Delightful_Deals recently sent me this article from the Seattle-Times.

Medical costs higher for thin, healthy folks

After reading it, I’d rather be healthy, happy and Phat living to 80 than have the diminished quality of life that would extend me 4 more years.

The Dressing Room Project has added some new cards to be printed off and leave in dressing rooms, bathrooms or wherever you think women will see them and feel somewhat empowered.

I printed a sheet off yesterday and then copied them at Kinko’s for only .50 a sheet. Make sure you ask first if you are going to adhere to the wall or the mirror.

This is not about “fat acceptance.” This is about showing women that it is ok NOT to be a size 0. Showing young girls that they don’t have to look like the Olsen twins or Paris Hilton in order to be beautiful. Eating disorders, whether they are purging, control or binging, are not healthy. While we fight constantly to find our place in society, there are those who are purposely shrinking because they feel they have no place.

Here are the 2008 designs.

Print them
Post them
Start a conversation over them.
Leave them in diet books @ the bookstore or the library.
Post them in your gym.

above Love yourself for being YOU.

This is from the website Post Secret on 12/30/2007.

Says: “I’m fat because i eat.
I eat because I am alone
I am alone because I am fat.”

No need to be alone. 66% of the population in the US is ‘fat’ GET up off your ass and find those who are like you and PARTY with the big girls.

Instead of creating body positive images for everyone, the Today show continues to promote the down side of obesity. Yes we all want to be healthy but instead of having people on there who are positive, up beat, HEALTHY and happy with their roundness, they show all these “biggest losers” including those who did it via surgery. Most recently a 17 yr old girl who weighed 250lbs. That’s BARELY obese especially since she is taller. and 17 years old. How many ‘diets’ could she have tried?? AND why continue to plant this idea into young and impressionable woman.

Recently on a forum that I am a member of, one of the girls mentioned that she was unable to gain weight and had a “fear of food.” When asked what she thought was the cause, she stated because her mom made fun of the way she ate AND all of her family was Fat and she didn’t want to be fat. Truthfully I don’t know what is sadder: the fact that she’s letting her “mom” dictate how she eats OR that she is Fatphobic.

Surprisingly enough, I know quite a few thin women. And an ongoing thread with them is no matter how much they try to gain weight, they can’t. Most of them would like a curvier figure but are unable to maintain this. I also know a few who have anorexia and bulimia. So afraid are they of putting on a single pound, they are constantly binging and purging. What they fail to realize is that this is a MENTAL issue, not a physical one.

But rather than have a BODY POSITIVE episode on the Today show, once again they are freakishly obsessed with body image rather than mental health.

Christine and I wish everyone a very happy Holiday season. Every year we opt to take off the last 3 weeks of the year in order to Prepare for the next year. New things will be coming to OMGoddess.com. We are traveling and will be reviewing several fat friendly places both in Las Vegas and around the world.

We are also looking at adding a ‘Snipe’ site here so you can find all those ebay cute clothes before anyone else. We will continue to do our BBW Wardrobe remix when we can get the Glam Girls to show us their Curves.

We’ll be back on Jan 1, Bigger (yummy on the treats) and Better than ever. Until then:

Peace Joy Love and Happiness to one and all. Take time to enjoy life instead of letting it RUSH past you and above all be SAFE and Healthy!!