More of Me to Love

About the Blogs

Welcome to the More of Me to Love blogs! Follow our experts as they discuss their tips and talk about nutrition, fitness and mental wellness. Admire voluptuous fat art in the Rubenesque Gallery. Read interviews with authors who write about big and beautiful heroines. Learn about the latest info and research on Health at Every Size, weight, loving your body and fat activism. Our blogs are also a great place to keep up with the sizable amount of news related to More of Me to Love and the Fat Community. And don’t forget to leave your own thoughts in the comments sections - we love hearing what you have to say!

Inspirations: Awesome Plus Size Women Gallery, Second Edition
by Patricia Morgado | May 17, 2013

Do you want to get inspired by wonderful plus size women? Take a look on this gallery!

Posted in: Your Fashion Your Way

This Self-Esteem Thing
by danceswithfat | May 16, 2013

I received quite a few questions about the meaning of “intrinsic self-esteem” after posting my last blog, so in this blog I go into more detail about the meanings of both intrinsic and extrensic self-esteem. I discuss an important example (from my own experience) to illustrate how these terms apply, and how important it is for each of us to separate the two types in our minds.

Posted in: Dances With Fat

The “Good Kind” Of Fat
by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. | May 16, 2013

Imposing so-called “body norms” of any kind does support healthy body image.

Posted in: Soul Food: Nourishing the Inner You

Midwest Meanderings
by Mary Stein | May 16, 2013

A bit of this and that in Size Acceptance this week.

Posted in: The Mid Section

Back Off My Fat Body
by danceswithfat | May 15, 2013

Do you ever just get fed up with the negative messages about fat bodies that are found everywhere we turn in our culture? Even worse, maybe, are the personal words of people in your life, who think they are helping you by expressing how concerned they are about how your fatness is affecting your health. I have plenty to say about this, and I’m not mincing words here.

Posted in: Dances With Fat

Suspension of Disbelief
by danceswithfat | May 15, 2013

Should we truly believe that dieting will work for us in the long term, if we just do it right? Does the evidence support that belief? Check out my answers, and the reasons behind them.

Posted in: Dances With Fat

What Do We Tell Our Girls?
by danceswithfat | May 13, 2013

It’s critically important to help young girls see themselves as the valuable, powerful human beings they truly ARE, regardless of whether or not they meet the current cultural stereotype of beauty.

Posted in: Dances With Fat

Fitness Injuries
by Sue Bary, Certified Health Coach | May 13, 2013

Fitness injuries are much easier to come about than you would think. Knowing about the types of injury that can happen will help you prevent or treat them!

Posted in: Fitness For All

I Screwed Up
by danceswithfat | May 13, 2013

Have you ever changed your behavior in an attempt to avoid the kind of criticism you may have received in the past? I found that this was true for me, with my last blog. This blog is an apology and a correction for that mistake. Although constructive criticism deserves to be heard, and is often helpful, I explain here how my fear of such criticism could have decreased the effectiveness of my message were it not for my wonderful pro-active readers.

Posted in: Dances With Fat