I had this in my other post on the June issue of Oprah, but there was just so much good stuff in it, I decided to make it a separate post.
There’s a great article by Eve Ensler on her new play, The Good Body. Here are some highlights:
[The Good Body] is an examination of what […]

I mentioned last week that I picked up the June issue of Oprah. And at least one of you (hi Debbi!) took me up on the suggestion to buy it, since it was an issue that focused on the body.
They now have the June issue online, though what’s there is just a few of the […]

Oh, I know, nothing for a while, and now I can’t stop posting! But if you don’t regularly buy Oprah magazine, you may want to pick up the June issue. According to Oprah.com, it’s not on sale until May 16th, but I picked it up today. It’s their third “body” issue, and there are some […]

If you’re not a hard-core TV addict like me, Oprah’s show may not be in your normal DVR rotation. If not, you may want to make an exception for Monday’s show (May 1st) which will feature Dr. Mehmet Oz (of YOU: The Owner’s Manual fame).
The topic: his 90-day live longer, feel younger plan.
I expect […]

Over the last few months, I’ve developed a habit of catching Hardball and Countdown on MSNBC. On Thursday’s Hardball, Chris Matthews talked with Michael Berman, author of the new book, Living Large: A Big Man’s Ideas on Weight, Success, and Acceptance.
Transcripts and more after the break.

Here’s part of their discussion (from the MSNBC transcript):

MATTHEWS: […]

So last night was the finale of The Biggest Loser. Matt won. Rats.
Actually, while I had been rooting for either Suzy or Seth, I had to grudgingly give Matt props. He really did lose all that weight, even if he did it in his “crazy, insane” kind of way. And as the stats show […]

Well, I’ve got to get up in just a few hours and begin the holiday drive. PA Turnpike, please be kind!
But I can’t leave without getting in a quick post re The Biggest Loser and my ongoing exploration about how unfair it was to begin this season’s competition with the men versus the women (discussed […]

Ugh. Well, isn’t that a bummer? Dr. Jeff got booted off The Biggest Loser last night. Rats.
Oh well, at least I can point out that the men beat the women, again, if you compare their respective weight losses. (If you’re new to this blog, I have been complaining how unfair it was to have […]

Must be a trend! Is it time for the sit-com featuring the 350-lb star?
Last week it was Tyra’s turn to play a 350-lb fat woman on TV. Now whether this was a case of copycatting or serendipity (?) I don’t know, but ET has the same plotline with their correspondent, Vanessa Minnillo (pictured).
Again with the […]

Ah, the Matt haters should have loved last night’s episode of The Biggest Loser. Matt may have well shot himself in the foot. But first, you might think that with Matt’s strategy of gaining weight, I can’t say much of the inherent unfairness of the men’s versus women’s approach (covered here, here, here, and […]

So, I watched both Tyra Banks and Oprah yesterday. Both shows were on the subject of fat.

I was a bit surprised to see Oprah and Kirstie Alley together at the opening. In her commercials, Kirstie has looked a bit tubby (the angles didn’t really hide the middle she was still carrying). In yesterday’s show, […]

I saw a mention on Good Morning America about Tyra Banks donning a fat suit, and then found this entry from Big Fat Blog, who linked to this entry from People magazine. In it, they explain that Tyra goes “undercover” in a 350-lb fat suit. Her experience?

[It was] one of the most heartbreaking days of […]

If you’re here to check in to see how The Biggest Loser’s battle of the sexes is going on, you’re in luck! I’ve talked about this several times (see here, here, and here).
So, no big surprise. Even though two of the men had terrible weeks (relative to the show), the men still soundly beat the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]