Body Mass Ineptitude
May 1, 2013 by Matt Wetsel
Filed under Body Image, Fat Talk, Featured, HAES
A number of states have already implemented body mass index, or BMI, testing in schools. When Michelle Obama launched her “Let’s Move!” campaign, she proudly noted that they were partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to work on BMI testing. Use of the BMI has become so commonplace that I don’t think most people [...]
The Blessing of Affirmations
April 9, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under Activism, Anxiety, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Prevention, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality, Stress Management, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
When you look in the mirror, what’s the first thing you say to yourself? If you are like most women, it’s not something kind or complimentary. Most of us are WAY too hard on ourselves, and the media doesn’t help with that. Think about it…can you recall ONE company that promotes happiness with what IS [...]
Black Women and Fat and a Photo of a Girl Wearing Someone Else’s Face
April 1, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Healthy Eating, Media Literacy, Weight Stigma
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Kate Fridkis. It is not totally rare that I am moved to tears, but this time it was for a good reason. I was standing in a sleek little gallery on the Lower East Side, music beating in the background, as I looked at an enormous photograph of a little black girl [...]
Healthy Body Image Tips for Pregnant Women and New Mothers
March 5, 2013 by Proud2BMe
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Fat Talk, Featured, Freedom, Healthy Coping, Media Literacy, Mindfulness, Moms & Sisters, Pregnancy, Recovery
These tips are adapted from Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby (HCI Books) by Claire Mysko and Magali Amadei Take weight out of the equation. This might seem like a radical suggestion considering that pregnancy weight gain and post-baby weight loss are such [...]
Do We Have Secret Fat Envy?
January 8, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Males with Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight Stigma, Wellness
This guest post graciously submitted by Virginia Sole-Smith Rebecca DiLiberto (producer/executive editor of The Ricki Lake Show, which my inner ’90s child is randomly a bit excited about although I usually consider myself strictly an Ellen girl) has a post up over on Huffington Post called Why You Can Have Everything You Want (Even Though You’re Fat). [...]
Why Fit Is the New Thin (And What We Can Do About That)
January 1, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Fat Talk, Featured, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Nutrition, Politics, Weight Stigma
This post graciously submitted by Virginia Sole-Smith Trigger warning: In order to write today’s post, I have to use and link to images that are potentially triggering for folks with ED/in recovery/generally struggling with negative body image thought patterns right now. I’m going to be making it crystal clear why I do not endorse these images [...]
It’s Dr. Deah ja Vu All Over Again (4)
December 31, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Self Esteem, Weight Stigma
Every January, for the past 4 years I have posted this video on my Facebook page. Each year I hope it will be obsolete. Each year I DREAM it will be the last time I blog about this and I will get flooded with emails, texts (and now tweets @dr_deah ) begging me to, “Drop [...]
Ending Bullying Due to Weight Stigma
October 23, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Bullying, Empowerment, Fat Talk, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Obesity, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma, Wellness
This week, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD), Binge Eating Disorders Assocation (BEDA) and NORMAL nonprofit (NORMAL) announce the launch of a united initiative to end bullying due to weight stigma. The project hopes to bring a crucial supplemental programming element to the wellness programs that exist in schools. One of [...]
From Fat to Phat
October 2, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma
This week, Real Deal’s very own Caroline Rothstein added her voice to Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution mash-up after Lady G bore the truth of her eating disorder and struggle with body image to the masses and encouraged everyone to claim their true body and self — warts and all. To flip through the onslaught of [...]
Self Care and Weight Stigma
September 20, 2012 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Freedom, HAES, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, Obesity, Parents, Self Esteem, Stress Management, Weight Stigma
Hi all, this will eventually be two separate posts but for now both things are of equal and related (in my world) importance. SELF CARE Last week I went on a retreat called: Deep, Rich and BOLD put on by Thea Sheldon for women who are up to big things. I laid down some pain I’d been holding [...]
