As long as I can remember, "leg stuff" as been a topic of conversation and controversy with my mom and me.
body
fat
After years of working to educate others about eating disorders and healthy body image, I realized there was something else I needed to do: acknowledge my privilege.
doctors
Is it the responsibility of doctors to watch their words to avoid upsetting patients? Or is their job simply to identify and communicate “facts” truthfully?
body issues
Since the age of 12, I had been taught to burrito myself in a beach towel at all swimsuit-wearing times or wear an oversized T-shirt to protect the delicate fat-phobic sensitivities of those around me.
body issues
Slowly, I began to feel uncomfortable eating junk around Nick. He would be slamming down protein shakes, growing bigger and stronger, while I remained small and soft and unsure of what to do with this vast difference in body type.
Kelsey Dimaria in
It Happened To Me,
body issues,
body image,
working out,
personal training,
healthy,
eating disorders
Jan 22, 2013 at 10:00am | 199 comments
food
According to my doctor, a person with a broken bone needs as many calories as a “very active” person during the healing process -– and, at least in my case, my body has responded with a deep and abiding hunger. Smart move, body.
feet
I don't wear flip-flops in mixed company for a reason.
yoga
If I try to stand with my toes and heels touching, then I can't lock my knees. I suspect it is because my bone structure has been altered by a lifetime of obesity.
body issues
“He touched me! Tell my mother to stop going to him! Tell her! He touched me!” I yelled to my father. And he sat there by my bed, hopeless and clueless, not wanting to believe anything had really happened, that my mother could really keep seeing a man that had harmed me in the most gruesome, unfathomable way.
binge eating disorder
I was a terrible bulimic. But it would take more than that to get me to stop trying.
bikinis
Weeks ago, the folks at Unique Vintage sent me this year's plus-size bikini. I had planned to wear it this weekend, imagining, in my crash diet mentality, that I would have dropped most of the 20 pounds I've gained since last year's bikini by then.
body issues
Did I ever tell you guys about the time I hooked up with a guy while wearing a fake butt?
adolescence
From fourth grade on, I looked like I was about 25 years old.
body image
"Look!" she says, innocently enough, "Your legs are like, twice as big as mine!" I never prop my legs up again, and from that one comment, I feel myself turning inward, trying to become smaller than I am.
body issues
Or you might as well learn to enjoy being fat sometimes since you're going to be anyway.
body issues
A mom -– a gorgeous, glamorous mother of two -- looks me up and down and says, “You got to eat ice cream every day.”
