Social Networking Sites Make People Fat

Facebook 'makes you fat' as Britons pile on the pounds

By Hannah Wood, Mirror.co.uk 15/08/2008

Facebook is turning Britain into a nation of fatties.

Millions of Britons are piling on the pounds at a dramatic rate by scoffing crisps and chocolate while online instead of eating healthy meals, according to a new survey.

A third of people said they had put on half a stone in three months and nearly half of Brits, who spend an average of two-and-a-half hours a day surfing the net, claim that they would rather miss out on a proper evening meal than miss out on the latest status updates of their friends.

And almost three-quarters said they found it hard to stop surfing once they’d gone online with the most popular time to log on between 6pm and 9pm.

Newcastle tops the list for the British city where most skip meals (57 per cent), closely followed by Manchester (52 per cent), Liverpool (48 per cent) and then Bristol (48 per cent), says the new survey by Somerfield.

In London 44 per cent admit to online addiction with social networking sites Facebook, Bebo and MySpace being the most popular pastime, followed by instant messaging to stay in touch.

Somerfield spokesman, Pete Williams, said: “Our digital habits are changing the way we live our lives and can be unhealthy.”

Day 4 of Water Fast

Today is the start of Day 4. I'm shooting for 10 but I think the lassez faire approach of not having a hard deadline may be helping.

I am starting to see a few changes in the mirror, breath is still rank and tongue white but not like on Day 2. Personally, I have found that 20 minutes of Pilates is doing wonders for my energy level so I am doing that ealy in the day. Meditation seems to be falling in at exactly the 20 minute mark also.

I had a large platter filled with fuji apples, oranges and bananas that every time I sat down to my computer I got a whiff of. Last night I did some searches to find out how to freeze each - bananas were sliced and placed into Ziploc freezer bags so that when I'm ready to juice again I can toss those into the blender, oranges were just peeled and sliced, apples I read should be tosssed into a bowl of salt water before placing into a freezer bag so I used a little Sea Salt . Checked everything this morning in the freezer and all looks good - no browning at all.

I have a large tumbler that I keep filled with water and with me at all times. I'm guessing it holds about 20 oz of water and I seem to be going through 4 of those each day with no problem.

There's a water fasting discussion forum at www.CureZone.com and they've all been amazingly helpful.

Good luck to everyone else who is fasting!