http://plushus.com +plushus en-us Copyright 2009 +plushus. http://plushus.com/page.php?id=579 31. let myself be unpretty, embrace the flaws, strive to look real...especially in photos 32. keep my house very clean 33. make money off my blog love nati Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:56:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=578 This vLog is too long...it really just says: 1. I was too sick to work out this weekend 2. stretch properly after your workouts 3. drink fresh juices feel free to skip this one... love nati Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:50:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=577 Boot Camp Fitness NYC is a great place to work out! No frills, no fancy showers, no fancey locker rooms, no steam, nothing but good old fashion sweat. The owner, Jeff is aproachable and knowledgable and also working on his own fitness goals, so I am always encouraged. 5 classes a day fits most schedules, every class is different so you're body doesn't get used to it and plateau (like with Curves...yuck). You also learn while you sweat...as they give you pearls of fitness wisdom from how much you should poo to how much water to drink to how far to push yoursel in class. There is an outdoor program, but even if you're doing the indoor...they find exciting ways to get you outside when the weather is nice...like running cross the brooklyn bridge. I totally recommend this place for all fitness levels since you can modify your work out and they never push you too hard. I also recommend this for busy people who can't plan their own work outs, it's like having your own personal trainer for only $90 a month. Also, unlike gyms where you have to look good, the goal here is to sweat hard and grunt and cry and push yourself to the limit so when you're done you feel like you can do anything! Stats: weight - 280lbs goal - lose 70lbs in 8 months work out buddy - Rebekah rating - Boot Camp Fitness - 9 love nati Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:11:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=576 1. learn to knit and crochet 2. ride horses in Prospect Park 3. go foraging with "Wildman" Steve Brill 4. take more photos 5. make my dream wardrobe 6. laser every last unwanted hair off my body 7. build a library that gives away all my secrets 8. take blogging to the next level 9. get into Boxing or some fighting sport 10. walk across more bridges 11. make good music with excellent musicians 12. improve my piano skills and play more instruments 13. write more songs in major keys 14. tour with a really great band 15. get paid for my talents 16. study buddhism and chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo more than ever to celebrate my 10th year as a member of the Soka Gakkai International... 17. use my passport for the first time 18. meet amazing people and forge beautiful lasting friendships 19. record music in Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin and Japanese 20. surf 21. bring back radio 22. get tattoos 23. have the happiest family on earth 24. stop picking my scabs 25. cook with friends - make my very own recipe book 26. eat more whole foods, drink more water 27. make more play dates, more art, more music, and have even more fun with the kids! 28. see more documentaries 29. hold on to my identity in the face of love 30. forgive people who have hurt me love nati Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:57:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=575 I remember the day the arm rests folded up in movie theatres and airplanes...it was a fat girl's Hallelujah moment. I had a few extra inches to relax into. This world was built too small for me...like I'm the cabbage patch kid trying to hang out at Barbie's playhouse...Like I'm Will Farell, the giant elf, trying to get in and out of my desk at school...Like I'm like Alice in Wonderland and I ate something that made me shoot out in every direction and wear the rabbit's cottage like a dress. Damn that horrible feeling...that claustrophobic tension...pants that fit so tight I can't breath, pissing people off when I squeeze into that last subway seat that's really not a seat but little orange placeholder of how much room I should be taking up, yeah...even when I have sex with a big guy our stomachs compete for space...I have to breath out when he breaths in so we can play a sort of belly tug o war for the real estate between our bodies...or I have to not breath and suck in my stomach until I get light headed and give the safety word for him to kindly get off me...(see auto erotic asphyxiation...it's hot but it killed the lead singer of INXS) ONE PERSON ONE TICKET. This is the new motto of Canadian airlines after a court hearing ruled they were discriminating against disabled passengers by making fatties pay for two seats. So if I'm spilling over my arm rest (which I do)...if my BMI is 40+ (which it's not...but close)...I get an extra seat. Why not? If a handicapped passenger needs an attendant to travel, that attendant flies free. Yes I'm sure all you fat-phobes are thinking this is just encouraging people to gain weight...as if the luxury of flying with room to spare is worth torturing your body with 150lbs of man-repellent fat...sounds about as ridiculous as gouging your eyes with an icepick so your friends can always fly free disguised as your travel attendant...now, if it were a free upgrade to 1st class, you'd be onto something. I'm having a hard time with the fact that in order for the supreme court to pass this ruling, they had to declare obesity a handicap. And I guess in a world built to half scale...we do feel handicapped. Left handed people die more often than right handed because the world is built for right handed people...so being left handed is also a handicap. Doesn't make us sad or inferior. We're just not charmed or pampered...just means the world caters to someone else...and that lucky person lives longer, gets paid more, has a pretty wedding in the Poconos, and people instantly like that person straight away from across the room cuz they're the ideal...and the rest of us are...handicapped. thank you for flying plushus airlines. love nati Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:17:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=574 The one line that stuck out during the NPR coverage of one-lap-top-per-child in Peru was that it is up to the parents to fix or replace a broken laptop. "A laptop costs an entire month's salary for the villagers". It costs more than a months salary for me. does this mean that I'm as poor as these Peruvians? No matter how much money you make you can always be in a survival mode of sorts. Your salary based on where you live, rent based on that, food based on that...if I moved I'd make less, pay less rent...but does the ratio change? isn't it the same basic formula? you never have the money to buy a computer, you just pay for food and rent and you hope someone gifts you a new bra. Of course I'm not as poor as a Peruvian villager...but the idea of poverty at 25K a year is very real. love nati Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:18:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=573 The closing of Tribal Soundz on 6h Street was a hard pill to swallow. The closing of Love Saves the Day on 7th st. and 2nd ave is really messing with my memories. Next thing you know Moisha's bakery with close...or B&H. why??? Didn't I buy enough vintage playboys from that place to keep them in style? curses to the East Village rent hikes over the last 4 years...driving out the life's blood of the neighborhood. There's a dunkin donuts on 6th and 1st ave. I think this is the end. Manhattan is just another strip mall. Go to the corner of 7th St. and 2nd Ave. Get some Pomme Frits with the Mango Chutney...or sit at B&H and enjoy their soup of the day. then head over to Love Saves the Day and get a nic nac...or a leather jacket...or a 1962 playboy. love nati Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:03:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=572 Chenese Lewis and Jamil Kali have the hottest plus size calendar on the market becuase they use the creamiest of the crop of plus size models (like our favorite LA tart, Ivory May). This year they have something they've never had before...a song called Flawless sung by me, your favorite fatty blogger, Natalie Ferraro! I wrote the song and recorded it in my kitchen to a beat by German Production Team Brixx and Pat...Brixx is kind of a big deal rapper in Germany (like the Hoff) and while she was in New York, we hung out and wrote some songs together. Go to the Flawless website, listen to the song and buy the calendar! love nati Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:26:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=570 I was chatting with Dana about how I'm on a mission to get as healthy and glowy as possible before Rebekah and Justin's wedding up in the snowy Poconos where there are 2 indoor pools and one BIG excuse for a Pool Party. "Dana" I said "I need new and exciting ways to work out." And this is what she suggested. Dan Dance Party is a room full of girls shaking their ass with abandon and most of the time with no choreography. There are 3 rules ”No booze. No men. Leg warmers optional.” It's the dance party for those of us who don't care to look good, don't care if they suck, don't care to do anything but fling their hair about and make up sassy moves like they haven't done since elementary school. In the first grade, Emma and I used to make up dances and perform them at school (Let's Hear It For the Boy, and I Need You Tonight were two I remember fondly). Sarah and I put on Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and danced around the house half naked. There are some crazy things you need to let out and in New York with roommates and boyfriends and subways...there's no outlet to really just get ugly with it. I have a gig Saturday Night...but Sunday at 2pm I will be at Astor Place gettin down with my new hommies. I'm just dying for an excuse to wear a sequin headband...can you say FAT XANADU? love nati Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:09:00 -0500 http://plushus.com/page.php?id=569 Thus begins a new series called "SHE SO +PLUSHUS". Let's bring it back to what this blog is really about!!! HOT +PLUSHUS FEMALES....DAMN!!!! Thank you, Rosie! An excellent example of what a +plushus girl is....brilliant! love nati Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:00 -0500