Category: FatnessInGeneral
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Superfat Fears
14 comments on Superfat FearsI’ve written before that I can’t always count on finding clothing in local, physical stores in my size. Last night’s dream? I was hours from home and somehow didn’t have my pants. I had bra, panties, and a top – but no bottoms. And no stores had my size*. In the dream I was in […]
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Some Things To Read
The Fat Nutritionist has an excellent, and sadly useful, post titled “A little 101 – I get to exist.” It is okay to be fat, because fat people already exist. Fat people have existed for a very, very long time. Even if all of us tried, not all of us would become permanently thin. Fat people exist. We […]
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Fat People Die Sooner, Right?
Reading Michelle’s post on death (cached here if you can’t read it on her site) got me thinking. How else on earth could you explain a doctor expressing anger and blame at someone for accidentally dying? And to then vent that anger on his grieving wife? You couldn’t. There was no other explanation but the fear of death, […]
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My fat eats cellphones
I lost my phone. I thought it was next to me on the couch. Or maybe in the couch. The couch doesn’t have separate cushions, but there is an opening in the fabric in the back near the support that my cell loves to dive for and it’s difficult to get out of….. Anyway. I couldn’t find […]
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Today’s Google Doodle
Today’s Google Doodle is on Albert Szent-Györgyi, who is credited with discovering vitamin C. Growing up, I wished that one could just take pills instead of having to decide what to eat and thus avoid all the questions and pressures around “eating right”. I don’t wish that anymore. But I’m glad for beef jerky and […]
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Keep your powder dry
Avoiding friction: Men like it too! :)
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US Obesity Rates Level Off Again?
Oh, not again. Still. They’ve been level for years, but this time the Journal of the American Medical Association noticed. There’s discussion as to why, such as “people are getting healthier”. Given how dieters often gain weight in the long term, I thought this perspective a bit more realistic: Dr. Ludwig said the plateau might […]
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Twitter Party
There’s a bunch of fat folks tweeting about “things fat people are told” – in twitterspeak, #thingsfatpeoplearetold. (The # before makes it searchable.) Some examples: You have muscle? But have you really, really TRIED to lose weight? You’re too fat to do yoga properly, so don’t think you’re REALLY doing yoga. Your allergies (that […]
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Heart Risk – BMI Not Useful
Or as Reuters put it: “[T]he best predictors of future heart risk are measures of blood pressure, cholesterol and history of diabetes.” According to a paper in The Lancet: BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio, whether assessed singly or in combination, do not importantly improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction in people in developed countries when additional […]
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Tummy & Bra Liners & AmpleStuff
For those who are tired of sweat collecting underneath their tummies, AmpleStuff is now carrying Tummy Liners made by Pambra of bra liner fame. I haven’t tried them, but Stilletto posted a review of the tummy liner, and Notblueatall posted a review of both the bra and tummy liners. I’ve mentioned before that I use baby powder to combat […]
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Things I Would Like To Not Care About
I would like to not worry about: Whether a medical professional will consider my symptoms before making a diagnosis. Whether a job interviewer will not hire me because I’m fat. Whether the friend talking about her diet is doing so as a way of passive-aggressively commenting on my body size, eating habits, or perceived dieting […]
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Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations
From an article on healthcare providers stigmatizing fat patients: Healthcare providers also need to readjust their expectations. Getting individuals who are obese down to a normal weight isn’t realistic: Research shows that most people can’t expect to lose more than 10% of their body weight and, more important, to maintain the weight loss over time. […]
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Gowns and Gowns
A couple random thoughts: The hospital gowns at the doctor’s office are always too small. I know I could buy my own, but that seems like overkill. Today, though, I was just going in for a pap smear, so I wore a dress that could easily hiked up and just removed my panties and shoes. […]
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Ah, Teh Sex ;)
(Misspelling intentional!) Marianne posted about sex yesterday, and Red No. 3 followed up with a post today. So, it’s kind of a blogaround! :) I did a general post on sex a few years ago. A few things I’d add now: At age 44 I have had more partners than the “average American woman”. […]
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Exercise and Reinforcing Spirals
I’ve written about my mother being self-conscious about her fat. Afraid of other people thinking she was fat, afraid of not being able to walk far enough, of not being able to find a chair that fit, of being unable to defend herself if physically attacked. Mom was also self-conscious of being out of shape […]
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