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Denial

February 20, 2011

I've been in denial lately. Over the years, I've become very good at ignoring,  masking and denying things. I completely denied I had an eating problem when I was gaining 100 pounds after college, despite the fact that I was eating my loaded cheese fries with extra ranch dressing and a chicken finger salad with honey ...

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Skinny Emmie: Exposed

10.13.2010

Yesterday, all through my tweet stream, I kept seeing all of these favorite bloggers of mine “exposed.” What the heck was this all about? What I saw was AMAZING. They were all posting in response to the anniversary of the Exposed Movement, the brainchild of Mishe, who wanted to celebrate her body instead of tear it …

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A Word from the US Surgeon General

10.05.2010

All I hear from the media about obesity is how it is killing us, giving us high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. While this is the case for some, it makes me upset. Am I supposed to feel shamed for being fat? I work out 5 days a week and eat healthy- how are these good …

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Weight Perception v. Reality

06.18.2010

I’m writing this sitting in the auto shop just getting routine maintenance done on my car. As I’m sitting here in my little desk cubby they have with free wi-fi, my legs are squished together like crazy. The arms of this chair are dug deep into the side of my thighs. They are the kind …

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Wise Words of Johnny Depp

03.30.2010

I don’t know who tweeted this today, so apologies to that person for not getting any credit. It was early in the morning, and I copied and pasted it in and email and sent it to myself: “We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single 1 …

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