Seth 
When you want to start traveling, or you are just forced to start going to meetings with people across the country, you will eventually have to fly. When you are obese, things can be difficult as even the most normal things become harder to do; this includes having to sit on a flight. I do …
I’m fat. I jiggle a bit when I walk, I breathe heavily when I go up (and down) stairs, and I don’t fit in regular chairs very well. All of these things don’t bother me personally, but I really don’t enjoy the stares and looks my size earns me from passers-by. So why, in heaven’s …
When I first started shopping for home exercise equipment I was disillusioned pretty quickly. What do you mean that there are no machines for a guy my size? Are you saying I’m too fat to lose weight?? Even the best recumbent stationary bikes wouldn’t quite support my weight and I was left with no option …
There is nothing quite as relaxing as sitting in a rocking chair on your porch. Unless, of course, your rocking chair experience is accompanied by creaks, groans, and the imminent prospect of your rocking chair collapsing and possibly impaling your leg with a shard of wood. The best outdoor rocking chairs are designed in a …
Every year during the holidays my wife and I have to visit our respective families. Due to divorces, remarriages, etc., we end up visiting and sleeping at 3-4 different houses during the weeks I have off work. During this time my sleep situation could be better. I’ve slept on the floor, on a heavy-duty futon, …
When I was younger, office chairs for obese people weren’t really a thing. Or maybe I just didn’t notice because I wasn’t as fat as I am now. Whatever the reason, I hadn’t given the issue a single thought until my work chair started making some pretty concerning sounds. I know I’m not alone in …
One of my old pub quiz teammates recently moved to Colorado and has been trying to get the rest of the team to take a trip and come visit him. Part of the trip would involve going skiing or snowboarding in Aspen since it’s only about an hour’s drive from his house. He called me …
“Oh sure you can spend the night, we’ll just pull out our heavy-duty air mattress….” When my wife and I first got married I would dread visiting her parents. Oh, you do too? Well, I didn’t dread it for all the normal reasons, I’m afraid. They’re nice enough people. I just knew that whenever I …
A friend of mine recently moved to Hawaii and has been trying to convince me to round up the rest of our friends and go visit her down in Honolulu. I find Hawaii to be a little too hot and humid for a fat guy like me who sweats buckets while walking down the street, …
If you’ve been around the blog before, you may have noticed that I frequently refer to myself as being obese and I often discuss obesity in general. It’s a common term, which means people often understand the gist of what it means without knowing the exact definition. But what exactly does it mean to be …