Makes Children and Adults as Fat as Pigs!

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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I Hate My Face

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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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Lose Weight? Maybe. Maybe Not.

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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Fat Free Children

I belong to an organization called the Association for Size & Health Diversity.
I applaud their efforts that promote positive, healthful choices for all people, regardless of size, age or differing abilities.

The Health At Every Size® (HAESSM) approach is an alternative to the
weight/size-based paradigm upon which much current public

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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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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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3 Words to Cope with Thanksgiving Stress

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Thanksgiving brings it’s own unique stresses.
whether you are cooking at home
or traveling as a guest.
Preparing for a feast with dozens of traditional dishes
and a houseful of guests requires major planning
and hours of work.
Being stuck in traffic for hours,
or delayed/overbooked flights is no

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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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