Last week, I told you guys that my book, Stop Dieting Now: 25 Reasons To Stop, 25 Ways To Heal is now available at online retailers in the U.S. and Canada (and now in the U.K.)!

I know! Yay!

So here’s where I need a bit of your help.  As you know, the popularity on the Interwebs is all about rankings and page views and links and all that.  And I know that most of you reading this right now are fans of Body Love Wellness, the blog, the podcast, and the work that we’re doing to revolutionize the way that people feel about their bodies.

How You Can Help With Just A Few Clicks:

• Add It To Your List — If you have a list of books in certain categories on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads or wherever, add it to your lists.
• Share The Link — Share Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads and other links on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.
• Write Reviews On Book Seller Web Sites — Even if you haven’t read the book yet, if you read the blog you have a good sense of my writing style, so feel free to comment and give lots of stars!
• Tag It — Agree with tags or add your own on bookseller web sites.
• Buy The Book — If you feel so inclined. :)
• Have Me Speak – If you have a book club or other group that you’d like me to talk to or do a reading for, shoot me an email!  Blog interviews are great too.

Where to find it:

• Goodreads
• Amazon US
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon UK
• Barnes & Noble
• More Of Me To Love
• AbeBooks
• IndieBound

Thanks, dudes!

And stay tuned for info on my upcoming book signing at Re/Dress NYC!

Happy Bastille Day!

This week in fatabulousness . . .

• Fat Bride Flickr Pool – A bevvy of fat and fabulous brides!  A great antidote to the must lose ___ pounds in order to get married b.s.
• Ding Dong Change4Life Is Dead — Britain’s anti-illiteracy anti-obesity campaign is being tossed.
• Losing Some Weight! – Tabayag shares the power of losing some weight (from your closet).
• Facebook Allows Hate Speech Against Fat People — HuffPo reports on this glaring reality.

And, I know I said I was going to pick only one commenter to this post, but I couldn’t.  So I picked 3.  Congrats to Chibi Jeebs, Kate D, And Amy T!  You each won a free Body Love Breakthrough Session with me!   Look for an email from me with scheduling info!

Thanks to everyone who commented.  If you’d still like a free session, click here to sign up for my newsletter, and you’ll get info on how to get your own Body Love Breakthrough Session.

I’m pleased to announce that my book, Stop Dieting Now: 25 Reasons To Stop, 25 Ways To Heal is now available at online retailers in the US, Canada, and the UK!

From an early age, our culture tells us that losing weight and dieting is the key to having it all.  Whether it’s better health, a better body, or a better lover, we all learn that dieting will get us what we want faster than anything else.

Though we all want this to be true, if you’re like most dieters, then you know that dieting does not equal happiness.  Not only that, dieting can result in lots of unintended effects, like weight gain, disordered eating, and low self esteem, just to name a few.

But there is a way out.  In this breakthrough book, I show you why diets don’t work and how you can break free from dieting patterns that are holding you back from happiness.

When you read Stop Dieting Now!, you will come away with breakthrough insights and practical actions that you can take immediately to change your relationship with food and your body.  Here are just a few things that you will learn from this book:

• Why you can’t stick to diets (hint: it’s not about willpower).
• Simple techniques for letting go of food-related guilt and shame.
• Why you always seem to gain back the weight you lose from dieting.
• How old diet rules and habits can negatively interfere with your food choices, long after you stop dieting.
• How to avoid passing on dieting behaviors to your kids.
• The dangers behind “weighting” to be thinner before you make changes in your life.
• Real tools that support you in making peace with your body.
• And so much more . . .

Where to buy:

• Goodreads (If you’re a member, please mark it as to-read!)
• Amazon US
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon UK
• Barnes & Noble
• AbeBooks
• IndieBound

Let me know when you get it!

And stay tuned for info on my upcoming book signing at Re/Dress NYC!

This week in ferocious fatness . . .

• “Second Verse, Same As the First; Fat Acceptance Is For Everyone” — Marianne explains why fat acceptance is for everyone, even thin people.
• “On Cure Evangelism” — Really interesting post by Feminists With Disabilities about “cure evangelism” that will definitely ring a bell for anyone who’s ever dieted (or been told that losing weight will cure whatever ails them).
• “Arm(istice)” — GirthfulGirl declares a truce with her arms.  Let’s hope they don’t take up arms against her!  (Heh, heh. Heh.)
• “Huge, Episode 1: Goonies never say die” — Reading Lesley’s recaps of fat-related shows is like watching those shows with your BFFF (Best Fat & Fabulous Friend).
• ” How to Heal From Emotional Eating: Insights & Advice” and “Notes on Body Image and Feeling Sexy At Any Size” — In case you missed them, Margarita from the Weightless Blog wrote fantastic (and thorough) recaps of my two recent teleclasses — How To Heal From Emotional Eating and How To Feel Sexy At Any Size.

Wrap it up.  I’ll take it.

• “The World Is Buzzing About Full Figure Fashion Week” — Nice round up by Daily Venus Diva of the amazing amount of well-deserved press that FFF Week got this year.  Kudos to Girthful Girl PR for her amazing work!
• “The Rhetoric Of The Real Woman” — Mo Pie at Big Fat Blog shares why using the term “real women” to describe plus size women is problematic.
• “Body Image Confession” — Margarita at the wonderful Weightless Blog talks frankly about her recent body image set back and shares tips she used to start approving of her body again.
• “WWWW III” — Check out how blogger Atchka organized a fatty guerilla attack on a fat hating facebook group!
• “Biggest Loser Finalist Says Show Gave Her An Eating Disorder” — Giving some love to Jezebel for reposting the second part of my 3 part series with Kai Hibbard.  And yes, this is probably where Perez Hilton found it so he could plagiarize it.