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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Sick Enough to Eat Kraft Singles

I felt it coming on Wednesday night. It started the same way they all do: scratchy throat, stuffy nose, and that achy, crabby feeling that makes you want to lay on the floor and whine. It was inevitable…I was getting sick. Sure enough, Thursday morning I had a full-blown head cold. However, I was raised [...]

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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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the 5 commandments of dieting duos or how to keep your version of biggest loser: couples edition from ending in divorce

we all know what they say, “the couple that plays together, stays together.” i am reminded of this every time the weather gets warm in Chicago and i am subjected to watching hoards of ridiculously good-looking couples run together on the lakefront path. she and her freshly re-done breasts in her lulu lemon bra top [...]

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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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fabby food find and the snack-food detox diet

this is a two-part post; one part fabby food find and one part (desperately-needed) fat smash diet. let me begin with my fabby food find, which i discovered just in time to cut out of my diet for the next 10 days (it’s a cruel world that we live in.) let me start by saying [...]

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sunday funday: a very foodie valentine’s day

our valentine’s day celebration(s) actually started on friday with a nice dinner at jacky’s in evanston, il. it was delish, as French food and red wine always are. we celebrated again this morning with a homemade breakfast. i whipped-up some blueberry pancakes using the krusteaz wheat & honey mix. interestingly, the fiance and i have [...]

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hangry: what happens when a running addict takes 3 consecutive rest days and why this is a problem.

i felt a twinge during tuesday’s run. not just any type of twinge but one of those, “ohhh no. i’ve felt this pain before and it left me trying to ride a stationary bike in walking cast for 3 months,” types of twinges. let me continue by saying that i am no stranger to stress [...]

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i-use-running-as-an-excuse-to-eat-way-too-much-food anonymous

hello and welcome to our inaugural meeting. allow me to begin: hi, my name is the SizeQueen and i-use-running-as-an-excuse-to-eat-way-too-much-food. would anyone else like to introduce themselves? no? don’t be shy, i know you’re out there, in fact you’ve probably got one hand in a box of peanut butter puffins and the other wrapped around a [...]

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