Guest guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 SHOP...'TIL YOU GAIN? Saturday, 13 December 2008 Are you going shopping today? Millions and millions of people are. The economic experts say that retail sales are down this year because of the recession. But I promise you, all the big malls around the country will be stuffed like Christmas stockings today...with shoppers! Oh, everyone will be buzzing from store-to-store searching for bargains. You know, I'll bet that if most of the shoppers were wearing pedometers, they'd discover they had walked, oh 10-12,000 steps today! And all those shopping steps burns a lot of calories! Lots of people who live in cities where its a lot colder are all bundled up heading out for their shopping rounds. They have on so many clothes, it's almost as if they're wearing sweat suits! Those malls can get hot, hot, hot with all of those shoppers.Now you know, besides the stores, all those shopping malls have food courts. And they really shouldn't be called food courts. I mean, they're really more like food cities! Many of them have at least a dozen eateries and the larger malls have more than twice that many! There's Chinese food, pizza places, Subway sandwich shops, burger joints, falafel places, buffets...oh, the list just goes on. And of course, your legs and feet will get exhausted from all of that walking and shopping. And, it seems, the "food city" is the perfect place for you to take that well-earned break to rest your weary shopping muscles. You place an order, pick up your food and find a nice little table where you can rest and eat.And there you sit with all your packages feeding your fatigue. After you finish your little lunch break, you get up and hit the stores again. But hold it! Along the way, there are little shops like Swiss Colony or Hickory Farms passing out those cute little cubes of cheese or salami slices for you to sample. Careful! You could end up "sampling" enough to add up to another meal if you get careless! And you haven't even passed the candy store yet where they may be handing out samples of fudge. And look! This mall has an Auntie Anne's. They make the best pretzels in the world. Oh, just one with a little cream cheese is not going to hurt, is it? You bet it can! Even with all those shopping steps you're taking, you can still end up putting on weight today. How? Easy. By taking in more calories than you walk off! So yes, get out there and shop today. Do bring home some bargains but don't bring home any extra pounds. Hey, that's no bargain!Most of the food courts nowadays have restaurants where you can get a healthy salad or maybe even dine at a complete salad bar. Make healthy choices when you take your shopping breaks today. Walk those 12,000 steps, find those bargains and...May all your mall shopping adventures today be...light!Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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