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Weight-Loss Update
As I mentioned (a while ago), I bought myself a consultation with a stylist as a present and a reward for working towards my pre-pregnancy weight. I had my style consult on Saturday, and when I weighed in on Thursday, … Continue reading
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Weighing In
It’s a ritual when you’re a Weight Watchers member: the weekly weigh in. You stand on a scale and an employee records your weight in your little booklet, and that one little action can make or break your day, if … Continue reading
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Tagged body image, body makeover, diet makeover, mental health, self-esteem, weight loss
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A New Life
On Friday, my daughter turned six weeks old and I had my first postnatal checkup, which I passed with flying colors. On Saturday, I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting in about six years. I’m posting about this because … Continue reading
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The Journey of a Thousand Miles
As of this Friday, I will be six weeks postpartum with my beautiful baby girl. I will be headed to the doctor for my six-week checkup, at which time she will hopefully give me the go-ahead to start exercising (more … Continue reading
Posted in Formation of a Foodie, Health
Tagged body image, body makeover, diet makeover, exercise, fashion makeover, mental health, self-esteem, weight loss, yoga
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Avoiding Chemicals
I’ve been educating myself about BPA and other gross stuff in food lately. It’s not pretty. I saw Robyn O’Brien speak at TEDxMileHigh last week, and she has a lot of scary things to say, but the scariest—and most eye … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Formation of a Foodie, Health
Tagged cooking, diet makeover, green, recipes, whole foods
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Bold and True: Learning Styles
I’m an intelligent person, but sometimes, the way something is presented is as important as the material being presented. When I was a teen, I was never very good at higher maths. I fumbled through the required courses at school, … Continue reading
Fattening Chemicals?
Have you heard of this? Apparently BPA and other estrogen-mimicking chemicals are now being labeled “obesogens” because some studies have shown that mice exposed to these chemicals gain more weight than those not exposed Five Easy Ways to Avoid Toxic, … Continue reading
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A person, eating food
Recently, I interviewed three experts about intuitive eating for our health issue at work, and afterward, I felt… unsettled. I realized, during a subsequent conversation about it, that I was feeling bad about my own food choices, my lack of … Continue reading
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How the USDA Is Making Us Eat More Cheese | Serious Eats
Not surprising, but not exactly thrilling either. Several articles (one in the NYTimes and one on NPR to name a couple) have reported that, although the USDA is encouraging us to eat less saturated fat, it is also—a bit surreptitiously—encouraging … Continue reading