Grazing only works in certain circumstances. If person is grazing on consistently high glycemic index foods, then it keeps their blood sugar rising and crashing all day long, bringing on more cravin…

A Yogi/Yogini, is an Indian word meaning practitioner.

I saw a 'dietician' recently on TV spouting about some diet or other. She was hugely obese. This doesn't necessarily negate her advice, but neither am I persuaded by honed and toned 'buff' fitness …

Hang on @riverflow. I think it is a mistake to see the record companies as big bad men stealing the income of their artists. while the artist would benefit more from doing it themselves. Record compa…

@SillyPutty Not at all. I never said anything of the sort. I was just disputing your idea that no one who is fat can also be happy, because it's not true. I never debated that in many cases, being ob…

Drat. I knew someone would ask for a reference. I've seen this said a few times but now I can't find a reference on my bookshelf. I can't remember where the story appears. It may be apocryphal, but i…

Well, I guess this settles it then. Fat is not only surprisingly healthy, but it also makes for a happy life. Man was I wrong. Maybe to celebrate my new found knowledge, I'll go eat some pizza tomorr…

Thanks for taking the bait, @MaryAnne. So now, I will ask you: Where, exactly, does one draw the line? A 600 pound woman is considered to be a ridiculous example to you, but a 300 pound woman isn't?

Ok, @sillyputty, we'll use 600 lb Donna Simpson as the poster child for ALL fat or obese people if you agree to use either of the women below to represent ALL thin people.

Well, @MaryAnne, if you are truly happy and healthy at 120 or 170 or 300 pounds, so be it. And maybe it's wrong of me to think that there aren't happy morbidly obese people out there either. I reme…