I have a saying when I see someone do something particularly stupid and dangerous – You are going to end up as a sad, sad story in the Merc. The “Merc” is our local newspaper, The Mercury News, (yes, thankfully, we still have one – although it has been downsized a lot) and the Local…
An article I recently read deals with what happens when a fat “influencer” loses weight and how the fat community deals with this. Influencer Weight Loss The answer is – It depends. If you were fat and used to be all over the internet talking about what a hot and fierce fatty you are and…
I say, when we finally come down to the Presidential debates (not just the ones to cull the current herd of Democrats), that we do the following: Anytime a candidate is caught telling a lie, they get a time out. Their mic is shut off for “x” number of minutes. This idea makes me smile.
Okay. There’s a new “study” that says there is an association between exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) while sleeping and obesity. Sleeping with Night Light Associated with Weight Gain WTF? So, after reading an article about this study, I find the abstract. Abstract on Artificial Light at Night Exposure and Weight Gain And…
Fat people are more prone to heart attacks. Fat people have a better survival rate for heart attacks. A recent study shows that fat people have a decreased risk of in-hospital death following acute myocardial infarction (a heart attack), despite having other conditions like hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Association between BMI and…
THE CIGARETTE COMPANIES ALREADY TRIED IT!!!! Shame on Weight Watchers®. Shame on you Oprah. Society has finally started to catch wise to the fact that dieting doesn’t work for the vast majority of people. Weight Watchers, itself, revealed in an internal memo that it relies on repeat customers for a large part of its revenue. …
As you may have noted, I like to include some kind of image with my blog posts. I really enjoy searching and finding an image that tickles my fancy. For some reason, Yahoo wants to tickle more than my fancy when I do an image search. When I do a Google image search, I get…
I am usually pretty good with tech stuff. I use a computer for fun and profit every day. I have a Kindle Fire. But what I cannot seem to get a handle on, to save my soul (if I have one), is how to get my cell phone to behave like other people’s cell…
Many people love Oprah Winfrey. I respect and admire the woman; but I don’t love her. I don’t love her because Oprah Winfrey does not love herself. Oprah has spent a lifetime battling her own body. She is the queen of weight recycling, and body (self) hatred. Being the boss of her own underpants, that…
Well, actually, I did just throw up in my mouth a little bit when I saw this article. Oh boy, we now have a whole group of “Fat Concern Trolls,” getting together to help fatties like me to live with our chronic “disease” of obesity. Let me make this clear – FUCK YOU!!!!!!!! Is obesity…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 