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Miri Joins Weight Watchers: Entry #2

May 21, 2012

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I didn’t forget. I just didn’t go back. I went twice. Once for the initial shock and the following week for the glory of lost pounds. Then I got busy writing, walking my dog, doing the laundry and micromanaging the lives of my children. I’m busy, busy, busy. Oh, and then I work a little [...]

Adding Boys to Our Conversation: Weight Loss and Body Image

March 28, 2012

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Yesterday Hayley wrote about the mother with the eating disorder who got a book deal to write about her daughter’s chubbiness…Last week Andrea wrote about her mother’s pig fridge magnet and how said pig’s location, top of fridge, out of site, or smack dab in the middle of the fridge, affected her mother’s mood. A dieting mother was not a chipper [...]

Thinspiration: Kate Upton & The Hunger Blogs

February 17, 2012

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  Kate Upton, the model above, created herself using social media. She was able to package and market herself from the comfort of her home. Teenagers have the tools to advertise. She put up a sign and the property sold. She’s beautiful, she’s young (nineteen), she’s more naked than not… the airbrushed girl above, is a [...]

Resolution Update: Can We Quit Yet?

February 1, 2012

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  Things I’ve learned while battling to keep the resolve in resolution: 1. Trail running involves lightly spraining your ankle over and over during a three mile run (real trail runners go for twenty and thirty miles). I  run with a group and I don’t want to slow them down. So, I feel as though [...]

Woman Versus Food: Is Primetime Ready?

December 22, 2011

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I have an idea for a new show: Woman Vs Food. The Travel Channel’s Man Vs Food goes around the country being challenged to eat gross, as in large, amounts of food. If he manages to eat the food he is given a plaque or a tee-shirt or more food. The food he is challenged to eat is [...]