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 […]
I Like Myself, I Like Myself, I Like Myself: Repeat Indefinitely
I’ve always believed that some people are just more talented than others. They’re the football stars, the singers and actors, the musicians, the amazing CEO’s, designers and artists who excel at what they do. I’ve always believed that they just somehow have some sort of exceptional ability that they then, through fortuitous circumstances, wrangled into […]
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 […]
How To Make Changes Without Fighting?
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 […]
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 […]