Action Item: Profile Picture

Please participate by changing your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures to an image such as one of those below, or another image that represents something that makes you feel good about and in your body.

Not sure what to post? How about the HAES® image created by Amanda of FatWaitress.com specifically for the New Year’s Revolution event:




By special request, we had added this image created by Pattie of fattypatties.com for this website:

Action Item: Facebook Status

Please post one of the following messages, or something similar, on January 1 to explain your new profile picture. Consider reposting the message throughout the month of January so that it continues to capture attention.

• I'm starting a New Year's Revolution. I've changed my profile pic to an image that inspires me to love my body and seek out Health at Every Size®, and I'm participating in the New Year's ReVolutions. Visit HAES® Inspirations for ideas. New Year's Resolutions are so often about body hate and not being good enough just as we are. Join me and spread body love, acceptance, and liberation! Change your profile pic to an image of something that makes you feel good in your own skin, and repost this message to encourage others to do the same.

• I'm part of a New Year's Revolution. I've changed my profile pic to an image that inspires me to love my body and seek out Health at Every Size®. Change your profile pic to an image of something that makes you feel good in your own skin, and re-post this message to encourage others to do the same. For extra credit, take action to reinforce body love TODAY. Visit HAES® Inspirations for ideas to get you started!

• We're creating a New Year's Revolution! My profile pic is an image that reminds me to love my body and screen out negative messages this month that tell me otherwise. Let's not let the diet industry tell us how we feel about our bodies, our beauty, and our worth. Instead of New Year's Resolutions this year, what is your New Year's REVOLUTION? Join the New Year's Revolution and visit HAES® Inspiration!

Action Item: Twitter Posts / #HAES® Hashtag

Please post about the New Year’s Revolution on January 1, and use the hashtag #HAES®. We hope to have #HAES® reach the top 10 most popular hashtags on New Year’s Day!

In your Twitter posts, be sure to direct people to:

The New Year’s Revolution Facebook Event
(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170500166324089)

and/or

The New Year’s Revolution Resources Page
(http://2011revolutions.blogspot.com/).

Then consider tweeting throughout the month about the positive things you are doing to reVolutionize your New Year, using the #HAES® tag with each tweet.

To show the registered trade mark, use "& reg ;" with no spaces.

Action Item: Blogging

If you have a blog, consider writing about the New Year's ReVolutions. Make sure we have your blog in our blogstream at the bottom of the page so that your entries will appear on the resources page.

If your blog is not there, contact Pattie or leave information in comments and she will add it.

If you see an article in the Fat Friendly Blogs Stream below, consider posting it on Facebook or tweeting it on Twitter. The more we support each other, the more people will be drawn to our movement.

Action Item: Pass Along "Lose the Hate, Not the Weight" Press Release

So, we never are sure if there is a direct relationship, but Kellogg's announced on January 4, 2011 a new ad campaign that uses a scale suspiciously close to the YAY! scale created by Marilyn Wann. While this was an action from last year, they are at it again in 2012, so please read and respond if you choose. 

One of the ways you can spread the Revolutionary word is to pass along this press release issued today by Ms. Wann: "Lose the Hate, Not the Weight!