Locating and screening a trainer who moves youLace up and ask for the right help with your fitness boost Four fat girls walk into a gym. . . Relax, friends, I’m not about to tell a tasteless joke. In setting up today’s Guide, I thought I’d share a bit about my own experiences working with [...]
New and improved apps for our always-evolving readersImage by myuibe When Toni wrote the original Fat Girl’s Guide to iPhone Applications last December, she noted that, despite the holdout status maintained by some of our more technophobic readers, the smartphone wasn’t going away. How right she was! In the eight months since that post ran [...]
If you think being overweight means you’re stuck at ground level, think again.On the approach to Reno’s 8,300-foot Peavine Peak If we’re talking semantics, I’ve always been more of a trekker than a hiker. I love a long, flat or gently-rolling surface, and even at a size 24 I could walk and walk all day [...]
Enjoy your next theme park visit at any sizeSqueeze every bit of fun into your amusement park trip (Great America photo booth ca. 1998) Until I was 14, I was terrified of roller coasters. Per longstanding tradition, our 8th grade class trip took place at Sandusky, OH-based Cedar Point. It was 1990 and the Magnum [...]
Worried about bicycling with a sore bottom? Check out these padded bike shorts. Padded bike shorts protect you where it counts. (Image by L. Marie) Summer is prime cycling time, so it seems only fitting that FGG’s very own Tee posed this week’s question in the comments of a recent Guide: I’ve got an Ask [...]
Options for plus-sized sun and skin protectionimage by sopues We love hearing from our FGG readers. You girls help keep us tuned in to the questions and issues that are real and relevant in your diverse lives right now. This week’s reader question is a great example: “Hello! I love to go snorkeling, jet skiing, [...]