I live in Moreno Valley, CA so I just wanted to give everyone else a heads up if they are in the area and want to see a doctor here. The first time I went was for a different reason, but my BP was a little high so they wanted to check again at a later date. I have anxiety from driving and this was my first time coming plus i got lost so I just wasn ( Read more... )

PLEASE tell me this is/was a joke cooked up by this radio station. I don't even know where to begin. (definite triggers here so click the article at your own risk) http://news.yahoo.com/north-dakota-woman-plans-obese-kids-letters-halloween-195325859.html

Cut for rant/definite triggers.

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How do you feel about the points made in this article?

I often have arguments with people about the "obesity epidemic" and how horrible it is, and how it's causing a lot of death, destruction, and the end of America and apple pie.  So I cherish studies like this one, Obesity Not Always Tied to Higher Heart Risk: Study

Link.  The quotes I will be using.

"People with good metabolic health are not at risk ( Read more... )

Hullo fellow fats! Long time lurker, first time poster. One day I'll get up the nerves to do an OotD post, but for now I wanted to post about something that's very near and dear to me ( Read more... )

(the website I'm about to link below might be triggering to some for some anti-fat sentiments--just thought I'd throw that in here before I got started!

Hi fats!

I was driving home from my friend's house this morning and I was on the highway, I saw a big billboard with the following website on it: http://www.heyfatgirl.com. There was a picture of an ( Read more... )

Hello Fatshionista! I am posting here since I have no fat friends to discuss this with, and because you all seem so supportive and have great advice. This morning my persuasive writing class had a discussion that really bothered me. I want to somehow tell my professor about how the discussion made me feel, but I don't know how to approach it.

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So there's a bakery in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina called CRUMB - they are a custom bakery, no actual store, just by order only. A friend of mine recently saw that they decided to use a ridiculous and fat-insensitive slogan, and decided to do something about it...
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Dear CNN,

Was it really THAT slow of a news day that you needed to write an entire article about an apparently best-selling "fashion" book which seems to just be a big steaming pile of (well-intentioned and even more well-marketed) fat-shaming? I've usually got a thicker skin about this sort of thing, but this article really is one of the worst I've ( Read more... )