Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Body Image http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sun, 20 May 2012 20:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Makes Children and Adults as Fat as Pigs! http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/05/makes-children-and-adults-as-fat-as-pigs.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/05/makes-children-and-adults-as-fat-as-pigs.html#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 21:23:19 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6844 Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic, on the market for over 20 years, brags that it sold “1 1/2 million bottles last year.”

“Last year” was 1879.

I found this image in a book “Advertising in America, the First 200 Years” published in 1990 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

The book states that this image is “typical patent

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It sounded like an easy weekend task to clean out my over-stuffed closet, jammed full of things I rarely wear. A “style” magazine suggested setting aside a day and trying on all of your clothes. As you try them on, just make 2 piles based on your gut reaction: 1. love

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© elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

How many times have you had (or overheard) this conversation: “I hate my hips, my boobs, my thighs, my butt” ? I’ve lost count… May women (regardless of size) fight an almost daily battle to learn to live in our bodies with confidence and positive attitude.

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Healthy Attitude

Lose weight? Maybe. Maybe Not.

I exercise for strength, for health, for  fun, for me!

© elizabeth patch, from More to Love

Do you think of exercise only for the purpose of weight loss?

Is the joy of walking through a park in springtime measured by how many calories you burn?

Does the feeling of power you get when

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So I thought I would have some “girly down time” with a glass of wine and a fashion magazine. But as I flipped through

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/02/ladyland-mock-the-stars.html/feed 6 2012: Live a Large Life! http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:24:47 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6438 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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Smiles! elizabeth

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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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/rock-your-dreams.html/feed 5 Ate Like a Pig. Feel Like a Whale. http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/ate-like-a-pig-feel-like-a-whale.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/ate-like-a-pig-feel-like-a-whale.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:28:35 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6232 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 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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