Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your BodyFrom the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image- no matter what the scales say. When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media. But Harding and Kirby, the leading bloggers in the "fatosphere," the online community of the fat acceptance movement, have written a book to help readers achieve admiration for-or at least a truce with-their bodies. The authors believe in "health at every size"-the idea that weight does not necessarily determine well-being and that exercise and eating healthfully are beneficial, regardless of whether they cause weight loss. They point to errors in the media, misunderstood and ignored research, as well as stories from real women around the world to underscore their message. In the up-front and honest style that has become the trademark of their blogs, they share with readers twenty-seven ways to reframe notions of dieting and weight, including: accepting that diets don't work, practicing intuitive eating, finding body-positive doctors, not judging other women, and finding a hobby that has nothing to do with one's weight. |
Contents
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Practice Health At Every Size Including Yours | 13 |
Find a Form of Exercise You Love | 19 |
Practice Intuitive Eating | 27 |
If You Think You Might Be Suffering from Depression Get Help | 43 |
Find BodyPositive Doctors and Go to Them | 49 |
Fat Hatred Kills | 58 |
Seek Out Images of Happy Healthy Hot Fat Women | 127 |
Make Friends with a TailorLearn to Sew | 135 |
And Other Reasons to Blame the Fit Model | 141 |
Buy Fabulous Clothes and Wear Them | 144 |
Thrift Tips for Fatties | 147 |
Dont Shop at Stores That Dont Carry Your Size Even If You Are with Thin Friendsand Tell Them Youre Not Shopping There | 154 |
Dont Keep Clothes That Dont Fit | 158 |
On Buying Things Too Small as a Motivational Tactic | 162 |
Dont Obsess if You Miss a Day at the Gym | 64 |
Dont Weigh Yourself | 70 |
Find a Good Partner | 77 |
Stop Judging Other Women | 87 |
Not an Essay About PusUp Bras | 92 |
Get a Hobby That Has Nothing to Do with Your Weight And Do It with Other People | 98 |
Dont Believe That Only Sick Freaks Would Want to Date Fat Women | 102 |
Dont Hang Around with People Who Say Negative Things About Your Body | 111 |
Dont Hang Around with People Who Say Negative Things About Their Own Bodies | 118 |
Dont Participate in Diet Talk | 122 |
Train Yourself to Read Media Reports on Fat and Dieting with a Critical Eye | 167 |
Read Up on Fat Acceptance and the Science of Fat | 179 |
Quit Watching So Much TV | 185 |
Get Over Yourself They Really Really Arent All Looking at You | 193 |
The Wages of Visibility | 198 |
Defend Your Own Honor as Vigorously as You Would a Friends | 202 |
Accept That Some Days Will Be Better than Others | 207 |
Dont Put Things Off Until Youre Thin | 213 |
Dont Diet Anyway They Still Dont Work | 222 |
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Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body Kate Harding,Marianne Kirby No preview available - 2009 |
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