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Claiming the “Fat Self” Quick, free associate: what are the words you think of when you think of “fat”? Make a list for a few moments, and then do the same for “thin.” When I give this task to audiences at workshops the resulting lists are pretty consistent. Fat: Ugly, depressed, needy, unhealthy, slow, lazy, …
There is an interactive forum on the BodyPositive site that asks readers to finish the following sentences: 1. “If I let myself eat anything I want … ” 2. “If I could get as much power as I really want …” 3. “If I had all the sex I wanted … ” …
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Deb Burgard, PhD Change your mind, change your culture, and let your body be When I was in graduate school, I taught a fitness class for women over 200 pounds. It was a blast. The women in my class had been waiting for a place free from weight loss lectures and thin women bemoaning their …
I remember the first time it struck me that if cats embodied the joy of relaxing, dogs must embody the joy of moving. It was spring in Cambridge and along the banks of the Charles River, people and dogs were delighting in the long-overdue escape from winter’s inert darkness. The dogs were irrepressible, exuberant, dashing …
(Please Note…I wrote this article BEFORE I was health-focused and weight-neutral. But it’s a glimpse into why diets don’t work for anyone, and especially for people who struggle with emotional eating.) A coworker and I went out to dinner last night to celebrate some changes in our lives that were well worth celebrating. I ate …
(Please Note…I wrote this article when I was still a working journalist, and BEFORE I was health-focused and weight-neutral. I’m including it here because it gives even more details about my own struggles and recovery from Binge Eating Disorder.) This was more than a craving for Chips Ahoy. Something was terribly wrong… Yes, it’s true. …
Ask Yourself, “Are You An Emotional Eater?” Emotional eating is the troublesome use of food to take care of emotional needs (to manage stress, boredom, anxiety, anger, loneliness, etc.). Here’s how emotional eating works…Food and “food thoughts” are used as distractions from uncomfortable feelings. For example…you have a fight with a family member or with …