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Lessons From The Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting And Declare A Truce With Your Body (2009)

by Kate Harding(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399534970 (ISBN13: 9780399534973)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Perigee Trade

review 1: Yo-yo dieting causes more health problems than solutions. The vast majority (95% - not kidding, do your research) of people who lose weight on diets gain it back (and then some) in 5 years - and, yes, extreme "lifestyle changes" are diets, too. Are you tired of trying to navigate a media that conflates losing weight with gaining health, even while promoting weight loss through unhealthy means (pills, extreme diets, etc)? Do you want to make peace with your body, and be as healthy as you can be? This book will teach you how to stop obsessing about weight, how to improve your health & well-being, and how to get off the dieting roller coaster that is ruining your physical health & self-esteem. Learn about intuitive eating, fatphobia, and exercising for enjoyment & pleasure. I... moref you hold the oft-repeated belief that overweight = unhealthy and weight loss = improved health, you need to do your research & re-evaluate the toxic media which has caused you to internalize & project these scientifically unsupported lies. Wake up!I will add that this is definitely a book for newcomers to Health At Every Size & fat acceptance bloggers - if you've been reading Kate Harding or Marianne Kirby for years now, this probably isn't for you, because you've read it before!
review 2: This is a fantastic book. Kate and Marianne tell a very personal story to make the very strong case that we are all good people who deserve a good life regardless of our size. I'd especially recommend this book for everyone that at one point or another did "get skinny" for a season or two and then gained the weight back. One thing is clear, those of us who are not society's ideal weight are in good company! less

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