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From
the desk of the editor of Blake Got Fat:
Dear Skinny
people,
Can we
talk?
Several
months ago, I was at a party when the person who unsolicited began telling me
all the things I needed to do lose weight.
If she had
the heard the comments inside my head she would have taken to her bed and told
small children that I was a bad man. They were so dark that even dangerous
gangs would have avoided that neighborhood.
Yet I stood
there with a grimace trying to make it look a smile saying no really go on
about this point system…
For those
of you wondering it is never okay to give a fat person unsolicited weight loss
advice. We don’t wake up and stare at the mirror and go oh dear how did that
happen? Also introducing us as your fat friend? Not cute. Or saying Are you going
to eat all that? Doesn’t help. In fact, I will eat more in a fat sense of
defiance.
We could probably
give you advice on all the various diets we have tried plus our various
successes and failures. And if one more person says it’s really simple just eat
less and move more I’m going to stab you with my fork. Plus, with a jury of my
peers (aka fat people) they would deem me innocent and have you give me a
settlement just saying.
As the
person drifted away and headed home I knew that they had sat in the car and
said oh I made a difference tonight! Yeah lady. Big difference you helped me
choose Haagan Daz over Ben & Jerry’s way to be a mother Teresa.
This is why
I always offer a sympathetic ear and empathy I will never give you unwanted
advice. However, I will give you the links and tools that I’ve been using. If
they work for you GREAT! If not keep on trying and if you are taking a break
that’s okay too.
So, the
moral of the story is. Keep your unsolicited advice to yourself and the world
will be a better place.
K?
Thanks.
Love the
fat man in the Lulus.
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