Category Archives: My Fat Ass

A journal of my journey to lose weight.

Oh, the panniculus!

My mother is a "fatist." She hates fat people. Okay, "hate" may be too strong a description. She's certainly never advocated that heavy people enjoy fewer rights than thin folk, but neither can she hide her disgust for anyone who is significa… » Read More

The 800-pound gorilla in the bathroom

I'm avoiding the scale. It's sitting under the bathroom sink, and every morning I see it. Every morning I'm reminded that I should weigh myself. I should be honest with myself. But I can't do it. Not yet, anyway. Not right now. This is my 800-poun… » Read More

The Great Weight Debate

To exercise or not to exercise? Apparently, that's the question stirring up quite a controversy lately. According to Gary Taubes (in his book, Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease), … » Read More

My Fat Ass

So today marks six months until my 40th birthday. I've been thinking about this day for a week or two now, not because I dread turning 40. I dread turning 40 and being fat, and I'm fat. I'm tired of being fat. So I've decided to blog about my jour… » Read More

More junk in my trunk

I hate this time of the year, but not for the usual reasons you might think. Okay, I don't particularly care for the commercialization of Christmas. I usually lose sleep trying to figure out what presents to buy for the lucky sots on my list, and… » Read More