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I'm doing. why not enjoy it? >> that same attitude is driving our fit nation six pack. last weekend one of the team members, rae, rode a gruelling 32 miles for a bike challenge in colorado. i have watched her improve by leaps and bounds. amazing stuff. during the trip, i also learned an easy to remember way to control what i eat. i want to show you. it has to do with portion size. the thing i find fascinating is thinking about your hands as an idea of what you should be eating. explain ta the to me. >> your fingers are the leafy greens of the dinner plate. the palm is protein and the other pal...

Call their senators. >> will there be a political price to pay for a republican or democrat who fails to vote based on this public polling to make assault weapons banned or to vote for background checks? >> if 90% of the public wants something and their represe representatives vote against that common sense is they are going to have a price to pay for that. the public is going to eventually wake up and say i want to put in office somebody that will do the things that i think are necessary for this country. that's what democracy is all about. and all we're trying to do is to tell them what peop...

Bloomberg is not around. we're cool. it's just pop with ice, i hope that is okay. what did you think was in it? >> geraldo: a supersized new york judge has stopped the order for now but the city is appealing saying restricting soda size reduces sugar consumption and thereby reducing obesity but arguing people have the right to be fat, lawmakers in the nation's most obese state mississippi passed what they are calling the anti-bloomberg bill. it makes it illegal to regulate portion size and calorie counts on menus. state senator tony smith that owns a chain of barbecue joints. senator smith, is...

He's been here before. >> right. >> he will appeal it and he will fight it. h he doesn't win every single thing he does. >> and you know what, they were taking it seriously, coke was putting posters up, describing the sizes, the portion size. some restaurants started serving fresh squeezed juices instead of the sugary drinks. and other companies -- >> that's disgusting. >> smaller cups. it's not like they were laughing at what mayor bloomberg was doing. they were scared. he lost this round, but they know there are more court cases to come and they are trying so hard to get ready. but i don't k...

Drive up and they say, how about the oatmeal for breakfast and they give you the brown sugar, too, and there is a dodownside this, when there is a serious problem with fats an sugars an salts, still i like where they going and it is a step in the right direction and i interviwed the president of national action group against obesity and she has serious concerns. >> people know it is not good for them and they are pretending and are in denial. everyone knows fried food and extra sugar is not good for them, but when you buy oatmeal with maple and brown sugar and all of that added to it, it is no...