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• Health at Every Size Vs Size Acceptance

  

  This is a re-post. There always seems to be a lot of confusion understanding the difference between Health at Every Size and Size Acceptance, or suggesting... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• They’re Making Diet Baby Formula Now

  

  Tank says “What the…” (He’s just a puppy, he doesn’t know the F-word yet.)Abbott Laboratories, makers of Similac baby formula, recently announced that they are... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Diet Companies Say the Darndest Things – Diet Cards

  

  This installment of my ongoing series – where I publish the conversations I have with people who cask me to write about their diet products – ends with one of... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: Holy Street Harassment Batman!

  

  Friday night I did my weekly “long run,” this week it was a 6 mile run/walk combination. It wasn’t a great day but I’ve learned that there are good and bad... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Seriously, Weight Loss Doesn’t Work

  

  People in the Size Acceptance Community have been talking for a long time about the research around successful weight loss interventions – specifically how ther... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Can a Fat Girl Get a Dress Please

  

  Fabulous actress Melissa McCarthy is interviewed in the July issue of Redbook. She discussed why she is starting her own fashion line:When I go shopping, most o... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Obesity is Not the Opposite of CrossFit

  

  Reader Dan sent me an article from Huffington Post called “CrossFit Bashers, Can You Be More Constructive?” The piece is written by a Eva Selhub, a “Medical... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• NHS – Just Give Fat People a Pony Already

  

  The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is suggesting that the NHS send fat people to so-called “lifestyle weight management programs”... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• 5 Really Bad Arguments Against Size Acceptance and Health at Every Size

  

  As I get e-mails and blog comments that are trying to convince me that my choices around Size Acceptance and Health at Every Size are wrong, there are some... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: The Hills Are Alive

  

  In my blog last week I talked about the fact that my first marathon took way longer than I expected. There are a bunch of reasons, I’ll talk about them more... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• I Want to Love My Body, But How?

  

  One of the most common questions that I get is “I want to love my body/myself, but how do I do it?” I’m going to give some ideas but I’m really hoping that... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• But Are You Thin?

  

  At the age of 16 Taylor Townsend was the top ranked junior girls tennis player in the United States. At 15 she had beaten a player twice her age in her first pr... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• An Inconvenient Fatty

  

  When Rachel Ebert heard that a company was creating amazing 3D printed leggings with designs by local artists, but not in plus sizes, she went to work. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: The Joy of Crossing Off Lists

  

  Just a friendly reminder that Sunday is marathon update day, we’ll be back to our usual Size Diversity stuff tomorrow! A number of people have asked about my... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Tell Me Something Good

  

  I’m working on a project, part of which will be a page for people to post their Size Diversity/Fat Activism successes. This is part of a re-vamping of the Fat... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marilyn Monroe and Me

  

  These amazing pictures of Marilyn Monroe and me were sent anonymously as a gift.  I wish I knew who to give the credit to, thank you whoever you are!  The... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• She’s Not That Fat

  

  One of the things that I see a lot when someone is fat shamed is the response “But she’s not even that fat.” Other (direct quote) versions of this are “They... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Queen of the Fat Aria

  

  Tara Erraught is singing Octavian in the Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier. It opened Saturday night. Of the six opera critics from London who reviewed her... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Food for Thought, Thought for Food

  

  Recently researcher Alia Crum gave a group of subjects a drink called Sensishake, the label let them know that it was low-calorie with zero percent fat, zero... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Yup, It’s the Underpants Rule

  

  Here on DancesWithFat we have some posts that are annual traditions, one of them is this post about The Underpants Rule.I have found there are rules that, if I... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH