Living ~400lbs

Gowns and Gowns

BeingSuperFat, fluff, Media

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A couple random thoughts: The hospital gowns at the doctor’s office are always too small. I know I could buy my own, but that seems like overkill. Today, though, I was just going in for a pap smear, so I wore a dress that could easily hiked up and just removed my panties and shoes. Yay for simplicity. Realized why many fashion shots seem so strange to…
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Dieting Changes How Bodies React To Stress?

Dieting/WLS, Stress

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At least that’s what seems to happen in mice. As summarized in US News and World Report, Shaving calories triggers molecular changes in the brain that make mice more susceptible to stress and binge eating long after the diet ends, researchers report in the Dec. 1 Journal of Neuroscience. The finding could explain part of the yo-yo dieting phenomenon, in which people repeatedly diet and lose weight…
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Have Some Cute

fluff

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Working Wardrobes

BeingSuperFat, Clothing, DayInTheLife, Money, Work

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During a phone interview today I ended up saying “No, this wouldn’t work” because their corporate dress code is Business Professional, defined as suits or suit-like combinations; ties for men; no athletic shoes allowed. Refusing to dress up every day for work isn’t all that uncommon a stance for a software person to take in Seattle, but my reasons are a bit different. You see, in…
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Virtual Window Shopping: Holiday Lingerie

fluff, VirtualWindowShopping

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[Looking at nifty supersize clothing, which is to say, clothing I can wear. Preferably modeled on actual fat people.] You guys. I cannot believe this. Lane Bryant has Santa-themed lingerie in my size. The bra? Comes in 36C to 44DDD, which, y’know, I’m wearing a 44DDD bra right now. The matching thong or skirt? 26-28, which, I’m wearing LB briefs in size 28 right now. I am…
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Stay Positive!

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If you’ve ever been frustrated by people telling you that “keeping a positive attitude” is important for treating something like cancer, read this.
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Things you don’t think about…

DayInTheLife, Walking

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I had a job interview. Overall I think it went well; it seems like a cool place with interesting work, and I think they got a good sense of what I can do for them. If they make an offer I’ll be pleased, but I’m still looking. (AKA: Nice first date, but it’s just a first date. ;) However… The interview was on top of one of…
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Poverty’s Link to Diabetes

Diabetes, Money, quotes, Stress

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[C]onventional wisdom about Type 2 diabetes would suggest that once obesity, lack of physical activity and other lifestyle risk factors were taken into account, diabetes incidence rates would even out between lower- and higher-income groups…. [A recent study found that] for men, being in the lowest-income category (earning less than $15,000 per year), doubles the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes compared to being in one of…
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Things I am thankful for right now

gratitude, HAES

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1) Yummy food and friends / chosen family to enjoy it with. 2) A positive discussion of Health at Every Size. 3) A warm house. 4) Interview scheduled for next week. 5) Laughing with friends while playing board games ;)
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Dawn French, “Happy In Her Skin”

fat acceptance, Media, News

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In a recent interview tied to her new novel (not yet out in the US), Dawn French mused about how most articles about her mention her weight. “Sometimes it’s done in a mean way, but I do find it strange because it’s not as though it’s a new thing, I’ve been this size for a long time, you would think people might not feel the need to…
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