Posts Tagged: fat girl

Cynicism and the Jazzercise Jiggle

posted on 07/09/2013

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I’m going to tell you a couple of things about myself that you may not know. One, I consider myself something of a recovering cynic. I come from a long line of stalwart observers who often found it easier to point out what was wrong with the world (albeit in a clever and humorous way, […]

How to React When I Refer to Myself as a "Fat Girl"

posted on 10/23/2010

You wouldn’t believe how uncomfortable it makes people. Especially skinny people. We’ll be together in some social situation, talking about whatever (often it’s food or dieting or fitness), and I will make a reference to myself as a fat girl. I often do this in an outrageously self-applauding way. For example when someone compliments me […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #4 (Running in Place like a Cartoon)

posted on 10/11/2010

It’s time for another installment in the Stages of Weight Loss… When we last left our heroine, it was the WAY FUN stage of being totally balanced and really psyched about moving in the right direction. Well, I hope you enjoyed that feeling of momentum. Because now we’re going nowhere fast. This is a particularly […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #3 (Inspiration)

posted on 09/24/2010

At this point in the weight loss cycle, I’ve been through denial, more or less hit bottom (or top, if you’re looking at a graph of pounds) and started the rebound. One or two small successes generally get me on the road and then that warm, fuzzy inspired feeling takes hold. This is the jazzed […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #2 (Sad, Sad Realization)

posted on 09/20/2010

After the epic battle (or at least, slightly elevated conversation) between my Ego and Superego, the denial stage of weight loss grinds to an unhappy halt. No longer can I ignore the upward creeping of the scale, and the rationalizations begin to wear so thin that I can see through them clear to the nearest […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #1 (Denial)

posted on 09/17/2010

Today’s blog is inspired by the fact that — as of this morning — I am 11 pounds down since the beginning of summer and only 6.5 to go before I hit my pre-pregnancy weight. Anyway, it got me thinking about how many times I’ve ridden the weight loss roller coaster over the last 20+ […]

The Wearing of the Pink – Breast Cancer Walk Recap

posted on 06/09/2010

Whew! It’s been almost two days since I finished one of the more major challenges of my life, and I’m finally finding time to sit down and write about my Very Pink Weekend. For anyone who happens not to know, I participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this weekend in Chicago. The total […]

Blisters and the Battle Within

posted on 04/21/2010

I’m nearly halfway through my training now, completing a 12-mile endurance walk this past Sunday. I’m learning a lot about myself through this process, including what my body is capable of enduring and how surprisingly quickly I can bounce back from what feels like overwhelming tiredness or soreness. I have noticed that during each week’s […]

Grateful Woman Walking

posted on 03/25/2010

I’m in my second week of training for the walk (and I promise that not every blog for the next 10 weeks will be about this). It’s going pretty well, though I am realizing how much I’d been neglecting my exercise routine lately. Walking five days a week and cross-training on the other two is […]

First Steps (Mine, Not the Baby’s)

posted on 03/16/2010

I felt I needed to clarify the title, to keep people from getting all excited that MLM might be walking and read on, hoping for adorable “Bambi-on-the-ice”-type video ending with my son falling on his adorable little baby butt. Well, sorry. Not yet, anyway. Now that you’ve presumably recovered from the disappointment that this is […]