AN SSBBWs WORLD

Information and rants about living in the real world as an SSBBW

As SSBBWs, we live in a world built for smaller people. Each day we face challenges to fit in, or even to just fit. While education and information are powerful tools, our best resource is each other. Let us know your tips or rants about this subject at info@ssbbw-magazine.com.

SSBBW Profile

Each month we try to profile an SSBBW to help inspire those SSBBWs who haven't yet gotten that they are wonderful, caring, sexy, special people. We are always looking for more great and wonderful SSBBWs that feel they can be an inspiration to others to be profiled. Send us a mail if you are interested!!

This month we are profiling Sara, a 26 year old from Boston. Click here to view her profile.

Dear Gabby

Click here to see our new resident advice columnist come to the aid of three individuals.

ATTITUDE...

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.'Well,' she said, 'I think I'll braid my hair today.'

So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. 'H-M-M,' she said, 'I think I'll part my hair down the middle today.'

So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. 'Well,' she said, 'today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail.'

So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. 'YAY!' she exclaimed.

'I don't have to fix my hair today!'

Attitude is everything!

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...

It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Remembering our Veterans

Several nations celebrate, in some way, the end of World War I, the ceasefire of which went into effect at 11:00am CET on this day in 1918.

Armistice Day in France and Belgium
Veterans Day in the United States (called Armistice Day until 1952, when the name was changed, and the holiday was re-geared toward all military veterans)
Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations, including United Kingdom, Australia and Canada
Poland - Independence Day (1918)

Veterans Day in the United States is largely intended to thank living veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty. Even though it is a federal and state holiday, it is formally observed in most parts of the United States only by government offices and banks.

In many parts of the world, people take two minutes of silence at 11:00 in the morning as a sign of respect for the roughly eight million who died in the war, as suggested by Edward George Honey in a letter to a British newspaper though Wellesley Tudor Pole established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.

In many commonwealth countries people wear artificial poppies as a sign of remembrance and respect. The poppy's significance is a result of Canadian military physician John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" written in May of 1915. The poem is usually read during the Remembrance Day ceremonies as well as the playing of the Last Post and wreaths laid to honour the fallen.

For more information:

Obesity In the News.....

New obesity pill assures two-fold weight loss - http://www.healthjockey.com/2008/10/25/new-obesity-pill-assures-two-fold-weight-loss/

Fat bacteria in gut behind obesity, study shows - http://www.themedguru.com/articles/fat_bacteria_in_gut_behind_obesity_study_shows-86114698.html

Gene mutation protects against obesity and diabetes - http://www.sciencecentric.com/blog/article.php?q=08101905

Fat cells’ discovery may harbour obesity cure - http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/fat-cells-discovery-may-harbour-obesity-cure-200810122950

	"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die." ~G.K. Chesterton

	"But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye." ~Thomas Dunn English

Letters to the Editor...

We've received a few letters to the editor lately and would like to post them here. If you have anything to say we'd love to hear from you too, so send us an email.

"Hey, first off, I'm just a 13 year old newly realized FA who has only a comment. I realized I wasn't the least bit attracted to societies oh too displayed skeletons with implants that are thought to somehow be beautiful about one year ago. I thoght I was a freak until I checked the www. for information. But all I found was an intelligent wikipedia page, and slutty SSBBWs on porn sites dedicated to fat women looking to feel attractive by displaying themselves to sex addict FAs." [Linden]