Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Size Acceptance http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 15 Minutes to Myself http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:23:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6493 I often find myself dreaming of the perfect, simple, quiet, beautiful life free of drama and stress… It involves long, unbroken stretches of quiet time where I can write and draw and paint and garden. In this dream world, I take long walks in picturesque and unspoiled countryside. I am in great physical condition from

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html/feed 8 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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html/feed 2 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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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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/perfect-beach-bodies-and-seashells.html/feed 3 10 Ways to Compliment a Woman, without mentioning her looks http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:30:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5352 I confess. I secretly love it when someone compliments a new haircut or admires my outfit. But what really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside is when I get praise for something other than my appearance. Notice my garden, ask me about my writing, compliment my children or my home, praise my drawing

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html/feed 12 Lesson from the Garden: Beauty Grows in Endless Forms http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/lesson-from-the-garden-beauty-grows-in-endless-forms.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/lesson-from-the-garden-beauty-grows-in-endless-forms.html#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:48:22 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5329 Take a walk through a garden nursery, or flip through a seed catalog, and you might become overwhelmed with the variety of sizes, shapes, colors and forms. Huge, thick-stalked sunflowers, tiny clusters of delicate forget-me-nots, the adorable faces of pansies, lilies in every color of the rainbow. Flowers that love cool, damp shady locations, and flowers that thrive in

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/lesson-from-the-garden-beauty-grows-in-endless-forms.html/feed 4 Serenity: I am at Peace with Myself http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/serenity-i-am-at-peace-with-myself.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/serenity-i-am-at-peace-with-myself.html#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:58:51 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5273 Serenity: I am at peace with myself.

“I am at peace with myself” is a very gentle, yet powerful affirmation, for creating positive body image and self-esteem. It allows for change, but it doesn’t require reaching personal goals right this very minute.

It doesn’t focus on what should be, could be, ought to

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Summer Pleasures

Swimming…

Riding a bike…

Picnics and hikes…

The backyard and the beach…

Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…

No bikini required!

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

Finally, it’s summertime! Picnics, parks, gardens, pools, lakes, the ocean, bike rides, hiking, hammocks, flip-flops, BBQs and cook outs, farmer’s markets, long days, warm nights, fireflies, butterflies… so

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/06/too-fat-for-summer.html/feed 9 An Hourglass Figure http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/an-hourglass-figure.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/an-hourglass-figure.html#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:13:22 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=4228 This is Lillian Russell in 1905, actress, singer, and great American beauty.

Even in a tightly bound corset, this be-jeweled and be-feathered darling of the stage might not make it past her first audition today, simply because she does not have the type of body that is currently in fashion. And yet, at the

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/an-hourglass-figure.html/feed 12 We Are Who We Are! http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/03/we-are-who-we-are-2.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/03/we-are-who-we-are-2.html#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:10:50 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=3968 Metabolism

Some eat more and remain small.

Some eat less and remain large.

We are who we are.

Simple truth: Women’s bodies come in an infinite variety of shapes and sizes.

The truth is that some bodies are programmed to be curvy and full, and will remain so, even with a healthful diet and regular exercise. The truth

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