TAX ON WAX-

Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda....I love you guys but the TAX FOR WAX? Yes, some salon wants to up their fees for the anyone over a size 8 or http://www.thegloss.com/2013/11/24/beauty/fat-tax-leg-wax-salon/12 for a wax job.  SHAME on that salon! While Kathy Lee found some common sense reasons why a tax might be called for.  Call it the square footage hypothesis (like Kathy suggests), the more effort or product needed the more we need to pay. Think of a painter painting your house, Kathy suggests. My skinny ass disagrees. And Kathy Lee, I rarely disagree with you.
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If they are right (the salon), then they ought to charge by the square foot (or centimeter) for the Brazilian wax. I know women (size 2 women) who have more pubic hair than Abdul has beard. I've see it down to their knees. Charge them! Have a pubic inspector measure their lady spot. Denser than a forest and larger than a saucer should be double. Frisbee sized, triple.

How about haircuts? My husband has a head the size of a pumpkin. Should we up the prices for those with bigger heads when they get a haircut? How about thick hair? Double them. Balding, you get a discount.

What about big boobs? Any bra over a C cup should be priced for the extra fabric. That under wire must add the cost right? And when you get a breast exam or mammogram, double that fee for anything over a D.

Big mouths? The more teeth you have, the bigger they are, the more a dental cleaning should cost. My poor mother had five teeth in her head and still has to pay the full amount.

Don't get me going about shoes. Steve Madden, start charging for the extra material you need to make a size ten.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to sound back Kathy. I love you guys but I think you got this wrong.

http://www.thegloss.com/2013/11/24/beauty/fat-tax-leg-wax-salon/

Fat Shame and Fat Hate -Fact of the Week

Today I received an Email form a WLS buddy who was having a bad day.  Three years out and she went and ate carrot cake. Just a slice.  But she was so disappointed in herself.  I once ate an entire cake-in the car- and used the cardboard box as a shovel! 

When I was twice my size I have no doubt that my shame drove up my stress.  Every dieting failure, insult or look ramped up my cortisol levels and triggered an eating reaction.  That's what nature intended--our ancestors faced constant starvation and our bodies are wired to sooth stress with food.   Our fat cells became eager puppies, ready to sop up all those calories-and store them and to add insult to injury we got a big dose of Gherlin to stimulate more hunger.  While some of us no longer have to obsess about dieting failures we need to remember that everyday stress and feeling we might not be on track can also exacerbate stress.  How can we combat that bugger?  Give yourself a break,  Take a walk, exercise, smile, watch a funny movie, blog, and keep away from food cues.  Don't beat yourself up.  No one is perfect.  By the way don't you just hate prefect people?  I laughed at that piece of carrot cake and then i told her how I arrived to my mother-in-laws birthday-only I had to stop on the way and buy a crappy supermarket substitute. 
'What happened to the idea of the carrot cake," asked my daughter.
I tongued my lips to get rid of the last bit of evidence,
"The bakery ran out," I lied.  "Can you believe it?"

Have a laugh.  I love all of you. Please share your stories! 

dawnmhopper@gmail. 

Shirking From the Camera -Fat and Fab?

Yes, that's me.  Ten years or more ago.  And that wasn't my biggest. . .zuchinni.  In fact I can't even find pictures because I shirked from the camera. 

My story is every desperate obese story.  Except in one way.  Psychologist. 

Fat Chance

       On October 1st 2012, WKBT Anchor Jennifer Livingston received a victimizing email which accused her of making the “choice” of being obese and setting a bad example for the community's young people, girls in particular…” Her spirited response went viral on YouTube and is being covered by all the news networks.

            Hundreds of thousands opinions later show that the public is divided—is it really bullying to ask another human being to shape up and get healthy?  Is someone's size really our business?  As a once 300 pound psychologist I lived on the cutting edge of that razor—and there's no easy answer. 
            Distaste of the obese is a knee jerk reaction—deep and complex,  fat-hate is as resistant to disappearing as is that extra hundred pounds. Why? Because we believe weight is under our control. 

I disagree.  I once topped the scales at over 300 pounds.  This blog takes aim at society that fat-shames, fat-hates but realizes that Weight Loss Surgery might be our best option.