I think we can all agree that we shouldn’t live our lives based on assumptions. And yet, when it comes to bodies and health, we do just that – about others, and about ourselves. We assume that health and body size go hand in hand. We assume that thin people …
Dear Abby, Recently, you sent me a letter asking me to join you in the fight against Alzheimer’s. This is a cause very close to my heart, because my grandma passed away last month after a long battle with the disease. But you know what? I’m not going to join …
We’ve talked before about how negative things like shame, humiliation, and embarrassment do not foster positive change. But some people refuse to believe this. They think that if they are just mean enough, then wonderful changes will occur (changes that they define and measure, of course). I’m going to have …
So I’m just sitting on the couch, innocently watching some telly, and what to my wondering eye should appear? A commercial for the South Beach Diet. Hooray! I haven’t been reminded that I should be trying to shrink my body in, oh, fifteen minutes! Let’s check it out: Oh, okay. …
A new lady showed up for Aqua Fit the other day. She was unsure of what to do and where to go, so I helped her out. While we were talking, she mentioned that she was hesitant to take the class because the pool is basically a giant fishbowl. Floor …
Show of hands: How many of you have had someone ask if you were pregnant when you weren’t? This just happened to me (for the third time in my life) the other day. A woman I had just met said, “When are you due?” I said, “Do you think I’m …
How many times in the last few days have you seen or heard an advertisement challenging you to be the best you can be, to be a whole new you? At this time of year especially, we’re minded that the key to personal success is, of course, all about achieving …
On the count of three, everybody shout their New Year’s resolution. Ready, set…. Hold up. Is your resolution based on guilt? Or is it based on joy? If your goals for 2015 are based on things that make you feel lousy, I want to stop you right here. Instead of …
I came across this little gem on HuffPo the other day: My Top 3 Breakout Body Image Stars of 2014. The article was written by Caleigh Rykiss, whose byline tells us she is a TV producer, a certified personal trainer, and a boxing coach. Let’s check out who Ms. Rykiss …
If I say “holiday” and “fear,” you probably think of Halloween, yah? Well, you ought to think about the end-of-year holidays, because if there’s anything the diet industry loves, it’s to work you into a paroxysm of fear over how much weight you’re going to gain over the next couple …
