America’s Next Top Plus-Sized Model?
The little gal they have pictured in the story is so seriously malnourished I doubt she is even menstruating, much less has the structural integrity to carry a baby to term and/or enough fat on her body to produce even a drop of breastmilk.
I hope one of those plus size models wins the top model contest. It would send a positive message to our young women.
I have always been plus size, averaging 140 – 190 pounds during my teens and was a size 16 and 170 pounds on my wedding day.
I also have always exercised and in 1999 had a complete analysis of my lean body mass which (after eight years of non-stop breastfeeding), was 190 pounds. Yes, it is true, my bones, muscle, and body mass, sans fat, was 190 pounds of hard tissue. I’m not claiming that my body type is ideal or even what women who want to make healthy babies should aspire to, but it is evidence to me that for us full bodied types, to try to reach even a supposedly “healthy” 160 pounds while nursing our babes may not be what is normal for us.

Jenny Hatch with our family one week after Benjamin was born. Sporting my post partum boobs and belly. He was a nine and a half pound bruiser with a 15 and 1/4 inch head. The breastmilk flowed like rich cream from my huge lactating 270 lb. body!
I have comfortably and easily nursed my hungry boys while packing 240 to 290 pounds on my body. My chiropractor has told me that I have the largest bone structure of any women in his practice (based on the width of my wrist). And for many of the women in my aquaintance who are nursing full speed ahead, no bottles, no supplemental foods, they look quite a bit like me. And we all agree that cooking and eating is our favorite pastime…no apologies…..
Jenny Hatch
PS And I love Tyra Banks, what a great roll model for our girls, beautiful and buxom to boot!

Go Here for a recent photo of our troops.
Jenny Hatch
PS When I said in a recent blog post that “we the people” will do the on the ground reporting of the news, I was thinking of Michael Yon First and Foremost. Citizen Journalism is just getting started, but he is the epitome of what one person can and should do to hold the news accountable to the truth.

The Barack I Knew

“I complimented his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and then, for some reason, felt it necessary to remind him that my praise was qualified by the fact that “of course I don’t agree with any of your policies.” With that, Barack simply threw back his head and laughed. Can anyone imagine Hillary Clinton, John Kerry or Howard Dean reacting that way?

No doubt it’s a long, long road to The White House, even for politicians with significantly more experience than Illinois’ junior senator. But many of the qualities that he manifested during our joint tenure on The Harvard Law Review help explain why so many enthusiastically contemplate the prospect that Barack Obama’s journey to the Oval Office will be both a short and a successful one.”

Sounds like Barack is a legitimately nice guy. Whew, what a thrill to have two genuinely nice men duking it out for the presidency. I’m praying the election comes down to Romney and Obama. Then voters will have a clear cut choice of capitalist versus socialist to choose from, and perhaps we won’t have any poltical murders during the run up to the vote.
Jenny Hatch

Romneys Economic Team
Go Capitalists Go!
Jenny Hatch
For those who do not understand what Capitalism is go here

Davids Blog.
Lots of cool conservative activism going on by the Father of Campus Freedom.
Jenny Hatch