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Handling Unsolicited Advice and “Big Girl Guilt”
In the comments section of yesterday’s post, I got this: So my friends take me out for sushi to celebrate (’cause we do go out to eat!). I’m enjoying an eel roll and seaweed salad when the friend of a...
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Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: “White Girl Stuff”
You know, the Black female perception of beauty is a peculiar one to me. I know, I know that I say that in a way that implies that I’m on the outside looking in… but for this one, I think that I am. I...
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Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: The Booty
No more prevalent, in the lonnnng list of reasons why women like me don’t work out, is the excuse of the booty. As much as I love her... she's doing exactly what I'm talking about - hiding her front...
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Are The Fat Free Labels Lying To You?
Thanks to Nutrition to Wellness, I came across this phenomenal little series of videos from the 2007 Healthy Living Expo. Lots of juicy tidbits in there, but this one put me a little over the edge. I...
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The Myth of Will Power
How easy would it be for YOU to say no? I’m always intrigued by people who presume that my weight loss is attributed solely to will power… or that the [at least] two thirds of Americans simply… lack...
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Can We Really Trust Nutrition Labels?
With any luck, you’ve decided to participate in the BGG2WL calorie counting challenge. You’re reading your nutrition labels. You’re measuring your portions. We’re not changing our habits, we’re just...
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Did I Just Plateau? Why Am I Not Losing Weight?
It happens to the best of us. Out of nowhere, the downward spiral we all want comes to a halt. We start wondering what’s going on, and become unhappy. It might also be those of us who are just starting...
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Can You Be Fit AND “Fat?”
From NBC Nightly News, I bring you this delicate little issue with the sensational little title. My thoughts were, of course you can be fit and “fat.” And considering how “fat” in America is anything...
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Study Says Common Food Chemical Packs On Belly Fat
I really, really, reeeeeally wanted to write about Jamie Oliver’s new show “Food Revolution,” but something much more compelling came across my desk. Thanks to Ink for sending it over. We’re all...
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Did You Know: Eating After 7PM
Here’s an interesting little tidbit I picked up from a Weekly Spark article about misconceptions that we have about our bodies and doing right by them: So what makes 7 (or 8 or 9) p.m. a magical cutoff...
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What Does “It’s Fine In Moderation” Really Mean?
I can remember going to the grocery with my daughter, and walking down the cookie aisle. I’d manage to bypass most of the cookies, and I’d make it to the little goldfish crackers that my daughter...
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