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  1.   bench press a bear. heck yeah! (via Body positive / Thintimate-XOXO)

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    bench press a bear. heck yeah! (via Body positive / Thintimate-XOXO)

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  2.   A lot of people ask me how I stay motivated and want to keep moving my body day in and day out? I tell them that enjoyable body movement has been a part of my life for a long time and I don’t ever want to stop because I changed the way I thought about “exercise.” You can make enjoyable body movement a long-term part of your life, too, keeping the motivation always, if you start by rethinking the whole game. (via More of Me to Love | 3 Steps to Making Enjoyable Body Movement a Part of Your Life Forever)

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    A lot of people ask me how I stay motivated and want to keep moving my body day in and day out? I tell them that enjoyable body movement has been a part of my life for a long time and I don’t ever want to stop because I changed the way I thought about “exercise.” You can make enjoyable body movement a long-term part of your life, too, keeping the motivation always, if you start by rethinking the whole game. (via More of Me to Love | 3 Steps to Making Enjoyable Body Movement a Part of Your Life Forever)

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    » How to Survive the Holidays From Lindley, with Love | Your Body is Perfect Just the Way It Is →

    If your holidays are more like the rest of us who aren’t fictional — you know, a mess — you’re going to love Golda Poretsky’s free teleclass HAES for the Holidays: How To Navigate Food, Family & Fatness Better This Holiday Season.

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    the HAES files: does the Health At Every Size® approach mean I’m giving up? | healthateverysizeblog →

    I have introduced the Health at Every Size (HAES™) approach to life to many people.  And over the years, I’ve seen a pattern emerge.  I’ve seen it on email lists, I’ve heard it in the locker room and all around me.  When I start describing the benefits of the HAES approach, people are initially excited.  The idea of freeing themselves from the bondage of ineffective diets and the pain of body hatred is very appealing.  But there comes a moment, somewhere down the line, where they quietly ask, “but doesn’t this mean I’m giving up?”