Fri, Dec-07-01, 18:27
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Plan: mostly paleo
Stats: //
BF:also don't care
Progress: 100%
Location: West Coast, USA
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sounds like you're a great ma! And it also sounds as if you're doing many of the right things.
Something I was told last year that really helped me is this: focus on what your body can DO, not on how it looks. To help that focus, I'd also take my daughters to women's sporting activities that are about performance (women's ice hockey, basketball, powerlifting, football, field hockey, soccer) and not equally about looks (as are gymnastics and figure skating). Have a university close by? The women's sporting events are sometimes free, even.
Also, maybe make a point to point out large and beautiful women on TV. Saying, "wow, isn't she gorgeous?" of a fat woman and meaning it can, I think, go some ways toward keeping that possibility open in young minds.
Have you ever read Reviving Ophelia -- a useful book to generate thinking and ideas for mothers of girls. Best of luck!
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