When It All Falls Down

Oh hey. I’m not going to launch into some diatribe about how, “I’ve been MIA,” or force you to sit through some recap of my life over the past three months. Let’s just say, I didn’t need writing and writing didn’t need me. And now? Well, we need each other again, and that makes for [...]

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Let’s See How Far We’ve Come

Oh wow, it’s been quite a year. I say that both in a calender year sense, as we all get ready to drink too much cheap Champagne and barf all over our equally cheap, overly-sequined Forever 21 dresses to celebrate the close of 2010, and in a blog year sense, as today marks my one [...]

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The Thing About “Marie Claire”

Oy vay. So unless you’re living in a Twitter-free, non-health-blog universe, you’ve probably heard about the Marie Claire debacle, or as I have affectionately named it, MC-gate. The full article can be found here. In a nutshell: Marie Claire contributor, Katie Drummond basically read the riot act to six of the healthy living blog community’s [...]

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Rule Number One: There are No Rules

I kind of love rules. It sounds really bizarre, I know. But there’s just something about rules, or maybe just structure in general, upon which I really tend to thrive. In my work and school life, my affection for rules is quite beneficial: I get up every morning, I arrive at work on time, I [...]

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How I Stopped Hating Running

A few issues ago, Runner’s World did a story on Kara Goucher. Goucher is a world-class runner, but apparently, she psyches herself out before every race, which is like, kind of a big deal when you’re competition could feasibly give you a 20 minute head start and still out-kick you at the finish. The article [...]

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when the fat hits the fan or what to do when you’re eating your way to a bigger bra size

myth: health bloggers are immune to weight gain or fat days. we eat wheat germ, oats, and occasionally a strawberry Chobani, for dessert. truth: this? is not the way things go down in my life. sure, i love healthy foods, they make me feel great, sometimes they even taste good. but given the choice between [...]

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Biggest Loser aims to breed biggest dumbasses

there was a time when “The Biggest Loser” really resonated with me. it made me want to put down the nachos, get on the treadmill, and run like i was being chased by jillian michaels. now? is not that time. to be honest, i’ve had some difficulty stomaching this entire season of BL. whether it’s [...]

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getting the fats

when i was an undergraduate, i majored in psychology, a large part of which is being able to critically evaluate empirical research. most of my classes dedicated at least a week’s worth of lectures to beating us over the head with the, “look at all of the facts,” speech. so when all hell broke loose [...]

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lessons from detox

just like tiger woods came away from sex rehab with a boat-load of life lessons, i’m entering my last day of detox having learned a bunch about me, myself & healthy eating (of course, my lessons are more eat this, not that and well…actually, come to think of it…tiger’s lessons are also probably a lot [...]

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oh baby, baby…it’s a cruel effing world

so i was officially in the thick of detox day 4, yesterday,  and now that my stomach has acclimated to digesting 9-15 servings of fruits & vegetables on a daily basis, i was all ready to rave about how good i was feeling. and then jesus decided to shit on me: double. chocolate. cupcakes…with sprinkles. [...]

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