Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Size Acceptance 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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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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/02/fat-free-children.html/feed 14 LadyLand: Mock the Stars! http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/02/ladyland-mock-the-stars.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/02/ladyland-mock-the-stars.html#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:42:41 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6520 It was Friday and I was exhausted from the usual week of… well, you know, “lady stuff” like family and home and a job and relationships and etc.

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/2012/01/15-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 13 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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