I found this article about “obesity discrimination” on Digg, and it gave me food for thought.
“In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases. Advocates for the plus-sized, particularly activists in the “fat acceptance” movement, want obesity to become a category [...]
Well, I just got back from Hawaii - what, I didn’t tell you I was going? Shame on me! At any rate, I got back feeling so much better than I have for weeks. The question is - why? I’ve identified a few factors that I think led to me feeling more "fit", and now [...]
Seriously, we’ve all probably heard that old saw from our mothers. "Drink 8 glasses of water a day and you’ll lose weight." I always had a lot of questions about that - first of all, what is a glass? 8 Ounces? 16? How do you know when you’ve had 8 glasses worth?
So I found a [...]
With winter still dragging on, I’m having a hard time (ok, an EXCRUCIATING time) getting myself up in the morning. My bedroom is on the west side of the house, and with no sunlight in the morning it’s just awful trying to drag myself up from the depths of dreamland. I read an article that [...]
I ran into a great article over at Losing It - Getting Fit today that I really thought hit the nail on the head. As I’ve said in previous posts, I really think for me that dieting is about attitude, and a combination of exercise and fitness rather than some “trick” or “system”. Here’s my [...]
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What is that noise? My head swims with the incessant blaring of the alarm clock. Instinctively I reach over and slap the button on top that lets me go back to my happy place.. I was having such a warm and wonderful dream. I slip back down into the warm, friendly arms of the [...]
