Sometimes I read around, looking at other people’s blogs. I like to keep abreast of the fitness/weight-loss circle especially (yeah, I know I’m fucking obnoxious, heh) and this is one of the sentiments I’ve encountered a few times: people being angry with anorectics or bulimics.
First off, I would prefer not to [...]

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As my husband and I walked through Chapters one night, I saw a book in the bargain section that caught my eye. It was called Losing It: America’s Obsession With Weight and the Industry That Feeds on It by Laura Fraser. I laughed a little to myself, and picked it up, smugly thinking, [...]

When I was married, at age 20, I weighed around 190 lbs. At the time, I had been living on my own right up until I came to Canada for my wedding, and I felt pretty good about myself. I didn’t care so much anymore what I looked like (I mean, I still [...]

Here are some notes I have been taking at the office for a few days:
Feb. 21, 8:20am: elevator at work. Two women. “She lost 66 lbs….she cut out all her carbs…she’s into Tae-Bo…it takes a lot of willpower…she started out with old Richard Simmons tapes she found in the garage.”
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“I remember watching at interview with Oprah Winfrey on the night before she revealed her 67-pound weight loss. I cried when I heard this amazingly talented and powerful woman…say that losing this weight was the most important accomplishment of her life.”
~Terry Garrison, Fed Up!: A Woman’s Guide to Freedom from the Diet/Weight Prison

We listen to these people?
“Your husband’s attitude…is due to your unattractive, overweight and therefore aging appearance. He becomes ashamed of you, and so do your children. Go on one of my diets and see how your husband and your life brightens up - it happens in most cases.
“Too many of my patients have [...]