Comments on: Curves and Avon Embrace Quackery http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:51:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christina http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-212822 Christina Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:18:02 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-212822 <p>I just tried the waist trimmer. I like it because it holds my belly fat tight while exercising. There is nothing worse than exercising while my belly is three exercises behind me...haha. Seriously, I have some baby belly jiggle going on and this waist trimmer helps hold it in. If a benefit is to lose water weight, which by the way WOW! My waist was soaked when I got done exercising...then that benefit is awesome! I would love to try out the shoes but I can't even afford $30 right now except it be on a pair of crosstrainers.</p> I just tried the waist trimmer. I like it because it holds my belly fat tight while exercising. There is nothing worse than exercising while my belly is three exercises behind me…haha. Seriously, I have some baby belly jiggle going on and this waist trimmer helps hold it in. If a benefit is to lose water weight, which by the way WOW! My waist was soaked when I got done exercising…then that benefit is awesome! I would love to try out the shoes but I can’t even afford $30 right now except it be on a pair of crosstrainers.

]]> By: Susan http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-211623 Susan Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:48:49 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-211623 <p>The first time I walked in the sandals..(not the flops) I could feel the stretch of the muscles in the back of my leg...I can see my legs toning...I LOVE THEM!!!...it is pretty well known that the 'wraps' do not take off fat...but reduce water weight.</p> The first time I walked in the sandals..(not the flops) I could feel the stretch of the muscles in the back of my leg…I can see my legs toning…I LOVE THEM!!!…it is pretty well known that the ‘wraps’ do not take off fat…but reduce water weight.

]]> By: Rose http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-211390 Rose Fri, 22 May 2009 12:31:27 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-211390 <p>These shoes are very very similar to MBT sandals which cost $240. MBT make the same claim. Avons shoes cost $30. At least Avon doesn't lie to you and rob you at the same time. By the way both brand of shoes are very comfortable and they do encourage exercise which does make you lose weight.</p> These shoes are very very similar to MBT sandals which cost $240. MBT make the same claim. Avons shoes cost $30. At least Avon doesn’t lie to you and rob you at the same time. By the way both brand of shoes are very comfortable and they do encourage exercise which does make you lose weight.

]]> By: iportion http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-210931 iportion Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:40:50 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-210931 <p>A lot of smart people fall for this type of thing due to being desperate, or just wanting it easy. Exercise and healthy eating can be fun but it's usually not easy.</p> A lot of smart people fall for this type of thing due to being desperate, or just wanting it easy.
Exercise and healthy eating can be fun but it’s usually not easy.

]]> By: Rona Y http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-210925 Rona Y Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:40:47 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-210925 <p>Oops--that should be "women", not "somen" ("somen" is a type of Japanese noodle usually eaten cold, by the way)</p> Oops–that should be “women”, not “somen” (”somen” is a type of Japanese noodle usually eaten cold, by the way)

]]> By: Rona Y http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/03/15/curves-and-avon-embrace-quackery/#comment-210924 Rona Y Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:39:15 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2834#comment-210924 <p>I see stuff like this in Japan all the time, and it sells incredibly well here! Japanese people are always the first to jump on any fad, and despite being incredibly careful, rational people ("attentive to detail" is one of the most commonly described attributes of Japanese people as a whole), they are quick to believe any kind of health/fitness fad.</p> <p>Even now, I see at least half a dozen people wearing vinyl sweat suits every time I go to the gym. Why, why, why?</p> <p>(What's worse is that many of the somen who wear these things are about a size 2 or maybe 4 by North American standards--they wear girdles, too!)</p> I see stuff like this in Japan all the time, and it sells incredibly well here! Japanese people are always the first to jump on any fad, and despite being incredibly careful, rational people (”attentive to detail” is one of the most commonly described attributes of Japanese people as a whole), they are quick to believe any kind of health/fitness fad.

Even now, I see at least half a dozen people wearing vinyl sweat suits every time I go to the gym. Why, why, why?

(What’s worse is that many of the somen who wear these things are about a size 2 or maybe 4 by North American standards–they wear girdles, too!)

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