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Losing more than 100 pounds…again: Part 3 – The Differences

First, I lost 200 pounds, then I found 200 pounds. (Spoiler alert: It was in the ice cream aisle.) Then I lost 115 pounds. Things rarely happen the same way twice, so how was the weight-loss different this time? It's less thrilling, but that's fine The first time I lost more than a hundred pounds,... [Read More]

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Losing more than 100 pounds…again: Part 2 – Losing Weight

(Hi! You might want to read part 1 about regaining weight first.) Where were we? I'd lost two hundred pounds in my twenties, spent most of my thirties gaining it back, and felt stuck, unsure how to move forward--or more importantly--downward. What made you start losing weight again? Fear of imminent death. When the pandemic... [Read More]

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Losing more than 100 pounds…again: Part 1 – Regaining Weight

I stopped writing about weight loss more than a decade ago because I didn't want my body to be central to my online identity anymore. After blogging for six years, I'd said pretty much everything I had to say about weight loss anyway, so I didn't want to dump empty calories into people's blog readers.... [Read More]

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Obesity as an illness of metaphor

I've been reading The Pain Chronicles by Melanie Thernstrom, a well-researched and fascinating book about pain viewed through the filters of history, literature, science, religion and the author's personal experiences. Of particular interest to me was the idea that disease is sometimes seen as metaphor. For example, a common 19th century belief about consumption (a.k.a.... [Read More]

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Jennette Fulda tells stories to the Internet about her life as a smartass, writer, chronic headache sufferer, (former?) weight-loss inspiration, and seemingly nice person (who is silently judging you). You can contact her if you promise to be nice.

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