What We Dont Need Right Now: The Sandy 15

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Hurricane Sandy caused more than one hundred deaths. For those left behind there were lost loved ones, homes, possessions and power. Some are still living in shelters or homes without basic services. There are questions about how to help people who have Diabetes and other health issues who need access to specific foods.

But Samantha Critchell, a fashion writer for the Associated Press, wants to remind hurricane victims that food shortages and power outages are no excuse for forgetting to be thin.

In her piece for AP, she shares the “tragic” story of a woman who went to the grocery store with “good intentions” of buying cucumbers, but ended up with -- gasp -- chips and salsa because the massive hurricane had affected food availability and that was all that was left.

She also talks about how “Even fitness trainer Simone de la Rue gave into a burger, french fries and margarita on Tuesday -- for lunch, no less.” The horror! Luckily, I was assured later down the article that she was also streaming workout videos on her iPad.

For all the unfortunate souls who don’t have iPads, she found a dietician (who has obviously never heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs) to suggest that people scrub something in their house vigorously to burn calories, and remember that next time they should have some low-sodium bean based soup handy. Good call?

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