Disclaimer: Parts of this may be TMI, for anyone reading this who knows me personally. However, I am laughing so hard at a "Spanx experience" blog I just read, I wanted to give others the opportunity to enjoy the fun! Also, it helps to fully appreciate this if you are a woman who has attempted to have the Spanx "magic" transform a real person's body into the Photoshopped image on the packaging! If you're plus-sized like me - or even think you are (you know, like six pounds overweight), that also heightens the experience.
I recently had my own "come to Jesus" encounter with Spanx (the long-legged, high-waisted, girdle-ish type) so that I could be on stage in a play, wearing a straight sheath-style dress with absolutely NO give, and not have all my jiggly parts look so, well, jiggly. I don't regret it; it suited the character, and I was thrilled to be able to work with this particular theatre company, so I probably would have shaved my eyebrows and dyed my hair orange, if I'd been asked to - because I think so highly of these people and I wanted to do as well as I could do with my character. Thankfully, it didn't come to that orange hair. Suffice it to say, somebody really ought to have a "Tips and Tricks" forum somewhere (or maybe a self-help book: "Spanx for Dummies") to help people know the least dangerous maneuvers for getting into and then out of a Spanx garment. I finally figured out some moves that got me properly enrobed by the time dress rehearsal rolled around, and had it almost down to a choreographed routine by the last performance, although not without some considerable damage to said garment. I really think they ought to sew those seams with Kevlar so the errant thumb, struggling to hoist a tube the size of a straw around and over a "voluptuous" body , won't poke holes in important places! Oh, well...
So, for your Friday afternoon giggling (and maybe, therefore, jiggling?) enjoyment, I offer you "I Tried On Spanx and Almost Called 911."
Thanks to Blogger Amber Dusick for giving me the best laugh I've had in a long time!
http://crappypictures.com/2012/07/i-tried-on-spanx-and-almost-called-911.html#.UBLTwzWVb98.facebook
Friday, July 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Paula Deen, Diabetes, and Me
Because I'm beginning to see posts about Paula Deen's diabetes diagnosis, I thought I would go ahead and make my own announcement: yep - know how she feels. I, too, received that diagnosis a few years ago.
However, I am no longer diabetic – and that did not occur by following the American Diabetic Association's guidelines.
Now just for the record: Paula Deen's signature ingredient, butter, is not the culprit. Butter does NOT cause diabetes. However, wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – the main ingredients in all those wonderful sweets, and breads, and pastas she whips up so temptingly - DO cause diabetes. I know this from personal experience. I also know - from personal experience - that diabetes can be CURED - REVERSED - by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar. I have the lab work (and a happy internist!) to prove it. I know this goes completely against the grain (;->) of much of the nutrition advice many people believe to be gospel because we hear it drilled into our psyches from every possible soapbox.
I did not really believe it totally – even after losing 100 pounds by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – because I still had that little idea crawling around in my brain: “Moderation is the key. Just a little won't hurt you, and you are strong enough now to resist over-indulging!” For some people – and I'm one of them – that works like saying to alcoholics, “You've done so well! Surely now just one little sip won't hurt!” And off the wagon they jump!
And, I jumped off my healthy-for-me wagon too, after losing that 100 pounds. What happened then was that I found 85 of them again – they became very close, personal hangers-on.
I climbed back up on my wagon recently – already feel IMMENSELY better, have lost some of those pounds, my feet have quit swelling and hurting, my heart is not racing with even the smallest of exertions, and I am actually in a better place mentally, as well.
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Overview/How-and-Why-Atkins-Work.aspx
http://everydaypaleo.com/faq/
This may not be the way of life and health for everybody (although I tend to believe it probably is). I do have family members who I love, respect, and admire greatly, who differ with me on this. But I know after much trial and error, and to the detriment of my health back in those high-carb days, it IS the way for me...and maybe for Paula Deen, too.
However, I am no longer diabetic – and that did not occur by following the American Diabetic Association's guidelines.
Now just for the record: Paula Deen's signature ingredient, butter, is not the culprit. Butter does NOT cause diabetes. However, wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – the main ingredients in all those wonderful sweets, and breads, and pastas she whips up so temptingly - DO cause diabetes. I know this from personal experience. I also know - from personal experience - that diabetes can be CURED - REVERSED - by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar. I have the lab work (and a happy internist!) to prove it. I know this goes completely against the grain (;->) of much of the nutrition advice many people believe to be gospel because we hear it drilled into our psyches from every possible soapbox.
I did not really believe it totally – even after losing 100 pounds by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – because I still had that little idea crawling around in my brain: “Moderation is the key. Just a little won't hurt you, and you are strong enough now to resist over-indulging!” For some people – and I'm one of them – that works like saying to alcoholics, “You've done so well! Surely now just one little sip won't hurt!” And off the wagon they jump!
And, I jumped off my healthy-for-me wagon too, after losing that 100 pounds. What happened then was that I found 85 of them again – they became very close, personal hangers-on.
I climbed back up on my wagon recently – already feel IMMENSELY better, have lost some of those pounds, my feet have quit swelling and hurting, my heart is not racing with even the smallest of exertions, and I am actually in a better place mentally, as well.
I would urge those with doubts or those who are simply interested to look at sites like these:
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Overview/How-and-Why-Atkins-Work.aspx
http://everydaypaleo.com/faq/
This may not be the way of life and health for everybody (although I tend to believe it probably is). I do have family members who I love, respect, and admire greatly, who differ with me on this. But I know after much trial and error, and to the detriment of my health back in those high-carb days, it IS the way for me...and maybe for Paula Deen, too.
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