
TokaiAngel says
August 8, 2008 at 4:41 amThat study makes me worry.
Not so much on the “women all hate their bodies” note, because we ALL know about that one. But that our everyday choices are so relentlessly driven by our need to attain an impossible standard. How can we ever be content with what we have when the consumerism that our society has been built on relies so heavily on us always needing more? If we all became suddenly became content with what we had, would modern society simply collapse?
Your Contemporary Social Issues lecture finishes here. Please pick up a handout at the exit.
TA x
Mark Salinas says
August 8, 2008 at 4:43 amSpell check indeed…yikes! Thanks for the links! 🙂 Have a great weekend!
C says
August 8, 2008 at 4:45 amI so need that usb aromatherapy. My office mate eats tuna and it stinks up the whole place!
FitMom says
August 8, 2008 at 4:49 amCompletely read. Will have to offer up some insight later. Gotta run now.
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 4:51 amC? I so could have been your officemate.
I’m even more glad I took my stinkfood *outside* even in the cold east coast wintertime 😉
Crabby McSlacker says
August 8, 2008 at 4:52 amGreat links, and yeah, what a depressing study.
While the guy’s quote is irritating, it actually seems to reflect some weird psychological truth. The media won’t change what they put out there until women stop demanding it. Why do so many women want images that make them feel crappy? I don’t get it.
I’m hoping to find out more at tokaiAngels next Contemporary Social Issues lecture. Now THAT would be a class I wouldn’t want to sleep through!
Gena says
August 8, 2008 at 4:56 amI’ve bookmared the be present site and when return when I can fully read and appreciate it. It looks good.
Sooo, I’m not sure my coworkers would like it if I brought aromatherapy into the lab via my computer. That’s a really odd one, although not as odd as the candy bar shaped phone. Strange descriptors, indeed.
And lastly, I don’t think we could get Clark to wear a shirt at all, much less one supporting politics. I think he’s politically neutral.
Erica says
August 8, 2008 at 5:21 amI’m running late right now, but I wanted to stop in and say hi and that I hope you have a fab weekend :
Andrew(AJH) says
August 8, 2008 at 5:21 amThe USB Beverage Cooler looks cool too!
I loved the Dove ad campaign, it also ran in Aus – the women in it were so beautiful. I’m not a skin+bone models fan to be honest!
HangryPants says
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 amThat study makes me wonder: can’t we outsmart the advertisers? Let’s do it.
– Heather
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 5:26 amyesyesYES heather.
In the way Mommy Bloggers already have I so want the H.F.B. bloggers (health, fitness, BALANCE) to unite and I do believe we could change things.
I’m NOT kidding when I say in the commentversations that I believe the Bumbling Band has a loud enough chant to make a difference.
John says
August 8, 2008 at 5:45 amI’ll raise my hand about the whole crazy week thing.
Teresa says
August 8, 2008 at 6:07 amA dog “gets its hackles up” when it gets aggressive in order to look larger to its opponent. The “hackles” refers to the hair across its shoulders, just behind the neck. I’m not sure who coined the phrase…
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 6:10 amthanks Teresa.
For our purposes you coined it.
joy says
August 8, 2008 at 6:10 amCrazy week here, too. Too many things piled up at once. Think the levels just might be dropping *fingers crossed*
I have a serious case of “gotta have” on the kindle. I read often, and love to take audio books along for runs & rides. Don’t think I’d ever be desperate enough to read a book on my cell phone. News articles are tough enough.
The study on skinny models in advertising is upsetting. Fortunately, I’m seeing more and more ads with positive messages and messages. The Dove skin care campaign is one. My favorite(s) are the Heart Smart ads – the “one _____ stronger” campaign. Those express the message I want my daughter to take from my changes in exercise and diet over the past few years.
Fit Bottomed Girls says
August 8, 2008 at 6:10 amThat study makes me sad.
But, it’s Friday so I’m going to focus on something less serious and hilarious — those tatts! Especially the first one. When you can’t spell awesome, you’ve kind of lost your cause for in fact being awesome.
Susan says
August 8, 2008 at 6:17 amNo harm in a bargain!!
Since leaving my job last month to pursue my fitness and nutrition passions, I’ve been BIG on couponing! The issue is two fold — it’s really difficult to find grocery coupons (the free couponing sites claim to have coupons which just aren’t “active”) and many supermarkets are refusing to accept printed coupons (blasted supermarkets!!). My best success in finding coupons has been visiting the manufacturer web sites.
Susan
http://www.catapultfitnessblog.com
Fitnessista says
August 8, 2008 at 6:35 amPOWDERED peanut butter?!?! i’m crawling out from under my rock and ordering some now.
happy friday, mizfit!
WeightingGame says
August 8, 2008 at 6:38 ami once saw a USB port thing in the shape of a mini maki roll – even cuter than the aromatherapy one above (but didn’t smell as good!) It was $$ so I didn’t get it. Kicking myself in the USB now!
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 6:41 amyou could just get the SAKI SCENTED USB one!
those are all the rage now.
workout mommy says
August 8, 2008 at 6:57 amI have forgotten what non-crazy looks/feels like!
That cell phone wrist thing is hilarious! It reminds me of the old school cartoons where they had those watch receivers. (no caffeine yet, having problems with recall right now!)
and I need to print the be present list. love it!
and YES. We need to change that thinking ASAP!!
I love the coupons, but have a big unorganized pile of them sitting on table that never seem to make it to the store. any ideas?
FatFighter says
August 8, 2008 at 7:19 amThanks for standing up for cats – it’s a dog’s world out there. 😉
How ’bout Purrr-ock Obama???
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 7:26 amPURRRRRR-fect!!!
charlotte says
August 8, 2008 at 7:27 amRead maniac is very intriguing. Except I’m already tethered to my cell phone. What I REALLY want? A Kindle. Deeply.
Thank you as well for the coupon link. My two best loves: books and coupons! (Yeah, I’m that cool.)
As for the issue of self-hate in women, that is something that has long perplexed me about our society. A woman who truly loves her body and herself (and is therefor immune to such rotten skinny-is-all ads) must be taken down. Broken. But women who are fake and subservient and self-hating are idealized. We are our own worst enemies.
Diana says
August 8, 2008 at 7:51 amYa, the story about skinny models and the products. I’m getting my PhD in psychology, and let me tell you…I think the only people that take us so seriously is advertising. They don’t care that we feel bad as long as their sales increase. If you think about it, you may feel bad about yourself, but if you associate beautiful & skinny women with the product, then why wouldn’t you want to get it? I think feeling bad makes you want it more, because you want the product and to be like that even more. Sick, huh?
Where do you find all of these crazy web pages or sites? Too fun 🙂 Especially the USB’s…who coudn’t use the relaxation like that?
BeckStein says
August 8, 2008 at 8:15 amHackles:
raise one’s hackles, to arouse one’s anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
a. the erectile hair on the back of an animal’s neck: At the sound of footsteps, the dog raised her hackles.
b. anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one’s hackles up.
OR
The hackle is a feather plume (most plumes are made of horsehair) that is attached to the headdress.
In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries the hackle is worn by some infantry regiments, especially those designated fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins. It was commonly attached to the feather bonnet worn by Highland regiments (now usually only worn by drummers, pipers and bandsmen). The colour of the hackle varies from regiment to regiment.
So it can mean to not get so angry that the hair stands up on the back of your neck, or don’t get someone so riled up that they call out the regiment to start a war.
Tipper says
August 8, 2008 at 8:17 amAnother great list of links. But the women like to feel bad one-its just so wrong.
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 8:22 amI love it, BeckStein!
From the ‘erectile hair’ (classic) to the regiment summoning (which is what we’re doing, yes? Against advertisers?).
Love.
Sagan says
August 8, 2008 at 8:24 amPB2 LOVE!
(Just had to get that out of my systsem. Er, system).
ThinkGeek site is so cute. I love it. Also where did you get your Be Present tank? It’s so cool!
And the Library in the Pocket got me excited. Library in ones pocket? Thats some fun times! Although it might drive me insane on that little teensy tiny screen…
SeaBreeze says
August 8, 2008 at 8:25 amThis has nothing to do with your post. I have to be in Texas for work at the end of the month. Any advice for trying to run in the heat?
Jen says
August 8, 2008 at 8:32 amThat study is so interesting and a bit disheartening, but I can totally see it. We associate THIN with GOOD and IN CONTROL, which makes us feel bad about ourselves but makes us feel good about products that have thin spokesmodels. It’s so sad and frustrating!
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 8:32 amRunning in the heat?
No tips here beyond go EARLY, hydrate often & perhaps read this?
Anyone else?
And the tank? CLICK HERE.
Tell em I sent you and I think you get a discount!
Want me to check?
tfh says
August 8, 2008 at 8:34 amI don’t believe that study. (Often, I refuse to believe things I don’t want to believe.) But seriously: they studied women ages 18-24. I’m only 2 years past 24 and already feel like I’m using my prefrontal cortex (is that what they’re calling it these days?) about 95% more of the time. Also, their other measurement was that the girls temporarily said no to Oreos after seeing the skinny pics…obviously this is only a temporary effect for most of us, right? Also, also, business professors doing this kind of study? Please. Couldn’t they have involved someone from the psychology dept. to help them frame the study and interpret the results? I like to believe women are smartercoolerselfesteemier than all these studies would have us!
RANT OVER.
Now I think it’s time to plug in aromatherapeutic usb drive, play some soothing music, and breathe.
Jenn says
August 8, 2008 at 8:45 amFirst off, my life is forever crazy. For instance I go to school full time during the week and my weekends are always packed with stuff to do that either I didn’t get done during the week or that my friends have pulled me into. Sheesh.
Second, I once bought a calculator that was shaped like and smelled like a hersheys candy bar. I think I gained ten pounds that year just having that in my school bag. Not that it ever worked properly.
Jenn
Heather says
August 8, 2008 at 8:49 amFirst, running in the heat: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-369-370–12030-1-1X2-3,00.html
Second, I heard that study on NPR. It made me very sad, so I’m ready for our protest. I was just thinking yesterday (while making spinach salad no less) that it’s fun to be part of this amazing revolution. Women finally realizing that dieting worse-than-fails, that we have the power (and the right) to love and nurture OURSELVES.
Soapbox officially set aside for the day.
The tattoos cracked this english teacher up.
Am I hopelessly old-fashioned for only reading actual physical books? USED ones? (Hey–I reduce, reuse, recycle!)
My son is now cutting up bandaids with the little first aid kit scissors and putting them on my fingers. I suppose I should go save them (the bandaids–I think the fingers will survive).
Debra says
August 8, 2008 at 8:56 amI’m going to have to get one of those t-shirts for my dog!
DaDivaStreet says
August 8, 2008 at 9:10 amJohn MEOWcain! Barak ObMEOWma! Oh, my … Love it! Just Purr-fect!
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 9:17 amthanks Heather for the link.
Im playing BabyMama now and not at computer.
(And nope on the LOVE of real books. You’re not alone.)
tfh? Love the rant. Welcome the rant.
And Diana? You might not have wanted to out yourself with regards to education (wink)—you may be our ‘go to’ person now….
The Bag Lady says
August 8, 2008 at 9:32 amBag Lady is off and running today – doesn’t have time to check all the links, or read all the comments – real life beckons…..
Will be back to read later, if the bears don’t get me. (going berry-picking in the woods – promising to share all the hackle-raising stories. Might/could find some hackleberries. Oh…wait….that’s supposed to be HUCKLEberries….:)
auntie says
August 8, 2008 at 9:41 am*because hopscotching the internet is so August 1st*
made me giggle 🙂
T says
August 8, 2008 at 9:45 amnot much from this end except i like charlotte’s comment on the study. it’s so true.
sassy stephanie says
August 8, 2008 at 9:45 amHey professor (as she grabs and squeezes his “nads”)..LIKE THIS!
josha says
August 8, 2008 at 10:13 amI went to tx and ran while there…here is what you do: drive various routes and choose the one with the most sprinklers. be flexible! If you notice more sprinklers on another route as you run, change your route!
Nina says
August 8, 2008 at 10:15 amI always think that the model thing is simpler than the psych people make it. Sure, incredibly skinny and hopelessly beautiful people evoke mixed feelings in those of us who are neither incredibly skinny nor hopelessly beautiful. But buying clothes from a catalog is simpler than that. Let’s face it, clothes hang better and photograph better on women approximately shaped like 3-D coat hangers. So you are more likely to buy something that looks good on the person wearing it than not (my personal rule of thumb is, if it doesn’t look good on the model, it sure as hell isn’t going to look good on me). And so many of the catalogs that show large sized women in large sized clothes are of poor quality and are poorly photographed. The result doesn’t seem like a huge surprise to me.
I’m sending my sister the aromatherapy USB thingie. 🙂
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 10:18 amIm your sister?!
Who knew.
(and I totally agree with the WTF with regards to plus sized catalogs etc. you nailed it with the poorly (hastily it appears all too often) photographed.)
Big Girl says
August 8, 2008 at 10:30 amI love the aromatherapy thingy and the coupon link cuz I’m really digging clipping my coupons lately.
About that study, it’s like I’ve always asked, why do I feel ugly after reading beauty magazines?
have a great weekend!
dragonmamma/naomi w. says
August 8, 2008 at 10:59 amHey Mizfit, I followed the link to your “be present” video, and that’s the first time I’ve seen what you look like. Your arms are hawwwt!
Vered says
August 8, 2008 at 11:30 am“According to one of the commenters in the piece (a male business professor): thin models make women feel bad, but they like it.”
Yes. Men really get women, don’t they?
Blech.
Marcy says
August 8, 2008 at 11:50 amOoooo Nina said what I was going to say! Totally hit the point for me.
Have a great weekend chica! Love the 7 Way to be Present linky. Awesome!
Sandy (Momisodes) says
August 8, 2008 at 12:36 pmYup, it’s been a crazy week here!
I wonder what hot, buff, sexy men in ads do to guys?
ROFL at the CPC wristband! 🙂
bunnygirl says
August 8, 2008 at 1:21 pmYay! Another fan of thinkgeek!
thickchick says
August 8, 2008 at 2:15 pmOMG…an aromatherapy USB stick?
And I thought I’d seen it all.
Do people seriously buy them? My office smells nice, but I suppose an aromatherapy USB stick might be useful if one worked in an ACTUAL office (I work from a home office) and had a cube next to a farter. Ewwww.
Robin says
August 8, 2008 at 2:45 pmI agree with the poster that remarked about the age of the women in that study…18-24? I’m not sure that age group is the best representation of “all women.”
I for one have been buying Dove products because they have normal looking models.
LOL at the tatoos. reason #562 why I don’t have one.
MizFit says
August 8, 2008 at 3:18 pmI wonder what hot, buff, sexy men in ads do to guys?
word on the street is that it’s making them feel crappy about themselves, too.
(especially in british ‘laddie’ magazines I think they called them. anyone? sure I could google but can you just tell me why they are called laddie?!)
and it made me feel great about *myself* that I wasnt overjoyed (wink)
that misery really does NOT love company!
therapydoc says
August 8, 2008 at 4:19 pmIf they’re so happy being thin (models) then why are they always wearing so little? Don’t they get cold?
Marelisa says
August 8, 2008 at 5:24 pmThat little USB stick that lets off the fragrance of roses looks fantastic. I have an oil diffuser with a little votive candle underneath to warm the oil, but the USB stick looks so much more practical.
Rachel D. says
August 8, 2008 at 7:51 pmOk I totally love ThinkGeek! I get my hubby stuff from there all the time. He is a computer geek. lol
And that study is just crazy. I guess I am opposite because when I saw the Dove campaign for real beauty I went out and bought Dove deodorant. 🙂 I always knew I was “different” LOL
Tiffany says
August 8, 2008 at 9:15 pmI have been wanting to try PB2…right now I use Naturally More…I love me some peanut butter 😉
I also love ThinkGeek ♥ guess it just showcases the true goddess =P
Amanda says
August 9, 2008 at 1:41 amOHmyholyPB2.
MizFit, you just saved my poor muscles from future death and sadness (you know my protein issues lol).
You’s my proteinhero. 🙂
PS: On the read-by-cell page, is it just me, or are there, erm, extra parts on the teddy bears? That’s *one* way to teach the kiddies about anatomy, I guess…*grimace*
TokaiAngel says
August 9, 2008 at 1:48 amAha! Thinkgeek for geeks… Boy is geek… Boy birthday coming up…. *rushes back to website to check the entire catalogue*
Aha, you mean Lad’s mags! The UK phenomenon born of the 90s! Basically its like Glamo(u)r magazine but for guys. Only much, MUCH more downmarket. They get general interest articles about cars and gadgets and gross-out things about weird illnesses and amputations, then a bit of highstreet fashion, movies and hoardes of semi-clad ladies. It’s all a bit tasteless but a fascinating insight into the mind of that particular demographic.
The great thing is that nearly ALL the nudey ladies actually have booties and boobs. Yeah, they’re still pretty small, but it’s a step up from the twiglets in Elle magazine.
TA x
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