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Fitness Incentive
A few weeks ago, Conall arrived home a bit late from work. He’d had to stop at the office to pick up a pedometer. “A what?!” I asked. “A pedometer,” he replied. “Whatever for?” I wanted to know. It...
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Hey, Hey Mamma
You know that whenever Shannon picks me up off the floor from a dusty corner of the FFFs basement and shakes me out to start typing, that there will be no a shortage of stupidity and bad metaphors....
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TBD10: Half Baked —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. I’m out of my league in the world of fashion. If I had my...
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Hope and Despair
Trigger warning: Dieting and weight loss talk. Two different stories crossed my path recently: one was sent by my sister who knows exactly how to get my back up, and the other I discovered at Offbeat...
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TBD11-1: Fresh Puke —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. As you read this, the end is in sight. Tonight, the final episode...
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TBD11-2: Desperate Times —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. Last time on Biggest Dickweed… Jillian became possessed by the...
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This is a HAES Relapse
Trigger warning: Discussion of feeling the urge to diet and other disordered eating behaviors. As some of you might know, Spring Break just ended. As a college student taking care of my little...
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Seventeen Shapeshifters —
It seems like in every episode of Biggest Loser, there’s this thing called the Biggest Loser Challenge which I guess is TBL’s version of “The More You Know.” I guess theirs would be “The Fatter You...
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HAES Eating: Eat When You’re Hungry
Trigger warning: Discussion of weight loss strategies formerly employed by the author. The first leg in the three-legged stool called HAES-style eating is to eat when you’re hungry. Eating when you’re...
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Do wellness initiatives actually save health care dollars?
I think this is a very appropriate question that needs to be asked, especially in light of the recent decision by CVS Caremark to demand that their employees show up to a doctor for an annual WebMD...
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TBD12-1: The Final Countdown —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, the final episode. I cannot tell you how...
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Fat Lady Running
Howdy folks. Some of you may know from my blog that I’m preparing to strike something off my bucket list: the Victoria Goddess Run, to be held on June 2nd here in beautiful Langford, BC. So far I’ve...
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TBD12-2 Meat Market —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. This is it. We’re getting down to brass tacks. This is the last...
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The War Within
Lately I’ve been going through some ups and downs with my “friends.” I mean, some of them are acquaintance-type friends and some are friends who I had actual relationships with at one point; however,...
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When Shit Happens
Lots of stuff has happened in the past few days, so bear with me. So… I have a brace on now. Yeah. What the hell happened? Well, remember when I was talking about going to Arizona and had a short fall...
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If I run fast enough
Since I discovered Health At Every Size®, going to see the doctor has become a lot more fraught. I’m never sure what kind of reception I’m going to get. Will they mention the W word? So far, I’ve been...
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TBD12-3: The Quickening —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. This is it. It all comes down to these last 20 minutes or so....
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New Health Scare
Being fat brings with it a wide variety of scary and life-threatening diseases — if you believe the way the research is reported. Why, at my level of fatness, I’m a heart attack/stroke/broken...
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Unskinny Bob —
The following is an open letter to Director, and original fierce fatty, Kevin Smith about dieting and weight loss. Hey Kevin, I’ve been a huge fan of yours for nearly two decades, first through your...
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Lapping History —
It’s become a sort of mantra for me: saddened, but not surprised. This time, it’s in response to Chris Christie getting the Lap-Band. So long, rotund Republican rabble-rouser. Predictably, the press...
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