World Wide Waist

My online diet-and-exercise program promised to whip me into shape. Did it work? Read on

Journalists who cover technology tend not to be the world's most active people. Take me, for example. Until a couple of months ago, the most exercise I got in an average day was the walk from my car to a Silicon Valley press event, at which the refreshments generally ranged from chocolate-covered pretzels and Coca-Cola to chocolate-encrusted peanut clusters and Coca-Cola. Despite repeated right-index-finger exercises (mouse clicking, Palm Pilotactivation and cell-phone dialing), my extra pounds were starting to tip the proverbial scales. By how much? Let's just say that if my weight were my age, I would have been born some...

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