When You Eat Really Does Count Towards Weight Loss
It’s not a myth: When you eat can contribute to your weight loss goals. It’s no longer just about portions, sugar and macronutrients. Timing is important. […]
High Belly Fat Plus Low Muscle Tone Can Cause Early Death
Your chances of dying early are greatly increased if you have both excess belly fat and untrained flaccid muscles. […]
What Is the REAL “Dad Bod”? It’s the Buff Fit One
Shouldn’t a “dad bod” be the buff one rather than the soft paunchy one? After all, men who do more screen time than kid time are more likely to have that dad bod. [...]
Body Composition Fat Can Accelerate Brain Aging
How your excess body fat is distributed can speed up brain aging. Weight loss isn’t always about looks; it should be about keeping your brain young and vital. […]
Can Being Thin Ever Cause Heart Attack or Disease?
So many heart disease victims are thin; but is this because so many variables can damage the heart, or is underweight a risk just like obesity is? […]
Diets Don’t Work, Says Never Overweight Influencer
Show me a weight loss diet that results in regain of lost weight while the person continues sticking to the diet. […]
Bodies Don’t Change; Eating and Exercise Habits Do
“Bodies change” is a popular excuse for adopting eating habits that lead to obesity and avoiding or stopping exercise which contributes to excess weight. […]
Skinny Fat Body vs. Dad Bod: Is There a Difference?
The terms “dad bod” and “skinny fat” have been used to refer to a particular kind of physique in men – though skinny fat can also be applied to women. […]
Identification and Correction of “Skinny Fat” Bodies
The term “skinny fat” has gained traction to describe a body composition where one appears trim but with a higher percentage of body fat. […]
Can We Judge a Woman’s Health if Her Waist Is Tiny?
If it’s wrong to judge a woman’s health if she’s big, why’s it okay to assume a woman is malnourished and eating disordered if her waist is small? […]
Why Tons of Pushing Your Baby in a Stroller Won’t Melt Fat
A morbidly obese woman couldn’t understand why she got fat despite pushing her baby “tons and tons” in a stroller. […]
Is a Man too Thin if He Weighs 150 and Is 6’2?
A man who’s 6’2 and weighs 150 may appear “too skinny,” but does this mean he’s too thin to be healthy and fit? […]
How Moms with Eating Disorders Can Protect Daughters from the Illness
There are specific ways that women with anorexia nervosa can help protect their daughters from developing this eating disorder. […]
Knowing Calorie Burn of Activities Won’t Cause Weight Loss
It’s okay to want to lose excess fat, but think again if you believe that tracking the calorie burn of all your daily activities will help you lose weight. Do you often refer to “calories [...]
Can Certain Foods Really Flatten Your Stomach and How?
Have you been hearing about “flat belly foods” lately? Can certain kinds of food really help flatten out the pudge in your stomach? […]
If Obesity Causes Hypertension Why Do Thin People Get It?
Obesity advocates defend their stance by pointing out they have low blood pressure while many thin people have high blood pressure. […]
12 Amazing Facts About Your Body Fat Including Too Much
Here are 12 facts you should know about your body fat. These facts are particularly important to those with obesity, especially morbid. No matter how "positive" you may feel about your "today" body, this will [...]
Does Yo-Yo Dieting Damage a Woman’s Heart Health?
What yo-yo dieting may do to a woman’s heart health should be incentive to stop this “weight cycling” and fight very hard to permanently maintain a healthy body weight. Yo-yo dieting, also called weight cycling, [...]
Trim & Toned vs. Obesity: Getting Your Motivation
“Fit Mom” Maria Kang apologizes for promoting an “unnatural body standard,” yet if anything’s unnatural, it’s obesity, and this IS being promoted by many body positive influencers. The human body was not meant to carry [...]
Do Daily Weigh-Ins Mean Poor Body Image & Toxic Diet Culture?
Body image influencers want you to believe that daily weigh-ins mean poor body confidence, no self-love and toxic diet culture. They are wrong. […]
Should Plus Size Women Feel Pressure to Wear a Bikini?
Are you plus size and feeling pressure to wear a bikini or other "daring" clothes due to the body positivity movement? Have influencers convinced you that this is the only way to show the world [...]
10 Things You’d Never Think Would Sabotage Weight Loss Efforts
Have you been struggling to lose weight but it just won’t come off? There are reasons for this – explanations you’d never even think could be responsible. […]
10 Gym Things You’re Doing to Lose Belly Fat that Won’t Work
If you’ve been unable to lose your belly fat, check this list of 10 useless things many people do to shrink their gut but will never work. […]
Varicose Veins vs. Bodybuilder’s Veins: Differences & Dangers
Is there a difference between the bulging veins of a bodybuilder and varicose veins? Though varicose veins mean there’s a problem with the vessels’ valves, does the vascularity of a bodybuilder point to anything amiss? [...]
Thin Upper Body, Fat Lower Body: Cardio or Weights?
If you have a thin upper body but a plump or fat lower body, you need to know which works better for busting fat: cardio or strength training? The issue of having a skinny upper [...]
The Link Between “Skinny Fat” and Breast Cancer
It’s now been shown that being “skinny fat” puts a woman at a higher risk of invasive breast cancer. This in part explains why “thin” women can get just as sick as full figured women. [...]
Why It’s OK for Plus Size Women to Want a Slim Body
If you’re plus size and want a slim body, there's nothing wrong with this. It's a myth that the only road to fat loss is to starve or develop an eating disorder. Now before I [...]
Why the Word “Fat” is Nothing to Be Body Positive About
Fat SHOULD be something to fear -- when there's too much of it in your body. This isn't phobia. It's medicine. It's facts. Do not be "Factphobic." Plus size women who campaign for body positivity [...]
Thin Woman: Small Bones vs. Fast Metabolism vs. Diet, Exercise
Just what exactly makes a woman skinny? Some say small bones, particularly the thin woman herself, while others would argue it has everything to do with calories in vs. calories out. Calories in vs. Calories [...]
What Is “Skinny Fat” and How to Identify and Correct It
"Skinny Fat" isn't a fad name that's caught on wildfire for nothing. Skinny-fat is actually a state of health -- a poor state of health that afflicts both women and men. When body positive obese [...]
Can a Thin Woman Be Big Boned or Is She Always Small Boned ?
Does the size of a woman’s bones have anything to do with whether she’s “scary skinny,” fashionably trim or overweight? Do small bones always mean thin body? Actress Tara Reid, whom many think is scary [...]
When Ribs Showing Above Breasts Mean You’re Healthy
The eating-disorders police have branded visible ribs above the breasts a sign of an eating disorder, but nowhere in medical literature does it state that this is a tell-tale sign of anorexia nervosa or bulimia [...]
Is it Unhealthy if a Woman’s Hip Bones Show?
A woman does not have an eating disorder just because her hip bones show; visible bones should not be the gold standard for malnourishment. Though the hip bones on all women with anorexia nervosa are [...]
Is a Low Body Fat Percentage the Same As Thin or Skinny?
Just what does “low body fat” mean, if there’s a such thing as “skinny fat,” and is a person with low body fat necessarily what we’d consider as thin or skinny? […]
Can A Woman with Prominent Collarbones Be Healthy?
Prominent clavicles are beautiful and in many women indicate a healthy body fat percentage, not an eating disorder! I was inspired to write this article (finally) after seeing quite a few episodes of “The Golden [...]
Can Cardio Exercise Make You Too Thin?
Never mind elite marathon runners, cardio exercise will NOT make you too thin. The question has come up by fitness enthusiasts if a lot of cardio exercise can make a person too thin. I’m a [...]
A Woman’s Ribs Showing Doesn’t Mean She’s Too Thin!
Here is why you shouldn’t assume a woman is unhealthy or too skinny just because her ribs show. Many women have ribs that show. Some are undernourished, weak and unhealthy, while others can deadlift 250 [...]