2.) I joined a gym on Saturday, worked out that day and the next. I am soooo sore and sooo happy that I am back to working out.
Working on getting up super early to stop at the gym on the way to work at least a couple of mornings. Excited to try the Barre class this Saturday and see what else is sore next week!
3.) From Slate:
This month a team of Yale psychologists released a study indicating that male jurors—but not female jurors—were more likely to hand a guilty verdict to obese women than to slender women. The researchers corralled a group of 471 pretend peers of varying body sizes and described to them a case of check fraud. They also presented them with one of four images—either a large guy, a lean guy, a large woman, or a lean woman—and identified the person in the photograph as the defendant. Participants rated the pretend-defendant’s guilt on a five-point scale. No fat bias emerged when the female pretend peers evaluated the female pretend defendants or when either men or women assessed the guilt of the men. But when the male pretend peers pronounced judgment on the female pretend defendants, BMI prejudice reared up. Jesus wept. The justice system and our basic faith in male decency took another hit.
The article goes on with more depressing "observations" from the skinny guys about the fat women...sigh. And the comments - deep, deep sigh.
4.) About a year ago I tried to take some clothes to a local consignment shop and got shot down rather rudely. Now that I have lost about 70 pounds - I have piles and piles of clothing I need to pass on. I started to bag it all up to donate - but man do I need clothes that fit. So I pulled out the best I had and am taking another shot at consignment. Maybe this time the person reviewing them won't be so designer label conscious.
3 comments:
I'm very excited about #2. I know how much you've enjoyed working out in the past, so I'm pleased that you can get back to it now.
Is there any way you can sell the clothes online like Craiglist or ebay type sites. If you put them up as a lot with the size and descriptions you may be able to sell them. At least yu can avoid the attitude even if they don't sell you will have risked nothing.
If you decide to donate, consider a school that offers vocational training--those students are often all on loans and have no money to purchase interview clothing.
Glad you're getting back to the gym!
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