Comments on: My so-called addicted life http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:17:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: carlaviii http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/comment-page-1/#comment-356 carlaviii Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:20:28 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/#comment-356 I was going to recommend Neil Postman, no fair! :) Turning off/cutting back on TV has many benefits besides the induced passivity... most notably, those super-skinny actors/actresses whose constant presence enforces the unattainable "normal" body type. Turn off the TV, and let the people around you define the "normal" body type instead. I've cut down the Tivoing to an hour or two a day, three at the most. On the other hand, my online movie rental queue has broken 1,000... I was going to recommend Neil Postman, no fair! :)

Turning off/cutting back on TV has many benefits besides the induced passivity… most notably, those super-skinny actors/actresses whose constant presence enforces the unattainable “normal” body type. Turn off the TV, and let the people around you define the “normal” body type instead.

I’ve cut down the Tivoing to an hour or two a day, three at the most. On the other hand, my online movie rental queue has broken 1,000…

]]> By: neca http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/comment-page-1/#comment-355 neca Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:01:36 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/#comment-355 I am currently reading a fitness book "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto. In the beginning, he talks a lot about mindset and goal setting. He assets that people spend more time planning a vacation that they do their life. He asks "How can you hit the target when you don't know where it is?" How true! TV, food, entertainment all serve to distract us from planning and thinking. Hey - the Roman emperors all knew that, hence all the spending on extravagent games the populace could attend for free! I am currently reading a fitness book “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle” by Tom Venuto. In the beginning, he talks a lot about mindset and goal setting. He assets that people spend more time planning a vacation that they do their life. He asks “How can you hit the target when you don’t know where it is?” How true! TV, food, entertainment all serve to distract us from planning and thinking. Hey – the Roman emperors all knew that, hence all the spending on extravagent games the populace could attend for free!

]]> By: amy http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/comment-page-1/#comment-351 amy Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:37:29 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/#comment-351 I fell off the wagon :( but i got back on today with a new rule. Every day I drink two 1 liter bottle of water (at least). I have my sippy bottle so it is easy to track. So I told myself, girl, you can have AS MUCH of your beloved DCL (diet coke with lime) or diet squirt as you want -- BUT! you have to drink an additional liter of water (on top of my usual minimum 2 for the day) for every one you drink. One coke = one liter of water. So I am slugging down liter 3 for the day to compensate for the diet coke i had at lunch and there is no way i'm drinking another tonight. I'll slosh! So far, so good. I fell off the wagon :(
but i got back on today with a new rule. Every day I drink two 1 liter bottle of water (at least). I have my sippy bottle so it is easy to track. So I told myself, girl, you can have AS MUCH of your beloved DCL (diet coke with lime) or diet squirt as you want — BUT! you have to drink an additional liter of water (on top of my usual minimum 2 for the day) for every one you drink. One coke = one liter of water. So I am slugging down liter 3 for the day to compensate for the diet coke i had at lunch and there is no way i’m drinking another tonight. I’ll slosh!
So far, so good.

]]> By: Debra http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Debra Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:20:46 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/04/26/my-so-called-addicted-life/#comment-350 You may be interested in the book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman. In it he asserts that TV creates incapacity for thinking by the short intervals of programming interspersed with news and commercials, all unrelated, many of which alone would be emotionally upsetting, frightening, sorrowful, joyful, etc., but mushed all together both deaden our emotions and prevent us from sustaining critical thought for more than 60 seconds at a time. He further asserts that the "junk" on TV is the best for you because you know it's junk. More pernicious is the "serious" TV that substitutes soundbites for critical thinking and argument, thus programming you to do the same. Hmmmmm. You may be interested in the book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman. In it he asserts that TV creates incapacity for thinking by the short intervals of programming interspersed with news and commercials, all unrelated, many of which alone would be emotionally upsetting, frightening, sorrowful, joyful, etc., but mushed all together both deaden our emotions and prevent us from sustaining critical thought for more than 60 seconds at a time. He further asserts that the “junk” on TV is the best for you because you know it’s junk. More pernicious is the “serious” TV that substitutes soundbites for critical thinking and argument, thus programming you to do the same. Hmmmmm.

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