Introductory Post

At 50 lbs. “overweight,” I’m what most people would call “not that fat.” My experiences are a bit different from others in the fatosphere because I’m quite new to being fat; I gained all of the 50 lbs. over the past three years, and most of it over the past year and a half, under circumstances that I’m sure I’ll go into eventually. About six months ago, maybe a little more, I began discovering the Fatosphere. The first fat acceptance blog I ever read was Junkfood Science, which gave me a lot of good ammunition when my mother started telling me that my stress-induced asthma would go away if I’d just lose weight. Before I was really comfortable with the idea of fat acceptance, I got really into the idea of Health At Every Size. I didn’t feel very healthy then, mentally or physically, but a lot of that changed, and is still changing.

Sometimes I do feel a bit awkward, being on the small end of “fat,” that I’m invading someone else’s space, or that I don’t really understand what other people are going through. If I inadvertently insult anyone, please let me know. I’m still learning.

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