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OK City: Lose Weight, Get a Taco
Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.
Sick Sad World or News from the Weird, you decide: [Taco Bell company president Greg] Creed said that when the weight-loss initiative reaches 100,000 pounds, every person in Oklahoma City will be offered a free fresco taco from the new menu. (The diet... ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 01:14 PM
International No Diet Day is here!
Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.
Happy International No Diet Day, everyone! I can think of no more appropriate thing to share than Michelle's Public Service Announcement from Your Body. Enjoy. ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 11:08 AM
We're #2!
Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.
[self-congratulatory post] It's taken nearly eight years, but as of this writing BFB is now the #2 result on Google for fat acceptance. It'd been #3 behind MaryMc's Fat Acceptance Stuff for a long time. For the record, NAAFA is the #1 result. Thanks again ...  
Published: 05-02-2008 05:22 PM
Trash to Treasure
Cat-a-Blog
? ? Ivan took these photos of the famous "Nevada Shoe Tree" this past weekend. This shoe tree is in the middle of "nowhere Nevada". Seriously far from any city of significant size. I do think it's really thoughtful to offer up shoes to Mother Nature (or ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 10:37 PM
SBQ: Family Heirlooms
Enemy of Entropy » SBQ: Family Heirlooms - Enemy of Entropy by Cynthia Armistead/TechnoMom
And another Stitching Blogger Question of the week, which should leave me all caught up: Do you have any pieces that you would liked passed on to future generations as family heirlooms? At one time, I thought so. My mother has a Tigerlily piece I did for ...  
Published: 05-07-2008 02:44 PM
SBQ: Blended Threads
Enemy of Entropy » SBQ: Family Heirlooms - Enemy of Entropy by Cynthia Armistead/TechnoMom
And another Stitching Blogger Question: How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up the blends beforehand, how do you store them? ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 02:37 PM
SBQ: Most Complicated Piece?
Enemy of Entropy » SBQ: Family Heirlooms - Enemy of Entropy by Cynthia Armistead/TechnoMom
I’m behind on the Stitching Bloqqer Questions, so I’ll do them for the next few days. What is the most complicated piece you’ve ever completed? I’m trying to figure out how to judge how complicated someone else would judge a piece ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 03:51 AM
Graphics. Gah!
Enemy of Entropy » SBQ: Family Heirlooms - Enemy of Entropy by Cynthia Armistead/TechnoMom
There are times when being graphic-impaired really does annoy me. I’m finally moving forward with porting the Heartsong Handicrafts site to WordPress. It shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve done the same many times before with other sites. ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 02:36 PM
Sam and Saturday
Enemy of Entropy » SBQ: Family Heirlooms - Enemy of Entropy by Cynthia Armistead/TechnoMom
Yes, it was another date night. Yay! (They are the highlights of my week, with good reason.) The girl went out on a date, so we had the house to ourselves. It still feels odd, at times, not to have any kids around, and not to even be worried about picking ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 03:55 AM
But She Got Much Back
Every Woman Has an Eating Disorder
A loyal reader forwarded me this website, a clothing company called "Little in the Middle," specializing in clothing for normal women. Specifically, the company caters to all of us "pears," who have smaller waists and larger hips and thighs.I certainly ...  
Last Updated: 05-08-2008 08:50 AM
Sex and Weight
Every Woman Has an Eating Disorder
Yesterday, I was interviewed by an online magazine on the topic of overweight* women and dating. Specifically, the interviewer asked questions about why thinness is glorified in women, how overweight women struggle in general and particularly with regard ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 06:58 AM
No Diet Day!
Fat Thoughts
Remember to honor your body today.  Do not hate the house of your soul!  To honor yourself, exercise with the activity you like.  To honor yourself, eat great fruits and vegetables.  To honor yourself, love who you are!  We all, ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 10:48 PM
Hope You Had a Great Cinco de Mayo
Fat Thoughts
Was your day yesterday good?  I hope so!  I hope you had good Mexican food and great Mexican music! Fat Girl   ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 10:42 PM
Sad Anniversary
Fat Thoughts
The anniversary of a father's death is hard.  Time heals certain wounds, not all.  The things left unsaid remain so.  Hugs missed will not be gained.  That is the way it works.  I expected the death, but never expected the type of ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 04:16 AM
Still a Yoga BBW!
Fat Thoughts
I complained.  Now, I can talk about YOGA! I am still doing the yoga thing!  The other night was yoga night.  My mat was on the floor, and I was on my mat!  I can still put my leg on my chest!  Yes, a fat person can be flexible! My ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 01:17 AM
Fair Left the Room, BBW Mad!
Fat Thoughts
It was AllXXXXX 40,000 and Fat Girl 0.  They won!  I don't have enough money to fight them.  Insurance companies are just crooks IMHO! Now, I have other fights.  This fat woman will not rest!  My attentions are divided, but I will ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 01:04 AM
Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play ...
Communications of a Fat Waitress
Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up to the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be ...  
Last Updated: 05-07-2008 01:05 AM
College
Communications of a Fat Waitress
Everyone is getting back from school this week and every person that I see return reminds me of what happened back in February at the college I was attending. First off I’m more annoyed at myself for thinking that Baker College could of given me a degree ...  
Last Updated: 05-05-2008 05:55 AM
OMG!!!
Freakarina
MySpace has this new application called "Own Your Friends".  You basically try to score points so you can own people and control their status message (in that application only).  It is FUNNY AS FUCK!  Yeserday I went on a spree and bought ...  
Published: 05-09-2008 06:16 AM
I May Have to name THIS Alien (or: I Will Name My Alien By The End Of This Blog!)
Freakarina
Something like, The Nasty Bitch That Wouldn't Leave.  Lynde's maxi-pad suggestion was a winner.  Mostly anyway.  Bitchy, that is the alien's name now, decided to turn all red and inflamed and demand a milking every time I used the restroom ...  
Published: 05-09-2008 05:39 AM
Holly Just Reminded Me (or: Blame It On Holly)
Freakarina
A couple of days ago I finally had a dream where I consciously controlled took control of the outcome.   In the dream, a friend and I were trying to get into a car and we were locked out.  I think we were trying to get away from ...  
Published: 05-09-2008 05:16 AM
I Have to Admit It (or: Sherotica is Gonna Love This!)
Freakarina
I really like Rascal Flatts. The lead singer tends to be nasally (is that even a word?) but their music is so beautiful and the lyrics are AWESOME.  Damn those country musicians!!! ...  
Published: 05-08-2008 01:25 AM
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Freakarina
Today started out pretty good.  The Alien showed more improvement this morning and that is always a good thing.  I was looking forward to putting in a full day at work; I have taken on some new tasks (by choice) and my desk is swamped with ...  
Published: 05-08-2008 12:25 AM
Progress - TMI WARNING!!!
Freakarina
Last night the raw skin around the Alien looked so bad I thought I was gonna have to go to the emergency room.  But I did some hard core wound care and it looked a LOT better this morning.  I keep it covered at work, of course, but at home ...  
Published: 05-07-2008 06:34 AM
Notice Anything Different?
Freakarina
I have been working on this for a while but tonight I kicked it up a notch.  By the time I get to the Bash (67 days!!!) I'll be back to blonde.  I know Bissy will be so excited, LOL!  Now I won't have to dye my eyebrows anymore!!! ...  
Published: 05-07-2008 04:57 AM
Damn
Freakarina
I generally have a high pain threshold but this alien is KILLING ME.  I had to lay down before the lunch to get on top of the pain and now I am dying.  It's all I can do not to go to bed right now because I won't sleep tonight if I ...  
Published: 05-05-2008 01:32 AM
Damn I Smell Good!
Freakarina
Thanks Carr!!! ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 11:08 PM
Lanna Thai Coupon!!!
Freakarina
  http://eol.entertainment.com/?locKey=00306751003RED00728769EPC00497999PRD00000001&partner=ls01&zipCode=98208 2 for 1 lunch coupon!!! ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 06:40 PM
My Saturday
Freakarina
I feel like hell I have been in bed all day No matter how much water I drink I wake up with desert mouth I am gonna go lay in the bathtub and drink a liter of water ...  
Published: 05-04-2008 12:18 AM
Ruthie is Back!
Freakarina
She got me a cute little camel leather purse with green stitching when she was in Moroco!  Wooo hooooooooo! The plant behind her is the shamrock that Bissy got me in February of 2005 when I had my gallbladder removed! Good times! LOL! ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 06:20 AM
In Case You Were Wondering
Freakarina
They were SO worth the wait!!! ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 06:13 AM
The Part You Didn't Know (or: Me Want Snu Snu)
Freakarina
When I last wrote about my cookie dough I had discovered that I was in fact the shit throwing monkey; I had taken home somebody else’s peanut butter cookie dough.  I returned it the next morning and took mine home.  That was my Birthday and I got ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 05:57 AM
Blogging better with my new Wordpress Coffee mug
Full Figure Plus
I am not sure if it is a lazy Friday morning or I am just being lazy but I do know that my morning is going better thanks to sipping coffee from my brand new Wordpress Coffee Mug.  I actually received it in the mail a few days ago but used it for the first ...  
Published: 05-09-2008 03:20 PM
Many in the Plus Size Community are Thankful for SPANX
Full Figure Plus
When it comes to undergarments for plus size ladies and recently some men girdles have a long reputation of being hot and uncomfortable. A few years ago SPANX came on the scene and I have been hearing many ladies and according to some reports some men ...  
Published: 05-08-2008 01:12 PM
How to wear the season’s hottest trend… Animal Print!
Full Figure Plus
Article courtesy of Mama of lilmama.com.au Animal Print is IN (come to think of it, has it ever really gone out?) I have always been a huge fan of this primal trend, there is something sexy and fun about wearing these prints, and if done right can create a ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 12:45 PM
Plus- Real Girl Band Set To Challenge Industry Stereotypes
Full Figure Plus
When I first heard about Plus the plus size girl band that is looking to challenge the stereotypes in the music industry that we all know are not very fat friendly I could not find much information on them beyond the press release article. I was lucky ...  
Published: 05-05-2008 01:39 PM
A Fat Woman's Manifesto
Health At Every Size
Judy Bagshaw, author of romantic fiction with full-figured heroines (including At Long Last, Love, published by my company, Pearlsong Press), has A Fat Woman's Manifesto that I love. I'm posting it here with her permission.A Fat Woman's Manifestoby Judy ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 06:04 PM
May 5, 2008 Health At Every Size radio show celebrating International No Diet Day (May 6)
Health At Every Size
Today's Fat & Happy Music: "Happy Being Fat" (Big Dee Irwin), "Women's Bodies" (Rebecca Riots), "Even Free" (Kristi Martel), "The Losing Game" (Cosy Sheridan), "The Bathing Suit Song" (The Bathing Suit ...  
Published: 05-05-2008 03:17 PM
Cut and paste: school nutrition research goes to Canada
Junkfood Science
A new study was just reported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Canada as finding that schools that stop offering sugary sodas and fatty snacks could see significant drops in childhood obesity in just two years — a 33% lower risk for becoming ...  
Last Updated: 05-08-2008 08:24 PM
Saving Babies’ Lives
Junkfood Science
Repeating a scare — no matter how often or how loudly — won’t make it true. Once again, fat women are being meanly frightened by news their bodies could cause their babies harm. In the news, a new government report is said to have found that ...  
Last Updated: 05-08-2008 04:25 PM
Have you heard the news — on the federal genetic database and surveillance program?
Junkfood Science
Two major new pieces of legislation have received virtually no notice by mainstream media, but, incredibly, give the federal government the ability to both collect the DNA on every American and establish a nationalized DNA database and surveillance ...  
Last Updated: 05-07-2008 07:41 PM
Your secret’s safe with us
Junkfood Science
USA Today reports that thieves are using increasingly sophisticated methods to access electronic medical records and steal patient information. Only two states require people to be notified when their personal health information has been fraudulently ...  
Last Updated: 05-07-2008 01:47 PM
Pink bubblegum ice cream... Irvine Robbins 1917-2008
Junkfood Science
He enjoyed three or four scoops of ice cream a day — his favorite was said to have been Jamoca Almond Fudge — and he made it his company policy that employees were allowed to eat all the ice cream they wanted. No American hasn’t been touched by his ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 08:07 PM
Two very different views — medical homes and our doctors
Junkfood Science
Words are powerful marketing tools. Simply naming something to give it a warm and fuzzy connotation can lead us to think it will solve all of our problems and everything will be wonderful. It’s how people sell all sorts of things — weight loss ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 04:05 PM
Happy International No Diet Day!
Junkfood Science
Can you go an entire day without: making a disparaging comment about your thighs or stomach, counting calories, weighing yourself or feeling guilty about what you eat? Today is International No Diet Day — a day devoted to learning to break free from ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 12:00 AM
Is ‘fit and fat’ a nonissue?
Junkfood Science
I wasn’t even going to bother mentioning this study — it was a data dredge looking for correlations using self-reported data from an unrelated clinical trial that was never designed to even examine or answer this question. Plus, the findings were so ...  
Last Updated: 05-05-2008 05:24 PM
Health care tyranny
Junkfood Science
Dr. Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., a former professor of medicine who spent over 20 years as a full-time clinical cardiologist and medical researcher, has been thinking along similar lines to last week’s government surveillance Scarlet D story, with a third ...  
Last Updated: 05-04-2008 03:43 PM
Another scare is born: electromagnetic fields and preemies
Junkfood Science
There was this press release, written from a small study, that went around the world... journalists at news syndicates wrote articles verbatim from the press release... the story grew as it was picked up by dozens of media outlets... the headline writers ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 07:41 AM
Friday food fun — Bring back milk and cookies!
Junkfood Science
We need more “good” food stories like this! Three food- and fun-loving bloggers got together — Peanut Butter Boy, The Chocolate Peanut Butter Gallery, and Foodaphilia — for the first Peanut Butter Exhibition Roundup. They held a contest and ...  
Last Updated: 05-02-2008 09:33 AM
Teachers, leave my kids alone! — A mother says all parents need to pull their kids out of anti-science classes
Junkfood Science
A mother has finally had it with misguided “health” and “nutrition” classes in school and scouting programs, and their anti-obesity and “healthy eating” lessons. They aren’t about health or nutrition and are harming young people, putting ...  
Last Updated: 05-02-2008 04:40 PM
The other side of the story — Part Two
Junkfood Science
When you or a loved one is making a medical decision that will affect the rest of your life, and might even cost you your life, you deserve the best available information based on quality research and balanced, accurate presentations of the medical risks ...  
Last Updated: 05-04-2008 08:53 AM
Not Tonight, Dear, I Have a Headache
Body Impolitic
Debbie says: I saw this article a few days ago, and I’m still thinking about it. The premise is that (married) men are showing less interest in sex: Relate, which provides counselling, sex therapy and relationship education, said there had been a 40 ...  
Published: 05-08-2008 06:14 PM
Things We Can Do
Body Impolitic
Debbie says: A common progressive lament in these times is “But what can I do?” The problems seem huge and it’s easy to get caught in choice paralysis. Years ago, Laurie and I wrote what is still one of my favorites of everything ...  
Published: 05-06-2008 01:47 AM
Calling a Whore a Whore
Body Impolitic
Laurie and Debbie say: We are deeply saddened by the apparent suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the “D.C. madam,” earlier this week. Palfrey seems to have killed herself rather than go back to jail. Susie Bright, who interviewed Palfrey last ...  
Published: 05-03-2008 10:59 PM
ROAD. TRIP.
'a 'a i ka hula
ZOMG AWESOME  
Published: 05-08-2008 04:14 AM
Do You Want To Host Web Sites?
Cynically Optimistic & Optimistically Bitter
Are you interested in what it takes to host web sites? Bash you believe that this could be a concern that could do you a batch of money? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you may be onto something. There are many companies that host web ...  
Last Updated: 05-03-2008 10:50 PM
Special coupon from Kiyonna
The Pretty Pear
I've been super busy lately, in a really boring way, so I apologize for not posting more. To make it up for you, here's a coupon for $30 off orders of $175 at Kiyonna.com. Use the code MOMSRULE before May 14. Kiyonna also offers $6 shipping on all orders.  
Last Updated: 05-08-2008 03:30 AM
WiiFat
Red No. 3
So, my girlfriend owns a Wii. And its pretty fun. I never expected to like it, but the Wiimote controls are actually very easy to use and a lot of fun. One thing that's bothered me, though, is the way the Wii is often promoted as an "anti-obesity" tool. Ya ...  
Last Updated: 05-07-2008 08:53 AM
Moderate Fat Acceptance
Red No. 3
So, after grousing about the ways radical fat acceptance is marginalized, I find myself actually reigniting my dissatisfaction with radical fat acceptance. There are problems on both extremes and a lot of it comes down to how one extreme deals with the ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 02:53 PM
Radical Fat Acceptance
Red No. 3
Radical fat acceptance exists. It isn't me.Which ultimately is why I get pissed off when people brand me radical. Its not that I hate the label, but I'm profoundly troubled by what the label accomplishes. Its a step towards marginalizing fat acceptance. Of ...  
Last Updated: 05-06-2008 12:28 PM
10 Reasons why I *heart* Guam
beautiful women and lanzones
(in no particular order)- Guam is the home I can leave for almost twenty years and come back to find I’m still a local. It’s where the immigration guy greets me with a big fat “Hafa Adai!” after my cheesy explanation of why I’m so happy to be on ...  
Last Updated: 05-07-2008 06:54 PM
9 Things
beautiful women and lanzones
For those of you who don't know, I'm an avid reader of the makeup and beauty blog. I've met the writer and I think she's fabulous. Also, we discovered that we actually went to the same high school but never knew each other. How funny is that?! Anyway, ...  
Last Updated: 05-02-2008 11:20 PM