-That people comment, unsolicited, on my appearance. For good or ill. I do not want to hear it, because I didn’t ask you.
-That I can render myself unrecognizable to people who know me through very slight alterations in my attire or makeup or hairstyle.
-That I can only assume from this that people do not look [...]

Maybe I am a glutton for punishment, but, this afternoon, I couldn’t resist the temptation to watch the show “You Are What You Eat” with Dr. Gillian McKeith.
I didn’t hear a whole lot of information spouted, but the general gist of the show was that she took a woman whose diet consisted almost entirely of [...]

Last night, I came out in public as a fat person.
This affected me far more deeply than I thought it would.
So, I woke up early to type up my presentation on Thursday morning since my computer had swallowed my unsaved first rendition. I was nervous, and felt unprepared. At work I did some [...]

Old post brought to mind by Kate’s post on “Marilyn’s Law.” Many links are dead, and dress sizes are based only on the patterns I had around at the time…maybe 20, so numbers are not definitive. One more caveat: seems to me that pattern sizes run considerably smaller than ready-to-wear sizes. Not sure if that’s [...]

“Normal eating is being able to eat when you are hungry and continue eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it - not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to use [...]

There was an interesting news story this morning about a fat woman bringing a lawsuit against an airline because they refuse to give her a second seat for free. She couldn’t sit in a standard seat without being horribly uncomfortable and suffering bruises, as well as making whoever sat by her uncomfortable.
At first [...]