https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:44:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098916 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:27:02 +0000 smittie 2098916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Rachy.<br /> It’s interesting that there are different paths to type 2 diabetes. Interesting convo.</p> <p>I must admit that I am really into denying death and aging. I’m sure this contributes to my attitudes about diet and exercise being a panacea for all ills (which I know is an incorrect view, but one that seizes my imagination quite often). It is easy to start thinking you can control everything if you just adopt the right behaviours. It is hard to admit that something might just be because of our genes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098863 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:53:05 +0000 RobinF 2098863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are all so smart! I love what Echo said about people trying to deny that things can happen to them.</p> <p>My DH is diabetic and is very thin. It runs in his family and he found out when he was 35. It's always puzzled me that it is called type 2 and then the advice for type 2 is to lose weight - I don't think so! It is scary though and to think before insulin there was no way to control it. </p> <p>And I'm with you Rachy about the insensitivity of people. Weight issues run in my family and it is really not just about will power. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098841 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:55:50 +0000 rachylou 2098841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cross-posted, shevia. Were you really a philosophy major? I admire your reading skill then! Reading about how you know you know - it’s *like* ‘Wait! Do I know I know I know?’ Lol I’ll have to look up Becker. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098825 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 03:01:21 +0000 rachylou 2098825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. And I think we want to wish things better when we know we’re powerless. Someone’s got to be in control, and if not me, it must be ‘you.’ More peaceful tho to accept people as they are and find the beauty in that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098824 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:57:46 +0000 Jaime 2098824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Echo said exactly. Not to get ghoulish but one of the most formative books I studied in college was T<i>he Denial of Death</i> by Ernest Becker (anthropology/philosophy major what can I tell you ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098822 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:47:41 +0000 Echo 2098822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, there is a lot of misinformation about type 2 diabetes. My dad had type 2 diabetes, despite having been athletic and never overweight. It was genetic, making me prone to inherit it, too.&nbsp;</p> <p>To speak to what Isabel said, I think as a society we are prone to blaming victims. We want to be able to deny that something awful might happen to us, so we blame people for eating "wrong" or not exercising enough or for being overweight. We also blame people for being poor or being an immigrant or for having an addiction or a mental illness. It is denial. If people can find a reason why THEY got a disease or can't pay their rent or are battling an addiction, we can write a narrative in our head about why WE cannot. That's entirely false and also furthers the destructive idea of the other, but we live in a society based in blame instead of finding cooperative solutions to issues.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098817 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:35:59 +0000 rachylou 2098817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s never true remission. Type 2 is difficulty making and using insulin. It<br /> operates at the genetic level and is strongly heritable, meaning it’s almost guaranteed it will show up if it runs in your family, no matter what. You can go to an all fat, all protein diet, but you will be very sickly. That’s what people did in days of yore. It’s interesting. There are a lot of variations - diabetes refers to a symptom actually, and there are many pathways to the symptom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098800 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:01:03 +0000 smittie 2098800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not much time but I thought type 2 was brought on by too many carbs, and fruit, sugar, veggies, bread are all carbs.</p> <p>I’ve heard people have had remission by eating fat as their fuel source rather than carbs.</p> <p>Why is eating a character flaw? That’s a silly idea and one that won’t help anybody.</p> <p>I’ve only lightly looked into this, so will look at your links when I get a chance, Rachylou. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098779 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:46:21 +0000 rachylou 2098779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I will check out the link! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098743 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:38:27 +0000 Isabel 2098743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfortunately, as human beings, we often attribute certain diseases to character flaws. ( not being able to control yourself/having no willpower )</p> <p>As science advances, we're finding out more and more that this is often not true.&nbsp; Take smoking for example ( even drugs) some people are more predisposed to becoming addicted because they have more receptors in their brain to which those chemicals lock onto.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for this link ! And I love how democratic blogging is. I'm not looking at her body, I look at her style and creativity. One of my favorite bloggers is Ashley&nbsp; ( a&nbsp; working mom in action ).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.houseofdorough.com/aboutme">https://www.houseofdorough.com/aboutme</a></p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098739 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:30:15 +0000 Anonymous 2098739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to that Janet! I went to a Nami event where they were talking about stigma, so not to ever use words like mad, crazy, etc.<br /> Good info re:diabetes Rachy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098706 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:24:15 +0000 rachylou 2098706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You’re right, Janet. That’s smart. Jokes become misinformation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098672 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:36:55 +0000 Janet 2098672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will check out that blogger — it’s always welcome to see a wider variety of body shapes and sizes represented! </p> <p>I hear you about the diabetes remarks. As someone with a loved one with mental illness issues, it gets my hackles up when people say things like the weather are “schizophrenic.” So I try to be considerate — using these terms that are actually associated with medical diagnoses to describe anything other than the actual disease or condition is just not wise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098635 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:21:53 +0000 Jaime 2098635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, in general I think people are pretty ignorant to the causes of diabetes and other supposedly "lifestyle" diseases. And I never thought it was right to blame people for their bad genes and specifically for perfectly normal eating habits that are only blameworthy when you have the wrong genes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098606 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:51:29 +0000 Anonymous 2098606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Rachylou.<br /> I say again, you are so right on with all this. I love you started the thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098563 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:44:50 +0000 rachylou 2098563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m so sorry, Jenna! The misconceptions are very bad and people are very mean. </p> <p>And the things you’re never told: I recently saw for the first time what the blood sugar profile of a person without diabetes looks like. You’re always told the body keeps it between 60-100. But that’s FASTING. You eat and it goes over 100 ALL THE TIME. I think about all the people using insulin, trying to keep their blood sugars steady after eating and then getting yelled at for going low (because it’s incredibly dangerous) or feeling shamed because it goes to 180 after eating... well, guess what...</p> <p>Ms. Maven - Yes it’s hard to eat out. I don’t know what restaurants do. But for example, Red Lobster can get 2500 calories into 5 prawns. I mean, I think this defies the laws of physics and NASA should visit them because they have the secret to intergalactic travel too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098548 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:13:51 +0000 Anonymous 2098548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My Mom recently died in January in her 60s, she weighed under 100 lbs and had had type 2 for 9 years.<br /> She was underweight the entirety of it. I have a thyroid condition and all her siblings have thyroid issues and/or diabetes.<br /> You’re so right about misconceptions about it being a disease you get because you’re overweight, it’s absolutely a disease based on metabolic dysfunction. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098545 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:03:35 +0000 Angie 2098545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good Info! I know very little about Diabetes and want to know more. This is a fab start. Thanks for the info. Great blog too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098541 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:37:10 +0000 Inge 2098541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>She is knew to me, Rachy, thanks for linking to her. Going to check out her blog.</div><div>And yes, sadly so many misconceptions and prejudice re Diabetes Type 2 still out there.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098533 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:14:27 +0000 MsMaven 2098533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for this, Rachy. </p> <p>I always thought the diet and weight connection to diabetes was a bit odd. I had two uncles, one on each side of my parents' family; one who was skinny as a board and the other within a healthy weight. They both developed type-2 diabetes in later middle age. They were heavy smokers and drank a lot of alcohol, which may have been the real problem.&nbsp;</p> <p>My DH had multiple health scares last summer--including possible diabetes. Yes, he was overweight and now has lost many pounds, but the change in his eating habits came from keeping track of everything on his Fitbit. Also his exercise program. Together we've learned a lot about the different kinds of carbohydrates. It's been a fascinating journey. It's also been difficult. We rarely eat out anymore. Back in the days when he was a partner in a Final 4 CPA firm there were constant dinners, client lunches, conferences, retreats, etc., and it would have been so difficult for him to deal with this kind of diet then, especially without his Fitbit.&nbsp;</p> <p>Before this year my understanding of diabetes was flimsy. I've learned a lot about it these last few months, and I appreciate Fabbers who willingly talk about their challenges.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/plus-size-blog#post-2098527 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:40:31 +0000 rachylou 2098527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I’m doing my morning browse on Twitter and I just came across this fashion blog: </p> <p><a href="https://www.readytostare.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.readytostare.com/</a></p> <p>Has anyone mentioned it yet? It got on my feed through the #DOC tag (Diabetes Online Community). The blog’s author wrote a piece for healthline.com (<a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/sugar-doesnt-cause-diabetes#1" rel="nofollow">https://www.healthline.com/hea.....diabetes#1</a>) about people joking about eating a cupcake and getting diabetes. Type 2 diabetes specifically, which has a big big exercise, weight loss, and diet component (as well as medication).</p> <p>The thing about this is, people accuse Type 2s of eating and slothing their way into the disease. People come down hard and they come down often. They nag you about putting a teensy-weensy packet of sugar in your coffee. </p> <p>But its not true. Rather, you eat and exercise your way into controlling the symptoms. This article states it and states it clearly. It’s the sort of disease that’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN. And being overweight is a reflection of a person’s metabolic difficulties with Type 2. It isn’t the root of it. If you don’t have those genes, you’re not gonna get it. Cupcakes or no cupcakes.</p> <p>The misinformation is so bad, Type 2s will avoid the sugar packet and then go eat a lot of tortillas and fruit. Doctors will say ‘don’t eat sugar,’ overlooking the fact that people don’t understand if it’s not a fat or a protein, it’s a sugar. You’re gonna have to eat ‘sugar,’ because you have to eat. It’s really about how much of a sugar punch a food delivers. A tortilla and a glass of juice smack you upside the head with just a little, whereas a ton of veg is a little shove.</p> <p>Anyways, the writer, Alysse, has a link with her Amazon fashion faves. I think she’s fab. I’m not Type 2, but I’ve sat thru a lot of diabetes classes with Type 2s... and it usually makes me pretty angry... </p>