Have you ever needed to win so badly that you would be willing to break 50 bones just to do it? What about winning but never really getting any recognition? Well that’s what Jockey’s usually face when they compete and Animal Planet is now taking a look at this profession.

Jockeys are normally self employed, nominated by horse trainers to ride their horses in races, for a fee (which is paid regardless of the prize money the horse earns for a race) and a cut of the purse winnings.
I had not really gotten into the sport until the Kentucky Derby event …read more

Whale Wars (Animal Planet)
Episode 1.03 “Mystery Ship”
Original Air Date: Friday, November 28th 9 PM ET/PT
In the previous episode of Whale Wars Ben and Giles of Sea Shepherd are being held hostage aboard the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru #2, Captain Paul Watson is pleased at the international media storm he has created, and rejects an offer from whalers to release the hostages.
He forces the Australian and Japanese governments to get involved and at last negotiate for their return. As the Sea Shepherds head to pick up their crew members, they decide to attack the Japanese vessel that held them hostage. …read more

Show: Living With the Wolfman
Network: Animal Planet
Episode Title: Helen the Wolf Nanny
Original Air Date: October 21st
RECAP: Shaun suspects that Cheyenne the female wolf is pregnant. It’s good news for Helen. If Cheyenne becomes a mom, she’ll need wolf nannies to help her raise her pups.
And if Helen can learn how it’s done, she could be one of them. But first, they need to be sure that their wolf family is about to get bigger. A human pregnancy test proves inconclusive but a scat sample leaves them in no doubt.
Cheyenne is soon to give birth! With the clocking ticking, …read more

 
Whale Wars (Animal Planet)

In this upcoming episode of  Whale Wars, which will air on Animal Planet tonight at 9PM ET/PT, the crew has been searching for weeks and finally spot a Japanese whaling ship, the harpoon vessel Yushin Maru #2.
Watch below to find out what happens as Captain Paul Watson decides to devise a plan for two of his crew members to board the vessel and deliver a letter telling them to stop the killing of whales.

Will the guys make it out alive, or will they be captives for life? Find out by watching the full episode tonight at 9PM. …read more

Those of you who were big fans of TLC’s I Can Make You Thin, with Paul McKenna might be interested to know that Discovery Health is hosting a casting for its show, Fit to Live.
Discovery Health is now casting people of all sizes, who need to get back in shape, for an intense four-week training program, “Fit to Live,” that will be documented on camera.
You must be 18 or older to participate in this Casting Call. By clicking on the link, you are verifying that you are at least 18 years old.

In the Mythbusters episode where the test the shooting fish in a barrel myth they also tested to see if your mouth is on fire do the various remedies that we know of actually work.
Grant, Kari and Tory are the test cases for this hypothesis and they test various remedies for a spicy mouth attack. Some of the things they test were also contributed by fans so you know they were GROSS!!
Kari starts this one out by making a jalapeno puree for Grant and a habanera one for Tory. The test will use whole-fat milk as the control.
The test has …read more

I Can Make You Thin’s, Paul McKennahas made a life and career out of changing people’s lives. He has been recognized as one of the world’s premier self-help gurus. In the, Your Prefect Body episode, which had gotten made fun of by Best Week Ever, Paul teaches guests two techniques that helps people to improve their self esteem.
The first thing that Paul has guests do is image themselves in someone else’s body and looking at themselves through that person’s eyes and how much admiration and respect that the person has for you. He also has guests think about a time …read more

The soup bowl experiment from TLC’s I Can Make You Thin is a very interesting one. The premise is that if your bowl doesn’t appear to get empty then you’ll keep eating. If you see food in front of you then you’ll keep eating it.
The producers of the show invite two women to test to see if the never ending soup bowl premise does actually work. They have one women eating from the “normal” soup bowl, which once it starts getting empty she stops eating. The other women with the never ending bowl continues to eating until she has had …read more

In episode 2 of the TLC series, I can make you thin, Paul McKenna tackles one of the biggest issues for people struggling to control their weight, over eating and emotional eating.
In this episode, Paul teaches the studio audience as well as the viewing audience his “tapping” technique. This technique which has been used in other “disorders” helps the individual to overcome emotional stresses.
Stayed tuned for this episode where you will learn about Paul’s tapping technique on Sunday, April 13th at 9PM.

OK, so apparently, Paul McKenna  is more of a genius than I ever expected him to be. I’ve been doing some research on his books as well as his theories and he seems to have some what of a cult following out there. There a hundreds of blogswith people who are currently reading his book  and going through his weight loss regimen.
The first episode of I Can Make You Thin  is called Secrets of Naturally Thin People. I really don’t think that this is anything new, as there have been other docs out their with their own secrets of thin …read more