Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Sketchbook » Inspiration http://elizabethpatch.com positive art for the plus size majority! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 What are You Waiting For? http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/09/what-are-you-waiting-for.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/09/what-are-you-waiting-for.html#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:57:18 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=2565 Don’t Delay

Be graceful. Successful.

Have lovers. Adventures.

Move mountains. Change history.

Take action. Make magic.

Don’t wait until after the diet! More to Love © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved.

“As soon as this diet is over, I’ll treat myself to new clothes, hair, make-up, the works!”

“Once I lose this weight, I’m going on a tropical vacation, or maybe Europe!

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How many of you spend every single day rushing around trying to get everything finished? The housework, the yardwork, the shopping, the cooking, the organizing, plus if you have children or pets… all the extra work that goes into caring for them! And some of you might even have to take work home

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Priorities

I use my time,

I spend my money,

I focus my energy

on more important things than diets.

excerpt from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

We all need to take in account the limits of time, money and energy.

No matter how much you try to cram into one day, we all get the

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Love Story

Love knows all sizes.

from More to Love, written and illustrated by Elizabeth Patch

Oh romance!

It is so much fun to get swept up in stories filled with passion and drama, gowns and glamour, star-crossed destiny and tragic desire…

Since childhood we’ve learned from fairy tales that the most beautiful Princess wins the heart

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Ladies!

Its time to panic about getting into all those revealing summer clothes!

Let’s Count Calories and/or Carbs and/or Points and/or Something! Work on Those Abs! Just 30 Minutes a Day! Banish Cellulite!

And while you are at it: Why Aren’t Your Children Perfect? Your House is So Cluttered and

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The Shine List

Loving Family Fabulous Friends Cozy Home Challenging Career Robust Health Natural Beauty Brilliant Intellect Dazzling Charm Sparkling Humor Slender, girlish figure

9 out of 10 ain’t bad!

We all have a “sh*t list”… Have you ever made a “shine list”?

This week’s “sounds easy” hard-to-do idea: Count blessings,

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from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

“A woman can never be too rich or too thin”. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Is that so?

Maybe this famous line is just another cheeky witticism from a member

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I never let my size

determine the shape of my dreams!

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Go get a piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you grew up.

( Yes, even rockstar! )

Get another piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing

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Determined

Inspired

Empowered

Whatever your life path, whatever your dreams, whatever your goals: focusing, practicing, failing, repeating seems to be the only way to achieve them.

So whatever your size, whatever your shape, your age, your income, or your position in life: Defy all stereotypes and remain focused.

You just might become the woman of your dreams!

This illustration is for

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I believe that you can be happy and healthy at every size.

It may take some practice convincing yourself this, especially if you’ve ever suffered an eating disorder or been on the roller-coaster of yo-yo dieting.

But I also believe that you can do everything at

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