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Weighing In

Fight Weight Stigma with Pleasure

September 28, 2011

In our classes at our retreat that explores issues surrounding weight loss for women, we talk a lot about connecting the mind and body.  It’s one of the best ways to bring yourself back into the moment to understand what kind of nourishment your body really craves when you want to turn to food for [...]

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Fight Weight Stigma with Self Compassion

September 27, 2011

To kick off Weight Stigma Awareness Week, Darla discussed yesterday here on A Weight Lifted how important it is to be aware of body negativity and criticism.  Before we can make behavioral changes, we must first notice negative self talk and observe how hurtful it is.  Today, she shares a tip about self compassion.  When [...]

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Fighting Weight Stigma with Body Positivity

September 26, 2011

Today marks the first day of National Weight Stigma Awareness Week, an effort sponsored by the Binge Eating Disorder Association to build awareness of what weight stigma is, the harmful effects it can have on people of all ages in all environments, and what can be done to stop it.  The theme of this inaugural [...]

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It Happened This Week: Superstars, the Cockroach Effect, & We’re Back!

September 23, 2011

We’re back on WordPress and life is good.  Well, sorta.  We’ve got a lot of cleaning up to do of “stuff” that occurred during the transfer, but we’re definitely headed in the right direction. Speaking of headed in the right direction, here are some great things we’ve seen come across the web this week that [...]

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Happy Labor Day!

September 5, 2011

Happy Labor Day to all our friends in the U.S.  In honor of this day, we’re not laboring on the blog.  But business is as usual at Green Mountain. Have a wonderful day whether you’re working or not!

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Does Obesity Kill?

August 22, 2011

The best laid plans….  No, we’re not on WordPress yet, and at this point, we’re not sure when we will  be.  So back to the basics. Speaking of which, did you see the study published last week that utilized the Edmonton Obesity Staging System to determine health risks of obesity?  It showed something that many [...]

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Until Next Week

August 4, 2011

To all our valued readers, We’re not going to be posting for a few days on A Weight Lifted because we are transitioning back to WordPress.  Yay!  As you bloggers out there know, it’s really the best software for blogging, and we want to get back to it because it will allow us to do [...]

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For the Love of Food

July 12, 2011

“For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost.  For the want of the shoe, a horse was lost.” This post is about something near and dear to my heart: food.  I love it.  And so do many of the women we work with at Green Mountain.  Likely, many of you do, too.  I [...]

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It Happened Last January: The Truth About the Health Risks of Fat

April 8, 2011

Playing a little catch-up here, the result of a presentation I debuted yesterday at Green Mountain. In it, I reviewed a few of the conclusions from a paper published last January (hence the title of this post) in the Nutrition Journal by Linda Bacon of HAES fame and Lucy Aphramor.  It’s titled “Weight Science: Evaluating [...]

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Sitting Out The Summer — A Diet From Fun?

May 25, 2010

It’s ironic that so many of us yearn for old man winter to take a hike, only to trade in some low-grade depression with our disappointment over the decision to sit out another summer. There’s no bigger bummer than sitting in your house all summer long because you feel fat. Yet year after year, too many women refuse to enjoy [...]

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