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TBD10: Half Baked —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. I’m out of my league in the world of fashion. If I had my...
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Hope and Despair
Trigger warning: Dieting and weight loss talk. Two different stories crossed my path recently: one was sent by my sister who knows exactly how to get my back up, and the other I discovered at Offbeat...
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TBD11-1: Fresh Puke —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. As you read this, the end is in sight. Tonight, the final episode...
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Fatphobia in the ED community?
Trigger warning: This post is all about eating disorders. Eating disorders (EDs) are something I have a hard time understanding outside of my own personal experience. And I know I’ve talked about this...
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TBD11-2: Desperate Times —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. Last time on Biggest Dickweed… Jillian became possessed by the...
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This is a HAES Relapse
Trigger warning: Discussion of feeling the urge to diet and other disordered eating behaviors. As some of you might know, Spring Break just ended. As a college student taking care of my little...
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Seventeen Shapeshifters —
It seems like in every episode of Biggest Loser, there’s this thing called the Biggest Loser Challenge which I guess is TBL’s version of “The More You Know.” I guess theirs would be “The Fatter You...
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A Barrel of Monkeys
I have a terrible case of Righter’s Block. It seems to me that despite all of the negativity out in the world and the syrupy slow, increMENTALly tedious pace of change, I cannot stop blogging....
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Sharks and Jets —
If you’ve been looking forward to last The Biggest Loser recaps, I apologize, but there’s something more pressing on my mind that I just have to get out before I can focus on the grand finale. I mean,...
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HAES Eating: Eat When You’re Hungry
Trigger warning: Discussion of weight loss strategies formerly employed by the author. The first leg in the three-legged stool called HAES-style eating is to eat when you’re hungry. Eating when you’re...
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TBD12: The Final Countdown —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, the final episode. I cannot tell you how...
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TBD12-2 Meat Market —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. This is it. We’re getting down to brass tacks. This is the last...
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HAES Eating: Eat What You’re Hungry For
The second leg in the three-legged stool called HAES-style eating is to eat what you’re hungry for. I think this might be the most controversial of the three legs of Health at Every Size® (HAES)...
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TBD12-3: The Quickening —
Trigger warning: This post thoroughly discusses an episode The Biggest Loser, including the abusive bullshit as well as the weigh-ins. This is it. It all comes down to these last 20 minutes or so....
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No Diets, No Fear
Back when I was thinking of starting a fat acceptance blog I thought long and hard about what I was going to name it and eventually settled on what you see when you visit; Fat and Not Afraid. Fear is...
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Beware of Hidden Scales!
Trigger warning: Discussion of family history of eating disorders and concerns about developing one. I have talked a lot about issues that surround my family history, particularly the part where...
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Invisible Disability
me at the gym I really hate admitting it sometimes… but I am disabled. I don’t have a visible disability. I don’t walk with a cane or use a wheelchair. But my disabilities impact my life in major ways...
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Baby Steps —
From our blog’s very inception, I have been critical of the coverage that Huffington Post gives to issues surrounding fat people and fat health. When I began criticizing the fact that HuffPo’s...
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Book review: Gorgeously Full Fat by Sarah Clark
A couple of weeks ago, a colleague shared about a new book on Facebook. The book was called ‘Gorgeously Full Fat — Live like you love yourself!’ by plus-size body-image blogger Sarah Clark. So I...
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Buying Snake Oil
Trigger warning: Discussion of the decision to get weight loss surgery. On the eve of Weight Stigma Awareness Week, which begins today, the insidious nature of weight stigma hit home. It was a...
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