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Living With Severe Body Fluctuations

I JUST wrote about body shaming and how it affects and is affected by chronic illness.  One of the main themes about having some of the ill…

Thyroid Issues

Over the last couple of months, I have suspected that my thyroid levels were out. I have been having mood swings and uncharacteristic irrit…

Weight Control

With illness, pain, fatigue, medications, and unpredictable symptoms, I (personally) rarely feel entirely in control of my weight.  I have …

The Lighter Side of: Weight Fluctuations

Weight can fluctuate for an entire list of reasons... Changes in eating habits Medication Hormonal Changes Illness Changes in activity…

Stepping Off the Scale

Although it is fairly normal to have a scale in the home, when you have diseases in the digestive system, ones that increase water weight, …

Trying Everything

I am not sure what's going on exactly, but my Crohn's is right ticked off. I have lost more weight, felt incredibly shaky and weak…

Obesity and Dismissal

Obesity and misdiagnoses, or worse, complete dismissal and condescension have been on the forefront of the news lately due to an obituary c…

Body-Positivity

Body shaming. We have seen it, we have heard it, we have done it. I think an individual body-shames his/herself every single day at some …