“Normal” these days for many many women is being on the non-stop pendulum of weight loss and weight gain. I don’t know very many people who are overweight and happy with who they are. I also don’t know many people who have taken weight off once and for all.
So abnormal- as in unhealthy – is [...]
27Feb10
The New Normal is Abnormal
23Feb10
More Body Image
I hate to spend so much time worrying or even wondering about what I look like but I know that really grasping the difference between me fat and me thin will help me to keep this weight off. So what do I know now?
I know how much I weigh and I know how tall I [...]
22Feb10
Body Image
I have a little theory about body image that I’ve never written down before and here it is:
Women (and men?) have an image of themselves based on one or two body parts that concern them.
One rare day when the husband had joined me on a shopping trip I stepped out of a changing cubicle [...]
5Feb10
Self Image 2
I’ve got a list somewhere that I can’t quite recall – maybe in my head. This list is studies that I would like to do or at least read the results of.
The study that came to mind yesterday would be titled something like: The effects of diet and exercise on self-perception.
All the [...]
3Feb10
Self Image
It’s doppelganger week on facebook and I’ve been reminded of my total lack of visual recall. Basically, I don’t accurately remember what anything or anyone looks like. Instead, I remember vaguely and the result is that every time I say, “Doesn’t he look like so-and-so?!”, the answer is, “No, not at all.”
That applies to myself. [...]