Despite the spike in oil prices, Tupperware (and the plastic it’s made out of) has remained fairly cheap. The small plastic containers hover around a price point where companies can advertise them as disposable.

The lazy should in fact buy a weekly stock of disposable Tupperware not only to save themselves from having to do dishes (since they can be thrown away) but to save money money as well.

Disposable Tupperware is a waste of materials and requires the burning of fossil fuels to be created. You will save money however on you electric and water bills by using them exclusively. The energy required to heat water and water used to wash dishes (and the cost of detergent) all impact the lazy person’s finances.

Disposable Tupperware can also be reused if you’re not feeling particularly lazy on a given day. Filling your drawers with them is also cheaper than by stocking up on glass plates and bowls. The extra Tupperware might also entice your to bring your lunch to work - but that’s not as easy as eating out and it’s hard to maintain a job when you’re this lazy.

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A murderer is suing the prison he is in for losing weight.

Broderick Lloyd Laswell, who is awaiting trial for murder, dropped to 22 stone (140kg) after eight months inside the Arkansas prison.

He claims his vision has gone blurry while trying to exercise.

The meals at the prison average 3,000 calories (about 1,000 over the daily recommended value). Someone should tell the guy that getting fat is not your fault.

I don’t know how this could possibly be safe at all.

It soaks up spare heat in the gases to do the cooking, and the clamshell design keeps those noxious fumes away from your food.

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Behind a computer is a good place for fat people to hide. It’s just exchanging time that used to be spent in front of the TV. The fatosphere is growing, and letting people know it’s OK to be morbidly obese, too fat to see your penis, or the size of a small house.

Blogs written by fat people — and it’s fine to use the word, they say — have multiplied in recent months, filling a virtual soapbox known as the fatosphere, where bloggers calling for fat acceptance challenge just about everything conventional medical wisdom has to say about obesity.

The only place this denial will be believed is if all of these fat bloggers stay seated at their desks typing away. You gotta admit though, making “fat” magically not a problem anymore is certainly lazier than actually eating less or exercising.

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It may destroy your lungs, but at least it will keep you from having to wash your hands…though licking can be fun.

[via Gizmodo]

Get nutrition and curb your appetite quickly with a few eggs, some canned veggies, and tomato sauce.

You can prepare a cheap meal by getting some omega-3 enhanced eggs, a can of corn, and some pasta sauce. Begin by coating the pan with olive oil; heat the oil for about 2 minutes on a medium burn, then add the corn (after you’ve drained the water).

Let the corn cook for about 4 more minutes - in the meantime, whip the eggs in a separate pan. Add the whipped eggs on top of the corn, and right before they are almost cooked, add a generous amount of tomato sauce.

The eggs contain protein, and the canned corn is pretty healthy (though frozen would be better, but take longer), and the tomato sauce will help protect your prostate if you have one.

To save time, choose frozen vegetables over canned to get the most nutrition in a quick, low calorie meal.

When vegetables are in-season, buy them fresh and ripe. “Off-season,” frozen vegetables will give you a high concentration of nutrients. Choose packages marked with a USDA “U.S. Fancy” shield, which designates produce of the best size, shape and color; vegetables of this standard also tend to be more nutrient-rich than the lower grades “U.S. No. 1″ or “U.S. No. 2.” Eat them soon after purchase: over many months, nutrients in frozen vegetables do inevitably degrade. Finally, steam or microwave rather than boil your produce to minimize the loss of water-soluble vitamins.

Also, avoid canned vegetables since the canning process destroys much of the water-soluble vitamins in most veggies. The exception are tomato products, which actually increase in cancer killing compounds when canned, then cooked.

I think it’s about time to start a sleep category - more evidence is being produced that sleep wards off obesity in children.

Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child’s chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 percent.

The less sleep they got, the more likely the children were to be obese in sixth grade, no matter what the child’s weight was in third grade, said Dr. Julie Lumeng of the University of Michigan, who led the research.

Children in elementay school, the study found, needed about 10 hours of sleep to reap in the most benefits. It may be tough for adults, but encourage and work in naps throughout the day or after school. Rested children will be less grouchy and more creative in the long run.

Cooking food is one more step between you and eating, but also one step away from explosive diarrhea and salmonella. All in all, that means you have to cook most foods - here is a list of the top 5 that don’t require much time, skill, or effort to do so.

• Eggs - The nice thing about eggs is there are countless ways to cook them and make them more than a Spartan meal if you’ve got accessories. Hard boiling, sunny side up, and scrambled are the most convenient. Add some salt, pepper, and tomatoes to fancy them up, if you can be bothered.
• Rice - Remember, boil 2 cups of water for every cup of rice and make sure to add salt as you do. Salt increases the boiling point of water; the hotter the water, the less time to cook. Add 1/4 stick of butter per cup of rice for quick flavor.
• Pasta - You can boil the hell out of this stuff and never go wrong. Add some melted mozzarella for about 5 minutes after yo’ve strained the water. Leave the burner on low and stir. Butter and red peppers and you’ve got a 15 minute meal.
• Vegetables - Steam, boil, or better yet microwave them. Microwaving veggies preserves the most vitamins than other forms of cooking (about 89%). Buy frozen so you can stay stocked up and add some olive oil and salt for zing.
• Chicken - Boil at high heat for around 30 minutes. It won’t taste that great, but next to some of the above dishes i’ll pass. Black pepper and sour cream make great additions.

Some of the key rules of thumb to remember are buy frozen, if you can boil it it’s easy, and salt and pepper go along way. I once read a famous chef describe the difference between gourmet and standard food. The key? It’s all about the spices, leverage them and you can whip up a quick treat in no time.

Your life, which is completely out of your control, magically makes you fat according to a British government think-tank.

Weight gain does not result from people’s actions — such as overindulgence or laziness —alone, and is a far more passive phenomenon than is often assumed, according to Foresight.

Now, I don’t know what the hell that means. I suppose that watching TV to burn more calories, walking your dog with a car, or this study can or can’t make you fat. You decide.