's motd Sunday Nov 20, 2011

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CAVEAT

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Okay everybody, time to Google "Dictionary!"

That's right, I've got a new word for you and today's

word is CAVEAT. Wait,

before you go searching for the definition, I've

already done it for you. So...what's a caveat?

A caveat is a warning or acaution.

Simply put, a caveat is a warning or a caution.

It's like when someone tells you something really good

but, there's a caveat at the end.

That means, there's a caution to consider

along with the great news or story they're about to

share with you. And why am I bringing this word up

today? Well, read today's message to the end and I'll tell you the

caveat to this story.

It begins with a news story I saw on ABC a couple of

weeks ago. It was all about a new diet pill they've

been working on. (Oh,--groan--not another

one!) They've made "progress" with research on this

new pill and have already tested it on monkeys.

Here's how their little test worked.

They took some of the more overweight chimps from a

colony of monkeys and tested the new drug on them. I

should point out, the monkeys they chose were not only

overweight but they were a lot less

active than

those who were not overweight.

The overweight moneys were noticeably more

sedentary. (Hmmm, I wonder why?)

Looks like modern science

has finally come

up with the miracle cure for weight-loss we've all

been waiting for!

Well, they tried this new drug on the overweight

monkeys and...guess what? Each of

them lost weight! (Sounds

promising so far, right?) According to the drug's

manufacturers, this new diet pills actually attacked

the fat cells in

the overweight monkeys' bodies, causing them to lose

weight. WOW!

Doesn't that sound just perfect? My goodness, so it

looks like modern science has finally come up with

the miracle cure for weight-loss we've all been

waiting for!

But wait, before you get all excited, take a deep

breath because here's where our word for the day comes

in. Yes, here comes...the CAVEAT! As soon as

those monkeys who'd lost weight returned to their

regular sedentary lifestyles, they all gained back the

weight they'd lost! Uh-huh, there's the

story's caveat...the warning!

Sounds to me like this new drug, which they expect to

begin testing on humans in about a year is, (once

again), not going to be that "magic bullet" so many

people are searching for to solve their weight

problems. It's just not going to happen that way,

gang!

If it sounds too good

to be true, then it probably isn't!

Won't we ever learn? This story's caveat is

sort of a play on that old saying...If it sounds

too good to be true, then it probably isn't! How many times

have I told you that losing weight and---keeping

it off,pill or no pill, is always going to boil

down to two things. You've got to get in charge of

what and how much you eat. And, like those monkeys,

you can't keep

the weight off by living a sedentary

lifestyle. You've got to make exercise a part of your

life...everyday.

So please, don't uhhh..."monkey around" with your

weight-loss efforts. Cut back on how much you eat,

get that body of yours moving, stay positive and you

will begin losing the weight you want and need to

lose!

Love,