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Top 5 Reasons YOU Should Attend OAC’s #YWM2013
This year the Obesity Action Coalition is hosting the 2nd Annual Your Weight Matters National Convention, August 15-18 in Phoenix, AZ. I guarantee it will be a life changing weekend! In an attempt to...
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Dear Boy Scouts of America, Participation is More Powerful than Exclusion
Go Big. Get Wild. But not you, you’re too big. As a member of the Obesity Action Coalition, I received a Bias Buster Alert regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s BMI policy excluding participation in...
View ArticleDancing for Dollars! Support me in the Walk from Obesity!
No tutu until I reach my fundraising goal of $1000! If I reach my goal of $1000 in donations by the morning of the walk, August 18th! I will WALK IN MY SWIMSUIT (and tutu). The post Dancing for...
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Tips for Effective Fat Shaming
Before we begin today’s lesson, I feel compelled to point out that a recent study indicates that fat shaming is actually NOT effective in motivating people to lose weight. That, in fact, shaming has...
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Kids do not need a letter to know they are fat on Halloween
There is a woman in North Dakota who feels it’s her duty to save obese children from themselves this Halloween. She has decided to hand out “fat letters” to children to whom she deems are obese while...
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The Bias Among Us – Success?
This blog topic is LONG overdue, and actually I have so much to say on the topic I feel the need to make it a series of posts. A couple months ago I wrote about the fat shaming I’ve experienced from...
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Living with Lipedema: Why Me?
Living with lipedema, as with the management of any chronic condition, presents physical, mental, and emotional challenges. Physically, my arms and legs are heavy and extremely sensitive, the excess...
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My Story in Psychology Today
My story is profiled in the current issue of Psychology Today (December 2013), as part of the article Do I Make You Uncomfortable? This is the article for which I had My Abnormal Photo Shoot. In late...
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Lipedema Awareness: Just Keep Talking
As Dorie the Fish would say “Just Keep Swimming”, in my case in order to spread awareness about Lipedema, I’ll “Just Keep Talking”, sharing my experiences and stories. Today yet another opportunity was...
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Bias Among Us – Good Intentions Gone Bad
Part Two of my The Bias Among Us series, read Part One The Bias Among Us – Success? I have always received the majority of my post-op weight loss surgery (WLS) support online. I initially met most of...
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