by excy | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Weight Watchers has a new end of year ad that puts the focus on losing weight on a woman’s butt. Here’s the Weight Watchers “My Butt” script: “This is my butt. My butt and I came into this world together. We were a great team. Then, we grew up and things weren’t as... 
by excy | Dec 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
In a recent Excy post, we called out “5 Frequently Used Fat Shaming Comments” and how research shows they create a negative impact on the people who hear them. We also demonstrated how a new study shows that highlighting people’s weight or discriminating against them... 
by excy | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s not something that most people know about me, but I can’t run more than a mile-and-a-half without severe pain. I can sprint (if that’s what you call a 41-year-old mom racing her kid) and run intervals, but an ankle injury completely knocked me out of... 
by excy | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Took a break at lunch today to squeeze in exercise while working. Decided to see how one of our favorite wearables, the Misfit Shine, would calculate an Excy workout. It’s not 100% because the Misfit Shine is designed more to calculate steps like a Fitbit, but... 
by excy | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The idea of fat shaming is not only mean and wrong, a new study also warns that shaming those who are overweight fails to help them slim down to a more healthy weight. Instead, highlighting their weight or discriminating against them in everyday life can cause them to...