I'm baccccccck!
It's food blogging time again, I've made a commitment to myself to write my food for 21 days, because as much as I hate the people whom this originated from I will do it, and I think that it will work.
Day One - 2/18/2010
*note - day's begin at midnight.
Middle of the night food:
1 cup froot loops (120)
1 cup cocoa puffs (120)
1 cup milk (130)
1 Slice cheese ( 70)
2 Baby Bell Cheese( 60)
Total: (500)
I will be back to post the rest of today's food later...
So I was wrong... I didn't eat anything else so this was my total calorie count for the day!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Shopping in the fat and odd section...
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here so I thought, what the heck let’s post something! You all get to be the benefactors of my most recent shopping experience. You may not like it, but you’ll probably read it anyway, because at least one of you have shared this experience.
So I don’t shop in stores, because I don’t like the stigma of walking into the fat and odd section, or God forbid entering one of those big and tall stores… btw why do women’s plus size stores get cute names like “Torrid” or “Fashion Bug” and I have to shop at a place called “The Casual Male” as if the only thing a fat man could be is casual? WTF? I know that this is a little bit of a ranty rant, but it is what it is and you’ll like it or not… honestly I don’t care which.
Moving on from the ridiculous name of the fat and odd, that’s what they should call it instead of big and tall… are we a building?
I move to the mens section of the www.jcp.com website and start to look around, I click on several things and am pleasantly surprised that they have them in my size… and it’s only like TEN or FIFTEEN dollars more expensive. I mean it’s not like I want to save any money or shop in the clearance section or anything. While I am not abreast of the fashion industry, I know what I like and it’s usually current or trendy clothes. I want to dress like others my age… but alas the fat and odd industry thinks that I want to dress like my grandfather.
Let’s address some individual clothing styles:
The Banded Bottom Colorblock Shirt: http://bit.ly/d51Es4
I do believe that my grandfather wore this particular shirt in 1994, I don’t think this fashion is experiencing a comeback. If this is the next staple in fashion, please shoot me in the head now! Let’s talk about how useful that band is in emphasizing my stomach fat and that bulge that develops from the pants that I wear.
Alexander Julian Chest Stripe Sweater-Big/Tall: http://bit.ly/c3suD2
This sweater was made famous in the eighties by Bill Cosby… wait no this is new, and ugly. The big ugly colored stripe in the middle won’t make me look bigger or anything. The color orange isn’t something that makes me look like a fat ass pumpkin either right? I want my friends to tear this shirt off of me if they ever see me wearing it.
St. John’s Bay® Fleece Vest - Big & Tall: http://bit.ly/cqWxqq
While I understand that vests are a look that happened a few years ago… fat men, please listen, don’t wear these, it points out your fat middle. This vest screams I’m to fat to find a jacket with sleeves… so I put on this vest. Sarcasm Service Graphic Tee: http://bit.ly/ccPcwnGraphic tees with super awesome fleur de lis, or music graphics, or retro style are amazing and look great underneath a plain button down shirt… but please make the “clever sayings” shirts stop! I don’t want to read your shirt, if I wanted to read something I would do it on the toilet like every other fat man. Please these shirts aren’t funny or clever, just STOP!
Finally…Activewear Section: http://bit.ly/bBNjH6
Why are there only 20 items in the big and tall activewear section? Most of them are socks, why is that ok? I mean obviously we aren’t active eh? It’s as if they are calling us lazy, because we don’t need athletic wear or anything. These clothes are also the ugliest things I’ve ever seen, I have seen some amazing activewear from places like Undergear, obviously they don’t cater to the fat man either, because they figure that we don’t have income that can be spent.
Clothing manufacturers please wake up, fatties have money to spend, they probably aren’t going out to the club every weekend, because that environment isn’t comfortable for us either. Make your stores a comfortable place to be, please don’t hire weightist staff, and take our complaints seriously, if your staff offends one person they will most likely offend others, and that word of mouth gives your stores a negative reputation, and it will keep me out of them for sure.
So tell me, have you had a bad experience?
So I don’t shop in stores, because I don’t like the stigma of walking into the fat and odd section, or God forbid entering one of those big and tall stores… btw why do women’s plus size stores get cute names like “Torrid” or “Fashion Bug” and I have to shop at a place called “The Casual Male” as if the only thing a fat man could be is casual? WTF? I know that this is a little bit of a ranty rant, but it is what it is and you’ll like it or not… honestly I don’t care which.
Moving on from the ridiculous name of the fat and odd, that’s what they should call it instead of big and tall… are we a building?
I move to the mens section of the www.jcp.com website and start to look around, I click on several things and am pleasantly surprised that they have them in my size… and it’s only like TEN or FIFTEEN dollars more expensive. I mean it’s not like I want to save any money or shop in the clearance section or anything. While I am not abreast of the fashion industry, I know what I like and it’s usually current or trendy clothes. I want to dress like others my age… but alas the fat and odd industry thinks that I want to dress like my grandfather.
Let’s address some individual clothing styles:
The Banded Bottom Colorblock Shirt: http://bit.ly/d51Es4
I do believe that my grandfather wore this particular shirt in 1994, I don’t think this fashion is experiencing a comeback. If this is the next staple in fashion, please shoot me in the head now! Let’s talk about how useful that band is in emphasizing my stomach fat and that bulge that develops from the pants that I wear.
Alexander Julian Chest Stripe Sweater-Big/Tall: http://bit.ly/c3suD2
This sweater was made famous in the eighties by Bill Cosby… wait no this is new, and ugly. The big ugly colored stripe in the middle won’t make me look bigger or anything. The color orange isn’t something that makes me look like a fat ass pumpkin either right? I want my friends to tear this shirt off of me if they ever see me wearing it.
St. John’s Bay® Fleece Vest - Big & Tall: http://bit.ly/cqWxqq
While I understand that vests are a look that happened a few years ago… fat men, please listen, don’t wear these, it points out your fat middle. This vest screams I’m to fat to find a jacket with sleeves… so I put on this vest. Sarcasm Service Graphic Tee: http://bit.ly/ccPcwnGraphic tees with super awesome fleur de lis, or music graphics, or retro style are amazing and look great underneath a plain button down shirt… but please make the “clever sayings” shirts stop! I don’t want to read your shirt, if I wanted to read something I would do it on the toilet like every other fat man. Please these shirts aren’t funny or clever, just STOP!
Finally…Activewear Section: http://bit.ly/bBNjH6
Why are there only 20 items in the big and tall activewear section? Most of them are socks, why is that ok? I mean obviously we aren’t active eh? It’s as if they are calling us lazy, because we don’t need athletic wear or anything. These clothes are also the ugliest things I’ve ever seen, I have seen some amazing activewear from places like Undergear, obviously they don’t cater to the fat man either, because they figure that we don’t have income that can be spent.
Clothing manufacturers please wake up, fatties have money to spend, they probably aren’t going out to the club every weekend, because that environment isn’t comfortable for us either. Make your stores a comfortable place to be, please don’t hire weightist staff, and take our complaints seriously, if your staff offends one person they will most likely offend others, and that word of mouth gives your stores a negative reputation, and it will keep me out of them for sure.
So tell me, have you had a bad experience?
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