Worried About Holiday Weight Gain?

Media moron alert!

Where does ABCNews find them?

"The general belief is that Americans gain between five and nine pounds between Halloween and New Year's Day, but that may be an exaggeration. A study conducted in 2000 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes suggested that Americans, on average, gain only about one pound during the winter holidays.

But this weight gain accumulates over the years, possibly contributing to the overall weight gain someone experiences in the course of a lifetime."

One pound gained in two months worth of holidays is great. (if you believe them and him)

But to suggest that "this weight gain accumulates over the years, possibly contributing to the overall weight gain someone experiences in the course of a lifetime," is imbecilic.

What is going on the other 10 months? The one pound ain't squat, moron, it's the remainder of the year.

If people only gained the one pound per year from the holidays there is no way that we would be experiencing the epidemic of overweight and obesity that we are.

Certainly this is an impossible statistic for fat kids who have not lived long enough to accumulate their overweight and obesity at one pound per year.

Here is one of this expert's moronic "holiday weight gain" solutions:

"Solution 3: Wii Fit

By now everyone has heard about this integration of video games and workout programs. Many of us have video consoles in our houses because of our children, or maybe we even play them ourselves. Invest in one of the Nintendo Wii Fit workout programs..."

See here and here to get a sense of what your hundreds of dollars buys you fitness-wise.

Then there is this plum:

"None of the above solutions will not work if you don't know why you want to do them."

What does that mean? And these are supposed to be the pros in fitness and communication.

The author of the piece:

"Stefan Aschan is the owner and founder of www.strength123.com, providing nutrition and exercise programs in New York City."

They left out that Stefan is also a moron.