In honour of halloween I'm going to make a list of ingredients fit for a scary witch's stew with help from this article from eDiets. Be forewarned; they might scare the bejebus out of you:

• Beef lips, innards and joints.
  
• Ground horse bones
  
• Biscuits made of science-lab chemicals
• Curdled milk and bacteria cultures

Sounds gross, right? Well, surprise. These are all items that are part of a normal diet. Beef lips? Found in hot dogs and processed meats. Ground horse bones? That's jello for you. And the cookies and crackers at your grocery stores are made almost entirely of chemicals. Cheese is made from curdled milk and bacteria cultures.

My point is not to freak you out or keep you away from these things -- I believe that cheese, for instance, can be part of a healthy diet. But it's important to know what you put into your body ... in all it's grossness. Eat organic when possible and learn about you're food; afterall, you are what you eat!

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A few weeks ago I posted Hey Smokers! This is what your friends won't tell you. and boy did I get some feedback. You know, I wrote it kind of harshly...it is true. It's just one of those things that stick in my craw. This is a blog and AOL welcomes us to be opinionated. It is what it is. I hate smoking. Smoking is not one of those deals that effects just the person doing it; everyone surrounding the smoker is affected. But, what inspired me to write the article was all of my friends who are former smokers.

Across the board, they all are disgusted by smoking now. They also say that they "had no idea how offensive they were being, how gross it smells......even from far away, and also how nasty it looks". Go talk to someone who has already kicked the habit. They probably had no idea how offensive they were. Look, my job is to promote fitness. Most of the time I do it with a happy face, cheerful voice, and congratulating air. Every now and then it's time for straight talk. That's what that blog was all about.

Some people respond to loving hand holding. Some people respond to the harsh truth. If you visit the comment section of that blog, you'll see the suspected replies of "Gee it's my habit, and it's not hurting anyone but me." "I've tried to quit but it's an addiction, none of the remedies actually ever work, woe is me, blah blah blah". I even got cursed out a few times. Oh well. Some accused me of 'hating them'. Nope. I hate smoking. Lots of terrific people smoke, and that's also pretty frusterating.

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To start with.....you stink! Most folks I randomly interviewed today decided they'd rather sit next to someone who stepped in dog doo, than someone who was smoking a cigarette. Isn't that telling? Even if you recently smoked, but already put your cigarette out, you still stink. Gross. I imagine you didn't think it was that bad did you? You were wrong.

Second. It makes you unattractive. No amount of hair styling, fancy dressing, or scrub-a-dubbing can help when you have one of those nasty sticks hanging out of your mouth. Smoking also makes your teeth yellow and skin wrinkly. Mmmmm. That's pretty. If you smoke, just forget bathing or dressing well at all; with a cigarette in your mouth you'll always look bad.

Third. Pregnant women and parents all cringe when they cross your path. They fear your choice will kill their beautiful babies someday and they wish they could zap you away.

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If you're trying to lose weight or significantly improve your fitness level, I have one simple rule for you. The stinkier you end up......the better! I see too many folks strolling along on the treadmill or coasting lamely on bikes. They look comfortable and comfort does not lead to improvement. You don't have to be a jock to do work hard, you just have to your personal best.

Next time you go for a workout, see how gross you can get. Challenge yourself! In order to improve you must look red-faced, nasty haired, flaunt all sorts of icky wet patches on your clothing and carry an odor nobody would care to be subjected to. If you've accomplished these things, you've probably done a lot of huffing and puffing and burned a zillion calories. Mmmmm. I love the stench of success!

Gross candy? Is that even possible? We're not talking about that lemon flavored Jolly Rancher that you'd prefer to hand off to someone else either. No, dear reader, these candies are in a league of their own. You know they must be when only the #10 spot is White Chocolate Maggots!

Take a gander at the Top 10 Grossest Candies as compiled by Candy Addict. You'll never look at candy the same way again ... especially the bug variety! Seriously, how appetizing do Harry Potter Cockroach Clusters sound anyway? Just read the description to get an idea: "Each Cockroach has a juicy gummy underbelly and is covered with a crunchy candy shell that has candy cockroach wings!"

Mmm, good eatin'. Probably a big hit with the kiddo's but it doesn't sound like I'm missing much by living fit.

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