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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abusing-us-park-exercisers-is-a-lazy-national-sport/ SO there we were performing a static hold in the push-up position down at the local park when the Dog Lady first came into our lives. We heard her before she came into view, the swoosh of her nylon track pants and the tinkling bell on the collar of her Labradoodle cutting through the early morning silence. “Good morning!” I said cheerfully as I got to my feet. “F…....g dickheads!” she bellowed in reply. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abusing-us-park-exercisers-is-a-lazy-national-sport/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abusing-us-park-exercisers-is-a-lazy-national-sport/#item1610 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/odds-and-magazines-are-stacked-against-diet-success/ How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/odds-and-magazines-are-stacked-against-diet-success/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/odds-and-magazines-are-stacked-against-diet-success/#item1501 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gus-worland-weight-loss-diary/ I have battled with my weight for the past 12 years. I’m now 40. I thought having kids would be a turning point. I thought having a suspected heart attack in the West Indies while filming my show An Aussie Goes Calypso would be a turning point. I thought turning 40 would be a turning point. But nothing seems to stick and I continue to jump on and off a number of diets and fitness regimes. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gus-worland-weight-loss-diary/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gus-worland-weight-loss-diary/#item1481 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-ellis-karl-lagerfeld-is-wrong-on-body-image/ Yesterday on The Punch, Tory argued that Karl Lagerfeld’s rather out there recent comments were right - “sort of”. The gist of Karl nobody-wants-to-see-a-round-woman Lagerfeld’s contribution was that the fashion world was all about fantasy so it shouldn’t be criticised if it chooses to use only skinny models with protruding bones on their catwalks, or photos that are digitally altered to make a models’ waist the size of her neck. It’s all fantasy, silly. What’s the harm? Tory’s semi-agreement seemed rather more based on personal preference and a dislike of a recent magazine’s choice of “plus size” models. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-ellis-karl-lagerfeld-is-wrong-on-body-image/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-ellis-karl-lagerfeld-is-wrong-on-body-image/#item1470 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Medical-mag-call-out-glossy-on-potentially-fattening-diet/ In our body-image obsessed world, being told that you can be thinner by the weekend sounds delicious. That was the hook Grazia magazine used in publishing the latest US diet craze in its “Thin by Friday” feature in the June issue.  NOVA 96.9’s newsreader Kristy Warner has also shared her experience of the diet on-air. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Medical-mag-call-out-glossy-on-potentially-fattening-diet/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Medical-mag-call-out-glossy-on-potentially-fattening-diet/#item367 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 How many column inches in women’s magazines are devoted to dieting every year? Enough to cross the Nullarbor? Circumnavigate the globe? Traverse the universe? “Get your body beach ready. Now!” “Your best body. Fast.” “Your best-ever body in four weeks.” “Shrink one size in four weeks.” And my personal favourite: “Drop a dress size by Saturday!” Really? I should issue a little disclaimer and own up to writing many vacuous and silly diet coverlines during my 15-plus years working in women’s magazines. Seven kilos in seven days? Only joking. But you get the drift.