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100 1  Alford, Vanessa,|d1979-|eauthor. 
245 10 Fit not healthy :|bhow one woman's obsession to be the 
       best nearly killed her /|cVanessa Alford. 
264  1 Warriewood, N.S.W. :|bFinch Publishing,|c2015. 
300    249 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations, portraits ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Distorted body image is a growing concern amongst women in
       educated, often affluent communities, fuelled by a public 
       obsession with the perfect body and a skewed definition of
       what it means to look fit, healthy and/or beautiful. 
       Sometimes that distortion result in obviously unhealthy 
       behaviour, but, disturbingly, it can also manifest as an 
       over-zealous focus on health and fitness. Fit not Healthy 
       is the story of how one woman's determination to be lean, 
       fit and healthy took her to the brink of infertility and 
       death and how she pulled back just in time to regain her 
       health and perspective and start a family. Vanessa Alford 
       was obsessed with becoming one of Australia's top marathon
       runners; so obsessed that she pushed her body to breaking 
       point - literally - and to the point when she was unable 
       to conceive despite being young, strong and supposedly 
       healthy. Her body fat percentage dropped to 14%; she 
       developed stress fractures and felt physically unwell most
       of the time, but she continued training, ignoring the 
       concerns and advice of family and friends. Looking back 
       now, after her recovery, Vanessa says she was in denial 
       about the need to rest and feed her body in order to give 
       it the opportunity to recover from the physical damage and
       mental strain she put it under. She was always looking for
       another way, another practitioner who would confirm that 
       she could heal whilst maintaining a rigorous training 
       schedule that included running over two hours a day. It 
       was only her desire to have a baby and the shock of being 
       unable to fall pregnant that shattered her wall of denial 
       and allowed her to see clearly what she was doing to 
       herself. Vanessa is one of the lucky ones. She gained 
       seven kilograms in four months, pushing her body fat up to
       22%, and she was then able to conceive. She is now fit AND
       healthy, and she and her husband have a happy, healthy 
       baby girl and are expecting another child. Others are not 
       so lucky. They are still battling the internal and 
       external voices that say leaner and fitter is always 
       better; that women can be healthy at the same body fat 
       percentages as men; and that you do not need to eat more, 
       even if your body is telling you it is hungry. It is 
       Vanessa's hope that her story can save at least one of 
       woman from herself. Fit Not Healthy is a story for our 
       times. 
600 10 Alford, Vanessa,|d1979- 
600 10 Alford, Vanessa,|d1979-|xHealth. 
650  0 Sports|xPhysiological aspects|vCase studies. 
650  0 Marathon running|xPhysiological aspects|vCase studies. 
650  0 Marathon running|xPsychological aspects|vCase studies. 
650  0 Exercise addiction|vCase studies. 
650  0 Stress (Physiology)|vCase studies. 
650  0 Eating disorders in women|vCase studies. 
650  0 Runners (Sports)|zAustralia|vBiography. 
650  0 Women athletes|zAustralia|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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