"skinny" news and stories

Imagine you're perusing your favorite food blogs, and you come across a headline that reads "How to order at Starbucks and not put on weight". If your first thought was anything like "Oh wow, finally, a map to not getting fat at Starbucks!", then you, like me, would be disappointed to read the actual article.

I see now that I was overly optimistic. Of course it's getting to be common knowledge how many calories are in most of the coffee chains' creations, and anyone can figure out that you need to order low fat items to maintain a healthy weight. I was simply, momentarily, envisioning a magic formula. Silly, I know.

Anyway, the article by Mark Strausman, in the Huffington Post, is an interesting one, full of reminiscences and observations, but no magic bullet. The real advice offered is to order low fat items and to order small sizes. Sounds like something to keep in mind as you're ordering your morning caffeine.

If you haven't heard by now, there has been a lot of controversy in the fashion world about extremely thin models lately. Some shows have banned girls from the catwalks if their BMI is too low and other designers are refusing to use them to show their collections. In an effort to aid those poor, overly thin models on their quest to bulk back up and get back to strutting their stuff on the runway, the trendy Bumpkin restaurant in Notting Hill in London is offering free food to them. Any model with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of less than 18 - which would be the BMI for a 5'8" woman weighing 120-lbs - can get all the free food that they want. The manager recommends the hearty charter pie, which contains leeks, chicken and bacon and is "enough to keep you warm and energized all day."

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