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Comment on Shielding your kids from eating disorders by nonegiven

nonegiven — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:57:08 +0000

How do you keep your kids grounded when it comes to a healthy lifestyle?

Eat when you’re hungry, don’t look in the mirror and say you’re fat, eat real food not stuff that comes in boxes, stop demonizing fat people.

Comment on Is there a stigma attached to weight? by Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:21:03 +0000

The movement has its good and bad points. Amongt he good: emphasis is put on health rather than the usual overemphasis on weight loss; people are encouraged to love themselves as they are and to stand up to the haters, of whom there are many.

There certainly is a stigma attached to being fat; having lost over 120 pounds over the past year I can personally attest to being treated differently as a nonfat person than as a fat one. When you are fat, people make nonsensical assumptions about your personality, abilities, moral values, health, and habits, to name a few. I think FA can help give people some tools to deal with the constant barrage of negativity.

What I don’t like about FA and the related Health At Any Size movement is that I feel it is not always realistic about health issues, and like any movement, it has its share of extremists who think that losing weight is some kind of copout or betrayal. I think you can want to make changes to your body without that being interpreted as self hatred.

Comment on Is there a stigma attached to weight? by Sunday Roundup - Fats, Weight, and Stigmas | Health, Fitness, Exercise, and Weight Loss (68 pounds in 20 weeks)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:58:03 +0000

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Comment on Eating healthy doesn’t mean eating bland by Sunday Roundup - Don’t Eat Bland | Health, Fitness, Exercise, and Weight Loss (68 pounds in 20 weeks)

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:34:25 +0000

[...] Snyder writes eating healthy doesn’t mean eating bland. This is true! Find ways to make your food [...]

Comment on Success along the way by Weight Ladder

Weight Ladder — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:40 +0000

Thanks! glad you liked them.

Comment on If you are on a diet, does that mean your family has to be on a diet? by Labor Day Roundup | Health, Fitness, Exercise, and Weight Loss (66 pounds in 17 weeks)

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:27:39 +0000

[...] Snyder asks if you are on a diet, does that mean your family has to be on a diet? What do you [...]

Comment on Celebrity weight-loss by Israel

Israel — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:50:58 +0000

she lost the weight because she wouldnt get any roles as a “fatty.” Now, a fatty in hollywood and a fatty in regular world is totally different. So, did she lose it due to pressure? Hell yes.

Comment on Mmmmmm, desserts! by Roundup August 10th | Health, Fitness, Exercise, and Weight Loss (68 pounds in 16 weeks)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:18:43 +0000

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Comment on Couch Potato Mice? by Weight Ladder

Weight Ladder — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:17:29 +0000

Without a pressing medical need I would not be first in line…

But after long term studies (by the time I am much older) I would certainly consider it.

Comment on Summertime staples by Marians

Marians — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:16:19 +0000

Yay! Interesting!