Obesity in America

I just read that 47 states have an obesity rate higher than 20%, versus 15 years ago when not a single state exceeded 15%.

Tonight marks the return of NBC's The Biggest Loser and in a tribute to obesity in America, and my last 10-15 baby-weight pounds, I did some crunches, lunges, reverse lunges, bridges, and push-ups. More importantly, I did not eat the last half of my burrito from Taqueria Guadalahara. Surely with my eating habits you know that this was no small feat.

Watching these people sweat, cry, vomit and lose weight is really inspirational for me. Kind of makes me want to do something similar at home, but then of course I am jolted back into reality by having yet another night where I wake up every 1.5 hours all night long. Sleep deprivation has completely sapped my energy much less my inclination to lose weight.

Hey there, Delilah ...

I love this song. And, I hate it.

I love the lyrics, the melody, the naïve idealism, and the sappy sentiment, but this song is strangling me. Every DJ in the Sacramento region is compelled to play this hit, which makes it impossible to drive ten miles without hearing it at least once. Last week I heard it once per hour all day long. It slowly crept into my brain, cutting off my oxygen and making it impossible to rid myself of Delilah the sorry bastard who loved her.

Wicked woman that I am, I secretly hoped that the songwriter got dumped before he made it big and abhors listening to “Delilah” as much as I do, if not more. I figured that would make us square, especially since he gets money to hear his pain. Just today I discovered songwriter Tom Higgenson never dated Delilah! She rebuffed him pretty much immediately, which makes it only fair that we are all tortured while Tom lines his pockets with grief and money.

I’m not sure which is worse, being the girl the song was written about, or being the rich songwriter who is constantly reminded of the girl who spurned him. I’d like to say that Delilah made a huge mistake, because anyone who can write a song like deserves at least one date, but I’ve never been the girl songs are written for, so what do I know?