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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]