Wind at My Back
I didn’t stop. I focused on my breath, my counting, pressed down harder on the pavement, letting the tension propel my body forward. The neighbor… Read More »Wind at My Back
I didn’t stop. I focused on my breath, my counting, pressed down harder on the pavement, letting the tension propel my body forward. The neighbor… Read More »Wind at My Back
I dreamt last night that, completely unbeknownst to me, everyone and I mean, literally everyone was hiding a giant roll of fat under their clothes.… Read More »only human
I posted this meme a while back in another venue, and I liked a few of my writings well enough that I’m going to repost… Read More »Nine things about me
Napoleon Dynamite: [referring to Deb’s milk] I see you’re drinking 1%. Is that ’cause you think you’re fat? ‘Cause you’re not. You could be drinking… Read More »My Very Own Napoleon Dynamite Moment
My mother likes to relate a story of a visit she had to her primary care provider many years ago, right around the time my… Read More »Fat Knees
I am secretly fat. Going by scale weights, the BMI, etc, I am still 30 pounds overweight, but I am in fantastic shape and… Read More »Fun House Mirrors
The Devil’s Panties “We should go OUT,” Legalista says, emphatically. I smile. “Yes, of course,” I reply. I am certain she is just being polite. … Read More »Girly Aspirations
There was a girl I used to date during my open marriage. One day when we were eating sushi at one of my favorite restaurants,… Read More »One Size Fits All
Growing up, my friends were really good-looking girls, stylish, very popular with the boys. Most of them were rather sexually active because they were desirable,… Read More »In the Land of Beautiful Women
Dieting has been very much a part of my psyche since I first started going to Weight Watchers meetings at 3 years old. I found… Read More »Weighty Matters