Day 7: I Just Wanna Be ME I subscribed to Google alerts on HAES about three years ago, when I first read, or at least started reading Linda Bacon’s book. For those who don’t know Google alerts track instances of phrases published in the media on the Internet. To start out with I set up […]
Disregard Images That Marginalise You
Day 6: Reject what makes you feel bad I’m actively trying to change my awareness of my own thoughts and ideas about my health and well being at the moment and consequently I’m hyper aware of images I’m consuming. I’ve been watching Burn Notice season one over the weekend. For those who don’t know the show […]
How Often Do You Smile Or Laugh At Fat Jokes?
Day 5: Unpacking my Attitudes Towards Fat Reading through Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon on this journey of spending a year with HAES one of the first things on the program is to challenge what you really think about obesity, beliefs that you hold and so forth. Ask yourself the following questions. How […]
Changing Visual Cues
Day 4: Taking small steps I know I’ve been bitching about this HAES journey and how it seems so much like a weight loss, but the reality is I’ve been working on this stuff for a while now. One of the key things I’ve been doing is spending a lot of time on Pinterest (follow […]
Weight Loss Does Not Equal Health
Day 3: I’m doing it wrong So I dug out my copy of Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon last night and found my place and started reading. It turns out I’m already doing it wrong. The basic premise and first step in a HAES program is to uncouple healthy living from weight loss. Me […]
Getting Started
Day 2: Getting Started Now that I’ve decided to live a HAES lifestyle it really behoves me to get on with actually learning about it. Which I guess means I should at least finish The Book. Right? I’ve been reading Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon off and on for about three years now. […]
So What Exactly Is Health At Every Size Anyway?
Day 1: And … go! So here I am ready to go embark on this project where I’m going to live a Health at Every Size (HAES) lifestyle for the next 365 days. Umm….what exactly is a HAES program then? The book by Linda Bacon, Health At Every Size, kicked off the whole idea. The […]
I’m Starting A New Project
I’ve been dealing with a few health issues over the last few months. At 44 years old I’ve suddenly developed asthma. I’ve also collapsed one of the discs in my back. The prescription for dealing with the disc is to exercise and strengthen my back, and every time I exercise I end up so out […]
Anonymous: A Movie
Recently my partner read something that got him thinking about William Shakespeare and the controversy surrounding whether or not William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon was actually the man that wrote the collected works of William Shakespeare. Since he likes to research these things he decided that we just needed to know a bit more about this […]
Fear of Success Is Real
In my last job I was bullied. It started out as one person picking on me, which is not really a problem. Some people are assholes and you just got to deal. It was other people taking sides, our boss taking sides and even perpetuating the behaviour that really upset me. A bully is one […]