What Would Buddha Do About Dieting - "Buddha,
having emaciated himself for no reason in cruel self-abuse, realized...that
this was not the way to peace, or knowledge, or liberation....One who ruins
her body can never gain great awakening." Buddhacharita 12.17-99
Activewear
FootSmart - Men's/Women's knee highs, socks, shoes, and hosiery for foot and leg
health.
Greater Salt Lake - Plus size sport
and exercise clothing to size 3X.
Junonia -
Dedicated to the active lives of women size 14 and up.
Ocean Ray - Custom Wetsuits Fit to Your Specific Measurements.
Shore-Fit Sunwear - A
plus size swimwear
boutique with an extensive collection of swimsuits and sun fashions for
women sizes 8 to 32w.
Classes, Coaches, & Personal Trainers
The Big Mama Wellness Project - You want to be healthier and foster a healthier population? Stop obsessing about body weight and start focusing on health!
Dee Hakala's New Face of Fitness -
Get off the couch and into activity.
In Fitness and In Health - Empowering Women Through Exercise; Home of Plus-Size Exercise
Water Workout - Water
Workout instructional workshops, videos, cassettes, CDs, and books for
aquatic fitness.
Exercise Equipment
Northwest Kayaks - Carries
an XL kayak.
Ocean Ray - Custom wetsuits fit to your specific measurements.
Super Sized
Cycles - Comfortable bikes to get you riding again!
Bicycles, adult tricycles, and recumbents that support up to 550 pounds /
250 kilos.
Group Recreation
Potbelly Cycling
Association - Information and support for big bicyclists.
Hygiene
Body Glide -
Protection from skin chafing.
Bottom
Buddy - Toilet tissue holder for when it's hard to reach.
CareGiver Products -
Devices to allow a person independence. Great source for personal hygiene
products.
Publications & General Information
Bedercise - Some
great information for exercising on your bed. An excellent resource.
Health
At Every Size - First, do no harm! "Despite overwhelming
agreement on the failure of diets to promote lasting change and growing
evidence of potentially dangerous physical and psychological consequences,
weight-related research and intervention continue to focus on the promotion
of weight loss through dietary restriction."
Gettin' Active: Big Women Find Sports
They Enjoy - Compiled from articles by Radiance Magazine.
KAILO - Exceptional wellness initiative at Mercy Medical Center
in Iowa. Health for Every Body (HFEB) "We promote normal eating, pleasurable movement, positive body image, social
support, and tolerance for people of all shapes and sizes."
Largely Positive - Your
body esteem resource. "Because Self-Esteem Comes In All Sizes"
National
Institutes of Health Active At Any Size - Government page
advocating various exercises for large people.
Sumo Fan Club -
Big, healthy, athletic, and admired.
Videos
The ABC's of Eating Disorders - Documentary that includes information on compulsive overeating, anorexia,
and bulimia.
The Body Positive -
Educational materials, including a video, to help kids people adopt the
Health at Every Size philosophy. These materials are meant mostly for
educators, but the video is available to rent.
Kelly Bliss
- Healthy
Lifestyles at Any Size.
Empowering Women Through
Movement (Was: In Fitness In Health) - Rochelle Rice's exercise video
for woman of size.
Work Out With A Big Attitude - Full body exercise program for the
full figured woman. Includes cardio, body sculpting, toning, target abs. 36
min.
Weight Loss Surgery Articles
Obesity Surgery
Information Center - Comprehensive site with information on what
you should consider before taking this gut-altering step.
Suethsayings - The reality of obesity, weight loss
surgery and other things.
Suethsayings on that hideous 60 Minutes infomercial for
Weight Loss Surgery.
The "V" Surgery Information - From the absolutely
wonderful blog by Sue W, regarding this latest spin: "Otherwise,
from everything I can tell, it's the "same dog different fleas" as
the gastric pacer which not only interferes with digestion as much
as the gastric bypass but also has a set of co morbidities all its
own, some of which are NOT PRETTY and a track record of extremely
POOR weight loss." If you aren't a regular to this site, you
are cheating yourself of valuable, up-to-the date information that
can seriously impact your well-being.
Weight loss Surgery Ads Disguise Themselves - "An article
tries to disguise itself as written by a person who is 'concerned' about fat
prejudice and trying to 'find herself' but is basically, merely, a blatant
commercial for gastric bypass surgery.
