Ragen Chastain is a former national dance champion and choreographer. She is also fat. And she’s got a lot to say about fat acceptance and the Health at Every Size movement. I’ve read a few books about how to live your life as a fat person and was not impressed. Ragen’s book, “Fat: The Owner’s Manual,” was different. Ragen takes […] 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 »
Happy Independence from Dieting Day! We announced on Monday, that in honor of the real Independence Day, we support women in their quests to be independent from ineffective and unhealthy dieting, restriction, starvation, deprivation, guilt, and the self judgment that dieting creates. Green Mountain at Fox Run believes that many women have been led astray with promises of weight loss scheme […] read more »
There are more resources than ever about yoga for plus-size women. Green Mountain at Fox Run interviews Anna Guest-Jelley, founder of Curvy Yoga, about why it’s great for every shape, size and ability. Namaste! Anna, why did you start practicing yoga? I think some kind of bodily discomfort (pain, injury, inflexibility, etc.) brings many people to yoga, and that was […] read more »
We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special alert. Sorry, I couldn’t resist as Dr.Deah’s blog The Not So Wonderful World of Disney reminded me so much of my childhood watching Disney’s show on television, enthralled by stories and images that made a child’s heart sing. They’re not doing too well these days with that for kids […] read more »
If you’re against weight bullying and a believer that health, not weight, is the true important measure, you’ll be interested in this effort spearheaded by Ragen Chastain of Dances with Fat. To quote Ragen, “For the last 9 months, every single day, children in Atlanta have seen billboards, commercials, and signs at bus stops like [the ones pictured here]. If […] read more »
“The 19th annual Healthy Weight Week January 15-21, 2012 is a time to celebrate healthy diet-free living habits that last a lifetime and prevent eating and weight problems. Our bodies cannot be shaped at will. But we can all be accepting, healthy and happy at our natural weights. During Healthy Weight Week, people are encouraged to normalize their lives and […] read more »
When you shop from links on http://www.plussizeyellowpages.com, a small percentage of the sale will go to Lifestyle Watchers(R), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing an alternative to weight watching and yo-yo dieting. Lifestyle Watchers is the brainchild of psychotherapist Kelly Bliss, who developed the Plus Size Yellow Pages back in 2000. She’s spent a ton of time this year […] read more »
Today’s post is another from a blog I wrote for a couple of years ago. It addresses the subject of size acceptance, and it’s a subject that confounds many of our best efforts. I often ask women to imagine that after successfully putting a healthy lifestyle in place, they found their weight remained the same. How would they feel? Would […] read more »
To many of us, the title of this post is a bit of a duh. When it comes down to it, for many, many people, the struggle of weight is primarily focused on how we look. Thin remains in. Following is a post I wrote for Real Deal Girls a while ago but for some reason, failed to re-post it […] read more »
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