Happy Halloween! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love being scared, I love dressing up, and I love spooky decorations. One things I’m not 100% excited about is the candy. If you are like me, you may have purchased candy well before the-day-of Halloween and having it the house, as a novel food, may have triggered some pre-Halloween snacking. […] read more »
Far from being the motivational boost it’s touted to be, The Biggest Loser’s depictions of exercise may make people less likely to get up off the couch. According to a new study, after watching a seven-minute clip of a show from The Biggest Loser’s ninth season, study participants had more negative attitudes about being active than participants who watched a […] read more »
I wrote a post last week on We Are the Real Deal (WATRD) in which I decried the fact that calorie limits are a big part of the new school lunch/breakfast regulations. Of course, people are concerned about childhood obesity and are trying to come up with ways to help kids. Unfortunately, the focus on kids’ weight in the first […] read more »
This blog is about my journey. A journey that I’m sharing in hopes that what I’ve gone through with binge eating will give all of you some comfort in knowing that you’re not alone. We can make our individual changes and achieve our personal goals… together. I’ve been proactive with my campaign that changes are indeed possible — “Just Look […] read more »
How many times have you heard this : “You think it’s hard to lose weight now? Just wait ’til you’re 30/40/50, and then you’ll see that it’s really impossible to lose weight!”? Weight gain with age – are they truly linked? How many people can say that their bodies are similar in shape and size to their high school or […] read more »
I had the pleasure of attending the annual conference of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics this past week where, among other things, I took a workshop on food photography. Now if I can only find the time to focus (bad pun intended) on that. But that’s not what I wanted to write about today. Rather, I wanted to share […] read more »
Because I’m a woman and live on planet earth, I have seen subtle and overt expressions of weight stigma my entire life. And because I’ve had my own struggle with weight, I’ve personally experienced what weight stigma can do. There’s a primal need we all share to feel acceptance and belonging and the worst thing about being stigmatized is how […] read more »
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run as we blog about Weight Stigma Awareness Week, sponsored by the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA). Today, we encourage you to get creative and express yourself. How can you use art to heal and build self-acceptance? Today’s theme in this Weight Stigma Awareness Week is Expression. Weight stigma can harm in so many ways […] read more »
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run as we blog about Weight Stigma Awareness Week, sponsored by the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA). Today, we encourage you to recognize and notice your own behavior. How might you be contributing to weight stigma unknowingly? Augh! I am SO fat!! I wonder how she ever got into those jeans? The way he is […] read more »
Today, Linda Bacon, PhD, and author of “Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight” is guest speaking at Green Mountain. In advance of her visit, alum and blogger Jill C offers her take on the book and Dr. Bacon’s philosophies. Leave a question for Dr. Bacon in the comments below, and we’ll pick one at random to […] read more »
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