• Reality Bites.

    Reality Bites.

    August 7th, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | No Comments

    One of the realizations I’m coming to is that thinner people just don’t drink as much as I do (or did). I think that maybe they have a glass or two of wine a week (not a night). Much as I hate to admit the reality of the situation, I think I have to adapt to their way if I want to lose weight. Because my way doesn’t seem to have the same effect. My way has gotten me into the situation I’m in today, where I weigh too much.

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  • 180 Sounds Nice.

    180 Sounds Nice.

    August 6th, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | No Comments

    Today I decided to go to Paris for a vacation in October. I love Paris. It’s so … everything I’m not. Sophisticated. Interesting. Cosmopolitan. Fascinating. Intellectual. And thin. So I have a new reason to want to lose weight: I’d rather not tramp around Paris and look like a big fat American. I find myself [...]

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  • Cracked Pepper Steak Rub

    Cracked Pepper Steak Rub

    August 5th, 2005 | Recipes | tracy | No Comments

    The secret ingredient here is a little bit of fine ground espresso coffee. You’d never guess it’s coffee when the steaks come off the grill; somehow it adds a tasty note of flavor the livens up the beef.

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  • I’ve got a stake in steaks.

    I’ve got a stake in steaks.

    August 5th, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | No Comments

    Now, I’m all for buying locally grown produce and have rarely if ever found the need to buy Chilean cherries for $10.99 a pound in the winter. But the honest truth is, our food chain is now so convoluted that it’s honestly hard to know where your food comes from if you shop at major stores. According to Locavore, though, if I quit my job and spent my time foraging small and local producers for food, I could eat very well strictly within the Bay Area foodshed. It’s a nice idea, but perhaps not practical.

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  • Rejected but not Dejected

    Rejected but not Dejected

    August 4th, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | 1 Comment

    Plain and simple, I’ve been rejected to become a member of the Big Fat Blog. I’d asked to join because I like the information the site presents; it’s fair, comprehensive and always well-written. But because I want to lose weight, Paul McAleer (the founder and moderator of the community) says I can’t be supportive of fat people at the same time. So I’ve been banned from joining the forum, on speculation that I’d populate the boards with weight loss tips or fat-hate.

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  • Eight Ounces and a Peach

    Eight Ounces and a Peach

    August 3rd, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | 2 Comments

    Today I lost another half-pound, putting total tonnage lost at four pounds. That’s very fast weight loss for me. Very.

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  • Three Vineagar Vinaigrette

    Three Vineagar Vinaigrette

    August 3rd, 2005 | Recipes | tracy | No Comments

    Super Vinaigrette that puts all others to shame.

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  • Lifestyles of the Corpulent

    Lifestyles of the Corpulent

    August 2nd, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | No Comments

    What I find amazing is the absolute transformation of society into accepting fat. Whereas I had a lot of trouble finding clothes to wear in the ’70s and ’80s, now there’s a whole section devoted to me at Saks. With fancy designer labels. I don’t have to buy massive mumus with appliques of poodles these days. I can buy a Dana Buchman silk and cashmere suit and be just like the thin people I’ve always envied.

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  • The I Don’t Go to the Beach Diet

    The I Don’t Go to the Beach Diet

    August 1st, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | 2 Comments

    So here it is: I’ve lost 3.5 pounds so far. It’s hard to tell what how that really feels; there’s not much that feels different. Except I’m glad not to have the 3.5 pounds. You know those ads on TV that show what five pounds of fat looks like? Where it’s essentially lard stuffed in [...]

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  • Discipline is a Bitch

    Discipline is a Bitch

    August 1st, 2005 | Reports from the Front | tracy | No Comments

    Does anyone else go to the gym and wonder to themselves: “who are these people?” You know the ones I mean. The folks who can get on the elliptical, and run it at 98 miles per hour for 90 minutes at a clip. Sure, they sweat, but somehow it looks really easy for them.

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