My family has noticed. My friends have noticed. Some friendships have suffered for it. My boyfriend has taken note. My coworkers are second guessing themselves. I’m torturing (lovingly!) people with my incessant questioning of the words we use when talking about health, obesity & fat. People are starting to apologize after they say things to [...]

Hey guys! Did you get the memo that we’re all too fat? Of course you did. There is no place to escape the onslaught of “studies” and “research” and “credentialed” spokespeople telling us we’re going down in a fatpocalypse of dynamite-shaped donuts. Did I use enough quotation marks to make my tone apparent? And, you [...]

We all know people who’ve lost excess weight only to regain it soon after. We also know some people who’ve kept the majority of their unhealthy weight off for long periods of time. Why can some do it and others not? What’s the probability of maintaining a weight-loss over time? A study, titled “Long-term weight [...]

Hey guys! Rachel Carson may have published her groundbreaking book Silent Spring in the 60s, but the book’s fear-inducing message about pesticides and environmental pollutants is still, if not more, relevant today. Two things are for sure in America right now — one: we’re experiencing what many deem “an obesity crisis,” and two: we’re experiencing [...]

Edited to add picture of PETA ad towards bottom Hey guys! In an effort to return the positive karma sent in my direction, I give thanks to the dude who ran up to my car and knocked on the window to return my debit card which I had left in the ATM machine (even though [...]

I spent a lot of time this morning writing about my fear of reversion.  It was a long post full of self-loathing and whining.  Then I re-read it, gasped, and decided to press the delete key and watch, giddily, as each word disappeared off the screen. Look – I know deleting my fears won’t make [...]

Updated to include additional give-aways. Hey guys!  I was doing my usual random health readings and research (*cough*NERD*cough*) and I came upon a BBC news report about there being a strong link between obese parents and their children of the same sex.  See BBC video here; The summary of the actual study may be found [...]

*Disclaimer – This is boring, philosophical ranting and more of me thinking aloud from exhaustion from school studies than an actual, cogent argument of any sort* As my first semester as a master’s student comes to a close, I’m drowning in a sea of literary theory and criticism.  It’s in my nature to seek the [...]