Eating right and what it means to us as individuals
I just wanted to highlight a wonderful post over at All my Jiggly Bits. Where she explores what exactly does Eating right mean. Wonderful post and comments that I think all of us who are trying to be healthy at any size would enjoy reading.
The reason i don’t read the news….
Wow… So today i did the most uncommon thing…. I bought a newspaper. The good ol’ Ottawa Sun to boot. Thinking what? No clue. But i quickly realized my mistake in buying it or even reading that piece of junk anyways. I’m not sure how i didn’t see it at first, but smack dead center front page, took the entire front page at that, is a photo of a thin women…. by line So and So lost X amount of weight…. I’m sorry when did it become front page news worthy for someone to lose weight?
I threw the newspaper out and will never be purchasing that one, and most likely not another one ever.
Work Place Fat Talk….
I’m really getting sick of hearing my boss complain about her weight… She’s always updating us on “oh I gained 5 pounds and i’m doing everything i’m supposed to”… She’s an older lady who yes has a bit of a mid drift but nothing compared to me. I’ve always told her she shouldn’t worry she looks well but i generally stay out of the conversations since she my boss, and my NEW boss at that. But today she went on it again… this little diatribe every time we went on a smoke break… So by the end of the day in the politest voice i could muster up I added very softly that it’s weird situations like gaining 5 pounds when you do everything right that leads me to believe that they don’t know enough about how one gains and loses weight. She seemed to agree in part but then went on and on about her metabolism being perfect blah blah blah….
It amazes me sometimes how people come up with they’re way of thinking about fat. Truely dumbfounds me. Can we not just already realize that things are just the way they are and start to feel good about ourselves…. Because really? Who told us as women we should hate the bodies we’re in anyways? This is my disdain for media… because i blame it all on them and their stick figures they keep flashing around telling us to be. *barf*.
Anyone else have any good workplace related stories? and welcome all you wonderful commenters! 
I’ve enjoyed reading the replies!
Looking for…. “Healthy woman”
Ok so here starts the travels of the dating sites. So in addition to two fat dating sites (which by the way I may have picked wrongly because they don’t seem like they get very much traffic? Or maybe it’s because i’m cheap and won’t pay but still expect to be messaged? Yeah that could be it… .
Well I also joined the dreaded “plenty of fish” site which was the causal reason for leaving the dating world all together in the first place. But I’m on there again and so far so good. Still up and front with the whole I’m fat go suck it if you don’t like it. lol. Ok well maybe not as blunt but i know what i want and I advertise as clearly and straightforward as one can.
So I’m browsing this morning and not on one profile but several do men have this tagged on at the end of their profiles…”Looking for a healthy woman”….
Like what the hell… ? Is it just me? But that’s like highly coded word for Skinny woman but who still eats properly therefore doesn’t exsist? Then there was one that defined what his opinion a healthy woman was (excluding the weight issue) “a girl who isn’t afraid to walk to the corner store, and eat as healthily as possible”…. Well I’m both of those but damn if by my profile or picture he would “assume” that i meet that criteria… Like holy lord if your going to attached that seriously coded “I’m looking for a girl who has a specific look but want to make it sound ok that i’m being judgemental” statement at least be blunt and put “I want an attractive girl who’s slightly athletic”. Doesn’t that sound a little more forgivable? At least they’re not hiding their intentions in the later statement?
What are your thoughts?
