Comments on: Bullying, Body Shaming, and the Unbearable Powerlessness of Douchbaggery

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:13:28 +0000

You are amazing and truly speak to the hearts of real women! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:05:53 +0000

Thank you for posting this.

FYI, I landed on your page via the paleodrama tumblr. I’m glad I found your page before I got nauseated from the misogyny and closed the tab. I’m a man, and I wish everyone would read this. I will repost to my facebook.

Thanks again.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:12:43 +0000

Thank you so much for doing what you do! I really needed to hear this today. I am having major marital problems right now because of my weight. I am in the middle of my weight loss journey and doing very well but it doesn’t seem to be fast enough for him. I am so tired of feeling like I am nothing more than something to look at. I am worth more than that. So, I continue on my journey and continue being happy with what I’m doing. Your posts continue to inspire me. Thanks again.

By: Kris Wickman

Kris Wickman — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:36:42 +0000

I recently discovered your blog and FB page, and I am so pleased to come across it. I’ve been on my journey for 4 yrs, I’ve had great success, but have reached a point where I think my body is happy where it is, but my head won’t let it be. I’ve been working on Body Composition, changing it and while it’s a slow process, it’s the nutrition and my self talk that I struggle with the most. I refuse to restrict my nutrition to something unattainable as I feel it will lead me to failure in the long run. Yet my head tells me that the parts of me that most likely can’t be changed in a healthy way are not acceptable on me. Reading through your blog, photos and such has inspired me to work harder on accepting myself as I am. Embrace what can’t be changed and just be fit and healthy, which is truly what I want. I continue to feel like I’m unfinished when the reality is that I just need to accept my good fit healthy self, embrace it and focus on that. Thank you for throwing yourself out there, honestly and boldly, enduring the nasty people who attack you, for you are making a difference in others lives and their thinking.

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:33:54 +0000

Thanks Amber for writing the best blog post I have ever come across.

By: Tamarai

Tamarai — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:59:33 +0000

I realised this year that if I am to succeed in my efforts to reshape myself, I’ve got to forget what everyone thinks. I posted pictures of myself weighing in at 110kgs on my blog. No one laughed. No one was nasty. The interesting thing was that I was almost derailled by a blindside of criticism from one professional who was supposed to be helping me on my journey. What I realised was that my journey is my journey, not hers, not anyone else’s. What you have written makes a lot of sense and it resonates. Thank you.

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:34:22 +0000

Thank you Shaylene.

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:41:32 +0000

Why thank you, Alec!

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:41:10 +0000

Thank you Rob!

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:40:53 +0000

Thanks Debbie! I’m not surprised. It’s not like it’s new! Get some new material, people!