Archive for the 'Body Issues' Category

Of tact and awkward silences

Friday, November 20th, 2009

A topic on a weight loss forum I am a member of tonight reminded me of this story that happened to me a few years ago:
I was taking Advanced Italian and we were revising adjectives for describing people. Our teacher asked a girl to describe me. The girl described mein the way you’d usually describe [...]

I’m a gym member

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

I wrote about this first in July but the time has finally come: I am a member of a local gym. I joined back in July because they had a special sale of memberships before they opened the gym in August. I signed up starting my membership in October. Tuesday I came back home from [...]

‘Chub rub’ and store cards

Friday, July 10th, 2009

I just went to a store here that sells clothes in bigger sizes (basically they start at my size). I had never bought anything there because I have no trouble finding clothes at regular stores and this one is pretty pricey.
But I suffer from this ‘condition’ called ‘chub rub’, meaning if I wear dresses or [...]

Riding my bike again

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I finally got my bike fixed! It didn’t have working lights and I didn’t want to get into trouble so I didn’t ride it much since I got it. I actually got it in the summer of 2007, but then I went to Spain for a year, and only came back here in October last [...]