Read My Hips

This is an excerpt from WATRD Contributor Kim Brittingham’s book Read My Hips. See accolades at the bottom of the page! —— I don’t ever remember my mother being fat, and yet I clearly remember her dieting.  When I was growing up, she read many women’s magazines — Redbook, Family Circle, Woman’s Day.  As a stay-at-home [...]

Intuitive eating: an approach for the chronic dieter

Maria grew up in a family of 8 children. “It was very regimented,” she says. “It didn’t matter whether I liked bologna and cheese, that was lunch.” As a result of her upbringing Maria lost touch with many of her needs, and experiences such as going to restaurants is overwhelming. “There are just too many [...]

Pathological dieting: precursor to eating disorders

Heidi Dalzell, a psychologist specializing in eating disorders, and a writer for the Philadelphia Examiner, brings her expertise to We Are The Real Deal with this first post on “Pathological Dieting.” —— The statistics are eye opening: one out of three women and one out of four men are on a diet at any given [...]

HUGE Premiere: I am down with my fat!

Judging by the promo for ABC’s new show HUGE, this program appeared to be some nightmarish drama making fun of fat kids in a backhanded kind of way, and that’s basically what it was — except I gotta admit there were some awesome scenes…and I am conflicted on whether or not this show is a GOOD thing. [...]

Oprah epiphany “I am never dieting again” — hang it up already!

My good friend Robyn from Normal In Schools (great theatre program, check it out!) sent me this article, and frankly its just pathetic. Oprah is at a point where I feel totally sorry for her, but at the moment I am more pissed at her than anything. Last year, she made the vast majority of [...]

Is Food Photojournaling Really Just Disordered Eating in Disguise?

Have you seen this article in the New York Times –  First Camera, Then Fork? MizFit brought it to our attention today and I knew I needed to write a post about it … especially since it was relevant to our panel discussion last month at FitBloggin. There, during our session where we tackled the [...]

The first time I dieted, I was 10.

Joy Manning has joined WeAreTheRealDeal as a contributor, please read more about her here. When I met Joy she introduced herself as a food critic, but through our email conversations I learned about her disordered eating background, and I am absolutely amazed by how she was able to transform her food issues from bad to [...]

The War of Extremes

I fear that extremist are taking over the world. No, no, I’m not talking about a terrorist cell or religious fundamentalists. I’m talking about extremes in the health, wellness and media world. Whether it’s a local paper portraying a few pound gain on an actress as the worst natural disaster since hurricane Katrina or the [...]

Mind Renewal and Weight Loss

Introducing a spiritual approach to positive body image and weight loss, is guest poster Cintia Listenbee.  A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Cintia shares her journey through weight loss, fitness and motherhood at her blog Simply Cintia.  She has resided in the U.S for over a decade, and describes herself as “a Christian wife, [...]

Why Weight Loss Is The Wrong Goal

  This guest post is from Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD. She is the owner and director of Green Mountain at Fox Run, a women’s healthy lifestyle retreat in Vermont. In operation since 1973, Green Mountain pioneered the non -diet approach to healthy living and healthy weights. —- I own and direct a women’s healthy weight [...]