ma66ie92 submitted: April 2013 vs. January 2016 Before:...

ma66ie92 submitted:

April 2013 vs. January 2016

Before: 165+ 
After: 150-152 lbs
Height: 5'5"

A lot of reading and a lot of writing and a lot of healthy body acceptance. I didn’t really lose a significant amount of weight until I let go of the obsession of getting into the “healthy weight” i.e. BMI < 25 category. (I’m still technically not at this healthy weight :) 

For years I have let go of a cardio obsession as well, so I have learned to love calisthenics and weight lifting exercise enough to fit them into my regular routine. Recommend “The Fat Trap” by Tara Parker Pope, Fat Chance by Dr. Lustig/the youtube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” and Yoni Freedhoff’s book the Diet Fix.

Wholehearted believer in Health at Every Size (HAES) movement because it promotes healthy eating and exercise rather than often unrealistic target goals (and it’s quite true that larger people can be healthier than people in the “thin” category if they are exercising and eating healthy – and it’s about health!). I cite the peer-reviewed Nutrition Journal (http://ift.tt/1PPrj6C) to conclude: 

Several clinical trials comparing HAES to conventional obesity treatment have been conducted. Some investigations were conducted before the name “Health at Every Size” came into common usage; these earlier studies typically used the terms “non-diet” or “intuitive eating” and included an explicit focus on size acceptance (as opposed to weight loss or weight maintenance). A Pub Med search for “Health at Every Size” or “intuitive eating” or “non-diet” or “nondiet” revealed 57 publications. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were vetted from these publications, and additional RCTs were vetted from their references. Only studies with an explicit focus on size acceptance were included… 

Evidence from these six RCTs indicates that a HAES approach is associated with statistically and clinically relevant improvements in physiological measures (e.g. blood pressure, blood lipids), health behaviors (e.g. physical activity, eating disorder pathology) and psychosocial outcomes (e.g, mood, self-esteem, body image) [11–20].

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