Super Bowl Sunday is tomorrow, and I’ve noticed that when it comes to the big game day, women seem to be divided into two camps: those who do, and those who don’t. (Watch it, that is). 

I fall into the watcher camp, because not only do I like football, but this year, my hometown team, Arizona, is actually in it! But even if you are a gal who doesn’t like football, there are some great reasons for you to love the Super Bowl, and tune in tomorrow. Here are my top 10 reasons for chicks to dig the Super Bowl:

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Can you hear that? That’s the sound of my *f.a.t. feet doing the happy *f.a.t. dance because I just got to watch my two heroes on stage together at the same time! 

No, not Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Good guess. No, not Sigfried and Roy. Bad guess. Not Captain and Tennille. (Though I love “Love Will Keep Us Together”), and you are getting warmer…….think Seventies.

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Okay, everybody, as promised, we have one day left for the contest for your chance to win a getaway to a San Diego Resort! If you are one of our male readers, don’t be scared off by the “wedding theme” of this contest! You can win this contest and take your woman!

We are kicking off our *f.a.t. Bliss pre-wedding weight loss plan with a little inspiration from Dana, our blogging bride from The Broke Ass Bride. If you missed yesterday’s post, I want to get you started on your fitness plan by motivating you to be fit and trim in a bikini first……… while helping Dana achieve her fitness goals to get in shape for her wedding!! We are warm and fuzzy for things like Valentine’s Day and weddings, so we are giving you the chance to win a getaway for two to Paradise Point Resort!

Therefore, the drawing will be held Valentine’s Day! If you missed yesterday’s post, you must grab a glimpse of the instructions here. By helping Dana get to strut her bikini body on a Costa Rica Honeymoon, you could win a getaway to a San Diego resort!

I’ve never been married so I don’t know the angst of needing to get in shape for an impending final dress fitting for the most important dress of my life, in preparation for the most important day of my life. But I know the stress of wanting to tone up for an important event (albeit not as important as my wedding - double yikes!) in order to fit into a hot dress in my closet that somehow looks less hot than it looked when I bought it.

So, I imagine that if I multiplied that feeling times 200 million, that is what brides feel when they are not quite as trim as they wish they were in the months or weeks preceding their wedding.

I know all of you soon to be married readers know exactly what I’m talking about. None of us wants to be BIG on our “big day” and no girl wants to feel fat in her dress of all dresses! So with spring around the corner, with many weddings set to take place, I thought I’d stir up a little inspiration in a series I like to call *f.a.t. Bliss - as in marital bliss. (Keep reading for how you can win a romantic getaway!)

To get the motivation ball rolling, I am sharing the weight loss plight of my engaged friend and fellow blogger, Dana (whose bridal blog, Broke Ass Bride, is like Fit After Thirty but with a ring on its finger). Dana has three months to get her bod in shape for her walk down the aisle, and I think a lot of you will be able to relate with some of her struggles, while gaining wisdom from her approach! (See her video interview tomorrow!)

We’ll check in to see her progress over time, prior to her May wedding! I think her approach to view this as more than an attempt to look good in photos for a day, and rather a mindset to get healthy for a lifetime, is a healthy one. And since we’re so confident that she’s going to be able to look fabulous by May, we want to help her show off her bod in a bikini on a honeymoon in Costa Rica. She and her man are entered in a contest to win this trip, but they need our help to win! Help a *f.a.t. girl win a honeymoon and you can win a *f.a.t. gift certificate for your own romantic getaway for two, at the Paradise Point Resort! The drawing will be held on Valentine’s Day - February 14th!!!

Here’s what you do:

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Get your Pure Insanity Journals out everyone, because it’s time to make another entry! For all those new to this activity, this is where we jot down the latest story that provides concrete proof that we’re all going completely mad. I’m kind of hoping that there won’t be enough stories to fill the pages of our journals, but at the rate we’re going with high heeled babies, and women opting out of what it is to be a woman, I don’t think we’ll even need to fill the journals to make the diagnosis stick.

Today’s topic just may be the clincher. I’ll summarize with one sentence: Perfection-obsessed women take their self-loathing out on their vaginas by turning genital mutilation into a sport that society now calls “Vagina Reconstruction.”

Have you heard of this, ladies? This is the latest and “greatest” in cosmetic procedures that our esteemed medical community is pushing on society, with promises to “correct” and “perfect” the vulva of any woman naive or insecure enough to pay for it. If it weren’t for the fact that women are lining up in droves for these surgeries, I would think that “Vag Repair Services” as a business model was a joke conceived by a high school business economics class filled with sixteen year old boys who were still waiting to see one for the first time.

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After eating lunch with a dieting friend the other day, who was, for lack of a better description, wigging out over the task of ordering something that would be both satisfying and diet friendly, I decided I haven’t been sympathetic enough to those who are actively attempting to lose weight while still living a normal life.

Her anxiety stemmed from recent news reports, articles, and books about the subject of hidden calories in restaurant menu items, and exorbitant amounts of fat in seemingly healthy options.

After my friend quizzed our poor waitress for no less than ten minutes, sending her on two trips to the kitchen for answers from the chef, between four rolls of the eyes from her dining mate (moi), she was frustrated, and I was HUNGRY and annoyed.

So, I decided that I owe it to the servers in every restaurant across the land, to do my part in saving them from future run ins with patrons who make them feel like they are taking a test in a college nutrition course rather than waiting tables.

Not to mention, my guilt over being less than patient and understanding about my friend’s plight the other day, is pushing me to redeem my *f.a.t. soul by opening my eyes to the difficulty that all of my health conscious *f.a.t. readers may be having when eating at a restaurant while trying to lose weight.

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Now that you are all in the post-inauguration mindset of change, it’s time to apply the idea to your workouts! It is easy to get stuck in a rut when you’ve found a routine that works for you, but all the best trainers seem to agree that continuing to do the same exercises day in and day out, is not the best approach for achieving optimal results toward your goal of being fit.

We all know logically, that we’d be better off to vary our workouts more than we do, but sometimes it’s hard to push ourselves through the discomfort of change. But think about it this way: Remember that boyfriend in your past you stayed with a little too long out of fear of change? What happened when you finally dumped him and started playing the field for a little while? You met a better dude! Same with your workout regimens! 

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Regardless of your political leanings, today is an undeniably exciting day in American history. Whenever the presidency changes hands, it is a moment that commands respect for the ceremonial traditions inherent in the moment; but today, especially, is a reason to take pause because of the historical significance of our country electing its first black President. 

Yesterday was a day for honoring a past leader, Martin Luther King Jr., who stood for change, (and so much more), and in that same spirit of change and inspiration, today is a day for celebrating a new leader who is the embodiment of King’s dream, Barack Obama.

The peaceful manner in which so many Americans gather at the Nation’s Capitol, is awe inspiring. The enthusiasm that has enveloped the country which transcends all partisan beliefs is a beautiful thing! There is something so powerful about the coming together of young, old, rich, poor, famous, not famous, Republican and Democrat, to share in the celebration of an evolving vision for our Nation and the growth of its citizens! I hope the magnitude of this moment is not lost on any of you.

So, in honor of the excitement and change that today represents, choose to be inspired to embrace NEW. A new day. New hope. New love. New excitement. New friends, and a new and better YOU!

By now you’ve all probably heard that Larry Flynt, whose brainchild was Hustler, and  Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame, are leading the charge for a government “bail out” for the porn industry, just like it is doing for the auto industry. Even though the porn industry isn’t going under, sales are going down. To the porn industry, “going down” has a totally different meaning, and it is not used to the phrase in reference to its profits. So, why not give the industry a little economic Viagra shot to bring it back up?

The way I see it, if the government is subsidizing big business with my tax dollars, I’d rather have them throw money at an industry I can see value in. After all, Shouldn’t our money be invested in an industry that has already shown that it knows how to be profitable, rather than an industry that persists in driving itself (literally and figuratively) into the ground?

And besides, government and sex have always gone hand in hand. Can you say Bill and Monica? And what about all those girls who haven’t yet gone wild, but were just waiting for their chance? More money means more jobs. Come on, throw a girl a bone…er.

But there are even better reasons than those. Here are the top reasons why the government should give bail out money to the porn industry:

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