“This will change your life.” – Whole30 co-founder Melissa Hartwig Recently I visited a local lending library, a small birdhouse-like structure from which one can borrow and/or lend books, and a title caught my eye, It …
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Gearing up for Whole30
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When You Eat Because You Can’t Not Eat
“Eating against one’s will” – my own personal definition of ‘powerlessness’ Today is my Day 30. I have not binged for one full month. My last binge. It was Friday, November 30. I went home …
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If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
“Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer!” – Scrooge to the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life – the hard way – …
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A binge doesn’t just happen.
“A binge doesn’t just happen.” – Me I’m writing this in the middle of the ocean, where I’m on the tail end of an eight-day cruise. I have 27 days binge-free. Before that – if …
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No Chiclets for You!
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree……unless that tree’s growing on top of a hill.” – John DePrey In case you’re just tuning in, I’m on a ten-day vacation with my mom. First we …
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Passive-Aggressiveness at its Finest
“I vant to be alone.” – silent film actress Greta Garbo I left my husband in January 2017 after ten years of marriage. It was the hardest, most unavoidable decision in my life. Because I …
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Merry Christmas (if That’s Your Thing)
“It’s just another day…. It’s just another day.” – Oingo Boingo For those of us with eating disorders, the holidays can be a binge waiting to happen. Think about it … You got your sugary …
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Fat Girl, Part 3: I Was Saved By the 80s.
“I was a teenaged Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon.” (As a reminder, “Fat Girl” is a series of blogs: Read Part 1 and Part 2.) I never really understood the term “baby fat,” but …
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Adulting One Baby Step at a Time
“I’m mad at you.” – me to my mom today I can image that someone reading this blog and all its emotional musing about food, weight, and childhood would think that the author – me …
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When Annoyance Is a Gift
“Don’t do that!” – my mom to me, like all day I’m on vacation in New Orleans with my mom and she’s driving me crazy. It’s been one day. She’s just so slow … and …
