Category: Me

Living Fat in a Thin World

fat acceptance, Me, Mental health

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I have built a life I enjoy, and I choose not to dwell on the rampant societal disapproval every minute of every day. Yes, I know it’s there. Yes, I think it’s unjust and unfair that people are fired or mistreated for being fat. Yes, I think the War On Obesity is a stupid waste of resources. If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t have started this blog.…
Things I don’t do because I’m fat*

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Things where my arms must support my weight: rock climbing, handstands, cartwheels, rope climbing. Things that irritate my knees: running, jogging, excessive walking downstairs. Miscellaneous: white-water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, traveling in float planes. Do I feel this significantly affects my life? No. :) (*Inspired, in part, by everyone who’s reacted to my weight with “but […]
Woohoo

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I have 5 posts pre-recorded. I’ve never been this “ahead” before. Now I’m off to celebrate a special occasion with the man of the house ;)
Day in the Life: Shower, Chafing, & Jock Itch

DayInTheLife, health, Me

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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 […]
Inspiration

FatnessInGeneral, Me, OtherBlogs, ThisBlog

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Fillyjonk at Shapely Prose reminded me today of one of the immediate inspirations for this blog: Lesley at Fatshionista’s post “THIS IS 300: Taking Pictures, Being Personal, & Weighing 300 Pounds“. One thing that reading some obesity research has given me is to realize that yes, I am an oddity (and there’s nothing wrong with […]
…and the other reason why I exercise

arthritis, Exercise, Me, My health, my knee h8s me

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It’s called, “Use it or lose it.” Last fall* I pulled a muscle in my right leg. Kept up my daily walks, pulled it again – or maybe pulled another muscle. This aggravated the occasional pain I would have in my right knee, and added some hip and thigh pain too. By November I was […]
Day in the Life: Vitamins

B12, DayInTheLife, health, Me, My health

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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 […]
Day in the Life: Breathing

Asthma, DayInTheLife, Exercise, health, Me, My health

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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 […]
Day in the life: Stretches

DayInTheLife, Exercise, health, Me

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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 […]
Day in the life: Waking up

DayInTheLife, health, Me, Sleep

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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 […]
What will I do when I lose weight?

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Sparkpeople is a weight loss/fitness site I used it for a while, sometimes tracking food and exercise, other times just tracking exercise. There’s message boards, articles, et cetera. One of the more popular topics was “What I’ll do when I’ve lost weight”. Like wearing shorts, or a tank top, or a swimsuit. This was surprising, […]
Life at ~400lbs

BeingSuperFat, DayInTheLife, Me, My health, ThisBlog

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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 […]