Category: Money
-
On Acceptance
29 comments on On AcceptanceFat acceptance is about accepting my body, even though it’s fat. It doesn’t mean that everyone else is automatically OK with my body. I know a lot of people don’t accept my fat. Some of them are quite comfortable telling me that it’s not OK for me to be fat. Sometimes that bothers me. But […]
-
Disney World
As hinted yesterday, my November vacation was Disney World! For a week! Yes, it was fantastic. We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter, visited in-laws, did Mission: Space, Soarin’, ate Moroccan food, laughed at Ellen & Bill Nye, geeked out at Spaceship Earth, loved Big Thunder Mountain and Test Track, enjoyed lunch with an Imagineer, and […]
-
…and believe me I am still alive
Still here, still working, still good. Still seeing incremental improvements to my knee. Just not updating much :) I have been using a cane. This is both good and bad. Good in that the cane helps my balance when my knee decides to not support me. Bad in that it always takes a hand. You […]
-
On Cooking
Two trend stories that are pretty different: In the NY Times Magazine, Michael Pollan cites research on how “cooking from scratch” has decreased over the last century, especially since the 60s. In the local paper, grocery chains on recent changes in sales. In: flour, sugar, store brands, plants, hamburger helper, wines below $15/bottle. Out: cut flowers, pop, […]
-
Good Thoughts for SJ
This morning the independent musician, singer, songwriter, and all-around nifty person SJ Tucker goes into the hospital to have an ovarian cyst removed. I first heard of ovarian cysts when a friend had one removed that filled a 5-gallon paint bucket. Friend weighed around 330lbs at 5’6″. For over a year she’d known that something […]
-
How many non sequiturs are IN this one anyway?
This comment came in reply to my review of my review of Health At Every Size: I personally belive that living a comfortable life is a way to longevity, so if you believe that you are over-weight, have the determination to loose the extra fat you dont want, you can do it and never loose […]
-
Paid to Lose Weight?
Headline: Weight loss easier when you get paid for it. Granted, that is a new spin; usually you just pay to lose. Dr. Kevin Volpp, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who was concerned that dieting requires deferred gratification and decided to create a a reward system which gave dieters “rewards in the […]
Living ~400lbs 