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Choosing to LIVE08/24/11
Choosing To Live By: Joan Minnery In August 2010, I was tipping the scales at almost 300 pounds. My health was dangerously catapulting out of control and my self esteem was ...
read moreDating Disaster06/23/11
Dating Disaster By: Vicki H All right Ladies, I need all the advice I can get! I am just about ready to throw in the towel in my search for love. ...
read moreGetting Healthy.. from 355 lbs and down! By: Kandi I have been overweight since I was 2 years old. I didn’t realize I was different from other kids until I reached ...
read moreMirror Mirror on the Wall04/14/11
By: Pamela-anne It has taken me many years of tears, anger, frustration and self pity to finally get off the poor me trip. I have been through a lot of ...
read morePoem to an Anonymous Fat Girl04/13/11
By: Brian R. Stuart look at her; look at this woman; she is beautiful, but she doesn’t know; you can tell she doesn’t know; it’s in the way she ...
read moreThe story of Evie… Your Name: Yvonne Mickelson Life is too short to be miserable. That is my motto. I have been big my whole life. I have been knocked ...
read moreLearning to LOVE MYSELF as I AM02/24/11
By: Cathy I have always been chunky and a large build right from childhood. Strong, stocky, Scottish stock, that’s me. Nothing frail and delicate about me, that’s for sure! I ...
read moreRemembering Who I AM..02/15/11
By: Muma Ouch Hi, I am Muma Ouch I was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Being from Jamaica I was always very happy with my body. In Jamaica ...
read moreA Personal Road to Recovery02/10/11
By: Mesha Monge-Irizarry The Horrors of Weight & Body Image Expections: A Personal Road to Recovery Here goes my short recount. I am Proud & Plump mesha Monge-Irizarry, a ...
read moreYour Inner Critic01/31/11
By: Debbie Anderson I was at the Toronto Y a few Saturdays ago, attending a day called “Soulspa”, run by Judy Steed. One of our discussions was about our Inner ...
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