Archive for April 2008
Update on doctor’s visit…
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 30, 2008
- In: Health| Self esteem
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Got the results of my blood tests the other day. Everything was within normal limits! =c) This is HUGE considering that my cholesterol has been high for some time now, despite a strict low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. Keep in mind that my maternal grandfather had high cholesterol (and 13 heart attacks and 3 strokes caused by [...]
“Size Surfer Girl”???
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 30, 2008
I normally don’t get all worked up about commercials for diet programs. I *know* that they are designed to make people, women in particular, feel bad about their bodies so that they will pay for the services, prepackaged cardboard food, and various and sundry other bullshit products that they sell. The latest one by Valerie [...]
Bariatric surgery anecdotes…
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 28, 2008
I know that anecdotes aren’t considered scientific evidence, but within my circle of family and friends there is enough anectdotal evidence that bariatric surgery doesn’t work long term and/or has serious health side effects to convince me that it’s something I do *NOT* want to undergo.
The list of people I know or am related to that [...]
Manic again
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 24, 2008
Oy vey. Mania set in yesterday. Not an unusual state of affairs for springtime. Unfortunately, I’m making everyone around me crazy with my shifting moods (from ecstatic to infuriated to creative and back again) and my nonstop talking with the constantly changing topics, the web of which nobody but me can understand.
In the past, I [...]
What do *you* think?
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 21, 2008
Hat tip to Fatshionista for bringing the video below to my attention. =c)
So. The debate is that these are “healthy” women, espousing “healthy” views towards food.
I just don’t see it. To be a little more sure that I wasn’t letting my own personal prejudices get in the way of seeing the [...]
A Change in Attitude?
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 18, 2008
So I went to the doctor yesterday, the same doctor I’ve been seeing for years now despite the fact that she persists in giving me the “lose weight and your <depression, high cholesterol, fatigue, menstrual cramps, migraine headaches, etc.> will go away” myth at almost every visit. BTW, that depression is diagnosed BIPOLAR disorder, not “garden [...]
Am I the only fat chick that likes to TAN???
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 10, 2008
I’ve been looking for a two-peice bathing suit, that isn’t a tankini, but also isn’t a STRING bikini AND doesn’t have the “halter” style top… NOTHING! At least, not in a size big enough for me.
Apparantly the local Lane Bryant thinks that us fat chicks don’t swim, because they didn’t even HAVE swimsuits. Don’t get [...]
Obese=lazy, greedy bastards?
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 10, 2008
This article from spiked.com is actually about cooking shows, but there are several good points made:
Carbs are an essential part of a balanced diet, and a more efficient source of energy than protein or fat
Carbs do not make you obese
There is no “junk food,” only “junk diets”
Fast food is only bad for you if you [...]
I felt more proud of myself…
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 4, 2008
I do believe this, shared courtesy of PostSecret, is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. This poor person has been so shamed about her body and her weight that she has resorted to bulemia to try to get control over it, to finally get a sense of pride. (I’m assuming it’s a woman, of course [...]
Toys with children’s meals “unethical.”
Posted by: Pet~ on: April 4, 2008
A group of councillors met in Liverpool last night (Apr 3), and agreed to support a ban on McDonald’s Happy Meals. McDonald’s isn’t the only restaraunt being targeted. Any restaraunt (fast food or otherwise) that gives away “gimmicks” with their children’s meals is a target of this ban. The councillors and the Children’s Services Select Committee claim [...]
