As a lot of you know, I’ve been teeter-tottering on the diet fence these days. I’ve read a lot of books about fat acceptance, and about the flawed science behind the so-called Obesity Epidemic.
But my cholesterol is over 230, and I’m (only) 30 years old, with no strong family history indicators that I would have [...]

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Okay, that Lolcats picture doesn’t have much to do with this entry, but hey, the issue comes up often enough here. Plus it made me crack a smile, and I really needed that.
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I feel like a crystal vase teetering on the edge of a table in a house full of six-year-old boys. Precariously doomed.
I got [...]

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Last week I wrote about what Kate Harding of Shapely Prose dubbed the Fantasy of Being Thin (FoBT)—the misconception that once we achieve a particular weight or state of perfection everything will magically be wonderful—and how this can damage us and hold us back from fully participating in life.
I often find myself in an awkward [...]

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It’s cool, wet, and blustery outside; my wussy little umbrella is all undone ;).
Notice: THE FIRST CANDY OF THE SEASON HAS APPEARED IN OUR OFFICE BREAK ROOM. A whole basket full of it.
*groan*
There will be a never-ending stream of sweets at work between now and Christmas. Torture.
I haven’t mentioned the WW thing to anyone at [...]

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I (re)joined WeightWatchers (WW) Monday evening after work. I’ve been a member several times in the past—and had notable success back in early 2005 until I relocated and got out of the swing of things, regaining all of the weight over the next two years.
So here I am, all 192.6 pounds of me. My goodness.
I’d [...]

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