Do you have any recommendations for looking a bit slimmer three days from now?
photo shoots
south beach
Diets are dumb and they don't work. So why am I on one, exactly?
diets
Eat astronaut kibble, cry a lot, and then your future self will hand you a tissue THROUGH TIME, albeit one dotted with the shattered remains of Einstein's theories of relativity.
leaky gut syndrome
That's right: microscopic holes in my small intestine might be causing my headaches, eczema and digestive issues. Gross.
diets
My office has just launched a brand new weight loss incentive. While participation is not mandatory (thank god), its presence has made a discernible impact around the office.
eating
One piece of red velvet cake is 14 points. See you at dinner, real food!
diets
Changing your diet drastically -- restricting fat and sugar -- actually create symptoms of withdrawal, which affect your dopamine levels, making you edgy, emotional, and angry. You know, LIKE A DRUG ADDICT.
diets
Just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with my partner in which I'd announced that I had decided that I was going to accept my body at this larger size if it meant that I could just live my life eating normally and he was fucking elated. Now I'm all like, "Uh, nevermindsies."
food guilt
Feeling hungry conveniently meant I wasn't feeling anything else.
bulimia
I could sit here, burping, with my stretched stomach pressing against my waistband, hating myself for a few hours. Or I could just stick my finger down my throat -- so easy, like nothing ever happened!
body
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever be able to just put something in my mouth again without having to THINK so hard about it.
diet food
I am no stranger to incomprehensible foodstuffs, so why not try these gelatinous diet noodles?
eating disorders
In the third installment of a never-ending series, I attempt to talk Emily out of going back to Weight Watchers.
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Issues,
eating disorders,
diets,
body acceptance,
weight watchers,
radical anti-diet extremism,
friendly advice
Oct 15, 2012 at 2:30pm | 292 comments
diets
Has your get up and go gotten up and gone? Check out my amazing morning smoothie.
body acceptance
Fad diet book, "Six Weeks to OMG: Get Skinnier Than All Your Friends" says you will lose weight if you take cold showers. Is it true? Also, Wii Fit is an asshole.
books
OMG! It's another fad diet!
body image
SPOILER ALERT: Not quite yet.
bikinis
Weeks ago, the folks at Unique Vintage sent me this year's plus-size bikini. I had planned to wear it this weekend, imagining, in my crash diet mentality, that I would have dropped most of the 20 pounds I've gained since last year's bikini by then.
diets
Do my nuptials even count if I look like I'm capable of lifting a champagne glass or cake knife with one noodle-like arm?
addiction
Only 15 percent of women report feeling "happy" on diets. There's a shocker.
betty draper francis got fat
In this week's episode, Lesley reminisces about Weight Watchers and learns a little something about life and friendship... and herself.
body image
I promise never to talk about diets again, but I don't think that I'm the only one of us who lives like this.
