*Illustrator credit: Elissa Hudson (check out more of her work here check out more of her work here). I wanted to use this adorable graphic when I posted about being back on my green smoothie wagon the other day but I was waiting to get permission from the illustrator because you know … the law. …
There once was a girl who worked kind of hard to be healthier and lose some weight. Then she stopped doing the things that were making her feel better and gained it all back, plus some more for good measure. (See what I did there…) Okay, it’s me. The obvious question that comes up: “what …
For alcoholics, a sign there might maybe be a problem is pouring the cooking sherry on ice. For my bulimia brain, and other eating disordered thinkers, you know there’s a problem when you start eyeing the baking chocolate. Of course, for me there’ve been other clues pointing to the problem. But last year I …
This girl, twenty years ago: Is feeling so uncomfortable in these senior pictures. The caption might read: Is my bulimia showing? I ache sometimes to see old pictures and read old journal entries because I’ve blocked so much out, and yet carry much of it with me still. Some of this is coming up due …
I’m on day 3 of a ten day challenge that ends July 31. The goal is to drink one of these Glowing Green Smoothies a day ala Kimberly Snyder. So, I’m a little late in the game to ask you to join me, but it’s not like the expiration date for feeling good …
First, some housekeeping – figuratively I mean: in response to my coming out column there’ve been some interesting comments and questions, I totally plan to follow up on those I promise – pinky swear even. But also it’s been kinda crickets from some corners of my life so to answer the conversation I’m having …
So I came out in my blog this week as a 12-stepper*, which is something I’ve been wanting to share with you for a long time now. I was waiting to get “all better” before I mentioned the thing that was helping me so much in my journey to “better.” And then I had this …
While the screen capture shows I am no longer a reporter at the News-Register, it turns out I am a very slow leaver. Let me preface this by saying I did this to myself because I have boundary issues and also letting go issues, as evidenced by the fact that I am donating four stories …
Long-term readers of this blog know I’ve been working on getting healthier eating habits, stronger and—out of favor as it is to say it—thinner. I’m nearly half-way to my goal and as I often used to do when I see the possibility of actually achieving a goal, I sabotage myself. Just as I was starting …
Recently Jake decided he wasn’t going to eat his vegetables anymore. I don’t love spending any part of dinner on cajoling kids to eat the food I went out of my way to prepare in a healthful, tasty way. Earlier this week, we both put our foot down in what will forever be known …
