Another Year, Another Chance

It doesn’t take any special powers to
predict next week’s conversations:
Friends, family & co-workers will be complaining about
how much they over-ate, over-drank, over-spent this week!
Everyone will be moaning about
going on a diet, de-toxifying or joining a gym.
Hardly anyone will sound very enthusiastic
about their new resolutions…

It seems to me

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Dance as if Nobody is Watching

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I write and draw and tweet and blog about positive body image, size acceptance, self-esteem for women.
And I put on a pretty upbeat public face.

So obviously I must be this really self-confidant woman who just goes out into the world every day
with a big

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Describe Yourself

Describe Yourself

Curvaceous, Shapely, Ample.
Luxuriant, Generous, Opulent, Lush.

Prolific, Fleshy, Yielding.
Voluptuous, Bountiful, Copious, Soft.

Abundant, Supple, Rounded.
Magnificent, Sumptuous, Plentiful, Grand.

Wonderful.
Woman.

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“sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words will never hurt me”…

But of course words can hurt!
In fact they can hurt terribly, and the scars can last as

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Don’t wait until after the diet!

Be graceful.
Successful!

Have lovers.
Adventures!

Move mountains.
Change history!

Take action.
Make magic!

Don’t wait until after the diet!

I said it last week but I will say it again:
If you are holding back from living your best possible life
until after you lose 10 lbs, 20lbs. 100 lbs….

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What are You Waiting For?

Don’t Delay

Be graceful.
Successful.

Have lovers.
Adventures.

Move mountains.
Change history.

Take action.
Make magic.

Don’t wait until after the diet!
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“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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Too Busy to Get to The Gym

Daily Workout

Go to work.

Bring work home.
Run the house.
Raise the kids.

Cook and clean.

Shop and entertain.
Organize and supervise.

I am large and in charge!

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• The school year is coming up soon,
so I’ve been getting ready for my new classes.
• My garden is overflowing, so

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It's OK, you can relax!

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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True Love Story

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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Mixed Messages

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Ladies!

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

• Count Calories or Carbs or Points 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

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Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

• 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!

This week’s “sounds easy” hard-to-do idea:
Count blessings, not problems.
Remember that its OK to exaggerate some of the good things in

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