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It Happened This Week: Diet Show Fatigue, Raw Food Diets & Food Needs

August 13, 2010

Adia Colar told NBC, “Enough with the Diet Shows,” giving a brief look at some of the big problems with shows like the Biggest Loser.  Don’t get me started!  Oh, wait, we’ve already been there.  And there.  And there.
That’sfit reviewed the pros and cons of a raw food diet. Bottom line:  It’s only for the [...]

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How Size Acceptance Promotes Health

August 9, 2010

Social rejection may increase inflammation in the body.  Or so is the implication of a small study out of the University of California at Los Angeles that found higher levels of inflammatory markers among test subjects who had undergone simulated social rejection.  Which got me to thinking about social rejection of fat people, many of [...]

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Thought for a Friday

August 6, 2010

This quote showed up on my Facebook stream, sent by Karen C.L. Anderson who has guest posted on A Weight Lifted several times in the past.  I thought it would be a good read for a Friday, especially for the perfectionists among us.  Not naming any names but we know who we are!
“I must learn [...]

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It Happened This Week: Stress, Sweeteners & Salads

July 30, 2010

Stressed and know why but really can’t change the situation?  Try this advice from Melissa at Too Much on Her Plate on how to lower your stress even if you can’t change your life.
It’s been a question for a while whether zero-calorie sweeteners actually increase our appetites.  The latest research published in the jounal Appetite [...]

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It Happened This Week: Women & Chocolate, Sleep Problems & Weight Gain, and More on the Media

July 9, 2010

Salon.com explores why women like chocolate and men like beer.  Is it nature or nurture?  Nurture might win as what women and men like seem to change both within and among cultures.
More and more evidence is cropping up that sleep problems contribute to weight problems.  This time, researchers found that middle-aged women who report sleep [...]

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It Happened This Week: Brown Rice, Self Control and Bad Advice

June 25, 2010

Consumer Reports sings the praises of brown rice.
Reality check: College Candy’s blog looks at some of the bad weight loss advice out there.
The Sydney Morning Herald makes a “fatuous argument over slim women” and the endless feedback loop concerning body politics.
Check out this truly inspiring guest post on Mizfit, about trying to [...]

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It Happened This Week: Dethroning Dessert, Strapless Bras, and A Biggest Loser Tells All

June 18, 2010

Diet blog wonders if doctors can fight obesity by teaching patients to cook.
Lane Bryant announces a social networking site for plus-sized women. Would you join?
Golda at Body Love Wellness has an exclusive three-part interview with Biggest Loser finalist Kai Hibbard about why the show gave her an eating disorder. This [...]

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A Day to Remember

May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day to our US friends.
We hope you can appreciate all this day has to offer.

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It Happened This Week: Gratitude, Bad Habits, and Yoga on a Plane

May 28, 2010

Diet blog maps out–in blessedly simple terms–how to design your own strength training program.
Psychology Today waxes philosophical about the benefits of gratitude and offers tips to boost your own gratitude quotient.
Yoni Freedhoff has a few important questions to ask yourself when you’re down. Here’s a hint: focus on positive rather than the negative.
Nutritionist [...]

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It Happened This Week: Food as Medicine, Andie Mcdowell, and the Pill

May 14, 2010

Diet blog has an inspiring post about getting fit…one step at a time. In time, the writer went from wheezing around the block to training for her first half marathon.
Sherry Mayrent, aka Fat Lady on a Bike, blogs about why she felt  our new Food as Medicine program was right for her, and how she’s [...]

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