Category Archives: ABCs of Body Image

A full and growing run down of body image issues and language

Body Fat: Good, Bad or Ugly?

Everyone has an opinion on body fat – some say fat will kill you, some say fat will give you cancer, some say fat is just fat, and some say fat is ugly. And there are as many opinions about fat people: lazy fat gluttons who have no self discipline, stuff their faces with junkContinue Reading

Move Your Body – 3D Workout Review

I’ve been feeling quite physically weak all year, not surprising I guess since I’ve been doing a lot of emotional healing. But my impression that my physical strength has dropped was reinforced by a therapist, Jim, last week, and along with the reinforcement came a recommendation that I do pilates. I don’t actually like pilatesContinue Reading

The Negative Body Image Hole – Gratitude Helps

Improving Negative Body Image Last month I posted about the reason I’ve been away from this site for most of the year and neglecting my self-declared mission to help the world improve negative body image. I intended to get back in the saddle but, I guess not unexpectedly, I hit a bump in the roadContinue Reading

How To Spot Body Bias

I guess this could even be Part 2 of Stopping Fat Talk, because it’s important to train yourself to tune in to all the insidious ways we are subjected to the ‘thin means healthy’ lie mantra by media, health professionals, and friends and family. So this series of articles can help you question the ‘truth’Continue Reading

Going Grey Gracefully: A Modern Women’s Dilemma

Every day when I look in the mirror I have a little conversation with myself, and since it’s something I don’t really have an answer for, I end up putting off the decision I need to make until tomorrow: it’s about going grey gracefully. My good friend Miriam, like me, has very dark hair. She’sContinue Reading

It’s Fat Talk Monday, And Tuesday, and Wednesday….

What an interesting week of fat talk it’s been, and it’s only Wednesday! First up, research from the UK proved what a bitchy lot we women are, judging one another based on weight within 20 seconds of meeting! If that isn’t an indication that we’re ‘educated’ by media that fat is morally bad and fatContinue Reading