Or does it make us want to be thin? Is Vanity a good thing, ever? We want to love ourselves, but can loving too much become an unhealthy obsession? As a Brit, I still value humility, remembering how the phrase “self praise is no praise” got hurled at you if you commented on your ownContinue reading “Does vanity keep us thin?”
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Do you hate your body?
If you look at my photo albums you may wonder if I was in The Witness Protection program. Very few photos of me remain. For most of my life there is little evidence that I existed. For decades I either hated my body or believed it needed a tweak. Why keep photos of imperfection IContinue reading “Do you hate your body?”
“I did it, yes I am a winner, I lost the weight”
Whenever I lost weight (Before ‘Dieter in Recovery’ days) I begged for people to notice my weight loss. I shouted it out. The accolades over my accomplishment had to be noticed? I had done it, become a super dieter and today in our thin obsessed world that warrants a drum roll. Or does it? ForContinue reading ““I did it, yes I am a winner, I lost the weight””