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I will turn 52 in December and the amount of time I spend thinking about the fact that I am almost a senior citizen is unbelievable.  I have even gone to a few restaurants and been given the discount senior menu.  I had to laugh, and feel sorry for the poor wait person when I tell them that I’m quite there.  Not that I would have minded a discount but….

I find myself thinking about when I was younger and all the things I did.  I used to go camping, didn’t like sleeping on the ground so much, but the comaraderie of it was fun.  I used to love just walking around the mall and window shopping, Christmas at the mall was especially fun.  I miss my children being small, but I am reliving that with my granddaughter to some extent, let me tell you, being a grandparent rocks!

We really need a vacation, but aside from not having the money for it, most of the places we would go,requires a lot of walking, and the prospect of that hurts just thinking about it.  We can walk, but the pain in the back gets so bad after awhile, it’s impossible to enjoy the sights you are looking at.

I was a hairstylist for 2 years and I really miss that, I miss the family atmosphere of the salon I worked in for 16 years, I even owned that salon for 3 years, that’s how much I liked it there!  I can no longer do hair because with Rheumatoid Arthritis, it is hard to stand for long periods of time and to hold my arms up.  My hands often hurt so bad, I can barely grip my hair brush for my own hair so it would be difficult for me to be reliable as a hairstylist, so I now work as an administrative assistant (when I actually have a job).

The hardest part of getting older and being very overweight, is that I don’t feel pretty anymore.  I look in the mirror and to be honest, I see my mother.  I do my hair and put on my make up and try to wear stylish clothes and jewelry, but I just don’t think I am even “a nice looking woman for my size” as I used to be told.  Don’t get me wrong, my husband tells me daily that he loves me and that he thinks I am beautiful, but love is blind as they say.  Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know.

My husband went in for his orientation for  gastric bypass surgery last week and I went with him.  He has his first consultation with the doctor on the 17th ( I think).  I am very excited to see how he does with this.  I will be having my surgery probably in 2010 because I want him to be all healed and well on his way to weight loss by then.  I think losing a bunch of weight will make me feel prettier and possibly not so old.  I know it’s not a magical cure and I know it won’t be easy.  Some thin, Ignorant people have said that surgery is the easy way out, but it really isn’t.  You have to give up actual food for a while and opt for protien shakes in a thimble sized cup at first.  I don’t know how long a person go without actually chewing before gnawing off his own hand, but I guess it works because many people have had good results, we’ll see.  My hardest part will be giving up diet soda, I’m pretty much an addict of that. Oh well time will tell.

I guess that’s enough whining for now.  I’ll see ya on the flipside!  Happy Blogging!

Boy, things have really changed since the 60’s haven’t they!?  This is an actual ad from a magazine back when a voluptuous  woman was appreciated and considered beautiful.  A little padding was the fashion from the days of renaissance era, and probably before that, so why do we strive to be as thin as possible now a days?  Admittedly, obesity is not the healthiest of lifestyles, but really, even women I know who are 10, 20, 30 pounds over what the fashion magazines say they should weigh complain about their weight.  My daughter has about 20 pounds, along with a  little belly, and all she does is worry about her weight!  I think me need to pay less attention to the bathroom scale, and more attention to living our lives without fear something so trivial.  The most important thing is to feel good, and live a healthy, happy life.  So what are you waiting for?? Stop worrying about whether or not you’ll fit in to that tiny bikins, Go have some fun!

Today is the day that I officially became a fat person.  How can I remember the exact date?  Well, today is my son’s 27th birthday, Happy Birthday Chris!  Before I became pregnant with him, I stood at 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 155 pounds.  During my pregnancy, I went food crazy and gained a whopping 75 pounds!  I’ll never forget the doctor asking me “So Vicki, do you think this is all baby wieght?”  Of course I didn’t think that, but I was pretty confident that I would lose it all.  After my son was born, I weighed Continue Reading »

Lets face it, many of us are more than just a little overweight.  If  you are more than 50 pounds over your ideal weight, you are obese, more than 100 pounds, morbidly obese.  The frightening fact of the matter is that obesity puts one at risk for many diseases, some that could lead to death.  One of the most frightening to me Continue Reading »

 If you think that because you are fat, overweight, obese, chubby or whatever word you use for yourself keeps you from being sexy, think again.  I’ve always said that “sexy is a state of mind” and that is so true.  If you think about it, who is sexier, the size 2 woman who walks down the street, head bowed, shoulders slouched forward, hair covering her face because she is looking at her shoes as she walks, or the size 22 woman who walks with confidence, shoulders back, head held high and proud?  I suppose it’s all in how you look at it.  Actually, it’s all about what you desire.  Some people prefer very thin partners, others prefer a hard athletic body, others still, prefer a little more meat on the bones.  What ever your preference, there is someone out there for you so don’t despair.

I found a wonderful article at the blogsite called “Sexy  Old Broad ” on this subject. It is well worth the trip over there to read it.  Follow the link here to find it and then look in the mirror and say to yourself “I am sexy and I am proud!”

It has long been known that there is a correlation between obesity and type 2 diabetes, and as recently as the summer of 2008, Congress heard testimony from the American Diabetes Association on the same topic. Public Health officials will tell you that separately, obesity and diabetes are crises, and together, they’re a recipe for a national public health disaster. The CDC has conducted surveys that put the number of Americans between the ages of 20 to 74 who are overweight or obese at 2/3 of the population.  The International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in three Americans born today will develop type 2 diabetes as a result of obesity. And a new study has shown that people with type 2 diabetes are overwhelmingly overweight or obese. So can we safely say there is a direct correlation between obesity and diabetes? Absolutely. 

Let’s take a look at what causes obesity:

• Genetics. Having obese parents or a family history of obesity gives you a roughly 35 percent greater likelihood of becoming obese yourself. Also, genetics can determine how you metabolize and store glucose and lipids-which can lead to being overweight or obese.
• Diet. A diet high in fat and refined sugar is another potential root cause of obesity.
  Inactivity. Physical inactivity promotes the development of obesity and modifies muscle insulin sensitivity (obesity and insulin sensitivity top the list for factors leading to type 2 diabetes).
• Environmental factors. Family and culture teach you much about what to eat and what activities to participate in.
• Medical problems. Less than 2 percent of all obesity cases can be traced to a metabolic disorder.

(The information in this article was taken from an article written by Kyle McClure, at Quality Health, please visit the website for more information )

Do you run to the refrigerator when you get frustrated?  Stop at the nearest mini mart for a quick snack when work has you frazzled? Want to bury your sorrows in a pint of ice cream?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you, my friend are an emotional eater.  I know I am.  I grew up in a very stressful environment and as far back as I can remember, my cravings for food seemed to rule my life.  I managed to stay slim during my younger years, I believe, only because we were poor and there wasn’t usually extra food in Continue Reading »

Our society has produced more obese people than ever before.  Whether it is due to our more sedentary life styles,  easier access to fast food, genetics or all of the above doesn’t really matter.  The number of morbidly obese persons in the United States has more than doubled since the 1980’s, according to an article called “Causes of Obesity” at Continue Reading »

Hello Readers, you have probably noticed a decline in my posts here, there is a reason for that.  At the inception of  this blog, “Fattyprejudice”, I named it such as I was frustrated about the amount of fat prejudice I have seen during my 1.5 year long job hunt.  I was brand new to blogging and didn’t realize that I was actually naming my blog SITE Fattyprejudice, I thought I was naming my first blog post.  We all have to start somewhere, right?

So now, as I have been trying to get back on track and posting more weight related entrys, I have found it difficult, without plageurizing other people’s posts, to find content.  I will still be posting on the subject, but it will be less often.  If you like my Random posts on life and everything else, you can go to my other blog called My Heart Voice, where I post on anything that comes to mind at the monent.   If you have any weight issues that you would like to read about, please post a comment to this post about the subject and I will research it and blog about it.  Thank you for reading my blogs and I hope to see you soon!!

I was thumbing through the new Lane Bryant Catalog I get in the mail and noticed something, not for the first time.  Now if you don’t know, Lane Bryant is a clothing catalog for plus sized women, and while I understand that a woman of my size would not make for a very sexy model in some people’s eyes, I would still like to see what this blouse or dress or nighty Continue Reading »