Just Grow With It

When you share your Body Positive attitude with family, friends or strangers, you help them expand their ideas and opinions about size and weight. But, before you can share Body Positivity with others, you have to embrace the Body Positive mentality yourself! This week’s community tips and blogs bring you many ways to think about and act upon your personal Body Positive growth!

Featured Blogs

 - Size Who???

 - Au Unfortunate: Funeral Food Shame

 - A Matter of Size, Part 1

 - Size Positive Spotlight: Treme on HBO

 - Growing Your Own Veggies

 - Functional Fitness Training

Featured Weekly Tips

Size Diversity On Screen

IN MENTAL WELLNESS BY GOLDA

This week, while you're watching TV, try to notice which shows portray fatness in a positive or negative way and how that makes you feel. Ask yourself (or someone else) why ‘fat as normal’ seems to be so rare on TV, and what you, as a strong-willed, body positive person can do to promote size diversity in your environment.

Organic Food in Your Backyard

IN NUTRITION BY SARA

No matter your circumstances, growing some of your own food is rewarding, healthy and delicious, and I encourage you to try it this week. You’ll enjoy the benefits all Spring and Summer long! This week, prep your very own vegetable garden!

Functional Fitness

IN FITNESS BY SUE

This week, try to customize the stretches and exercises you work on during your Fitness Routine according to the kinds of activities you do during the week. Making your fitness routine functional will help you improve and strengthen the way your body performs on a daily basis.