Recently a reader sent a question in wanting to know exactly what we, the flabulous babes who write Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?, are doing to lose weight. Greta is mostly having anxiety attacks about big city crime. Her wallet was stolen while on a trip to Chicago and she’s burning about 20 [...]

While trying to learn how to post photos on the sidebar I ran across some of my favorite images from the last few months. I think these pictures are worth a thousand pounds. Oh and yes I am an artist, clearly.                  Or Maybe I’m more of a [...]

 It’s Fat Fighter TV  Friday and this week here’s what caught our eye. A new study involving milkshakes suggests that thinner people enjoy their food more. What? Great news for skinny people, yeah that’s jealousy talking. ALSO we thought this list of the top ten healthiest choices from the vending machine. We agree with Fat Fighter and have [...]

A while back Greta blogged about having to weigh in at the doctor’s. She was against it. As a public service Greta created this warning label. It should be placed on every scale in all of Christendom.   Warning Label Greta realized how easy it washow helpful it was for dieters to have the warning labels so she [...]

After careful analysis by professionals and my own contemplative soul searching I’ve come to the root of my weight problem. Here’s the scientific equation that has been proven by the empirical data of my chunka cudginess. Peasant stock + ovaries + gainful employment + sugary + sodium + crunchity + Hashimoto’s Disease + diets + denial + [...]

Sunday nights give me the blues.. always have. As a remedy try Good Mom/Bad Mom.  They featured one of our posts so we got this… Take a read and you will laugh your way to Monday morning. Also… one taker on our blog roll offer… That Was My Veilis now on the list! Give her [...]

The U.S. Government has issued new exercise guidelines for its citizens. Here’s a look. Essentially the guidelines seem reasonable albeit more exercise than most of us are doing. I’ve copy and pasted the bullet points for you. Adults (aged 18–64) Adults should do 2 hours and 30 minutes a week of moderate-intensity, or 1 hour and 15 [...]

We are now firmly in October and this month is the departure platform for a bullet train ride to 2009. It’s a train filled with candy corn, Thanksgiving dinners, Thanksgiving leftovers, baking, holiday parties and a New Year’s Eve gorge.  In the blink of an eye it will be January 1, 2009 and if tradition holds I’m at risk of starting the year laying [...]

Please print and customize.  Dear (beloved husband/significant other/co-parent/lovely wife/offspring), You may have noticed that my (butt/gut/thighs) (have/has) spread in the last few (decades/9 months/weeks/holidays) and is now (wider than an ax handle/lookin’ like a pony keg/preventing me from wearing corduroy as friction may ignite a thigh fire). I am trying to (lose a few pounds/shrink the muffin top/fit into my old football [...]

Feel free to print the letter below and circle the items that apply to your workplace!  Dear (co-worker/supervisor/boss/assistant), I am sure you’ve noticed that I have (struggled with weight my whole life/just had a baby/am retaining water for many people/drink too many beers). Recently I have begun to (crash diet/count calories/reduce carbs/adopt a healthy lifestyle) in attempt [...]