Wendy's has renamed its Biggie and Great Biggie drinks in order to... umm, make people feel better about their food purchases? DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — "Biggie" fries and drinks at Wendy's have been demoted. The Biggie portion size, formerly the fast food restaurant's equivalent of a large, will now be called a medium. It's only a name change, and the portion customers get — the equivalent of almost three 12-ounce cans of soda for the drinks — won't get smaller. Wendy's Internationa...

Well, I have been a member of a gym here at the Fort for two months or so now. I joined a gym in order to keep my weight down. I knew that without mandatory exercise daily that it would be tough to keep my weight at a manageable level. My job doesn't let me get up and move all that often. I am kinda chair-bound. I am running and doing the elliptical trainer for thirty minutes at a stretch, at least three times a week. I am also following the weight training regimen in Muscle & Fitness...

By my estimation, I am 25 pounds overweight. (If we're looking at the Army figures, I am actually about 40 pounds over their expectation for my height, age, etc.) By that reckoning, I need to burn 90,000 calories more than I take in to get myself back into shape. No pressure... 45 minutes on the stair climber becomes almost exactly 1000 calories. (It was actually 999 today. I am such a slacker.) I have tried to do other things in my spare time, but there is no other exercise machine th...