Many years ago, when my cousin had her first baby, her husband, as he held this gorgeous nine month old baby, squeezed on of her plump little thighs and said, “I can already see that this is going to be a problem area for her, we’re going to have to watch that…” (don’t worry, my […]
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It’s not Friday! But I’m doing my Q & A today anyway because this was an important one. This is a topic that I’ve been avoiding since I’ve been blogging (10+ years on this site). Why have I been avoiding it? Because it’s so emotionally charged and so controversial and I didn’t want to isolate
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Being human is one of the most difficult ways to be born. Really, it sucks. Each day we are presented with a myriad of feelings that vary from elation to downright painful. And really difficult things happen. Houses get set on fire, mass shootings happens, people get attacked, violated… and to a less degree, our
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I have noticed a lot of talk in the Facebook groups about WLS (weight loss surgery). Some have had it, some regret it, some are considering it, and some are vehemently against it. I have been asked to weigh in on my feelings about WLS, so rather than answer you all individually, I thought
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I have this brilliant client. Let’s call her Megan. Megan is brilliant. She comes in and waxes poetic about politics, philosophy, relationships, ethics, medicine… Really anything. She has a lot on her mind and needs to talk through it. I love to listen to her and I love to hear her thoughts and her ideas on
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I Gained Seven Pounds. Oh Sh*t At the gym the other morning, I saw a young woman hop on the scale, move the weights to a place that apparently she did not like and immediately burst out crying. I was heading toward her to see if she was okay but another woman ran over to her
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It was one of my mother’s ex-boyfriends who introduced me to Cadbury Creme eggs. I was seven years old and I was quickly hooked. Never had my mother let me eat anything that was so…. “junky!” as she would say. Nevertheless, he persisted — he kept talking to my Mom about “how can a child
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There are a lot of “nutrition experts” out there. Everyone fancies themselves a nutrition guru. I see these folks all over the Internet, amateur nutritionologists- they give weight loss advice, they tell people what to include in their diets and what they should absolutely NEVER eat. But here’s the thing. They’re not really nutrition experts.
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I had the honor to be interviewed by Lydia of Life with Lydia a few weeks ago. We discussed recovery, non-dieting, radical acceptance, feminism, kindness to self and others, self-okayness and all sorts of things that I like to think about and talk about. Watch below!
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The Urge To Binge Is Making Me Crazy Dear Leora, I’m so overwhelmed by my urges to binge. How can I stop them? *The urge to binge eat doesn’t have to dictate your behaviors. Hi Jessica, That’s a really good question. In recovery, we don’t really “stop” urges, learn how to react differently to them. In
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