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• Lola Berry Says “Fat Bitch” Like It’s a Bad Thing

  

  Lola Berry is a nutritionist and author from Australia. According to her website:Once you see Lola Berry, you’ll remember both her and her message! Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Debating Health at Every Size and Weight Loss

  

  I’m often called upon to debate the research around Weight Loss and Health at Every Size – sometimes it’s as a professional speaker in an organized panel or... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Drive-By Fat Shaming

  

  Today I’m not talking about the kind of drive-by fat shaming where people moo at us from their cars (though they do, sometimes they even throw eggs, and it’s... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• I Was Wrong – The Most Ridiculous Diet Show

  

  A couple days ago I wrote that ABC’s “My Diet Is Better Than Yours” might be the most ridiculous diet show ever. Friends, I stand corrected. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dealing with Unwanted Weight Loss Compliments

  

  A reader wrote in with a question that I’ve been asked before by a number of people who have lost weight unintentionally – through illness, or grief, or some... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fixing The Biggest Loser’s Ad

  

  The Biggest Loser is coming back.  A television show that it an ode to physically and emotionally abusing fat people, stroking the ridiculously inflated egos... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What Size We’re Supposed To Be

  

  I’m honored to be included in a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer called “Retool Weight Resolutions, Ditch the Shame.” The piece is written, bravely and... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• ABC to Air Most Ridiculous Diet Show Ever

  

  Ok, it may not be the most ridiculous, but this one is definitely a contender. It’s well known that most people can lose weight on most diets in the short... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Speak For Yourself Oprah

  

  When Oprah first bought stock in Weight Watchers last year I blogged about it and said “while Oprah has every right to join Weight Watchers, be a spokesperson... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Women’s Health Announces the End of the Bikini Body

  

  Picture by Jodee Rose jodee.deviantart.comEarlier this year Women’s Health Magazine conducted a survey and asked their readers what words or phrases they would... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• New Years Revolutions

  

  I’m honored to be included in a group of kick ass women in a Mashable piece about New Year’s Resolutions and the pressure to lose weight. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Holiday Resources

  

  Biscuit the Pug and I wish happy, Body Positive, holidays to all who are celebrating, and a happy, body positive rest of the year to those who aren’t! Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• If Gyms Were Honest

  As the New Year hurtles toward us here in the States, gyms are beginning to (even more than usual) write checks that their actual results can’t cash. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Say Something Sunday – Say Nothing Edition

  

  All year long we’ve been doing “Say Something Sundays,” a day dedicated (at least on this blog) to activism. I want to take today to remind you that activism... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• When the Dinner Table Becomes a Stage

  

  I wrote yesterday about people’s bad behavior around fat friends and family at the holidays. I got a bunch of e-mails telling me that discomfort around food is... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• How to Not Ruin the Holidays for Your Fat Friends and Family

  

  I spend a lot of time helping fat people deal with the bullshit fat shaming that comes our way daily, and that often escalates at the holidays (whether we... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What If You Hate Exercise?

  

  ChadShannel is going to sleep in and skip the gym today.I got this e-mail today: “I’m thinking about my New Year’s resolutions and I want to make exercise one o... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Til Weight Do Us Part

  

  A man wrote a letter to Dear Prudence saying that he had “zero feelings” for his wife of 25 years, and mother of his three kids, as she had gain 50 pounds in th... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• If These Bodies Could Talk

  

  Photo of Ragen Chastain by Substantia Jones for the Adipositivity ProjectI was trying to decide what to write about today and then I got a comment from Hera339... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Holiday Boundary Setting Song

  

  Biscuit the Pug and I wish happy, body positive, holidays to all who are celebrating, and a happy, body positive, end of the year to those who aren’t! Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH