Will they give lip service to going on a diet and exercising and then stay on the couch and eat chips and watch TV?

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It is like going on a diet.

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Where the piece convinces me is where it talks about the economic crisis, and a general sense that people are looking for a bit of pleasure and comfort, and shared pleasures around a table, rather than the "individualism" of going on a diet.

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Going on an information diet with a high-end cable sports package is like trying to go on a diet while subscribing to a daily fried chicken and ice cream delivery service.

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When Cezanne Macary, a hotel sales account director, eats out for work, clients often urge her to have rich dishes or desserts, saying, "Oh, come on, a little bit is not going to ruin your diet, " says Ms. Macary, of Boston, who has lost 60 pounds and is determined to maintain it.

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And if the phone is going to literally be nothing more than a portal to the web, then it's going to be a tough sell for those that have to subsist on a very strict data diet.

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Fundamentally, unless you're going to be shopping for groceries every day, it'd be preferable to work out your diet on a weekly basis, but there's no evident way to offer this up in Nutrino's present form.

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