and the comments keep rolling in

Arrgghh. So I finally convinced my best friend/flatmate that dieting was bad (see post). Well kind of. But now I have to battle with our other flatmate. She is even harsher and is not really arguing it from a health viewpoint. She just thinks its plain gross. The thing is in EVERY other respect she [...]

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Getting paid for obsessing about food

So some people will know that I have returned back to New Zealand after working in the United States. I do research and so in order to do it I need to have money. This requires applying for research grants which can, and often does, take up to six months if not longer. So in [...]

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Size 0 is not a dress size, its a warning sign

The blog Curvy life had a great post the other day about the TV programme ‘How to look good naked’. I will let you go and read her blog for the details. But one line I really liked, while watching it, was when Carson Kressley (who is great in it by the way) says “Size 0 [...]

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31 Day Exercise Challenge

 
Lately, I have been finding it hard to get motivated to exercise. After reading around the blogosphere I have noticed that I am not alone. This seems to be a common problem. I believe that having a support network can be invaluable in motivating people. The obvious example is my struggles with body acceptance. A [...]

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Fitness as a fat person

So I feel it is time to start exercising. Not to lose weight (obviously) but because I want to be healthy. As we all know exercise does make you healthy no matter what size you are. 
At the peak of my dieting I used to exercise a lot. I remember I used to run for 10km [...]

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Changing peoples opinions on fat

So as I have kept mentioning in my posts I have had issues with both of my flatmates. One of these is my best friend who is a medical doctor. As a consequence he has been taught to believe that being overweight is unhealthy. He argues that if you walk through any heart disease ward [...]

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Dieting: the new religion

In this post I would like to think about how dieting has become the new religion in the west. Michael Pollan mentions this topic in his presentation at google. In this example I will use christianity to make my point. But any other religion could be considered here. I would like to state outright that [...]

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Natural foods – a way to honour your hunger

So after watching Michael Pollan’s presentation on google/youtube yesterday (see last post) I have some thoughts. I have always liked the idea that someone should eat as natural a food as possible. By natural I am referring to those foods that are unprocessed. So for example, using butter instead of margarine and eating vegetables, fruits, [...]

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Michael Pollan speaks

This is a great video by Michael Pollan. It is not about losing weight and he doesn’t restrict what you eat but simply says you should strive to make your own food and try and use as natural food as possible. I found it very eye opening and it really spoke to me. I stole [...]

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The diet lure

So as I stated in yesterdays blog I was feeling quite a bit of pressure to lose weight because of my flatmates. Yesterday, I fleetingly thought about it and surfed the web. But I remember looking at the dieting websites, putting my head in my hands, and saying “this is bullshit”! I know that dieting [...]

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