I went to the doctor today and she told me I lost seven pounds since last year! 

I love Self magazine, Glamour, Shape...I'm a sucker for hearing the same diet and fashion tips over and over and over.  But, one thing is starting to get on my nerves.  I hate all these covers advertising 1, 5 and 10 minute abs.



Really, Self?  1-minute abs...results guaranteed?  Really?  Don't get me wrong, maybe 1-minute abs are possible for perfect-bodied Anna Faris (who is awesome).  For me though, they're just not in the cards.  Nor are 10 minute or 5 minute abs.  Because let's be real, in order to even SEE muscular abs you have to get rid of tummy fat.  What these covers should really say is, "1 minute abs after you lost 30 pounds." 

~Love Handles

Why I want to eat this: Why wouldn't I want to eat this?  Cadbury Cream Eggs are amazing.  Deep fried with melty chocolate?  Yes, please.

Why I won't eat this: There's no way this is 'diet friendly' and should probably never be eaten by anyone, ever.  Additionally, it seems like these could only be available if you owned a deep fryer and were willing to experiment or were at a county fair.  Owning a deep fryer would require me to make a lifelong commitment to being fat. "Deep fried broccoli...why not!?"  Also, I try to avoid county fairs, as carnies are not for me.  

Sadly, this delicious creation is not in my future. 

~Love Handles

Dieting is hard.  It's specifically hard when you're healthy, but just want to lose some extra pounds.  Fatties who want to lose weight only need to make small lifestyle changes to lose weight.  Walk 3 blocks daily, only eat two cheeseburgers for dinner, etc.  Participants on The Biggest Loser have lost 10-18 pounds per week!!!  Losing 15 pounds would put me at my goal weight and it's going to take me easily 2 months, at least.  Not because I'm not trying but because I have to try HARD to lose weight. 



The only real thing that works for my motivation is seeing results.   Chunks can see results almost immediately.  For the skinny girl who thinks she's fat, this takes a while.  Stick in there girls and tough it out, the alternative is horrifying...and bikini season is right around the corner. 

~Love Handles

Why does everyone care what Miss California has to say? The Miss America pageant is a ridiculous and antiquated form of measuring the worth and intelligence of American women. These girls spend their whole lives perfecting their faces, bodies, smiles, and pageant walks to make it to that stage. How does that qualify them to answer the tough questions about our country?

It doesn't.

If anything, we should be examining this commentary as a means of giving a voice to the less educated public. The type of public who spends more time picking out mascara than reading a newspaper.Perez had a fabulous point in his rebuttal to Miss California's response. In a video blog entry, he says

"This is how a person with half a brain answers the question I posed her . . . 'Hm, Perez, that's a great question. That's a very hot topic in our country right now. And I think that is a question that each state should decide for themselves because that's how our forefathers designed our government.'"

I am not here to support the federalist notion of the comment, but I do agree that there are a thousand more diplomatic ways to answer that question than just to state one belief to blanket the entire issue.

Miss America is a beauty pageant. It measure who the most beautiful woman in America are. All the other categories are bullshit. Let's call a spade a spade here, people. In no contest can you have a bikini competition and then a Q-and-A period and tell me they are selecting the most intelligent competitor.

Perez ended his rant by exclaiming:

"[Miss America] unites. She inspires. I am so disappointed in Miss California representing my country."

Of course it's a disappointment! Somewhere in the past 50 years of reform, we let this archaic pageant slip by as a means for evaluating and judging the woman whom we honor with the title of MISS AMERICA. And when a woman who carries the name of our country earns that title by looking hot in a bikini, what stock can we put in her comments on the status of any major issue in our government.

-ArmFat

Us weekly made a little mistake in their promotion of Forever 21's new plus sized clothing line, suggesting that Kim Kardashian is one of the celebrities who would benefit from the clothes in this line.

Kim is plus sized?


Well, Miss Kardashian isn't taking it lying down. She hit the internet hard, blogging on her website about working hard for her curves, while remaining a SIZE 2.

From her post:

"I feel that this clipping from Us Magazine is a bit misleading, so I wanted to comment on it.

I am a huge fan of Forever 21 and I'm very happy they have expanded their line to include a plus-size range, but I am not in that size category and this article makes it sound like I am! I am a curvy girl and I love my curves, but curvy and plus-sized are two very different things. I work really hard to maintain my curves while staying slim and healthy, so to be classed as a "fuller-figured woman" of extra large proportions is a little offensive.

For the record, I am a size 2, not 2XL."

If I had that bod, I think I would let it speak for itself. Her need to proclaim that she is a 2 and not a 2 XL seems over the top and damaging to women who are a 2 XL. We can all see you are hot, Kim, no need to rub it in our faces.

Besides which, as I previously mentioned, there is a good chance that Miss Kardashian, myself, and 95% of the female population WILL have to shop Forever 21's plus sized line since their regular sizes are made to fit thirteen year old anorexic school girls.

- ArmFat