My eating, the Mirror, the scale, video of me performing (Egads!) There is no denying it. I have become a fat bitch again. Don’t despair folks. We obese people can say these things about ourselves. And no matter how many of my dear ones smack my hand or pound the table as they offer their [...]

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Weird day today. A friend, a good friend who I’ve known for decades expressed “worry” that I might drop dead from being fat. Actually she said: “I worry about you” and then proceeded to tell me that another friend wanted to do an “intervention” which I later found out was not true. It was handled [...]

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The title of this blog is taken from one of my favorite greeting cards. I wrote a different title back in March, shortly after my last post and saved it as a draft. The title was The Ugly Truth. Just a title no content. It’s probably better that I didn’t post it. I can’t really [...]

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Venus of Willendorf, 22,000B.C.E One of the great joys of the Spa at Trump – besides the luxury, great staff and amenities – is the fact that the locker room is often empty. It’s huge and there are plenty of places for the modest naked woman to change in complete solitude. I usually show up [...]

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I hope the title of this post spells it out for you. I have not been diligent in my quest to change my physical self. I must confess that I have been eating with total abandon, have done no exercise and frankly, I haven’t even given a damn. I have been eating a lot and [...]

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I sent a “Happy Birthday!” email to a friend today, thinking how fortunate it was that a mutual friend reminded me of the birthday in time. She is a gorgeous woman, smart, funny and vivacious. She responded: Thanks so much..50 can u believe it!!!! I’m sitting at… hosp waiting for my 3rd radiation treatment..3 down [...]

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Yep! I went to The Bagel last night for dinner and challenged myself to a eat lower fat meal for a change. My regular favorite waiter had my usual dinner order memorized: start with chicken soup which consisted of two giant baseball sized matzo balls, noodles and broth – in a cauldron. Large matzo ball [...]

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It was inevitable. We are 48 years old. There are five of us bemoaning our advancing age, aches and waistlines. And there were reading glasses appearing out of nowhere!

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I have been walking by it for days – months – years, but today I walked right up to it. Pulled the cobwebs off (literally), dusted off the seat and mounted my stationary bike. And I rode. I used to ride the thing for sixty minutes at a time back in the day, followed by [...]

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Was it not Goldilocks who sat in a chair and broke it? That chair belonged to one of the Three Bears. Well, I wasn’t at the home of the Three Bears. I was sitting with a good friend on a barstool in his kitchen when suddenly I lost my balance. The chair seemed to have [...]

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