July 2009
6 posts
Missouri State Rep. Cynthia Davis explains why... →
“While nobody is disputing the benefits of nutritious food, why the presumption that parents are not providing nutritious food for their children? Even if they are not, who created a new rule that says government must make up for any lack at home? The problem of childhood obesity has been cited as one of the most rapidly growing health problems inAmerica. People who are struggling with...
Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus →
I don’t want to need reassurance about my beauty. I’ve worked damn hard over the last year and a half to love myself, have confidence, and embrace who I am without comparing myself to others. But the automatic assumption that I am not beautiful, attractive, good enough is a hard habit to break.
June 2009
11 posts
Maybe it's because my job is...um...challenging
I work at a public housing project. It’s a high-rise with some added amenities such as a computer room and an exercise (since no one could ever fit this equipment in their shoe box-sized apartments). Of course the exercise room is rarely used so I figured I’d give it a try. Every evening when I get off work, I used the treadmill. I always thought I’d hate using a treadmill...
Life of Guangzhou - Overweight Brides have Group... →
Beautiful women (and men)!
Someday I'll put up a photo of me in a black...
One whole size
I am now comfortably one entire size smaller than I was at the beginning of the year, which was when I got serious about managing my PCOS.
The last twelve or so months have been empowering. I’m not as sad, angry, or self-conscious. And it’s not about the weight loss. In fact, that only came after I learned that I have value, which happened after standing up to some toxic people in...
My assistant is around 12 years older than me. She is small and fit…and she hates her body.
I still struggle, but I do love my body. I’m forgetting what it’s like to hate myself.
March 2009
1 post
I've lost 30 pounds.
I’m still conflicted about my weight loss. I want to make a shirt that says, “I’m not losing weight because I started eating better foods and eating less. I was already doing that. I’m losing weight because I finally found a doctor to treat my metabolic disorder.”
But then everyone would say, “Every fat person has a ‘metabolic disorder,’...
January 2009
2 posts
sarahbeara:
I’m wearing my skinny jeans, yet I am not skinny.
My rheumatologist is aggressive about sending me for bariatric surgery. It’s frustrating because my problem is not overeating. And I know a lot of people say that, but I’ve been seeing a dietitian who has confirmed that my eating habits should result in weight loss. There is an underlying issue, which my doctors almost universally ignore - I have PCOS with insulin resistance. Last...
December 2008
1 post
The Obesity Society's statement on weight... →
While the Obesity Society and American Obesity Association are engaged in the fight against obesity, they still recognize and advocate against weight discrimination. And yeah, weight discrimination is a real thing and it’s works against the efforts of obesity/dietary specialists. Obesity is about more than calorie counting and calorie burning. It’s about self-worth, emotions, abuse...
November 2008
2 posts
McDonald's Moms →
To ridiculous for me to ignore.
Losing
I bought a pair of jeans a while back because I loved the style. By the time I got around to wearing them, they were too tight to wear. I’ve lost 5.5% of my weight since then (more on that at another time). This morning I came across the jeans and they fit.
I’m not losing weight because of vanity or social pressure. I’m just can’t afford new clothes.
August 2008
3 posts
Want to see... →
Stereotypes of fat people are stupid (at least... →
Yay for me for being obese (their lable, not mine) and having normal stats!
blood pressure - 119/74 blood sugar - fasting is in the 70s, post meal is 100-120 cholesterol - good triglycerides - good
(Sorry I don’t have numbers for the last two, but they have been checked and are fine.)
wow.
kiamatthews:
jgh:
nudawn:
jgh:
juliaallison:
2. Speaking as a (latina) woman who has always been curvey (read: huge boobs), i get annoyed when women are all FAT IS BEAUTIFUL. You know what’s ugly? A fucking heart attack. You know whats not sexy? Being short of breath after a few flights of stairs. Being healthy is what’s important. Being strong. That might not necessarily...
July 2008
19 posts
No reason to deny knee replacements for obese... →
I don’t understand how anyone could deny an obese patient a surgery that could increase their mobility. It’s as if once a person is fat, everyone throws their hands up and says, “Sorry, you’re fat and you deserve to endure torturous pain until you die, which will, of course, be soon because you’re fat.”
The fattest states in the U.S. →
You know what? I’m not even going to address the article. My beef with this is the headless photo of a fat man. I saw this story on the local news last night and it was nothing but stock footage of fat torsos walking around. This is troubling because it dehumanizes fat people. It suggests that we are simply amorphous blobs jiggling down the sidewalk. It pushes the fact that we are...
Health
Ah, the joy of being schooled on a completely misleading concept.
“Health at Every Size” It sounds nice doesn’t it? I thought so too. But I was wrong…oh so wrong. When I first discovered HAES, I foolishly took it to mean making my health a priority regardless of my resulting size/weight/BMI. I thought, “Hey, here’s something to embrace, to guide my life, to...
“How can you make peace if you don’t talk to people with different opinions?”
– Nikolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy Helps to Bring Syria Out of Isolation - NYTimes.com
(via fred-wilson)
(via sayrah)
Applies to social and civil rights movements as well.
“If you choose to diet, I don’t think that is a good choice but it is totally...”
– The Rotund
Sample menu from Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight... →
It’s 1,200 calories!!! How can a person function on that? Aren’t we supposed to be active? How can someone be active on 1,200 calories per day?!
Fortunately, I resisted the urge to type the above in all caps, though it would have been a more accurate representation of my outrage.
“Really, it was just a crying shame to be on WW and not be able to treat food...”
– A Sarah, a commenter on Shapely Prose discussing her experience with Weight Watchers.
Dieting leads to loss of lean tissue and not fat,... →
Here’s an idea: Stop focusing on size and weight and focus on health. Be responsible when you eat and commit to physical activity. The likely result will be something other than the government prescribed ideal BMI. But you know what? The government doesn’t know shit.
Woman with large cyst told to lose weight →
I have had many experiences with doctors and nurse practitioners who ignored my symptoms and simply told me to lose weight. It’s as if health professionals can’t get past my weight or size to see that something else is going on. My conditions often go unaddressed because doctors refuse to investigate my symptoms or even respect the diagnosis of a previous doctor.
How will Wii Fit make you feel about your body? →
Great piece in the Kansas City Star by Debra Sapp-Yearwood on how Wii Fit encourages users to view themselves negatively.
Re-blog this statement if it applies to you.
sayrah:
Though sexuality seems irrelevant.
seagull:
jessicagoldharalson:
“I am a straight woman, and I am confident about my appearance and happy with my body.”
How I learned to love my body
When I look in the mirror, I own what I see. I’m fat and I feel just fine saying that. My shift in perspective was born upon discovering the fat acceptance movement. The people look like me and they understand that differences in size are complex (genetic, physical, mental, cultural, etc.), but that all people deserve respect.
Stop and consider how you think of fat people. Do you mock them? Do...
“A. You’re assuming that people labeled overweight or obese are unhealthy. ...”
– My response to this and to comments that contend, “Extremely overweight employees and employees who smoke are not just hurting themselves, they’re raising the rates for everybody in the company.” (via sayrah)