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Pledge for International No Diet Day

By Largesse | 1 May 2000 | Filed under No Diet Day


I Pledge: 

That I will not diet for one day, on May 6, International No Diet Day. 

Instead of trying to change my body to fit someone else's standards, I will accept myself just as I am.

I will feed myself if I'm hungry. I will feel no shame or guilt about my size or about eating. 

I will think about whether dieting has improved my health and well-being or not. 

And I will try to do at least one thing I have been putting off  'until I lose weight.' 

 

Signed, __________________________________________________ 

 

For a self-stick light-blue ribbon (the symbol of International No Diet Day) and pledge card, send $1.00 in U.S. funds and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Largesse, the Network for Size Esteem, P. O. Box 9404, New Haven CT 06524-0404 USA. 

Copyright 1996 Largesse, the Network for Size Esteem
http://www.eskimo.com/~largesse 
P. O. Box 9404, New Haven, CT 06534-0404 USA
Phone/Fax (203) 787-1624

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