Happy International No Diet Day!

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Hi Everyone,

Well, it’s already a day late, but I thought I would wish you all

a happy No Diet Day! Besides it’s No Diet Day for all of us all the time,

right? J

I sent out this email to my subscribers earlier today. I also offered a couple

of special deals if you are interested. I am not going to paste the whole email

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Enjoy!

For the last five years, I have been celebrating International No Diet Day, which is

today, Friday, May 6th. This day has been around since 1992 but has really

started to get noticed in recent years. While every day is No Diet Day for me

and others on the Intuitive Eating journey, it's fun to see all kinds of people

talking about it on blogs, in emails, and all over Twitter!

International No Diet Day is a day I am very excited about because it

celebrates the philosophy of Intuitive Eating. It's not about eating everything

you want or " cheating " on your diet. It's about giving up dieting,

eating foods you love, accepting yourself as you are right now, and living your

life now, instead of waiting until you reach a certain size or weight. You can

learn more about its origin at the Largesse

web site and on Wikipedia.

International No Diet Day, May 6, 2011

INDD is a day to:

Take a day off from whatever crazy diet plan you

are following and instead honor listening to, respecting and responding to

your body's unique hunger and satiety needs.

Celebrate the beauty and diversity of ALL our

natural sizes and shapes

Affirm everyBODY's right to health, fitness, and

emotional well-being

Declare a personal one-day moratorium on

diet/weight obsession

Learn the facts about weight-loss dieting,

health, and body size

Recognize how dieting perpetuates violence

against women

Honor the victims of eating disorders and

weight-loss surgery

Help end weight discrimination, sizism and

fatphobia

Wear your light blue ribbon and take the pledge:

That I will not diet for one day, on May 6,

International No Diet Day (INDD).

Instead of trying to change my body to fit

someone else's standards, I will accept myself just as I am.

I will feed myself if I'm hungry.

I will feel no shame or guilt about my size or

about eating.

I will think about whether dieting has improved

my health and well-being or not.

And I will try to do at least one thing I have

been putting off " until I lose weight " .

(Source: Largesse, the Network for Size Esteem)

Please let me know how you are celebrating! I would love to hear your

stories!

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM

Get your report, " The 6 Steps to Guilt-Fr*e Eating " at http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com

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