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Read more: A thought for the new week
A thought for the new week
9 comments on A thought for the new weekRecently, I read a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in which 300 “moderately obese people” were followed on three different diets: the low-carb diet, the low-fat diet, and the Mediterranean diet (healthy fats, some dairy products, abundant fruits and vegetables). After the first five months of tightly controlled dieting, the dieters lost an average of 10 to 14 pounds. However, by the end…
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Read more: ADA: Not all fat people get diabetes
ADA: Not all fat people get diabetes
From the American Diabetes Association: In a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Diabetes Association, 2,081 Americans were asked questions to test their diabetes knowledge. The results showed that several diabetes myths and misconceptions are common and diabetes remains a misunderstood disease. […] Myth: If you are overweight or obese, you will eventually develop type 2 diabetes. According the survey, approximately three…
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Read more: Living400lbs: Monthly Roundup
Living400lbs: Monthly Roundup
Most-viewed posts from this month: Who reads a 400lb lady’s blog, anyway? Health At Every Size “whether you’re 100 Kim Weighs In: Getting Active Some Things Worth Reading On the Hamster Wheel Note this is not counting the perennial favorite Why This Blog is Anonymous, or On Not Coming Out (possibly because October includes National Coming Out Day) and the tabs across the top. Most commented-on posts…
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Read more: Supersize Halloween Sales
Supersize Halloween Sales
I already posted about Halloween costumes I have known. As it happens I’m probably not dressing up this year. But, FYI, Making it Big (2x-8x) has put more stuff on sale this weekend, and Junonia (XL-6X) is doing a theme: 31% off black apparel (the offer code is embedded in this link).
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) My knee may not be getting much better but it’s not worse. 2) Being able to structure my day around resting, icing, and exercising my knee. 3) Ibuprofen, Doan’s, heating pads, and other such modern wonders. 4) The man of the house, for being patient with my whining. 5) This summary of why increasing health costs for fat people is counter-productive.
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Read more: Wardrobe Adjustments
Wardrobe Adjustments
Part of why I started the virtual window shopping posts is that I’m not buying a lot of clothing right now. But I have been changing my wardrobe: I’ve been adjusting it. Or perhaps I should say altering it. See, I had a pair of pants that had sprouted “wear holes” at the top of the side seam pockets. Not a huge problem, but I’d put off…
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Read more: Some Things Worth Reading
Some Things Worth Reading
Suethsayings summarized the research on long-term weight loss surgery results. Bree at Life on FATS asks if anyone’s been refused entrance to a nightclub for being fat. (I replied over there but thought I’d try “boosting the signal” ;) Anyone thinking of doing NaNoWriMo? I’ve done it in the past, but not this year. Naafa quoted USA Today on flying while big — or tall! Kudos to…
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Read more: On the Hamster Wheel
On the Hamster Wheel
One of the frequent refrains in the discussion of Angry Gray Rainbow’s “I Hate Exercise” post was the dislike of exercise bikes, treadmills, and other “hamster-wheel exercise-for-the-sake-of-exercising”. I grinned when I saw it, because yes, I’d rather walk to someplace than walk in place or around the block. But, then, there’s today. Today my leg is hurting. Uneven strides and uneven walking surfaces are painful…and the…
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Read more: So how was your weekend?
So how was your weekend?
Continuing from last week, my left thigh and knee are very sore today. Saturday I went to the soccer game and found that walking a 1/2 mile or so, generally, wasn’t a problem — as long as I kept a regular stride and speed, and stayed on mostly level sidewalks. (Which is much easier on a treadmill or at a modern shopping mall than in Seattle’s Pioneer…
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Read more: Fun: Two Lumps: Fat & Furry
Fun: Two Lumps: Fat & Furry
The left leg (which has traditionally been the “good” leg) has decided to give me pain and occasionally not want to work. I’m not thrilled with this. I am exercising carefully and taking ibuprofen and trying to not freak out. In the interest of not freaking out, I’m reading They Still Suspect Nothing: Two Lumps Year Four which came in the mail today. (It’s the 4th year of…
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