http://www.talesofafatgirl.com Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:56:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sigh...going to events like dinner parties and birthday parties is always hard when you're fat. You try to stay away from the food as much as possible and everyone asks you why you're sitting there drinking water, "Have a beer or a glass of wine!" Meanwhile you KNOW how many ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/08/12/being-fat-and-going-to-parties/ Well, I've been gone for a while obviously. I had no idea my last post was in February. So where in the hell was I? Life got the better of me I'm afraid. I got bogged down with work, traveling, spending time with my family, etc. I kept myself pretty ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/08/08/i-stepped-out-for-a-bit/ There was this woman who was walking on the edge of a cliff and she slipped down the side and on the way down she manages to catch herself by grabbing onto a branch. This is in the heat of the day. The sun goes down and she is still ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/02/20/getting-on-with-it/ I found this great post listing all sorts of websites that can help us lose weight by providing nifty graphs and extra accountability. Does anyone use any of these or are there any other tools that I'm missing? I'm thinking of signing up for Gimme20 account and a traineo account. Anything ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/01/20/websites-that-help-us-lose-weight-and-track-our-progress/ Researchers in London have released results that say they have a chewing gum that helps you lose weight. I would chew gum non-stop if that was the case. Anyone who has tried to lose weight knows how hard it is and i think 99% of us would try some gum ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/01/16/can-losing-weight-really-be-that-easy/ So far my new year has been incredibly BUSY! The holidays were actually pretty tame at my house which was pretty nice. The kids were out of school so we got some good quality time in there and we played a ton of video games to include the great fat ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2007/01/12/happy-new-year-fat-girl-friends/ I just read this interesting tidbit on what happens to your body when you drink a coke: * In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2006/12/20/for-those-coke-drinkers-about-there/ Rather than trying to figure out how to get hold of you all individually, let me put this post out there! I love reading your blogs and sometimes I find things I want to comment on. But about half of you (blogger people raise your hands) don't allow for comments ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2006/12/20/to-all-my-blogger-friends/ Making friends has never been easy for me as i tend to be pretty closed off and only let a select few "in." A few months ago I got to know this girl and we talk about once a week on the phone, post on each others blogs and hang ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2006/12/20/making-friends/ i was reading this post that explains that basically with exercise along or a combination of diet and exercise, your weight loss will eventually plateau. Well, I'm wondering how this is news. Apparently the study is supposed to tell us how to overcome this plateau or something. I ... http://www.talesofafatgirl.com/2006/12/18/research-shows-that-are-bodies-resist-weight-loss-duh/