Want to lose weight, but hate the idea of all that sweaty exercising? Yeah, me, too. But mabye there's hope for us. Researchers have discovered a hormone they call "irisin." It's released when you exercise, stimulating the body to burn calories and helping regulate blood glucose.

Now you can get it in a pill. Harvard Medical School experts say the pill could be used to treat obesity, diabetes, cancer and other weight-related health problems. But then they turn right around and say the pill shouldn't be used to replace exercise. Great. First they say there's a magic pill and then they tell you not to take it. Just like a doctor.

It's all very experimental right now anyway. And it's not likely I could get a prescription for it. Not from my slim, trim, exercise-obsessed doctor. I can tell he thinks I'm just lazy. Not that I'm saying he's wrong...I just think that's a lousy Thing to think about a person who's helping you pay off your new hot tub.

So, until the pill is released for over-the-counter sale and/or I get a new doctor, I guess I'm stuck with the exercise Thing.

See you next week,
Bobby