Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These were functional images; they were meant to produce results. But what results? To represent something, to capture its image on a wall in colored earths and animal fat, is in some sense to capture and master it; to have power over it. Lascaux is full of nonthreatening animals, including wild cattle, bison and horses, but Chauvet pullulates with dangerous ones-cave bears, a panther and no fewer than 50 woolly rhinos. Such creatures, to paraphrase Claude Lavi-Strauss, were good to think with, not good to eat. We can assume they had a symbolic value, maybe even a religious...
...idea of a good lunch: May be some pumpernickel and ham or something; a fat sandwich and some corn chips; something breefy, a lot of meat...
...battling the problem of fat: throw away the TV set. Nutritionists believe overweight people are particularly susceptible to external cues about food--and commercial TV offers a relentless barrage of such cues, showing creamy, crispy, salty, sugary, savory, toasty, melts-in-the-mouth, betcha- can't-eat-just-one concoctions. The dieter who wants to stop constantly thinking about food, yet spends each night in front of the tube, is doomed to failure...
...someone who just lost 28 lbs. in three months, I think the secret to weight loss is to write down everything you eat, listing the calories and fat grams for each item. This forces you to think about what you are eating. Next, make sure the calories and fat grams you consume are at a level that results in weight loss. This is not that difficult today, as we have fat-free cheese and potato chips (that are almost as good as the originals). With just a little discipline, most people should be able to lose weight and keep...
...want to state unequivocally that I did not commit these horrible crimes.'' He added, in a book published last Friday, that he would have jumped in front of a bullet for his dead ex-wife Nicole--or a train, for that matter. The thin volume, the issue of a fat-figured deal ($1 million), is a brilliant sliver of disingenuousness called I Want to Tell You and subtitled My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions...