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Fat Discrimination
For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight **This link has been fixed since original posting and now goes to the correct URL** This recent NYTimes article is about the discrimination against overweight...
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Just Stop Breathing.
The human body is an amazing and perplexing thing. It can be made to do many things that at first thought may seem impossible from acrobatics and athletic achievements to surviving seemingly deadly...
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April Challenge: No Weigh In
Join us! If you follow this blog, you are probably aware that I use the scale as a tool by which I keep track of my progress and check in with myself daily to make sure the weight isn’t creeping back...
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After 30 Days Scale-Free…
Today is April 30 and that means it’s the last day of the No Weigh In April challenge. The last time I stepped on the scale it was March 31 and I weighed 169 pounds. Tomorrow I plan to weigh myself....
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Curvy Girls are NOT Better than Skinny Girls
There is a Facebook page called “Curvy Girls are Better than Skinny Girls”. Several of my friends and acquaintances “like” this page. Even though I consider myself “curvy” I do not like the page....
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The Same But Different
June 2013 I think the weight loss, weight gain, yo-yo dieting cycle is kind of like that movie, Groundhog Day (1993), except that instead of 1 day repeating, years repeat. And you don’t really know...
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This is Not Your Typical Weight Loss Story – Part 2, “Susan”
This is the second in a series of posts I am publishing that have been written by friends at my request. If you listen to the narrative of the media and diet industry, weight loss is simple: lose...
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Making Peace with the “F” Word
Fat. I am going to use that word repeatedly in this post and other similar words. I know the word cuts some people like a knife. I used to be like that. I didn’t want to ever hear this word, let...
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