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Pink’s New Video

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I don’t have a new post for today but wanted to share MamaVision’s awesome post about Pink’s incredible and timely video “F***in Perfect” (sorry, that’s the title). (The link also includes Pink’s commentary about the video which I strongly recommend reading).

I watched the video for the first time this afternoon, with almost six-weeks-old Maya snuggled in my arms — and I just started to cry. I hope to do everything I can to show her that she’ll be loved no matter what and that she’s perfect in my eyes–but I know what kids these days are up against … and I do worry about the future.

Let me know what you think and Heather–fabulous post, thanks for sharing!

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I’m the Real Deal!!

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Check it out, ladies and gents! I’m officially a contributor now at WeAretheRealDeal.com. 🙂

You can see my bio across the top nav, why I contribute, and my first post is one from a few weeks ago that caused a bit of a stir here on my blog which I shared at WATRD titled Coming to Terms With My “Half-Way” Body. Continue reading “I’m the Real Deal!!” →

New Body Image Activist Blog Goes Live

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watrd-buttonYou might recall a few months back that I was going to be part of a group of amazing bloggers who were planning to do a session at the 2009 BlogHer conference on body image titled, “Blogs & Body Image: What Are We Teaching Our Kids?”

The group was selected (yea!!) and even got sponsorship by Dove … but because I registered too late this spring, I can’t participate. 😦

That said, I still want to promote the hell out of this session (to be held this Friday in Chicago) because I know it’s going to be incredible, and I am so proud of these girls for getting out there and truly making a difference.

In this post, MamaVision talked a little about the panelists and the group’s mission.

Take a peek at our new body image activist blog, We Are the Real Deal. You can check out our mission here. 

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BMI? “Whatever ….”

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One of my fave bloggers, MamaVision shared a link on her blog that I loved re: BMI. Click here, to check out Kate Harding’s a slideshow, the BMI Project, that proves just how ridiculous BMI standards really are.

As MamaV puts it, “BMI is a bunch of B.S.” (And I happen to agree).

Kate is a leading blogger in the “fat acceptance” movement and she has a new book out called Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere, Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body.

It sounds really interesting. I admit I don’t know much about the movement, but I can easily see the point in not hating yourself just because of the size of your thighs or hips. Definitely want to see if I can get my hands on a copy …

I’ve Never “Forgotten” to Eat

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toast-clock-1_6648My parents tease me that I was born hungry; that I always had food on the brain, even as a toddler.

Even now, friends tease I have an oral fixation; something has to be in or on my mouth at all times: lipgloss, gum, water, ice, Diet Coke, tea. It’s getting better, but the truth is, I still think about food a lot. Not always … but a lot.

And while I admittedly wasn’t always obsessed with food the way I have been since starting Weight Watchers nearly five years ago, I don’t think I’ve ever, in 29 years, “forgotten” to eat.

I’ve met people, read about people, heard about people … people who admit that food is the furthest thing on their minds — and these aren’t people necessarily with eating disorders; they are people who eat to live; not live to eat. These are people who are so caught up in what they’re doing that they “forget to eat.”

Well, I’m not one of those people.

I have fasted most years since my Bat-Mitzvah on Yom Kippur, and I can deliberately skip a meal if I know I’m having a big lunch or dinner. But I honestly can’t think of a time when I’ve genuinely “forgotten” to eat. Continue reading “I’ve Never “Forgotten” to Eat” →