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Tonight we are oinkers; tomorrow we diet

My dearest Harley: Scott and I just finished our grocery shop for your Swimsuit Ready in 20 Days diet, as promoted on The Revolution .  We managed to deftly avoid the bread and meat aisles and realized what a bargoon this diet really is. Not counting the toilet paper and paper towels, our whole week's groceries came to less than a hundred bucks and that includes frozen fruit, Greek yogurt and four kinds of tofu. It doesn't count the cheesecake I will be gorging on tonight, nor did we five factor in the margaritas, wine and cheesecake we will be enjoying as part of what I like to think of as Our Last Supper tonight. I saw a movie last night about death row and last meals. That's the sort of mentality I'm trying to avoid as I set off on my journey to see my belly button again. But I can't help thinking about what I'd like for my last meal. Hot dogs and poutine, I'm guessing. Definitely not tofu and chia seeds. That mentality -- and the booze -- a...

What I saw at The Revolution

My newest guilty pleasure is a daytime show called The Revolution which features celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and stylist Tim Gunn. I like the show because it's different. It's not just a medical show or a chat show or a psychotherapy show. I'm so damned tired of Kelly and Ellen. I'm starting to get really pissed at Dr. Oz. I mean how many vitamins can a body take in one day? And don't get me started on Dr. Feel with his folksy "I been doin' this a loooong time by the way buy my book". I want something to perk me up in the middle of the afternoon, not put me to sleep. The big feature of The Revolution involves a weight loss story. It's shot over five months and involves one "hero" who is trained and fed by Harley and dressed by Tim, then headshrunk by a doc named Tiffani and medically examined by a doc named Jen. Somewhere in the middle is Ty Pennington, the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition bingocaller . I'm not quite su...