I too go to a chain gym, and although some people do look like barbie and ken (I’ve totally seen the stripper stretching routine, as well as the male equivalent ), there is a nice mix of people of all ages, ethnicities and weights, as well as fitness levels (weight does not automatically correspond to a fitness level, you can be skinny and totally out of shape).

As far as making desserts with “real” ingredients, I admit that I am guilty of cutting butter and sugar from things, but I try not to compromise taste when I do so, and many times recipes are too sweet for me anyways. Then of course if something is really good and really rich, well, I eat a bit of it and give the rest away at work. And at the end of the day, if I eat half of it myself, I follow your trick and head to the gym. But I will say that one of those lemon yogurts, the kind with all the sugar in them, make a delicious dessert when partially frozen in the freezer. They dont taste “fake” and are spectacular served in a ramekin with some berries and a dusting of powdered sugar.

Oh, and good for you for taking on those peoples’ rotten attitudes, if I went somewhere and they talked to me like that I would probably never go back.

You go, Peabody!!!

Woot, woot, woot!!!