Size Acceptance
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Afraid of Getting Fat
Dear Lola, I hardly ever leave the house, except to go to the grocery store. My only entertainment is ordering takeout and drinking wine with friends online. My eating is basically insane right now, and I’m gaining weight. I’ve never been fat in my whole life, but I can’t seem to stop myself from overeating. […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 8:39 pm
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
When Your Boyfriend Doesn’t Exist
Dear Lola, I met this great guy online, and things are really serious between us. We haven’t met IRL because he lives overseas. Given the current craziness in the world, who knows when that will happen now? In the meantime, I’ve been doing my best to be happy with texts and telephone calls. Things were […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 8:20 pm
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Fat, Bored, and Lonely
Dear Lola, Like everyone else in the U.S., I’m stuck inside working from home. I’ve done the Zoom happy hours and WebEx meetings. Nobody expects this to really take the place of human contact, but it doesn’t even come close for me. I’m bored, bored, bored. And all I do is stuff my face with […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 3:58 pm
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Depression After Weight Loss
Dear Lola, My weight has been an issue my entire life. Things got really bad after college when I hit 350 pounds. I felt tired and out of breath all the time and fell into a deep depression, which only made the problem worse. I had gastric bypass surgery about two years ago and reached […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 12:33 pm
Monday, January 6, 2020
What We Love is Beautiful
Dear Lola, When I first started dating my husband, he was in decent shape and a healthy guy. Since we got married five years ago, however, he has been gaining weight steadily and is now about 50 pounds heavier. We would like to start a family, but are having trouble conceiving, which I suspect has […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 2:58 pm
Friday, October 4, 2019
Plus-sized Dating
Dear Lola, A few months ago, one of my friend’s girlfriends, let’s call her Sally, asked if I would be interested in going on a blind date with someone she knew. Since Sally is very good looking and a general catch, I figured her friend would be too. And the blind date, let’s call her […]
Posted by Barbara Boehm Miller at 1:50 pm