Fat Feminist Fitness Blog

In this blog I hope to track my adventures in fitness, food justice, gardening and body acceptance. I will do so with a critical eye--examining how anti-fat bias, economics, class, sexism, urban (suburban and rural) development deprives us of satisfying movement, and how health is collective and personal.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Does Weight Loss success have to equal a Bikini?

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See Clip On The Oprah Show, Oprah asks Kirstie Alley is success has to be a bikini? She says yes. In my opinion this is crazy especially ...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Why Kirstie Alley Fell Off the Wagon

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Tune in to The Oprah Show on 4/30/09 It was an eye-popping moment on The Oprah Show—Kirstie Alley in a bikini. Two and a half years later, s...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Beyoncé Dances to Stay Fit

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Beyoncé says: "I lost a lot of weight naturally, just from 12-hour rehearsals," she explained, attributing her recent weight loss...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Heidi Klum’s Model Diet Advice

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Heidi Klum ’s calls out the models on her show: "In many cases, the girls eat garbage - things like pancakes and waffles and a lot of j...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Lisad00 First 5K Results

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Here are my RACE RESULTS Overall: 479 out of 529Division: 27 of 31 Time: 00:52:03.194 I am now an athlete. I am a champion. I feel very empo...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Reading Rec: Learned Helplessness

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I thought that THIS POST from Escape from Obesity was really good. Go read, come back and discuss.

Tori Spelling: I'm Not Anorexic

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Too Busy to Eat Right"I'm so blessed to have as many jobs that I have, but I do agree that there needs to be some downtime," s...
Friday, April 10, 2009

It is Only a Choice if you have the Funds to Choose It

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According to Feministing a very important organization the New York Abortion Fund or NYAAF is going broke. NYAAF helps low income women pa...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

20 healthy foods that cost less than a buck

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Below is the list. Click Here for the detailed artcile. 1. Oats 2. Eggs 3. Kale 4. Potatoes 5. Apples 6. Nuts 7. Bananas 8. Garbanzo Beans ...

Halle Berry Call's Out Lying Celebs

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She says she doesn't buy into celebs who claim they never work out. "God bless them if they're telling the truth," she say...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Denise Richards is a Liar

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FitSugar has "diet tips" from the current crop of "Dancing with the Stars" stars, including Denise Richards. The advice ...
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Mandisa: 'Weight Jokes Make Me Feel Less Than a Human Being'

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Former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa Hundley opens up to ESSENCE.com about her amazing weight loss. One of the quotes that stood out ...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Kathy Ireland's Shocking Weight Gain (and Loss)

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"I was not making enough time to take care of me," says Ireland, 46, a mother of three kids ranging in age from 6 to 14 and CEO of...

Beware the perils of caffeine withdrawal

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Story Highlights Up to 90 percent of North Americans consume caffeine products every day About half will experience withdrawal syndrome if t...

Men tell Oprah why they beat the women they love

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Men tell Oprah why they beat the women they love This article provided insight in to the mind of the abuser. Yet, it didn't provide any ...
Friday, April 3, 2009

Economic or Financial Abuse

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Since we are talking about abuse. I want to bring our attention to Economic or financial abuse. What is economic or financial abuse of a spo...

Grapefruit and the Pill Don't Mix

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This is scary Apparently a woman might lose her leg due to a rare and nearly lethal combination of extreme dieting, chemical interaction, an...

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I'm one of the last food-justice bloggers to get to the Alice Waters Video on 60 Minutes. Its pissed some folks off--well, one particula...

"Cut"

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We've talked a bit about Chris Brown/Rhianna and domestic violence on this blog--mostly about the media coverage and how far we have to ...
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"More to Love" Casting to be done at Lane Bryant

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" More to Love" Casting to be done at Lane Bryant For anyone who is the size of the average american woman and looking to be expl...
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

I Didn't Know THAT!

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I like factoids, here's an interesting one: According to FitSugar one pound of muscle burns 50 calories per day and a pound of fat burn...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Star Jones "Still" Feels Like She Weighs 300 Pounds

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The 47-year-old is still sensitive of criticism about her decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery -- which helped her drop 160 pounds -- ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Kendra Wilkinson Starting Her Own Line of Stripper Poles

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"I'm coming out with my own stripper pole. Stripper pole, and stripper pole workout," The Girls Next Door star, 23, told Usmag...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

New Dating Show Mixes Elements Of Bachelor, Biggest Loser

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"For six years it's been skinny-minis and good-looking bachelors, and that's not what the dating world looks like," Fox pr...

Is the Mainstream Media Catching On?

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The LA Times had an interesting, if introductory piece, about how the high costs of fresh, healthy foods and the low-costs of high-calorie ...
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