My family is away for the summer and so I have all this free time in the morning that I have decided to use to try and get back in shape. Will be interesting to see how it goes and what I do when they come back.

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I just read a very touching story about the China Earthquake. While going through the debris they found the body of a young lady curling her body with her head lowered. She showed no signs of life but there was a 3 - 4 month old baby girl in her arms still breast feeding. The doctor who found her said that the picture of the baby's red lively little face against the dead mother's grey dust covered breast moved him to tears. He believes that the mother but her nipple in the baby's mouth before she died. When he took the baby away from the mother, she started crying.

The mother's love and foresight saved her daughter. May she rest in peace.

Time to get in shape for the summer.

My son likes Jamba Juice and when we go there we order a small and share it amongst four of us. I've wondered how "healthy" these juices are and I just read an article that answers my question. Some of them can deliver you 900 calories worth of energy - this is great if you are a professional marathoner but for the rest of us that is a meal replacement! For too long the mantra has been supersize for nothing but I want to start a new model - half for half - where places offer a new small size is half as large and costs half as much. I know some people will say that this was a failure for Cinnibon because when they launched minibons it ate into their profits because a majority of people decided they preferred a 400 calorie minibon to a 950 calorie cinnibon. I think of it as a testimant of the fact that people want smaller portions at a reduced price. Part of the obesity problem is that you are forced to buy large portions and I think allowing people smaller options will go a long way to helping solve the problem.