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.
diets
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.
eating
One piece of red velvet cake is 14 points. See you at dinner, real food!
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
photo shoots
Do you have any recommendations for looking a bit slimmer three days from now?
anarchy
Why not, for one week, just put what I want in my mouth without any of the rules, restrictions or calculations? Could I even handle the freedom??!?
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?
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."
south beach
Diets are dumb and they don't work. So why am I on one, exactly?
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.
weed
I'd stick to the pot-for-thinness diet myself, if I didn't becomes insanely concerned about the reality of my own death every time a pipe was in my general area.
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.
diet food
I am no stranger to incomprehensible foodstuffs, so why not try these gelatinous diet noodles?
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.
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!
books
OMG! It's another fad diet!
dares
This seems like a great idea! Next stop HEALTH!
leaky gut syndrome
That's right: microscopic holes in my small intestine might be causing my headaches, eczema and digestive issues. Gross.
addiction
Only 15 percent of women report feeling "happy" on diets. There's a shocker.
body image
SPOILER ALERT: Not quite yet.
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.
