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Read more: “You need to eat a sammich”
“You need to eat a sammich”
No comments on “You need to eat a sammich”This weekend those words were directed at SJ Tucker, the singer who recently had surgery. More specifically, I heard an older woman tell her: It’s good to see you looking so well. But dear, you need to eat a sandwich! I know this expression can be a joke. It can also be, perhaps, an expression of concern. But most often, it’s an expression of judgment. Your body…
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
Heidi’s gratitude postings got me thinking of posting things I’m grateful, or thankful, for in my life. So here’s a few: Fantastic 4-day weekend of music and fun :) …and coworkers who kept things going when I was gone. Nifty green shoes! Compliments on my purple tie-dye shirt. Hearing SJ Tucker sing :)
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Read more: The most significant “lifestyle” cause of death and disease
The most significant “lifestyle” cause of death and disease
We focus so much on weight, especially women. Magazines, TV shows, news, advertising, government programs. We focus on diet and exercise to “improve” our weight, but really we’re trying to improve ourselves. Yet we don’t focus on getting richer or better educated.
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
Heidi‘s gratitude postings got me thinking of posting things I’m grateful, or thankful, for in my life. So here’s a few: Got myself psyched up and joined a gym, which gives me more options for building up muscles. Gym salesperson did not push the weight-loss routine. Monday’s snow was pretty, but didn’t bring Seattle to a halt. Going for a walk is easy and doesn’t hurt,…
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Read more: Fat Clothing Catalogs…
Fat Clothing Catalogs…
In my experience, there are two kinds of companies that put out supersize/extended-size catalogs for fat women: Large companies with mostly imported mass-produced clothing, cheap prices, and a propensity for selling their mailing lists. Quality tends to be uniform. Examples: Roaman’s, Woman Within, Silhouettes, Lane Bryant Catalog. Small specialty companies that only do plus or supersize clothing. Often they design and produce their clothing in-house, sometimes even…
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Read more: I thought this was FAB
I thought this was FAB
From Lesley at Fatshionista, about the “before” Polaroid taken by Jenny Craig in 1991. I looked apparently happy in that photograph, but I was wrong. I looked apparently happy, but upon further reflection, my breasts are slightly uneven, my skin is too dark, my knees are ugly, my hair is windblown. I looked apparently happy but I was wrong to feel that way, because look at…
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Read more: Writing Quotes
Writing Quotes
These are for all of us writing out here in the Fatosphere… ;) Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. – Jules Renard The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require…
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Read more: Nice analogy on obesity frequency
Nice analogy on obesity frequency
Not new, but I’m quoting it anyway because I like it :) From an article on the obesity “health crisis” in the International Journal of Epidemiology: Imagine that the average IQ was 100 and that five percent of the population had an IQ of 140 and were considered to be geniuses. Now let’s say that education improves and the average IQ increases to 107 and 10% of the population has…
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Read more: Quotes
Quotes
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” — Henry David Thoreau …and now…the sun is shining today (not raining, not overcast, not shining through clouds and fog – shining) so I am going for a walk. Toodles!
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Read more: Wondering What You’re Searching For
Wondering What You’re Searching For
WordPress provides nifty stats on its blogs, including which search terms led readers to this site. One from yesterday is, how can it be possible for a 400lbs woma That’s it. If there was more to it, it’s been cut off. So I wonder … what was this user trying to find out?
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