HBO, A Platform for Hate
Is HBO a platform for hate? As long as they continue to give voices such as Bill Maher air time… seems so. This isn’t fiction, it’s real comments aimed at real people. #stopweightbias #OACAction #obsm
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Lessons Learned – Have a Plan
I recently got home from the Obesity Action Coalition’s 8th Annual Your Weight Matters national convention, this year held in Tampa Bay, where the OAC is headquartered. There’s a lot of great offerings included with the base registration, but there’s...
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What Am I Listening To? – PH000
A quick introduction to myself, why I’m doing this podcast, and what I hope to share by doing it.
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Raising the Bar, or Knocking You Down With It?
A recent Blue Bloods episode on CBS used weight bias and shaming to get a win for it’s lead character. Why I’m not as upset as I first was, and how they could fix it…
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My No Knead Bread – A Work in Progress
Everything old is new again, including no-knead bread making. I have a work-in-progress recipe that I’ve been building on for awhile now, and share my thoughts, tips and techniques to this very easy way of making your own dough for bread, rolls, pizza crust and more.
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Bariatric Surgery: The Easy Way Out
There is one recurring … fear and frustration that dogs many people who have had bariatric surgery (aka weight loss surgery). I’ve heard it from patients online, in various support groups I’ve attended/facilitated/led, as well as while at various obesity related events. It’s this perception that using surgery to get to a healthier weight is “taking the easy way out”.
Lessons Learned – Never Forget
Lessons Learned – only by not forgetting where we came from, can we truly keep moving forward. In hiking, and in life.
Doctors, Heal Thyselves (reblog)
A reblog from my previous site, addressing thoughts on weight bias in medical care. Doctors, Heal Thyselves
Lessons Learned – Push Your Limits
If you don’t change, you won’t change. Change is uncomfortable, so get uncomfortable. That’s how you leave your mark. -unknown There are many variations of this quote, but they’re all essentially the same. There will always be challenges; physical, mental,...
Resistance is not Futile! (reblog)
When it comes as a great way to get some exercise in… Resistance is not Futile! (reblog)
Lessons Learned – Take Another Look Around
Lessons Learned – Take Another Look Around, you never know what you might find to help you on your healthy journey.
Plan A, or Plan B? (reblog)
A look back at more early thoughts about my decision to have bariatric surgery. Is surgery my Plan A? Or should it be Plan B?
Lessons Learned – Keep Trying
In this installment of the Lessons Learned series, what do you do if you don’t reach your goal the first time? Well, try again of course!
Fat Shaming is Just Bullying
A thoughtful, encouraging, even humorous response to Bill Maher’s hateful take on fat shaming. Thank you @JKCorden
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Melting Away (reblog)
Some more reflections from shortly after I decided to turn to bariatric surgery for help with my weight, I’ve started losing weight, and discuss my recent exercise and dealing with hunger.
HBO, A Platform for Hate
Is HBO a platform for hate? As long as they continue to give voices such as Bill Maher air time… seems so. This isn’t fiction, it’s real comments aimed at real people. #stopweightbias #OACAction #obsm
