Rules & Guidelines for Posting in the Health & Fitness Forum
* When posting or commenting in this forum, you will do so with respect and consideration for other members. Given the challenges people face in getting healthy, abuse or negative comments can really negatively impact a person, so any malicious, hurtful, and negative/hateful comments are not welcome and will be treated as abuse.
* This forum is for all Gaians seeking to improve their lives by getting healthier and happier. By posting in this forum, you agree to respect all races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, sizes, and different abilities. Everyone has something unique to offer, and if we open our minds and hearts to different ways of being, we can learn new perspectives and skills we might not have had the opportunity to learn before. Racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, anti-religious, anti-atheist, sizeist, and pejorative comments about people with physical challenges are not welcome here and will be treated as abuse.
* This is a forum about getting healthy, not celebrating unhealthy activity.
Pro-anorexia, pro-bulimia, or pro-obesity content in any form (e.g. posts, threads, links to other sites, posts of or links to pictures/videos etc.) are not allowed in here. These are serious medical conditions for which one should receive medical attention, and such potentially harmful topics are not in line with the aims of this forum and will be removed. If you do suffer from any of these conditions, please contact trained medical professionals to help you deal with the issue and get the help you need.
* Some of us will be trying to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain our current weight. Some of us will just be starting out on exercise plans, and others will be veteran athletes. Regardless of where we are at on our individual paths to health, members of this forum will recognize that we are all different, and will not belittle others who might have challenges or skills different from ours.
* Faith can be an important and motivating factor for many people seeking to have a healthier life. For some, that faith takes shape in religious beliefs, for others it manifests in a broader spirituality, and for others still, that faith lays not in a divine power but in the human spirit. Members of this forum will respect each other, and speak respectfully to each other accepting that diversity is beautiful.
If you are religious or spiritual, you are free to start a religious-based support thread to connect with others who share the same or similar beliefs. Please understand that this is a non-denominational forum, and all beliefs that inspire people to get healthy, including those of atheists and agnostics, are welcome. We are here to get healthy, not debate religion.
If you are an atheist or agnostic, you are free to start a non-religious based support thread to connect with others who share the same or similar beliefs. Please understand that this is a non-denominational forum, and all beliefs that inspire people to get healthy, including those of religious Gaians, are welcome. We are here to get healthy, not debate religion.
