This week is a positive one so the Ad is actually for a SUPER cool product line called Foodspiration™ that a wonderful nutritionist just created!  Yvette Quantz, an awesome and talented nutritionist from Louisiana teamed up with her friend Stephanie to create a line of products called Foodspiration™!  You can find them HERE!  And the  [ Read More ]

Our Fed Up Celeb this week is Miss America 2008 and Fed Up Inc. Celebrity Board Member Kirsten Haglund.  Kirsten displays the strength and courage found in most people twice her age.  Kirsten courageously chose her Platform for the Miss America competition based on her own struggle and recovery from eating disorders.  And she didn’t  [ Read More ]

I often teach youth and adults about choosing the best exercise.  Sometimes the word exercise can seem negative.  I mean who wants to really get up and go “work out” if they can just relax all the time?  But exercising is an important part of a health plan to nourish your body and your mind.   [ Read More ]

Ever wonder why your nails don’t always look picture perfect?  The media always shows women with perfect nails.  Nicely manicured and polished.  No chips, smudges, short broken ones, hangnails, etc.  And most don’t even have acrylics (the tips they can put on your nail to lengthen and create a longer lasting manicure).  But the reality  [ Read More ]

I got a few emails over the past month from readers who say they love the “idea” of better body image, but it’s just too hard when they feel like crap.  One reader was like how can I love my body if my jeans won’t fit?  And I know I haven’t been healthy lately?  And  [ Read More ]

I enjoy reading US Weekly.  There I admit it!  I don’t think it’s a big deal but I live a media diet of moderation!  I am also reading Salman Rushdie’s book Haroun and the Sea of Stories.  In any case I always hate it in the back of US when they have all the dumb  [ Read More ]

I recently wrote about the film Miss Representation and was amazed to see they used a fact that seemed wrong in the movie.  They showed the fact that said 65% of women and girls have eating disorders.  I have been working in this field for several years now and felt like I was hit by  [ Read More ]

My blog this week is a secret that I have that keeps me happy and healthy.  I love to read.  I was watching something the other night and a woman gave a piece of advice to some young women.  She told them to stop watching so much tv and pick up a book.  Wow, sounds  [ Read More ]

Last night I went to a screening of Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s film Miss Representation.  For some reason I hadn’t been to a screening before last night and I deeply regretted that while I watched.  This documentary focuses on how women and girls are depicted in the media and what we can do to change it.  [ Read More ]

I have been working to create The No Body Bashing™ Club as a takeaway for students who complete the NBB Workshop.  And while I am working on creating unique content for students to discuss I realize I wanted to add more about improving body image.  An while doing so I realized one of my favorite  [ Read More ]