Betrayed by my body. Well it wouldn’t be the first time, I thought grimly as I sat in my flimsy paper gown listening to the doctor explain the results of my previous testing. (Dear doctor, please at least allow me the dignity of being lectured with my clothes on next time.) Seriously rank flatulence in …
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When bad cookies happen to good cartoons. (Nobody saw anything wrong with this before it went to production? Really??) Cookies happen. It’s the holidays. I know there are some of you that will completely abstain from the sugary fare – I commend you; I did the no-sugar Experiment for 90 days over Halloween, Thanksgiving and …
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This can’t have ended well. And also, why is there a can of whipped cream?? photo credit: professional recreationalist “Chug, chug, chug!” “Just slam it!” and my personal fave: “I should have brought my beer helmet.” This month’s Great Fitness Experiment, continued from last month’s Rachel Cosgrove: The Female Body Breakthrough*, has the Gym Buddies …
When it comes to eating disorders I often have a been-there-done-that-bought-the-t-shirt attitude. What I forget is that despite being around since at least the Greeks, these pernicious disorders are constantly evolving to take advantage of current trends and products. So it was with some surprise I read an e-mail from a brave and beautiful reader. …
Funny – I think real calamari, tentacles and all, is delish but this hot dog version just gave me a full body shudder. Red-neck seafood, indeed. Portia di Rossi had to ice her arms between takes on Ally Mcbeal because she was so thin that her arm veins were ridiculously prominent. (Can you imagine being …
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Katy Perry may have thought that she liked kissing a girl because of her soft lips (or because it got her attention from men who like to watch two girls kiss thereby relinquishing the power of her sexuality for the voyeuristic enjoyment of others) but it turns out there may have been another reason the …
Or make them fat. Whatever. How could something so happy – it’s even got happy in the name! – cause so much angst? By now you’ve certainly heard about San Francisco banning the McDonald’s Happy Meal. (Note: they actually just banned the toy from being included in meals that don’t meet certain nutritional criteria but …
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Cartoon Credit: The inimitable XKCD. Woman #1, to me: Girl, you look good! Got rid of all that baby weight! But don’t you lose anymore ’cause you’re right on the edge of scary skinny, know what I mean? Woman #2, also to me: Oh you are over that edge, eat a sandwich already! Woman #3: …
Has there ever been a better-named snack than this one? Why do we not have these in the US?? I need some crunky nudity! “What smells like… salsa?” My coworker at the computer lab (told you I was a born nerd!) looked around until his eyes settled on me, eating lunch tucked into my cubicle. …
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Intuitive Eating is a roller coaster. I’m not going to lie to you. In concept – eat what your body wants, it knows you best – it’s elegantly simple. In practice it’s, well, as messy as the stretching mats of ill repute right after our high-intensity bootcamp class finishes our 100 push-ups. (Seriously, we did …
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