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[zenguin]

I had an appointment with my Endocrinologist yesterday afternoon. It was really positive. I went in with a list of questions and she patiently answered all of them.

They weighed me. Let me preface by saying that I weighed myself at the end of March, and was pretty upset to find that I had gained quite a bit - I weighed 180. UGH. So. Yesterday. They

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[flamingsword]

There's a blog I get linked to regularly on logically taking sex-shame and bullshit apart, and a while back she took apart the attitudes that she and our culture have to food, shame, fat, exercise, health and the bias toward attractiveness. The links are all to hard science because she, unlike me, is a non-hyperbole sort of person. I think anyone wanting to lose weight should take a similar examination of themselves to accurately gauge what the difficulties are and share in a sense of community with the work and the tips and tricks of others who have been on this path.

I cannot recommend anything more highly for this subject. Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

And I think I'm going to go post this on my blog. It's kind of important.