2012: Live a Large Life!

In 2012:
Live a large life,
whatever
size you wear!

The interwebs are full of good ideas for New Year’s Resolutions
(and lots of reasons why they fail!)
so I’ll just give you one simple sentence to start the New Year off on a positive note:
I live a large life whatever size I wear!

2011 New Year’s

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Holiday Lessons

I have a terrible head cold and all I can do is think of tissues and sleeping…
not very inspiring!
So this weekend’s post is one from the archives,
about the media messages surrounding the holidays and our bodies,
and what lessons there are to be learned from those messages.
http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/12/holiday-and-everyday-lessons.html

Smiles!
elizabeth

Rock Your Dreams!

I never let my size
determine the shape
of my dreams!

Go get a piece of paper.
Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you were a kid.
Yes, even rockstar!

Get another piece of paper.
Make a list of every single thing that you would love to be now, as

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Ate Like a Pig. Feel Like a Whale.

I ate like a pig.
Now I feel like a whale.
Or maybe a hippo,
or an elephant or a blubbery walrus.
I am a disgusting, worthless big fat ugly cow…

A “food hangover” is a very real
physical feeling:
Your belly is bloated and your clothes feel
uncomfortably tight around the waist.
Maybe you are also gassy,

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I am a Real Woman (and so are you!)

I just Googled “real woman”
and got over 4,000,000 results.

Sometimes “real woman” is a scientific description of chromosomes and hormonal levels,
sometimes it refers to religious or cultural ideas about how women should behave,
sometimes its about being trans-gender.
But more often than not the term “real woman”
is a reference to a women whose
body

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Holiday Insanity, 2011!

The 3rd Annual Lady Land Holiday Insanity illustration is here!

The holidays can be an enormously stressful
time of year.

There’s pressure to spend money you may not have,
pressure to shop for gifts out of obligation rather than need,
and the added pressure to bake, decorate and entertain around your already busy life.

And

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Guest Post: Talk to Me, Girlfriend

Girlfriends keep us sane!
A good girlfriend allows us to
laugh, cry or complain without judgment.
We confess our problems and ask for advice,
share hysterically silly moments
and keep each other going in an often hard world.

My guest post at Girlfriendology.com
(where I’ve recently been given the title of “body image guru”!)
is all about

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Weekend in Vermont

I recently spent a 4-day weekend with my girlfriends in a tiny town in Vermont.
We walked in the gloriously green landscape,
adoring the quaint architecture, big red barns,
and the blissfully quiet atmosphere.
We went to a farmer’s market
and an arts & crafts fair,
stopped into cute little boutiques
to admire one-of-a-kind things,
and shopped at

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“Girl Talk”

Girl Talk

Imagine the day when we laugh with our friends…
And never once,
not once,
mention diets !

©elizabeth patch, More to Love

I’m so fat.
I hate my thighs.
I really shouldn’t eat this.
I need to lose some weight.
I need to get some exercise.
How many calories are in this?
Diet, diet, diet,
blah, blah, blah…

Many of us have

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Perfect Beach Bodies and Seashells

mother and baby on the beach

Two things I love about going to the beach are
finding seashells and watching people.

A perfectly flawless shell is a rare discovery,
but the shells that are tossed and worn by the tides
are far more interesting in their unique individuality,
because of the imperfections.

The variety of people

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