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By: Poor Law student's Primal experiments. - Page 8 | Mark's Daily Apple Health and Fitness Forum page 8

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:43:42 +0000

[...] haven't read it before. I don't mean to be discouraging! I think you look awesome as you are now Visible Abs | Go Kaleo Primal blog on depression/anxiety Currently using the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for treating [...]

By: Lisa in Boston

Lisa in Boston — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:29:13 +0000

Hi Amber – thanks for this post. I am an eating disorders clinician, and a fat person, and I work with a lot of patients who are in constant distress because their bodies don’t look the way they are being told (by the media, and by corporations who want their money) they should look in order to be able to say that they are “healthy” or “fit”.

I try to help people think about what their bodies can DO, and how their bodies FEEL from the inside, rather than focusing on meeting whatever current visual goalpoasts are out there today. Because those visual goalpoasts get changed an awful lot!

It’s enormously helpful when people like you – people with highly valued genetic privileges – speak out. I’ll be sharing this vidoe with a lot of people. Thank you so much!

By: Middle age bellies, body acceptance, and menopause | Fit, Feminist, and (almost) Fifty

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:21 +0000

[...] What works for acceptance? Look at your body and the bodies of other women lovingly. Look at imagery of sexy women with larger bellies. (Belly dancing and burlesque for example.) Shift your focus from sexy young bodies to the bodies of those older than you. And for God’s sake, please give up on the goal of visible abs. Down that path leads misery. Watch Go Kaleo on visible abs. [...]

By: katherine

katherine — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:40:51 +0000

You HAD to say “genetics” din’t ya! I knew it!!! Grrr…. Been reading everything on here…. very thought-provoking and eye-opening.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:39:39 +0000

Thank you for the post. And thanks for saying the thing ladies with my body type (I) probably didn’t want to hear, but probably needed to hear. I watched this about an hour ago and it sort of messed me up. Being short-waisted and having genetics on both sides of my family that predispose me to gain weight in my middle are stacked against my desire for a flat stomach and visible abs. I have a straight body type when I am fit with apple tendencies when I am not. Even when I was in college and 15% body fat (healthy but super skinny growing up) I still had a tiny pooch under my belly button that wouldn’t go away. In every workout and weight battle I’ve had my middle has been the last great hurdle. Now, after two babies and being nearly 35 I struggle with my middle even more. I think I have some loose skin that will only disappear with a tummy tuck. I have done Crossfit, eating Paleo, and lifted heavy weights for a year and I still have a tummy. I have a great butt and muscular thighs and I’m stronger than I’ve ever been, but I still have way more of a tummy than I think I “should” have.

I really have to evaluate if visible abs are even…possible for me. Or if I should just see how flat my stomach can be and learn to dress to be comfortable (probably no bikinis). In one way this post has been freeing and in others disheartening. In one way I’m sort of easing up on myself, in another I’m sort of grieving. In some way I don’t want to accept it. In some ways I need to.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:30:40 +0000

It’s a very cool approach to fitness that you’re taking. It just seems so … wholesome. I dig it

By: Georgie Fear

Georgie Fear — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:24:23 +0000

Brava! I am with you Amber – no “ab” exercises, just good clean eating and all my abs are there. And it’s not all that hard for me. Well said!
Live healthy and happy, if abs come out great, if not, also great.

By: Barry Bliss

Barry Bliss — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:09:41 +0000

Male or female–truth is truth.
Good stuff, Amber.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:29:38 +0000

You are wonderful, and this message is just what I needed to hear. I focus on my health through exercise and food but while I have amazingly toned arms, legs, back and butt…abs are a whole other issue. I’ve been considering ‘depriving’ myself, but this is a kick in the right direction for me – health and relationships are the most important things in life.

By: Reader

Reader — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:38:25 +0000

P.s….I’m REALLy curious about your two exercise programs and would love love to ask you about those….maybe something to help me feel better about myself and gain “right”…