Eating My Cake

I want to wish you all a happy (if belated) 2010! I hope this year is one where you learn to be gentle and kind with yourself and your body. May you find acceptance in the person you are, inside and out!
With the start of a new year often comes resolutions. The emphasis tends to [...]

This is a horrifying story.
My heart breaks for this poor girl. First of all, she was 165 pounds. I expected her to be far heavier, based on how the story opens (not that it would’ve been acceptable at any weight, but I just didn’t expect the girl to weigh under 200). Second, I can [...]

Maybe it’s asking too much, but I expect better from a “medical” site like WebMd. Wait, given the mainstream medical profession’s attitudes towards weight, I guess this isn’t so shocking.
I get email updates from them on the category of weight loss/dieting. This “find the perfect diet for you” quiz caught my eye, so I [...]

Let’s talk about Oprah. I’m very disappointed in her, to be frank.
With all of her incredible success, and the amazing accomplishments of her lifetime, she’s going to let being 200 pounds be the big (no pun intended) news story of her life at the moment?
I mean, seriously… if Oprah can’t overcome being so [...]

Dr. Didnotlisten,
I saw you for an initial evaluation to diagnose probable fibromyalgia. You told me you wanted to see me again in a month, and that you would call me with the lab results. I wanted you to be aware of why you won’t be receiving those results and why I will not follow up [...]

I’m an Olympics junkie, and thankfully I married another of us, so we’ve watched a lot of hours of coverage. I’ve learned some things, but one in particular stands out.
If you are a parent, or plan to be, take note of this.
As a child, I loved to swim. I also was always trying [...]

Two items from my daily Google searches really upset me this morning.
First, there is this story from Australia, where officials are pressing to institute schools to issue Fat Report Cards. UGH.
Then, far more insidious, is this story from the UK about Fat School. That’s right, the Fat Camp program has been turned into [...]

I am so tired of reading articles about “poor, sad, fat” kids. From Time magazine’s recent (ab)use of a fat child in their “let’s jump on the child obesity epidemic” edition to this tragic (ab)use of a little girl’s picture in a podcast done by a “health” reporter from the NY Times, children have become [...]

I wrote this partially in response to a comment in my child development class. Basically, the comment was that while it is sad to see young children on diets, it’s more depressing to see so many “morbidly obese” teens. The student went on to say that it would be nice if it wasn’t neccesary for [...]

I am taking a class in child development, and we were asked if “poor nutrition early in childhood can be mitigated later in life.” I knew - immediately - that this would turn to the “obesity epidemic” amongst children. I wrote my response very carefully, and while many have agreed with my positions, most are [...]