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Friday, January 30, 2009

Back Fat Saved my Sister's Life

The story of my sister's recent experience as a new bod in Los Angeles is now an article in today's Guardian. A brief and good read if I say so myself!

"My back fat saved my life. For a woman who has spent most of her life dieting, this statement rankles. But my muffin top protected me when I was shot with a high-powered air rifle fired by an unknown sniper at 2.15pm in a residential neighbourhood in Los Angeles. Had I been the usual LA size-zero stereotype, I would probably have been killed. Or paralysed."

Read the rest of it here.