Fighting Weight Obsession: Good Girls Don't Get Fat

http://www.goodgirlsdontgetfat.com

Body image expert, Dr. Robyn Silvermans Weight Obsession Video for Good Girls Dont get Fat: How Weight Obsession is Messing Up Our Girls & How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It

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[DrRobynSilverman]

Thanks, Guloninae, so glad you liked the video! I have the words written in a blog post on my website for October 12, 2010. It's not allowing me to post the link here but it's entitled Fighting-weight-obsession: The-video-and-the-words (Good-Girls-Don't-Get-Fat-by-D­r-Robyn-Silverman/ I also linked to it today, February 21, 2011, at the very bottom of my post called "14 Signs Your Child or Teen May Have an Eating Disorder". Enjoy!

[DrRobynSilverman]

Thank you, ClythiaMystica. I hope you are getting the help you need so you can gain control and power over your life and kick weight obsession to the curb. There are great resources out there. Many are listed in my book, Good Girls Don't Get Fat. I wish you the best of luck and healthiest of lives.

[DrRobynSilverman]

I'm glad it has helped you, MoonCrystalPower19. Stay strong and reach out for help. There is help out there for you.

Thank you Mamachay18. That means a great deal! I love hearing that the video is being used to help students in various parts of the world! Go you!...for being such a great teacher.

I thank you all for your comments and look forward to hearing more!

[DrRobynSilverman]

Thank you so much for your comments so far. I'm so touched that the video and the book, Good Girls Don't Get Fat, is encouraging conversation on the topic of body image. Thrilled the message is getting out there so that we can do something about this! Can't wait to hear what you think of the book.

Sarah, and anyone else who is suffering from an eating disorder, you can call the National Eating Disorders Association's toll free, Helpline Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, PST 1-800-931-2237

[Valeria Condrea]

now can anyone explain why do i have this cellulitis all over my legs, why do i have this big belly? and why the hell am i so... hairy? :D I'm not kidding at all.. i just don't understand, it's so ugly..the video is well done, but it doesn't help...it's the hollywood dolls maker that should make the difference... we keep seeing all those perfect looking actresses at 40, still in good shape...what can WE do? we don't have the money and the time to be that way so all that's left is to...feel bad..

[Valeria Condrea]

then there's another problem... i inherited a bad skin from my mother, cellulitis.... i'm 20, i've been eating VERY HEALTHY all my life, i don't remember when was the last time i ate chips, everything that's welcomed by my body is homemade :)... mother would throw away any food like "mayonnaise, ketchup, soda".. i drink only HOMEMADE juice, milk and water... anyway, you can basically understand i got a pretty healthy way of life......

[Valeria Condrea]

also, you just can't enjoy living life when you look in the mirror at your belly...and you KNOW you don't have time to do some exercises... me, thank god, I'm 20 and I'm not fat...but i just DON'T KNOW what to do to my belly, a few years ago i had [in tears when remembering those times :)] very flat abs, my friends were kinda jealous.... i wasn't doing any sport, it was natural... then it became like a ball... and went to the doctor - everything's fine...

[Valeria Condrea]

yeah... it's easy to say...but me, for ex, i just watched a nina dobrev video and saw comments like "wow, not many girls are like her... she's so beautiful"... blablabla, and I admire her a lot too.... it's logical, when you see a video of an actress that people adore, you'd like to be that way too.... everyone needs compliments... just, to feel good.... and when you don't get them, when you even see others getting it and you not.... it's just horrible...

[Roronoa Zoro]

Wow that was awesome, I'm a guy, I'm not fat, but I'm getting super fed up with this media nonsense, when I see fat I see "Hey look, calories for when you need em!" my gf feels so bad all the time cause she's a little overweight and I hate it, she's amazing, it just makes me mad =(

[Cora Hill]

This is great! While I have never suffered from an eating disorder, I have a few friends who used to. I seriously wish those stupid BMI charts and stuff like that would just go away. There is no ideal weigtht. Many girls are a little heavier naturally, and look GREAT that way. I just wish they would see that. Thank you so much for posting! :D

[guloninae]

I really liked this video, but the words go by WAY TOO FAST. Would be great if the uploader could slow it down so that it's not so busy and viewers can actually read the great words in it.

[ClythiaMystica]

this video is excellent, i can relate so much (bulimic for 2 years)