Category: DayInTheLife
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Day in the Life: Commuting
10 comments on Day in the Life: Commuting[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] Once I’m out the door, I usually hop in the car and drive a bit before parking 2-5 blocks from the nearby transit center. I walk to the transit center and take a bus to work. Why? The bus builds walking into my day. […]
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DayintheLife: Breakfast
[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] I’ve debated whether to include the typical sort of food I eat or not. As it happens, I am. But you don’t have to read it if you don’t want to :)
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Day in the Life: Getting Dressed
[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] One of the great things about working in software is the dress code. Most of my (male) coworkers wear jeans with tshirts or polos. “Dressy” for them is a buttondown shirt. Slacks and sweaters fits in fine. If I’m meeting with clients I may […]
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Day in the Life: Oh, THAT
[One of the occasional series of posts about my typical day.] THAT is something I sort of want to skip over. In fact, it is one of the reasons I’m not using my name on this blog…I somehow doubt this would be the ideal post for a potential employer to read ;) So far, in […]
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Day in the Life: Shower, Chafing, & Jock Itch
Ah, the morning shower. Warm water to get the kinks out, bright overhead heat lamps to help wake me up, and the daily question: shampoo & condition or just rinse & condition? To explain: I have naturally curly hair, which is also naturally fragile hair, which I’ve made more fragile by coloring it. Some recommend […]
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Day in the Life: Aerobics
I don’t do this every day. But if I’m doing it, it’s before my shower. I use a copy of the Women At Large: 30-Minute Workout I picked up years ago. I do make a few modifications. Such as: I often sit during the first few starting stretches. This is because I’m not exactly a morning person […]
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Day in the Life: Vitamins
I posted yesterday that I finally admitted that I have asthma and began using an inhaler before exercising. Walking uphill became easier. The second change came a few days later, when the new ARNP got the results of my blood tests. “You have a severe vitamin B12 deficiency. Do you eat eggs and meat? Or […]
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Day in the Life: Breathing
Most days I use my inhaler pretty soon after waking. What does asthma have to do with being fat? For a long time I didn’t think it was asthma; I thought I was just fat and out of shape. I took Claritin to keep my allergies under control, yes, but I didn’t have asthma. I […]
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Day in the life: Other nice ways to wake up…
…and on the weekend we’re more likely to go for a more intimate option. This post is about the practicalities of having sex as a very fat person and is likely not “work-safe“. If you’re at work, read it later. Or if reading about sex is uncomfortable, please don’t read it.
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Day in the life: Stretches
One drawback to the CPAP is that if I move around a lot, it tends to slip off. Not moving much during sleep means I wake up feeling a bit stiff. (I also have some arthritis in my knees, but it’s usually not the knees that are stiff, it’s everything else…..) So, I usually do […]
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Day in the life: Waking up
Often I wake before the alarm. Usually I snuggle under the covers until it goes off. The man of the house may already be up, but he knows I’m still “sleeping” until my facemask comes off. I have moderate “obstructive sleep apnea” (OSA) I sleep with a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine) which is […]
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Life at ~400lbs
I weigh about 400lbs. Sometimes 409, sometimes 397, usually in between. Over the years I have encountered folks who talk about how “If you weigh over 300, you aren’t living, you’re just existing.” Or “being a bit overweight is okay, but if you weigh some huge amount, like 350 or 400 or 500lbs, well then […]
Living ~400lbs 