There was an article in Self*

Yup. Z read that in Walgreen's and promptly ranted for 10 minutes. I used to buy Self until I realized that I didn't need exercise tips anymore - I just want the brain candy pretty and In Style fits that need much better.

Ack! I've been there. Some years back, I got a physical through the office (it was a thing that was done back then). The doctor read me the riot act about my weight.

Over the next 6 weeks, I lost 25 pounds. By the end of it, I was so depressed that I wasn't eating at all. Even suicidal.

Soon after, I broke the cycle. Gained half the weight back over the next 2 months. Felt much better.

So, even if losing the jeans size may have been good for her physical health (and based on what Jessica said, it may have been), I can't say that the declining mental health was a fair price.

Lucky is the only "women's" magazine I read these days. It contains nothing but lists and pictures of items I might like to buy, and the articles, such as they are, are little more than "Ooooh, shoes!!!!" It's fabulous.

you ok there, Kristin?

Lectures about weight have never helped anyone that I know. I'm certain that somewhere out there, there's a handful of people for whom BMECT holds true, and I've just not met them, but for the rest of us, the lectures do way more harm than good.

Sigh. Yeah, thanks Nora. I'm just really wiped out and dealing with the type of little petty crap that by itself isn't a big deal but together adds up to be a total PITA.

I loved Mode. Sniff.

If the existence of cool clothes for fat girls is responsible for keeping them fat, I'd like that tiny-dicked Salon author to explain why I was fat in the 70s and 80s, when only polyester existed.

Notice no one ever bitches about men's Big and Tall shops. No, because they're "muscular" and "strong."

I'll show them strong. I mean, really. What is WITH this upsurge in Fat As Moral Failing recently? It's always been out there, sure, but it really seems like it's increasing.

Say, is anyone familiar with the meds "Triazalom" "Temazpan" or "Flurazepan"?

Triazolam is Halcion, temazepan is Restoril, and flurazepam is Dalmane. They're all older meds, in the benzodiazepine class, whose big downside is that they don't leave your body quickly, so you're groggy as hell the next day.

If those are your only choices, I say take 2 Benadryl instead. Seriously.

Back to work, which is eating me from my bottom, and my incompetent!boss has fucked up large twice, both of which have directly impacted me and slowed me way down, and yet he still expects me to meet his deadline. The first fuck-up, I literally (for the first time ever) laughed in his face. The second time I think I growled.

What is WITH this upsurge in Fat As Moral Failing recently?

Um, ownership society? er, moral center of Americacakes blah blah blah?

It's what happens when you get frat boys "No Fat Chix" in office.

Man, that article started making me hate everyone and everything again. And I was doing better!

If those are your only choices, I say take 2 Benadryl instead. Seriously.

Thanks, Steph! I knew you'd have da goods.