Out of Her Mind -- Musings on Education and Life

Weight Loss I n the past couple of years, I have lost just at one hundred pounds.  It wasn't hard once I started to see results; due to a variety of medical issues, seeing results was an arduous process.  However, I finally found a diet that stuck, and that was a lifestyle change!  I just started moving my body more (no easy feat since I was overcoming being wheelchair bound and back surgery amongst other ailments), and the weight began to melt off.  I give you this background so that you will understand the pivotal importance weight has always played in my life.   Poetry Below is a poem I wrote on this weighty matter of weight loss, about how women starve themselves to fit the stereotypical "one size" mold that has prevailed for so long in recent years.  I wrote this poem my freshman year of college.  Because I attended Appalachian State University, I did not gain the freshmen 15.  Instead, I lost weight.  I was carrying a heavy book ...

If you're thinking of lap band surgery, of stomach stapling, of using Alli, of dieting, or of working out, STOP!  Don't act until you read the benefits of being fat!  Really!  Did you know the fatter you are, the less likely you are to be raped?  And you're more likely to "survive malnutrition."  That does it.  Chocolate cookies, here I come.  Bring on the cheese and the Crisco I.V. (Photo from here .) I read some old National Enquirers and other such enlightening tabs at a friend's house recently (outloud).  It made for some fun party talk.  Here's a synopsis of an article entitled:  "20 Great Reasons to Stay Fat" in the Weekly World News , circa December 5, 2000.  It was a good for a few laughs and some, "No they didn'ts!" Here they are: 1.  Beat the cold.   Your fat insulates you from the elements.  (Blubber!) 2.  Ward off malnutrition.   As I always say, the upside is that it will ...