When I started writing this post I had no idea of what I would say, or for that matter, quite how I could resist the constant bombardment of “you wrong” messages without giving attention to them. It was quite a revelation to get an answer. POST #7 HOW TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FIGHTING? I’m a […]
Body Acceptance
Thinking About Fat Discrimination
THINKING ABOUT FAT DISCRIMINATION POST #5 I was one of the many, many people who watched The Secret and had a personal epiphany. In case you don’t know about The Secret, it’s a movie about the Law of Attraction popular in 2007 – 2008. The movie is an introduction to the science of thought. For […]
Embracing Fat Acceptance
I’m really enjoying NaBloPoMo; it’s a great opportunity for me to really explore a subject that’s been going around and around in my head lately. EMBRACING FAT ACCEPTANCE POST #4 One of the things that I really wanted to achieve with this series of posts is an examination of what I’ve been thinking and feeling […]
Just Let It Go
Where I really wanted to go here was to highlight an interaction and my response to it as well as highlighting where a change needs to be made. POST #3 JUST LET IT GO Yesterday was the local marathon. As part of the marathon they hold an event called the 5km health challenge. You can […]
How Do I Forgive?
I like to write, obviously. One of the things I enjoy is it gives me an opportunity to examine thoughts. This post is really examining a direction I want to take in terms of body acceptance. POST #2 How Do I Forgive? I’m fat. People find that hard to hear because there’s so many negative […]
New Project: NaBloPoMo July 2011
I’m not altogether sure why but I decided to get involved in NaBloPoMo, which is National Blog Posting Month on Blog Her. The goal is to write a post a day for the month of July. I’ve been slack with writing of late, which, honestly, is a result of the spectacular failure of my last […]
Day 53: Overwhelmed
Sometimes I get so bogged down in what I have to do that I just can’t seem to cope. It’s such a pervasive feeling. It’s failure. I’m a person with big dreams. I always have had big dreams. Sadly I’ve never really been able to turn those dreams into reality. I keep trying though. And […]
How Can I Accept Myself, If Others Say I’m Unacceptable
I read a lot about body size and, now, body acceptance. I’m a plus size woman and feel the pressure of public ‘disapproval’ of my size. I used to take it all very personally and I lived my fatness, hiding myself away so as not to offend anyone. Recently I’ve hooked into the fatosphere and […]