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		<title>Gary Taubes&#8217; Revolutionary Research for Eating Disorders?</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/17/gary-taubes-revolutionary-research-for-eating-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hussa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eating Disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad Calories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing my post where I raised some questions about behavioral aspects underlying obesity in Gary Taubes&#8217; May 9th article in Newsweek, I reached out to him directly to gain clarification.  Today I spoke with him for one delicious hour and want to share the many ways I was enlightened. Taubes began our conversation by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Definition of Healthy Eating Keeping You From Doing It?</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/14/defining-healthy-eating/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/14/defining-healthy-eating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marsha Hudnall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disordered Eating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intuitive Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthorexia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dieting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy eating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you sworn off dieting but still seem to struggle with healthy eating?  It could be the way you define the term. In the Redefining Healthy Eating class I teach at Green Mountain at Fox Run, I ask women what comes to mind when I say the words &#8220;healthy eating.&#8221;  While more and more frequently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physical Empowerment rather than Impediment, through Acting</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/11/physical-empowerment-rather-than-impediment-through-acting/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/11/physical-empowerment-rather-than-impediment-through-acting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline von Kuhn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dance Movement Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Expressive Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expressive Arts Therapies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerebral Palsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peer Gynt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so honored to have serendipitously met Robyn Hussa and for her to be producing our Peer Gynt Project. This theatre project came out of my artistic and personal relationship with Neil Hancock, a talented actor from Stratford, England, whom I met when studying Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weight of the Notion</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/11/weight-of-the-notion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deah Schwartz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Stigma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 7th, while still basking in the afterglow of International No Diet Day, The New York Times published a series of opinion pieces called Women, Weight, and Wellness that stirred up a great deal of discussion, debate, and commentary on the topic of&#8230;well&#8230;women, weight, and wellness!  (Imagine that?!)  Seeing size acceptance and HAES points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time is a waisting&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/11/time-is-a-waisting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deah Schwartz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindfulness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from Michigan due to a sudden death in my family. Honestly, there is nothing like an event like this to put things in perspective. Our bodies are so much more than circumference and pounds. They are literally vessels for our spirit and allow us to hold hug, support and love each other in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why pinterest may be bad for your health…</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/10/why-pinterest-may-bad-for-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/10/why-pinterest-may-bad-for-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Wood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating Disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intuitive Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[objectification of women's bodies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pinterest, like many new pop-culture social portals, has been tarnished by our weight-obsessed-sexualized-objectifying-of-females culture. Initially intended to be a sort of online scrapbook, Pinterest allows users to “pin” ideas, items, recipes and inspirations found on the internet on to a virtual cork-board. It is a way to pin your interests, hence “Pinterest.” When it first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exhorting Obese People to Eat Less and Exercise More Doesn&#8217;t Work</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/09/exhorting-obese-people-to-eat-less-and-exercise-more-doesnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/09/exhorting-obese-people-to-eat-less-and-exercise-more-doesnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hussa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Binge Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loving Your Body]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Stigma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dieting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary Taubes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Gary Taubes&#8217; article &#8220;The New Obesity Campaigns Have it All Wrong&#8221; in the May 14, 2012 issue of Newsweek, he points out some refreshing facts that help shed light on our country&#8217;s obsession with thinking that obesity is caused from &#8220;gluttony and sloth&#8221; or an imbalance of energy / food intake.  He cites Hilda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jessica, if you are listening… “Your body is perfect, just as Maxwell!”</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/08/jessica-if-you-are-listening-your-body-is-perfect-just-as-maxwell/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/08/jessica-if-you-are-listening-your-body-is-perfect-just-as-maxwell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Wood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Literacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jessica simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many know Jessica Simpson gave birth to her first child last week, Maxwell Drew Johnson. Baby Maxwell, whose name has drawn harsh criticism (as if anyone’s opinion matters but mommy and daddy), was born at a beautifully healthy and hearty 9 lbs. 13 oz. 21 ¾. Maxi would be considered a larger baby when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Too Late to Apologize?</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/08/is-it-too-late-to-apologize/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/08/is-it-too-late-to-apologize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding Your Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving Your Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Role Models]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharing Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talking To Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What to Say, How to Say It]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apologizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome and I didn’t handle the situation as gracefully as I could have. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vogue Magazine &#8230; Pact to Pledge.</title>
		<link>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/07/vogue-magazine-pact-to-pledge/</link>
		<comments>http://wearetherealdeal.com/2012/05/07/vogue-magazine-pact-to-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hussa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finding Your Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving Your Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Deal Pledge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wearetherealdeal.com/?p=10363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 3, 2012, Vogue Magazine announced its health initiative &#8230; a pact between the 19 international editors of Vogue to encourage a healthier approach to body image.  The international issues of Vogue jointly pledge &#8211; among other things &#8211; to &#8220;work with models who, in our view, are healthy and help to promote a [...]]]></description>
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