Category: DayInTheLife
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Convenient Seat Belt Extenders for Cars
I’ve mentioned before that I have a seat belt extender for my car (provided by Toyota). In other cars I often use a shoulder/lap belt as a lap belt only, which is less safe, but the only way I can buckle the seat belt. The friend I carpool with recently got a new car,…
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Weight Loss Myths
Shakesville posted about this Gina Kolata NY Times piece already, but I wanted to highlight this: David B. Allison, who directs the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham […] sought to establish what is known to be unequivocally true about obesity and weight loss. His first thought was that, of course,…
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Disney chat
I’ve had two emails since Friday about being fat at Walt Disney World. I posted about a trip to WDW a few years ago, but if you want to share your experiences then go for it :-)
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Day in the Life: the search term
One of the more popular search terms leading people to my blog lately has been “day in the life of an obese person,” leading to the series I did when I first started the blog. Being curious, I googled it. Some of the highest results? “News” stories about people in fat suits. Because seeing how…
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QOTD: Avoiding Pregnancy
[M]ost American women spend the majority of their lives trying not to get pregnant. According to the Guttmacher Institute, by the time a woman with two children is in her mid-40s, she will have spent only five years trying to become pregnant, being pregnant or in a postpartum period. So to avoid getting pregnant, she…
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The Fat Life Isn’t
Internet is part of life, but it’s not all of life. The people I know offline aren’t surprised that I am married, employed, and co-own a house. The emails I get from this site often assume these aren’t possible, or that I must be some sort of exception. There’s also am assumption that my fat…
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Haven
About 10 months ago I began to view my bedroom as a haven. It’s not just mine; I share it with the man of the house. But the bedroom has none of my dad’s unpaid bills, bank statements, or benefit applications. It didn’t have boxes of belongings to sort through. It didn’t have my exploding…
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Reality
I’m not sure when I realized that yes, maintaining a regular schedule is GOOD FOR ME, if only because it helps me sleep regularly. Adrenaline does not automatically kick in to cover for lack of sleep now — perhaps it’s getting older? But anyway. Regular schedules. Regular sleep is good. Regular schedules also means I…
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Office Breakfast
The man of the house had picked up a variety pack of instant oatmeal for a trip. We didn’t eat it then. Monday I brought it into the office with me. 2 packets in a coffee cup + hot water = hot breakfast. I don’t eat it every day, but when I was too…
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“Light bladder leakage” and Hourglass Pads
Apparently Poise is thinking “light bladder leakage” sounds nicer than “incontinence”, and that framing its products as “feminine” will do better than as “geriatric”. They are probably correct. I do know I ran into one problem discussed in the industry. The New York Times quotes market researcher Rob Walker: “[T]he biggest challenge for the…
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Thankful Thursday
[An occasional exercise in gratitude.] At the moment I’m thankful for: My temp gig is continuing to go fairly well. My father is doing better. I got over my “but things can’t get better” thinking and saw my ARNP about my anxiety, insomnia, and depression symptoms. My ARNP prescribed Celexa (for depression) and Ambien (for…
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Feeling Like A “Bad” Fatty
I haven’t been exercising. I spent most of the weekend sitting or laying down. Sometimes I’d be breathing hard from the effort of sitting (compared to laying down). Sunday I was so exhausted I literally laid down and cried. I’ve got a cold, which does not combine well with asthma. Plus I was helping run…
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Working Wardrobes
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…
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Things you don’t think about…
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…
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Fun with Job-Hunting
So, I’m checking out Craigslist, and there’s a job ad that sounds great for me until I get to the end “MUST be nicotine and tobacco free, demonstrated commitment to a healthy lifestyle preferred.” *blink* Okay, the first is a plus for an asthmatic, but the “demonstrated commitment to a healthy lifestyle”…? Re-read the…
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Some Good Things
Riot Nrrd explains why judging other people’s health can be inaccurate. Despite turning my ankle a couple times Monday (and working too much and walking too little these past weeks) I didn’t have problems walking over a mile at the Sounders game Tuesday night :) My new CPAP mask arrived! Somehow I’d broken the widget that…
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Meds: There’s a Reason I Take Them
It’s amazing how my morning can go from “bleah” and “moving sucks” to “this feels right pleasant” and “let’s get stuff done” just by taking my meds. The asthma meds in particular make carrying laundry up/down the stairs and changing sheets much easier, but the vitamin B12 and D also does a lot for my…
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