Topic: fat

‘You Look So Skinny’

'You Look So Skinny'

“You look so skinny,” my friends would eagerly say to me. It was the end of summer after I had spent nearly 3 months running 5 miles each morning and obsessively counting calories. I was still throwing up on occasion, but I was also attempting to lose weight “healthily” though there was obviously nothing healthy about my behavior.

After just 10 weeks, I had managed to go from 150 pounds to 120, reducing my size from a 10/12 to a 6 (or 4, depending on the store). At 5’7″, 120 is just on the “normal” side of the medical spectrum, but I did not look like my normal self. More »

Confessions Of A Chubby Chaser: 4 Reasons Why I Go For Bigger Guys

Confessions Of A Chubby Chaser: 4 Reasons Why I Go For Bigger Guys

The first time I ever saw Gabriel Iglesias’ standup comedy, I loved it. Not just because of the brilliant addressing of the differences between Anglo-American culture and Mexican-American culture. Not just because he lovingly mocks Disneyland almost as much as I do.

It’s because he had done what I always thought was impossible: Talking honestly about, and finding humor in, being an overweight man. More »