Is the size of your stomach a medical condition?
Teddey Hicks Teddey Hicks

Is the size of your stomach a medical condition?

Maybe your body is wise and helpful and supportive, and shifts in your shape mean something other than that you are a gluttonous maniac who can’t stop eating.

Maybe the shape of your body -- and the size of my stomach -- isn’t a medical condition, but an emotional condition. An emotional COMFORT, even! A shelter, a sanctuary…

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Will I Be Fat When I Die?
Teddey Hicks Teddey Hicks

Will I Be Fat When I Die?

This notecard is tacked beside the desk of a petite elderly woman who has just moved into assisted living. This woman is brilliant, had an impressive career, and lived an independent, wealthy, enviable life. When I saw the “127 Pounds” beside lists of books she wanted to read and pictures of places she’d visited and lists of goals she had for herself, it broke my heart a little bit.

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Why the Scale Will Always Derail You
Teddey Hicks Teddey Hicks

Why the Scale Will Always Derail You

If you are a die-hard scale devotee, I understand how important that ritual is to you right now. It helps you feel like you’re in control. You’re almost a little addicted to the drama of discovering today’s number. You can’t imagine going through a day without knowing the “truth” about what’s going on with your body. I completely get it, because I lived that way for years. The damage of weighing myself really crystallized for me one day about 8 years ago, and the impact was so dramatic that I haven’t been tempted to weigh myself since.

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But I have to lose weight for my health!
Teddey Hicks Teddey Hicks

But I have to lose weight for my health!

There’s a lot of evidence that losing weight and keeping it off isn’t possible for most people -- you really need look no further than your own experience, most likely. And each attempt to lose weight messes with your metabolism and appetite over the long term -- it’s not a benign act. Let’s talk about why focusing on weight loss derails you from your actual goals.

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