This morning I had an epiphany. I have not gained, or lost, weight for over four years. Getting dressed I slipped on a pair of pants that I bought and wore regularly before I left my last job to go into business for myself, three years ago now. They fit exactly as they did the day […]
Body Acceptance
If You Could Change One Thing About Your Life, What Would It Be?
Today is a magical day. You’ve found a token, an amazingly rare, once in a lifetime, use it now or it’s gone token that will allow you to change one thing, and only one thing, in your life. You can alter that thing to be however you want it to be from this day forward […]
Does Overeating Make You Fat?
I was reading the other day a post about the idiocy of taking children away from their parents because they’re fat. The post was written from the point of view of a social worker and noting how much difficulty that would cause, particularly in the face of the already overworked system that’s having trouble coping […]
A Visualisation Exercise
I’ve started this post over a half dozen times already because I’ve been having trouble getting my head around what it is that I want to say. You see I woke up this morning feeling grumpy. I’m tired, I have a headache and I feel really doubtful about what I’m doing. My goal here, in […]
I’m Afraid Of Where This Is Heading
Yesterday I let loose about the idiocy of taking children away from a loving, supportive home because they’re fat. Some people would argue that if a child is fat then the home is not loving and supportive. That’s ridiculous and shows a complete lack of understanding of obesity itself, dynamics of families and the damage […]
The Insanity Of Fat Phobia
I had dinner in a bar last night on the way to the movies and whilst I was eating the TV was on in the background. The news was playing. I didn’t really pay much attention until there was an item showing ‘headless fatties‘. Then the news reporter began talking about some guy with a […]
How To Develop A Positive Body Image
What is it that you really want? Have you ever thought about it? Do you know most people never really consider what they want, or if they do, they think in terms of “I’d like a TV” or “I’d love a pair of Jimmy Choo’s” (which, totally with you on that one). Very few people […]
Six Golden Rules To Style Your Body Shape
I write a blog about body shape where one of the things that I do is help women define their body shape. The longer I read and write about this subject the more unsure I become that what I’m doing is really helpful. The biggest concern I have comes from the fact that a lot […]
Body Acceptance vs Fat Acceptance
POST #8 BODY ACCEPTANCE V FAT ACCEPTANCE When I first started this journey I was confused about clothes. I wanted to look good and, I’d lost some weight, so I thought I’d be able to find out about clothes whilst I continued loosing weight and be ideally in a position to get that fabulous wardrobe […]
How Much Truth Is In Our Truths?
HOW MUCH TRUTH IS IN OUR TRUTHS? POST #7 For the longest time the ‘common’ treatment for burns was to put butter on it. When my partner, who’s nine year older than me, first told me this I was sure he was joking. As long as I can remember the first aid treatment for burns […]