Day 19: Disappointment Clothes shopping when you’re plus sized is an unpleasant experience. Or maybe it is for everybody. I don’t know but I do know I went shopping and found only a couple of things that fit me and they didn’t really suit me. There’s something so heartily disappointing about being in a mall […]
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What Is My Set Point?
Day 17: So this is it then? I talked yesterday about what results I can expect from following a HAES lifestyle and if you read the post you’ll see weight loss didn’t make the list. Does that mean this is it then? This is the weight I will be forever? Well maybe, and then maybe […]
What Results Can You Expect With HAES?
Day 16: My fantasy of being thin If I’m forgoing the usual methods of measuring lifestyle changes *cough* diets *cough* such as getting on the scales or out with the tape measure, then how am I to know if the program is a success or not? Well, usually when I’ve gone on a program I’ve […]
Think Movement, Not Exercise
Day 15: Getting active There’s nothing for it; I have to get moving. I love being active. My personal exercise of choice is walking. Somewhere outdoors is best, bonus points if it’s somewhere really pretty, hugs and kisses if it’s somewhere in the country. At the moment though I’m getting about half way through my […]
Are You Starving?
Day 14: Lets talk about food baby Lately I’ve been noticing just how much people talk about bodies, health, weight and food. It’s everywhere. It saturates main stream and social media. Food and diet reality shows are proliferating. More and more diet systems flood onto the market all the time and every other week a […]
What Is Intuitive Eating?
Day 13: What I know about intuitive eating I’ve been listening to a CD about intuitive eating which has a number of different processes to work through in order to move the recipient along the scale toward intuitive eating, one of the three parts that make up a Health at Every Size practice. Intuitive eating, sometimes […]
The Truth About Belly Fat
Day 11: Where Did This Belly Fat Come From? I’m a big girl. I know this, anyone who looks at me will know this, its not really a secret. You can’t tell how healthy I am from the way I look but you can tell that I’m fat. Despite that I’ve never really had belly […]
Maybe My Fat Is Killing Me
Day 10: Setbacks I’ve been sick over the last couple of days. Nothing serious, just a simple cold. It’s the second one I’ve had in the last three months, which is ironic because I don’t think I’ve had one for years before that. Since I’m in a process of challenging my beliefs about weight and […]
HAES Is A Journey Not A Destination
Recognize that you didn’t get to you openness to kicking the diet habit and becoming more accepting of your body weight – if you are even there now – overnight. It probably took a long time for you to be open to reading this book, to accepting the futility of dieting, and to knowing there […]
If You’re Fat You Gotta Lose Weight
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 […]