First of all, can I just say that there are two words right there (that even rhyme!) that don’t follow the “i before e except after c” rule. Why even have a rule Mr. Word Person if everyone is just going to break it?? Okay I’m done. Ethel. That was the name of my first …
Fiery plane crash. Rock climbing accident. Cancer. Crushed in one of those huge metal turnstiles/revolving door of spikes they have at the zoo that look like an Iron Maiden. (Am I the only one who is terrified by those things? I’m using the “stroller entrance” whether or not I have any kids in tow. Just …
Did you know that probiotics, the current wunderkind of supplements (It regulates digestion! Lowers cholesterol! Relieves IBS! Shrinks your waistline! Cures allergies!), can kill you? I can’t say I’m terribly surprised. Like all natural things, it has its pros and cons. And it is bacteria, after all. But mostly I’m not surprised because it seems …
Andrew said it poetically: “Don’t be a fitness butterfly, flitting hither & thither on a whim.” M said it politely: “My first reaction to this experiment is that a week seems like an awful short amount of time to try something.” But Becky (via e-mail) got right to the point: “You’re a wimp.” I’m a …
This experiment just did NOT turn out how I was hoping. I’ve only been doing it for five days and here are the numbers: Weight: stayed EXACTLY the same. Every day. To the ounce. It’s so weird that it made me wonder if my scale is broken. This in and of itself is not concerning …
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Well, you can’t trust them. That’s the first thing. They’ll lie to your face, tell you anything you want to hear, to protect their compulsion. It’s not that they’re bad people. It’s that they’re scared and the eating disorder is their coping mechanism. They already think they’re nothing. Without it, they’re worse than nothing. At …
Wonder Woman, sometime paramour of Superman with her bullet shaped bras (Superman has a fetish?) and athletic legs, has long been considered a heroine in her own right by millions of fans – girls and boys alike. But is she a good role model? When my second son insisted on checking out a Justice League …
Polly is dead. She committed suicide on February 8th, a likely result of her lifelong struggle with anorexia. I don’t know Polly but for some reason the news of her death went through me like a cold shiver, the same way it does any time I hear about a eating disordered woman who loses the …
I think my muscles are leaking. Yesterday, as part of my new (again) Cardio Diet Experiment, I took Andrew’s advice and cut the cardio, except for a short warm-up and cool-down jog, and lifted h-e-a-v-y. That is the last time I listen to Andrew. Because now I am s-o-r-e. And any of you that did …
(There. See, I told you boys you really don’t want to read this one. This is your last chance to quit reading. Fine. Just no e-mails about how grossed out you are. Whiners.) Let’s Hear it for the Girls!Feminine hygiene in sports has long been sketchy territory. One girl on my gymnastics team summed it …
