Get out your legwarmers! It's time to take a look at fitness/nutrition trends past. Here are some images I've been collecting just for the hell of it, because they are either 1) ridiculous 2) interesting 3) amusing. Thought I'd share them. I'll add more as I find them, Feel free to add any you find. Feel free also to open a can of whoop-ass if they don't work. I'm lucky i get it in the right order. :D Awway we go!

1) Pumping into the dreams of adolescent boys lucky enough to sneak a peek at HBO in the early 80's, were the girls of "20 Minute Workout". Though they never helped any female lose a pound, they likely gave males carpal tunnel and caused blindness. Pouting red lips, wild poofy hair, and music one Casio away from a porn soundtrack kept the beat as they appeared to revolve on a giant lazy susan.

2) Note how one lady's leotard has crept subtly inward. Oopsie!

3) Next, we have the symbol of early 80's beauty, showing us how to make proper and productive use of the gym: Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" video. We learned: crawling across the floor while avoiding laser beams; proper usage of headbands and neon spandex to not catch, but *prevent* sweat (horrors!); pushing and shoving frustrated overweight men who happen to be in the gym with socks pulled up to their knees; and dancing with barefoot, butt-flossed, prancing buff menz on a black tile floor. Unfortunately, this is the only screen shot from the actual video I could find.
You say wanna "hear my body talk"? Okay! Brraaap. Though I poke fun, I still love ON-J. I swear by my "Xanadu Preservation Society" badge.

Last, in case you haven't seen it, here is a link to a collection of Vintage Weight-Watcher's Recipes. One bite, and you'll be driving the porcelain bus all the way to "onederland".
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

Until next time!

If you want to get a real feel for this stuff, see if your library has any videos from the mid 1980s. I rented one a while back, and the women in it looked much like the second photo. Besides the "if you can't keep up with me, you're not working hard enough" attitude, I couldn't keep my balance on half the moves (and I consider myself to be in pretty good shape with pretty good balance). No wonder so many women gave it up.

On the other hand, it's interesting how the ideal body type has changed. I had no desire at all to look like those stick think aerobic bunnies. I'll take Monica Brant over that any day. But I do remember that when I was a teenager, I felt I needed to look like that to be beautiful.

I didn't check out the weight watcher link, but I do remember borrowing a cookbook from the library several years back. Way too many rice cakes for my liking.

Funny :D

Yikes, I'd be cheering about rice cakes if the others are my options.
Rosy Perfection Salad? Fluffy Mackerel Pudding?
They're ALL bad.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/cardscans/rosysalad.jpg http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/cardscans/fluffymackpudding.jpg :eek:

Gack! Notice the top of the card says "convenience fish". :p Must be some sort of new species.

I just checked the given link, and what the hell is THAT???!!!

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/cardscans/melonmousse2.jpg


OK, I know it's written "Melon mousse" on the corner, but serioucely! It looks like half a brain served on a plate of lettuce.
:d_eek:


I think I can see a frowning face on it..


Speaking of so called fat loosing trends, there are plenty of examples from the present! Like "Studio C" for instance. The advertising says it origins from america (which means it's the best thing money can buy), I wonder if any of you ladies have heard of it. Anyway, it's female "body sculpting" where women of all shapes and sizes squirl on the floor and pretend to preform slow body movements (so not to sweat, God forbid!) to the sound of soothing music for the most useless 45 minutes of their lives!
What a froad!

I have seen those WW cards before...yuck!!!!!