Redefining Obesity, the Blog!

Well...it's happening.  I have addressed my under-active thyroid, PTSD, major depression, inadequate coping skills, isolation, substance abuse, and compulsive eating...just to name a few. And as my mind has started becoming healthier so has my body. 

And now I'm a...

I am loving how this is growing right now and I love hearing from everyone!  The Redefining Obesity website is up and running, but unfortunately NOT showing up in search engine results yet.  Apparently, that takes a few months.  So, without further ado.......

As I started thinking more about how an addiction recovery model can HELP treat obesity, I also started wondering how insights into addiction recovery can inform what kind of thing can HURT binge-eaters. Et-Voila! Dry drunkeness!

What is a dry drunk, you ask? Basically...

I sit in my Drug & Alcohol group therapy on another Thursday morning.  I was in for abusing booze, not an uncommon phenomena in the Australian dominant culture, having decided that I no longer wanted to have such an unhealthy relationship with the substance.  Today fee...

Disease? Addiction? Allergy? Imbalance? Psychological Issue?

My philosophy has always been that an obese body is just a symptom of something larger (no pun intended!) going on.  For the next few posts I'm going to take an in-depth look at some of the possible contribut...

It's no secret that in Australia and the United States (my 2 countries of citizenship/expertise) obesity is highly stigmatised.  Rebecca Puhl from Yale Univeristy has written that weight discrimination rose 66% between 2001-2011 and is now on par with racial discrimin...

Now, I know I am not the only one that this bothers...

1. Journalist decides to write a piece on ___________(choose one: exercise, food packaging, smoking, heart disease, diabetes, sugar, big junk, employee productivity, evolution, the upcoming holiday I could go on a...