It’s been years since I’ve seen this side of 300. About three years ago, I clocked in at 372 on a routine doctor’s visit. And I can guarentee I gained after that, but am unsure just how high I may have gone. All in all, I think I’ve been 300+ for at least 6 years, […]

Here’s another reason to go for whole foods: according to the CSPI, you just cannot trust package labeling these days:

For years, CSPI has filed complaints with the FDA about egregiously mislabeled foods — for example, “blueberry” waffles with no blueberries or “strawberry” yogurt for kids with no strawberries. The FDA’s inaction on such products has […]

Ha! I’ll bet you thought that since they got rid of the men’s and women’s teams on The Biggest Loser that I wouldn’t post about how unfair men versus women is. Guess again :).
Just because I can’t let go of it, I have to share that I crunched the numbers last night just to see […]

So McDonalds is putting nutritional info on their food:

Patrons of the world’s largest restaurant company will be able to learn the amount of calories and fat, among other information, in a McDonald’s product by looking at the wrapper instead of having to go to its Web site or ask for it at the counter.

As Diet […]

Deepak Chopra has a great post about the spiritual Catch-22 in our lives, and how it relates to addictions and compulsions. More importantly, he also provides a very interesting nugget (see emphasis below) that suggests one possible way out:

The basic question is how to escape the paradox that resisting fear (or evil or neurosis) only […]

Well, you’d think I’d wait until Wednesday, when I’ll likely vent some more about NBC’s The Biggest Loser, but I can’t help myself. Last week, I complained that having the men versus the women was inherently unfair.
Thus I was interested to pick up the November Oprah magazine and find an article on this very subject […]

I don’t know if this is something common to compulsive overeaters and/or the morbidly obese, but I have a fantasy of getting to the place where I have a gourmet kitchen where I cook fabulous meals with my SO while sipping Chardonnay and looking at the sunset in the distance out the picture window. This […]

Here’s something that I hope makes folks think twice before they go in for the surgery solution:

CNN: Obesity surgery riskier than expected
New research found a higher-than-expected risk of death in the year after surgery, even among young patients.
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Some previous studies of people in their 30s to their 50s — the most common ages for obesity […]

Debra tagged me last night, so I’ll at least do part one, which is share the 5th line of my 23rd post (where I complain about the Protein Power website):

You have got to be kidding me.

How funny :).
My two regulars have both been tagged, so I don’t think there’s too much point in my […]

Okay, it’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to complain about last night’s episode of The Biggest Loser. Over on Anonymous Fat Woman, Nicole posts about it as well, and she raises the issue I’ve complained about before: the men versus women thing is a train wreck. It’s just not fair.
The good news is that it […]

In its October issue, Health magazine takes on the issue of dieting by doing “a study rigorous enough for a medical journal.” (It’s not currently available online.)
Well, they are right, it is “far beyond what magazines usually offer.” Alas, too bad it doesn’t really provide a satisfactory answer to the question of dieting.
First […]

The October issue of Health magazine has a special report titled “Our Real Life Diet Face Off” (not online yet). I hope to have more on this soon. But for now, I just have to vent about one of the diets in the face off, David Katz’s The Way to Eat.
I don’t really begrudge Katz […]

Today’s USA Today has a number of articles (here, here, and here) related to weight loss coming out of the annual meeting of the Obesity Society. Here’s my two cents on a couple.
Weight war can be never-ending — In this article, researchers emphasize what most of us know. It’s a hell of a lot harder […]

I got a chuckle from one fan’s “tribute” to the show some of us love to hate: The Biggest Loser.

Thank you. Thank you for publicly humiliating yourself so that I have something to do for an hour on Tuesday nights. I am forever grateful to have the opportunity to watch you and your fellow heffalumps […]

Yesterday was both a horrible and a great day. It was horrible, because some ongoing premenopausal bleeding problems (due to fibroids) had me in the emergency room. I’ve been dealing with this since June, when I had my first-ever three week period. Fortunately, I didn’t need to be admitted yesterday (I was astonished I […]

I mentioned yesterday that I’ve been reading Chris Lawford’s tale of addiction (Symptoms of Withdrawal) rather than the book Oprah picked for her book club, James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces.
I actually bought the latter, but put it down after reading the first page. I may get back to it eventually, since I […]

How interesting that just as I’m posting about “giving up the fantasy that someone was going to come and take care of me,” Nikki (over on Slim Spirited) writes:

Really, I just want to turn my life over to someone to run it. I don’t want to have to worry about bills, or my health anymore. […]

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that one of the aspects of my “plan” is working to find a positive answer to Einstein’s reputed question: “Is the universe friendly?”

Albert Einstein once said the most important question a human being can ask is “Is the universe friendly?” Think of that for a moment. How […]

Over on advoc84justice, Grace is describing her experiences with OA and its version of the 12-step program. Re step 1 (We admitted we were powerless over food - that our lives had become unmanageable.), Grace writes:

Can anyone who weighs 350 pounds really believe they are in control of their eating? …
I was not in control […]

Okay, so I know I’m trying to mellow out and not let things get to me, but sometimes people just annoy me. For example, I was reading Mary Dan Eades’s blog (of Protein Power fame) and decided to go to their Low Carb Cookworx site to find out if their PBS show was on in […]

Well, there’s an hour of my life I won’t get back. And I had to watch it in real time, as I was tivo’ing My Name Is Earl. Bravo’s Great Things About Being … Fat (part of a series that also includes great things about being 30, queer, and blond; yikes) just wasn’t great at […]

The other day, I shared what I’m calling the lazy person’s guide to
managing carbs. I thought it might be helpful to share a bit more specifics about what I’m eating.
Well, of course, as the previous post states, I’m pretty leery of (and less-than-compliant with) any diet that requires a lot of work. I’m also […]

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always […]

So, when I announced this blog, I said that my premise was that the way to manage overeating is to choose to be HEALTHY. I strongly believe that this is possible.
For example, I have some vague recollections about seeing a Dr. Phil episode where he pointed out the truth that this is indeed a choice. […]

So I went to see a sneak preview of In Her Shoes on Saturday. I liked it a lot, as chick flicks are generally my fave movies. I’ll skip the blood, violence, and science fiction…give me a good relationship story any day.
However, I must admit to being saddened, just a bit, by how the PR, […]