Aging in our Fat Bodies

Welcome to the very beginning of a new adventure. I have initiated this website to have the opportunity to better share with you those resources that might be meaningful to us as we consider these two factors in our lives: growing older and being fat.

I also hope to introduce a blog so that we can pool our resources, offer and receive support and experience the benefits of being in community with each other.

In a simplistic sense, we are met with a fairly uniform response to our needs, be they medical or social, with the same response: shrink yourself down to a size that is more manageable, more acceptable. Well, we’re here to say that we are getting on with our lives as we are. That doesn’t mean we won’t have challenges, but we are prepared to meet them head on, standing tall and wide and proud.

For now, if you have anything at all that you’d like to contribute, you can reach me at lem@aginginourfatbodies.com and I look forward to learning more from you and sharing it with others. It’s going to be an interesting ride!