CNN reports that the Federal Trade Commission
has ordered Skechers, maker of the Shape-up
footwear, to pay has been ordered to pay $40 a million fine to settle charges
that the California-based company mislead consumers by making "unfounded
claims that Shape-ups would help people lose weight, and strengthen and tone
their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles."
What? You mean a shoe can't make me look and
feel great? I'm stunned. When will we realize that there are no quick fixes or
easy answers to the struggles we face as human beings. Life is difficult, and
change Even more so. It's a lot easier to destroy something than to build it
back up. Nevertheless, it's well worth the
work, if we are willing to put it in.