More to Life than Thin and Pretty
Let’s get one thing straight: I did not set out to lose weight because I thought it would make my life better to be thinner. Being fat never held me back from living my life. I never had trouble...
View ArticleReal Women Have…
If you said “curves,” you’re on the same page as quite a few advertisers and body activists these days. But what exactly makes a woman “real?” As far as I know, we are not living in some...
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There you go, BMI chart, doctors, and insurance companies. I am no longer “overweight” by your standards. My BMI is officially 24.9 which means that my weight is now “normal.” I have gone from a BMI...
View ArticleHealthy living isn’t just for fat people
A lot of people assume that the overweight and obese are unhealthy. While it is true that there are health risks associated with excess weight, it is not true that average weight people are immune to...
View ArticleThe Lifestyle Epidemic
F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future is the dramatic title of a new report released today about the state of the nation’s fatness, among other things. It details which states are the...
View ArticleDoes Body Acceptance Lead to Obesity?
The September issue of Glamour magazine has a story about Jess Weiner, prominent body acceptance proponent and author of Life Doesn’t Begin 5 Pounds From Now, and her realization that her weight was...
View ArticleWhy I Was Obese
I never had much clarity about why I was so heavy to begin with until I had gotten pretty far into losing weight, but now I feel like I understand it pretty well, so here it is. The short answer is...
View ArticleApril Challenge: No Weigh In
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 on. I...
View ArticlePersonal Responsibility
Last night, I was looking through an old sketchbook/notepad and I found a grocery list from around 2006. I was living in Philadelphia, I was a full time student, and I was obese. Here’s what was on...
View ArticleBook – Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics
What is a calorie? This seems a rather obvious question, but how well do you actually understand what a calorie is, how they are used by the body, why an abundance of calories causes weight gain while...
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