This is some sort of sick joke, right?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

But sweating is one of the main points of working out. It's how your body gets rid of toxins. Fat is partially made of toxins, so the more you get rid of the better. I think it feels really awesome to work up a good sweat.

I have heard this. I don't know how but maybe the fan dries it up before it gathers? I don't know. But, I lost a heck of a lot of weight without dripping in sweat. A little moist around the ponytail but that is about it.

Oh, but I do sweat while working in the yard. For some reason, that does feel good. Maybe because I can visually see what I have just accomplished where when I work out it took me a while to see it?

And, Torrid, it's true, doesn't have work clothes. But, it is nice that they have clothes that someone can where out. That will fit them. The cut is important and if it isn't made for plus sized it just doesn't look right.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hmm, not really. Sweat is produced by your sweat glands just below your skin. It's water and saline. The sweat in the smellier areas has a little bit of protein and fatty acids. But all the ingredients come from the glands and from capilaries. You lose sodium through sweat (but the more you exercise, the less sodium you loose as your body adjusts to be more efficient), and it can keep your skin flushed pretty well, but that's about it.

Hmmm...I'm going to have to find a source, but I might disagree.

[Alex]

The idea of "sweating out toxins" is a very common one in the fringes of altnernative health and New Age healing but it is not an idea looked kindly upon in mainstream medical circles, mostly for the reason that GD mentions: there is no physical connection between your sweat glands and the organs your body uses to process toxins.

One of the more organized proponents of sweat detoxification through exercise and saunas is Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was a big proponent of the idea and it plays a big role in the purifications programs at Scientology drug rehab centers where it is used to "detoxify" the body of the drugs faster. I don't care about the religious beliefs of Scientologists but in my view they don't get much actual science correct.

In the New Agier side of things "Infrared Saunas" are very popular but also have no evidence in support of their claims. The Broadcast Advertising Authority in the UK cited the Veraform Sauna Belt in 2005 for making unsupported claims of weight loss and detoxification through sweating. It specifically mentions that all medical evidence indicates sweat-related weight loss is temporary and is simply dehydration that is eventually replaced with water consumption.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

But, yet, they're wearing them to the gym to work out. Maybe they only "perspire" in them.

Horses Sweat

Men Perspire

Women Glow

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Horses Sweat

Men Perspire

Women Glow

hehehehe. Thanks for getting my reference and upping the ante.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

The idea of "sweating out toxins" is a very common one in the fringes of altnernative health and New Age healing but it is not an idea looked kindly upon in mainstream medical circles, mostly for the reason that GD mentions: there is no physical connection between your sweat glands and the organs your body uses to process toxins.

Googling gave me articles to support both sides, with no actual evidence for either side. I did find this quote:

As the pores open up and we begin to perspire, millions of sweat glands start to excrete metabolic and other waste products. Sweat contains almost the same elements of urine. In addition, environmental toxins such as lead, mercury, nicotine, alcohol, sulfuric acid, and pesticides have been found in sweat. Without release, these toxins accumulate in the adipose tissues, which can result in illness.

Most of those things can be found in the air. I don't think it's too far of a leap, however, to assume that since blood circulates through your entire body, that the blood could pick up toxins in the organs and leave them behind in the skin. Is it? I think I'll just leave it at, I like to sweat. When working out that is. When doing everyday tasks or just being outdoors it really annoys me.

Oddly enough, I also don't mind the smell of sweat, provided that it is standard sweat, and not super foul sweat. Too many years of sports medicine and dance, I suppose. Sort of like how manure smells good to people that live on a farm.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

No work clothes?

No work clothes?

I wear this dress to work all the time. Of course, not with the hat or the wig or the obscenely false eyelashes, but I wear it nonetheless.



I am pretty well-dressed. I've been told this by many people, most notably in one of my co-worker's oh-so-enjoyable backhanded compliments. "You're such a snappy dresser! Most fat people aren't so good with clothes." Oh, THANK YOU for your GENEROUS and MAGANAMOUS compliment!

Larger women who aren't well-dressed? Well, they're not looking hard enough. Lane Bryant is not the only store available. There are several other stores and department stores that offer plus-sizes that are very well-cut. Macy's among them. And Torrid... most of what I buy anymore comes from Torrid, and they're popping up everywhere now. (They ought to be, with the percentage of people in the country who are overweight.) You just have to look beyond the wall-o-punk to find the cute work-appropriate attire.

I'm going to disagree with you on the LB front anyway, GC. Their attire moves in and out at a quick rate and I feel like there's plenty to choose from. I could say the same thing about frat boys. Those frat boys and their Abercrombie shirts. Can't they buy shirts with a little variety now and then?