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Ugly Betty and Wendy Shanker

Hey all,

No blog posting next week, I will be in Sunny Florida.

The best show you should be watching  (But a lot of you are) "Ugly Betty" has won 2 Golden Globes for best actress America Ferrera and best comedy show.  In other news about Ugly Betty: Ferrera Pleased Ugly Betty Stars 'Normal' Woman

Check out Wendy Shanker's new colunm "The Body Politic" at Feminist.com.  For those unfamilar with Wendy's work.   She is the author of the "Fat Girl's Guide to Life" an autobiographic book about dealing with being fat in a thin-centered world.

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Today is Martin Luther King's birthday observed. 

Next week is International No Name Calling Week.

Let's try to be nice to each other for a change.

In other news:
Bariatric surgery - the most life-altering decision you’ll ever make by activist and researcher Sandy Szwarc.  (WARNING Graphic Picture)

RX for Teens in Diet Danger: Healthier Magazines

International Size acceptance.

So tonight I am posting size positive stories outside the US.

In the UK, which I am very envious of, there is a marvelous ballet where no one weighs less than 220 lbs.

From Canada, the terrific country band The Boomchix which is led by lovely Barb Wilkins and  Janice Dunbar.

And the Fabulous organization: International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA)

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Diet Talk.

Happy New Year and Happy other holidays, whatever you celebrate from X-mas to a day off work.

Remember the most important thing about New Years: Results not Typical.

I usually don't have much for resolutions as I think you can make them at any time, although I resolve to love my body and spirit even more, to keep pushing the idea of size acceptance, embracing even harder HAES  and try to give up dieting thoughts and actions.

That's true, even after 5 years free of dieting, I still have thoughts and habits.  My biggest problem is diet drinks, which is one of the last remaining diet habits I have.  I'm allergic to corn syrup , so if I want soda it's hard to find it without corn syrup and I spent most of my life addicted to diet coke.   It used to be a staple.   I'm doing better with it now.  I drink tea when I need the caffeine boost.

It's difficult resist diet talk when there is so much pressure to lose weigh, especially now.  This is when the diet companies get their repeat business.  It's been five years (and it doesn't seem that long) since I started the year on Weight watchers, Atkins, Carbohydrate addicts, Nutrisystem. Slim-fast or my own low calorie diet.    I still hear the talk.   I try to keep it quiet, but sometimes it just pops in my head.   I wanted people to know that if you also hear internal diet talk it is not uncommon.

I just remember how I felt both physically and emotionally when I dieted.  I always felt tired, achy, and desperate for my next meals.  That usually helps end the diet talk.

Here is some good food for thought from the Summer 2006 NAAFA Newsletter Resisting the Pressure to Diet by Marilyn Wann

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