Today’s post is written by Marci Anderson, RD, a registered dietitian in the Boston area who works exclusively with people who struggle with eating disorders, body image and weight concerns, as well as emotional and compulsive eating. The post details her thoughts after listening to a debate of the same name as this post at the annual meeting of The […] read more »
‘Weighing In’
Confront Your Own Biases about Weight
Today we wrap up the first-ever Weight Stigma Awareness Week by asking you to observe the official call to action, which is to observe our own weight biases and assess whether we may be contributing to weight stigma knowingly or unknowingly. Do you judge others by their size and whether or how their food intake, fitness level, etc., may or […] read more »
Self Talk Tips to Fight Weight Stigma
We’re continuing our series for Weight Stigma Awareness Week with this video by Darla on one more way to practice self compassion. On Tuesday Darla recommended noticing if you would talk to a friend the same way you talk negatively to yourself. Today Darla suggests stopping negative self talk by visualizing how you would talk to a 9-year-old girl who […] read more »
Fight Weight Stigma with Pleasure
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 comfort. When you are feeling […] read more »
Fight Weight Stigma with Self Compassion
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 the negative chatter starts, think […] read more »
Fighting Weight Stigma with Body Positivity
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 week is “Healing Myself First.” […] read more »
It Happened This Week: Superstars, the Cockroach Effect, & We’re Back!
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 we think definitely do that. […] read more »
Happy Labor Day!
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!
Does Obesity Kill?
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 of us have been saying […] read more »
Until Next Week
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 so much more with and […] read more »
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