We are not robots

I was reading this post over at Babble, and I think one of the things briefly discussed their deserves to be looked at more closely. She talks about how fat people have body hate days, but thin people also have these days, and it was this comment that got me thinking. Everybody has body hate [...]

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Does your brain tell you your bigger than you are?

On perusing the internet I came across an interesting article which I think has huge implications for our body image and perception of ourselves.  I was reading about the parietal lobe, which is a lobe in the brain that is responsible for integrating sensory information and amongst other things is where your sense of body [...]

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Introducing Anika Moa

Here is my favourite artist at the moment. There are many reasons why I think she is great. Not only has she got an amazing voice but also she is from New Zealand and she is a largish yet beautiful lady. She is also Maori and that is why in this video you can see Maori [...]

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What part of fat acceptance don’t you understand!!!

I have noticed that more and more lately I find myself under marketing attack by diet websites, nutrition websites and supplement websites. Ironically this is despite a blog I wrote called ‘why we should eat real foods and not supplements‘. But what really gets me is the promise of weight loss from these websites.  I am [...]

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What is my sick fascination with weight loss TV shows

So I think I am like one of these people that drives by car accidents and gets some sick pleasure by looking. Because every tuesday night there is this weight loss TV show called Down Size Me. Usual story – put them on a highly restrictive diet (they lose about 3kg a week) with extremely [...]

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The sexiness of fat men

I found this article at www.timesonline.co.uk. It is a GREAT article on the sexiness of fat men. Talk about fat acceptance. It is written by Tobsha Learner and kudos to her. 

As I am an avid connoisseur of male beauty, it has surprised some of my friends that the great love of my life has turned [...]

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The core of my body image problems

One of my favorite blogs is Eat a Cheeseburger and they have commented on this blog about the weight loss fantasy. Basically this means that you fantasise that you will be much happier, and everything will work out, once you have lost the weight. I feel that this is my biggest problem and it will [...]

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An overinflated sense of self

I was perusing the internet and I found this comment while looking to see if one of my blog posts was showing up on google. Its a question sent in to a website. Its very funny. 
Dear Doc,
I’m a good-looking, intelligent guy with a great body that I enjoy flaunting at the gym. Needless to say, [...]

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Hate mail and really funny!!!

So funnily enough not three hours ago I commented on this website stating how I had not received any ‘trolls’. I go out for two hours come back and OH MY GOD, my first hate mail. If it wasnt so ignorant and amusing I would actually be offended. First of all in these comments she [...]

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Curvy woman get gold for New Zealand

These lovely and curvacious woman won gold for New Zealand at the olympics. Oh and they (so far) are the only gold medalists. Just goes to show that you can have a bit of meat on your bones and still kick some ass.

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