motd Tuesday Sept 20, 2011

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HEFTY

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

No, I'm talking about how big I use to be.

But oh yes, back when I was a kid, a lot of kids at

school actually called me "Hefty". And as you might

imagine, I really didn't like that nickname very

much.

Hefty is the brand of garbage bag I use.

But today, Hefty has a whole

new meaning for me. Why? Well, because Hefty is

the brand of garbage bag I use. I was using another

brand until one of Hefty's TV commercials grabbed my

attention. They showed one of their bags being

filled with all garbage. Then a lady took this cute

little twist-tie to secure the top of the bag. It

was like a little bow and, in case you didn't know,

I've always been kind of partial to bows. Hey, bows

usually meant a present's not far behind. LOL. But

I'm getting off the subject. Let's get back to

Hefty. Their commercial sold me so I bought a

carton of Hefty bags the next time I was in the

store. And what can I say? I've been using them

ever since.

Over the years, I've told some of my students at

Slimmons that I was coming over to their homes for a

visit so I could see what foods I'd find lurking in

their kitchens. But wouldn't you know it? I never

got an invitation from any of them!

LOL.

I can get a pretty good idea of what kind

of foods you're eating by looking in the Hefty backs

stacked outside your home.

But you know what? I really wouldn't have to go as

far as their kitchens to find out what I needed to

know. Hey, I could get a pretty good idea of what

kind of foods they were eating by looking in the

Hefty bags stacked outside their homes.

Oh, look here. There's an empty family-size Doritos

bag! I can still smell the chili powder they used

to dust those chips. And look, it's an empty

package of Chips Ahoy cookies. Hey

lady, looks like you missed one! And she

must have thrown them out at the same time because

here's an empty carton of Blue Bell Strawberry

Cheesecake ice cream right next to 'em. (Hmmm, she

must have had those cookies and ice cream at the

same time.) Well now, after this little Hefty

tour...what can I say?

Here's what I can say and it's also...what I

know. Those empty food packages all end up

in the Hefty bags outside your house. And that

means all of the empty, no-good-for-you calories

those foods they contained end up...inside YOU!

Okay, I mentioned this in class the other

day at Slimmons and now I'm saying it to you: There

shouldn't be any foods in your house that don't

belong inside your body. It's that simple.

Don't buy them. Don't eat them and those

empty bags and wrappers won't end up in your Hefty

bags.

Don't buy them. Don't eat them and those empty bags

and wrappers won't end up in your Hefty bags. And

that means the pounds they bring won't

end up on your body.

So if I came to your house this week, tell

me, just what would I find inside your Hefty

bags? Well, if you haven't been true to your food

plan, I'm willing to bet I'll find a lot of real garbage...in your

garbage. Is that true?

So I know you're probably wondering, what's in my Hefty bags.

Are you? Well, you'll just have to come over to my

house and find out!

Love,