OklahomaCity-related stories
Taco Bell gives free tacos to dieters
Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements
I know that every time that I make an effort to lose a few pounds, the first thing I think is usually not, "Hmmm, maybe Taco Bell for lunch." Fast food restaurants are often trying to change that unhealthy image, and Taco Bell is no exception. They have their "fresco" menu, nine items with nine grams of fat or less. And in Oklahoma City, they're giving away one free taco to residents as a reward for their weight loss efforts.
The restaurant teamed up with the local mayor in a city-wide weight loss challenge. When residents reached 100,000 pounds lost, Taco Bell decided to give everyone one free taco. I initially wanted to be critical of this partnership, since fast food is often loaded with fat, salt, and excessive calories. But I'm starting to think that Oklahoma City residents may have found that happy balance between eating right and enjoying a healthy indulgence now and then... even a free taco.
What do you think?
The restaurant teamed up with the local mayor in a city-wide weight loss challenge. When residents reached 100,000 pounds lost, Taco Bell decided to give everyone one free taco. I initially wanted to be critical of this partnership, since fast food is often loaded with fat, salt, and excessive calories. But I'm starting to think that Oklahoma City residents may have found that happy balance between eating right and enjoying a healthy indulgence now and then... even a free taco.
What do you think?
Oklahoma City Mayor puts entire city on diet
Instead of huge portions, chicken-fried steak and a mountain of potatoes, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett wants his city to lose a collective one million pounds in 2008.
Now that's one neat New Year's resolution, yes? Cornett says that Oklahoma City is known as one of America's fattest cities -- a distinction he's like to change soon if possible.
The one-million pound weight loss goal was promoted by Cornett's own struggle to lose weight, so he evidently has a vested interest in this project.
Yesterday, Cornett said "The message of this obesity initiative is that we've got to watch what we eat ... exercise is part of it and the city is trying to change into a city that is less sprawling, has more density and is more pedestrian friendly, but you're not really going to take on obesity unless you acknowledge that we eat too much and don't eat the right foods."
Now that's one neat New Year's resolution, yes? Cornett says that Oklahoma City is known as one of America's fattest cities -- a distinction he's like to change soon if possible.
The one-million pound weight loss goal was promoted by Cornett's own struggle to lose weight, so he evidently has a vested interest in this project.
Yesterday, Cornett said "The message of this obesity initiative is that we've got to watch what we eat ... exercise is part of it and the city is trying to change into a city that is less sprawling, has more density and is more pedestrian friendly, but you're not really going to take on obesity unless you acknowledge that we eat too much and don't eat the right foods."
