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Notes from the Fatosphere- The September 2010 issue of The Queen's Proclamation awaits you Peggy Elam, Ph.D.
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Category Archives: Diets
Why diets are stupid.
If you don’t already know, I’m going to be the one to break it to you…and you can trust me on this. Diets are stupid. The word ‘diet’ has become terribly perverted from its original, life-affirming definition. In the original sense, diet meant: “food and drink regularly provided or consumed; habitual nourishment.” (www.webster.com.) In the [...]
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98% figure and Weight Control Registry.
I found a fascinating PDF file* on the internet regarding certain myths about dieting/nutrition. One of the myths mentioned was the oft-quoted “98% of diets fail” statistic. This paper makes a valiant effort to show why the number is a myth but, in my opinion, falls short. Why? Because they claim the number comes from [...]
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On the problem of happiness.
I’ve thought about this problem before, but a recent comment brought it up again: What about fat women who’ve tried to love themselves and have failed at that too? It’s a curious dilemma. I mean, what do you do when not only diets have failed you, but your effort to try and accept yourself has [...]
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Why I’d rather be fat, part 1.
When I was married, at age 20, I weighed around 190 lbs. At the time, I had been living on my own right up until I came to Canada for my wedding, and I felt pretty good about myself. I didn’t care so much anymore what I looked like (I mean, I still combed my [...]
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Willy Wonka and the chocolate fantasy.