You were born with the instinct to take good care of yourself. You CAN reconnect with that and find joy in eating, moving, and inhabiting your body. Lindo writes extensively on these topics. Check out their books in particular. Below are a few selected articles that may be helpful for you. To find much more extensive writing on these topics, please also visit the topical Resources page.
Featured Writings
- Health at Every Size Book Introduction This will inspire you. You can live in a body you love and eating can be fun and effortless... much more fun and effective than dieting! Welcome to Health at Every Size.
- The HAES Manifesto The Health at Every Size Manifesto, reproduced from Linda's groundbreaking book. Summarizes hot topics and the need for a paradigm shift. A must-have for everyone's library.
- I Hurt Therefore I Eat-The Truth Behind Emotional Eating Too many of us have come to view food as a blanket for our emotions, numbing them as we turn to food to provide the love and comfort we crave. But food doesn't "fix" feelings. Learn how to best take care of yourself.
- Me . . . As I'm Meant to be? This heartfelt letter to a Washington Post journalist exposes the pain behind the drive to lose weight, and the hope and freedom that can come from dumping the diet mentality and trusting ourselves.
- Diets. Don't. Work. Body Trust Does. Diets. Don’t. Work. Even when we call them a “lifestyle change.” For so, so many reasons. Linda explains why.
- We're Wired to Maintain a Healthy Weight You can learn how to reset your weight regulation system and achieve your healthiest weight simply and enjoyably without thinking about calories or dieting.
- Cutting the Obesity Epidemic Down to Size This article will inspire you to dump the guilt and shame often associated with holiday eating, let go of those New Year's diet resolutions, and discover a much more effective - and effortless - way to manage your weight.
- Trust Your Body: Forget About Dieting Dieting is seductive, but it doesn't deliver on its promises. Learn why body trust is more successful.
- Body Respect Book Introduction (co-authored with Lucy Aphramor) The book Body Respect is changing the weight discourse and has galvanized the body positive movement. Learn how and why in this engaging introduction.
- Bacon, L. & Matz, J., Intuitive Eating for People with Diabetes: Enjoy your Food, Respect your Body The Health at Every Size approach for Diabetes Management is introduced, including tips for switching from a "diet" mentality to intuitive eating. Make food enjoyment your goal, not your fear.
Messages to Support Your Journey
- Moving On: From Weight to What Matters We lose out when we view life through a weight lens. It's not just misinformed, but damaging. Reconsider the evidence. Change your paradigm. Regain your self-trust and joy.
- A Message for People Who Have Lost Weight How are behaviors affect our weight is extremely individual, and whatever you did to lose weight may not be helpful for someone else. Learn how you can use your experience to help, not harm.
- A Message for People Who Have Diseases Blamed on Their Weight Many diseases get blamed on weight, with weight loss proposed as the solution. Here's another framing that will be much more helpful in healing.
- A Message for People Considering Their Next Diet Maintaining a weight that is healthy for your body can be effortless.
- Friends and Family: How You Can Best Support Me in Good Health A letter that asks friends and family to support and love you as you are not as they wish you were.
- Calorie Monitoring Calorie monitoring won't help you to lose weight - and it may just backfire. Letting go of the food rules is much more effective.
- A Message for People Considering Bariatric Surgery Combine the fact that bariatric surgery is among the highest-paying surgical specialties with the vulnerability of desperate patients, and it's just a setup for disaster.
- Weight Loss Treatments: Bariatric Surgery With more than 90 possible side effects including death, bariatric surgery is not the Holy Grail of weight loss. Learn what the "experts" aren't telling us. A must-read for people considering surgery.
- Weight Loss Treatments: Pharmaceuticals Weight loss supplements come with some pretty messy side effects and no long-term evidence of safety or efficacy. Read this before you invest (again).
Supportive Downloads
- Wallet-sized card: Surprising Truths about Weight Print this handy card to remind you of some surprising myths and truths about weight. A great present for the uninitiated!