Over at Big Fat Blog, BuffPuff said: “…if it were simply a matter of physicality - learning to live comfortably in a fat body – that, in itself, wouldn’t be so hard. But it’s not that simple. It’s learning to survive in the current societal climate. It’s living each day knowing you ARE the very [...]

I got one my nutrition textbooks, and also checked out The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos from the library. I’ve been waiting for it FOREVER. I’m reading the first chapter (at work…it’s a slow day) and it’s really spot-on so far. His analysis of the raw data from epidemiological studies seem pretty good. At this [...]

I wish I’d included this quote in my letter to Adbusters [Here's the relevant part of that letter: "I can understand many people's impulse of disgust over the images of excess in the U.S....particularly the image of obese bellies next to the waifs of starving nation. But how can you blame any one person for [...]

“Dear Leslie DiMaggio and other Jenny Craig members,
“…I tell you, if I masturbated into a pillow every time I saw a 400 lb person eating, I’d have a lot of sticky pillows! You fat bastards are sure fucking fat! I know you always say that they can’t stop eating, but you know what shitface? I [...]

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 [...]