Category: DayInTheLife
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Airflight Update
17 comments on Airflight UpdateAs it happens, I could get the armrest down on a standard coach seat. There was definitely hip compression going on, it wouldn’t be comfortable long-term…but it was down. However… The man of the house has broad shoulders. I mean, I have broad shoulders, and his are broader, and the two of us sitting together […]
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Checking in from the airport…
…to say what the F is with airline personnel looking at me like I’ve sprouted an extra head for having purchased a second seat? If I’m not obviously fat enough for the seats maybe it’s not that I’m so fat but that the seats are so small!
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Walking: Green Lake
Green Lake is one of Seattle’s popular parks. It’s also within 10 miles from where I grew up; for many years my mom and her friends would pack up their kids (including me) and spend the day at the park. We’d play in the water or run around while the parents would loll on the […]
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Day in the Life: Being the Grown-up
It’s hard, but sometimes someone has to be the grown-up. Such as when a young girl (6 or 8 years?) at the grocery store points to me and whispers “Look at her!” and giggles with her similar-age companion. I met her eye and replied, “Yes, I’m wearing Sounders green* today for the game. Do you […]
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Day in the Life: Buying Plane Tickets
Vacation planning can include flying, and this year we’re flying about 6 hours each way. Coach seats tend to be 17″ across. First class can be up to 23″ wide, but I have 68″ hips. Now, I am an apple, so a lot of that 68″ is depth not width. Still, even first class […]
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Day in the Life: Returning to Fitness World
(I think that’s my new name for the gym, and not just when I’m doing a body fat test. ;) Yes, I’ve been putting it off. Partly because I’m easily the largest woman I’ve seen there, partly because dealing with the tech during the body fat test did rattle me a bit, and partly because I […]
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Day in the Life: Overweight Without My Fat
So I did the test “hydrostatic weighing body fat test”, which was also a trip into Fitness World, where fat is an enemy, working out is sacrament, and food is a tool to be used for the great god of Fitness. The tech was friendly and welcoming when I asked if there was an upper limit to what his equipment could handle. I was pleased that his…
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Day in the Life: Café Au Lait Truffles
I’ve had See’s Café Au Lait truffles on my brain for a couple weeks now. Not just any chocolate, mind. Not an assortment. I wanted the rich, yummy coffee filling. (It’s funny that coffee isn’t something you find in many candies. There’s Ritter Sport Cappuccino, which is also delicious, and chocolate-covered espresso beans, which […]
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Day in the Life: Someone Parked Too Close…
Don’t you hate it when someone parks too close to your car door for you to open it and get in? For years, that was a freak-out moment for me. “OMG this is totally my fault because I’m fat!! A normal person would be able to get in the car and I can’t!!! Eek!” […]
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Day in the Life: Using A Ball As A Desk Chair
According to proponents, “the constant adjustment and readjustment that your body makes on the ball will work your core muscles — even sitting at your desk.” The potential strain this can put on your lower back and spine is, in fact, why some ergonomics specialists recommend not using a ball at work. The research I’ve found doesn’t see much difference between sitting on a ball or a…
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DayintheLife: Oh yeah, I’m fat
Every once in a while I run into one of those “Oh, my, yes, I really AM big” moments. Recently I had three of them. 1) Going to the football/soccer stadium for the Sounders FC game on Thursday. As stadium seats go they weren’t the worst I’ve been in; some have the armrests so tight […]
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DayintheLife: Oh Expletive….!!
One of the casters on my specially-purchased, extra-wide, rated for persons up to 500lbs, office chair broke today. Part of me wishes that I was angry and ranting at the company about shoddy merchandise breaking after only a year or so. Instead, I’m embarassed that I broke the chair. I’m upset that chairs are generally […]
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merry christmas
Xander: So, you doing anything special? Buffy: Tree. Nog. Roast beast. Just me and Mom and hopefully an excess of gifts. What are you doing for Christmas? Willow: Being Jewish. Remember, people? Not everybody worships Santa. Buffy: (smiles) I just meant for vacation. — Buffy the Vampire Slayer Hope you have an enjoyable and relaxing […]
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On Holidays & Food
I loved this quote from Fillyjonk at Shapely Prose: The only obligation you have as far as “watching what you eat” this holiday season is your responsibility to your own health and comfort. […] Eat food you think is nice — don’t eat to say “fuck you, I’m not dieting.” Avoid food you don’t want […]
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Snow Update
Seattle’s been getting a lot more snow that usual. Intellectually I’ve known that months of 15F, 5F, -5F temps tend to make treadmills much more attractive, but now I’m getting it on emotional level. It’s pretty, though…
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DayintheLife: Vacation Day
[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] Monday was a use-up-my-vacation-by-the-end-of-the-year day. So I spent the day on the couch eating baby-flavored donuts so as to keep from inadvertently losing weight, right? Actually? I was feeling a bit blah Monday morning. I got up about 8:15 and was out the door […]
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Snow in Seattle…
[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] Snow doesn’t happen with huge amounts of frequency here. We tend to moderate temperatures in general. Plus, when we have cloud cover it tends to help hold in heat, keeping it too warm for snow…and when it is cold enough for snow, we usually have […]
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