About
The Fat Girl’s Guide to Living (FGG) is a lifestyle blog for and by overweight women who are tired of missing out on really living because of internal and external pressures about being fat, and their own perceptions of themselves.
Love to try kayaking but too afraid your butt won’t squeeze into the seat?
This web site is your new best friend.
Want to go horseback riding but afraid you’ll hurt the horse?
We think you’ll spend lots of time here.
Tired of missing out on good food and friends because you watch what you eat all the time?
Add us to your RSS feed.
Avoid meeting friends in person when you’ve only known each other online?
Boy do we have some good stuff for you.
Do you hate that you put stuff off that you’d love to do or try “until you’re a size __?”
Plan on stopping by often.
Want to know what men really think of fat chicks when their friends aren’t looking?
Pull up a chair and get comfortable!
What FGG is NOT:
1. A rabid fat acceptance movement. We know the health risks associated with being overweight – both the real and the bogus – and our editors along with many of our readers are actively working to shed some extra pounds and get healthy and strong. But we’re working even harder at shedding the self- perception that we’re not already beautiful, important, fun, vital, vibrant, entirely adorable, lovable and very able girls (women, chicks, females, babes, ladies…) just the way we are.
2. A diet, exercise or otherwise “cure for fat” web site. That market’s been covered and then some, and I’m sure everyone who reads here knows where to go to get that kind of advice. We’re here to put that aside for a little while and to help overweight women to enjoy who they are right now, even if they’re working on evolving into something else.
3. Politically correct. Sorry, I know the word fat is taboo in some circles, and I know that people are sometimes uncomfortable with it. But we’re here to be real, and we’re taking the it-is-what-it-is approach to describing our physical selves. It’s hard to live an authentic life if you’re hiding behind yourself, and if your self right now is fat, well, then you’ll fit right in here with the rest of us. So rather than be embarrassed by it, let’s have some fun with it.
We also use the word girl a lot, whether we’re referring to kids, teenagers, college students, wives, moms, seniors or anyone in between. Because in our experience, that stifled part of us that wants to come out and play usually very much wants to go by “girl,” even if we don’t admit it.
4. Skinny-chick haters. No way. Thin girls aren’t without their own negative self-perceptions, either, and we’re all in this together. This web site happens to be for those of us with fat-related body image issues, but if you’re 120 lbs soaking wet and you feel fat, or you find yourself here enjoying our content anyway, by all means join us. We’ll welcome you with open (even if soft, sometimes jiggling) arms.
Feedback? Kudos? Complaints? Something you’d like to see covered here? Get in touch!