Abuse is better than being fat

This is a post I made over a year ago on my private LiveJournal.  Even though the news article is dated, it’s still very relevant today, as there are so many place equating “letting” a child be obese with child abuse. 
 
What is up with people saying that physical abuse is better than obesity for children? [...]

I don’t know how to say it any plainer

Last Thursday, MiL and I went to her physical therapy appointment.  Driving there, we passed by the doctor’s office of the doctor who performed MiL’s niece’s lap band surgery. 
“I know you don’t want to diet, but what about doing something like a lap band?  It’s really helped Jessica* out.  She’s lost a lot of weight you [...]

Here’s some real videos then…

I won’t take down the old one, even though I got taken in by it. Thank you to gg for the link to the site showing it to be a hoax.
Here, however, is some real dancing by “real” fat people.

And here:

The second video is Ragen Chastain who [...]

And They Say Fat People are all Lazy and not Fit

Today’s Saturday Fluff comes as a You Tube video, with lots of thanks to my friend Miss Kitten.  The video really speaks for itself.   (Other than for me to say I want to be him when I grow up!)
Enjoy!

Self Care

In the last couple of months, I’ve read a few different people’s take on self-care (one at AngryGreyRainbows and another at Joy Discovered) about self care.  The concept of self care has been percolating in my brain since then.
I googled self care, and found there is a thing called “Self Care Deficit Theory”.  It was conceived [...]

It Never Rains but it Pours

So much has been going on here.  First, the oven quit a few weeks back, then my computer died a week ago (still don’t have it fixed or a new one yet).  Then, this week that was supposed to be a laid back and relaxed week has turned into one packed with appointments.
Time to sit [...]

New Aquarium

Okay, sort of new aquarium.
We have a 20 gallon tank, where we used to have only a 10 gallon tank.  In our 10 gallon tank, we had 5-6 neon tetras, a ghost shrimp (til the vacuum ate him), and an algae eater.  Now, we have double the room, so we can have double the fish.
At [...]

Addendum on A Tale of Two Doctors

While I was there, the gynecologist gave me a prescription for metformin.  For me, this works in that I can tell differences when I’m on it, my migraines don’t come as often as when I’m not taking metformin, I don’t have to be careful about how many carbs I eat in a day (before metformin, [...]

A Tale of Two Doctors

(A digression of the normal Friday Series.)
Thursday I went to two doctor appointments; my GP and my OB/GYN.  I went for entirely different reasons.  I went to the GP because I needed a “get out of jury duty” pass (because my migraines have gotten to the point of having them two or three times a [...]

Another “Hungry” Post

Last month, I posted about how ignoring the natural body signals (IE, being hungry) can be detrimental.  I said that I usually don’t feel hungry because I got so used to ignoring it.
Today I’m having an opposite problem.  Last night, I started having a “body memory” about being ravenous.  The trigger to this doesn’t matter, [...]