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The Cult of Juvenescence
Lately I have really been getting into photography, especially since I am going through an anxious period. Photos seem to reassure me and allow me to temporarily escape from my fears. Since literally a...
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Which Would You Rather? The Celebrity Home in New York Edition
If you were based in New York, would you rather live in: Bethenny Frankel’s newly remodeled loft Brooke Shields’s Manhattan townhouse Nina Garcia’s apartment on the Upper East Side Will Ferrell’s loft...
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Got Me Some Fast Food
On this Foodie Friday, I was hungry as a hog and busy as a bee, so I got me some fast food: What’s faster than knocking back a protein bar? Not much. McDonald’s aint got nuthin’ on fruit and nuts....
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Arrogant Anorexia and the Dodo of a Doctor
Continuation from here. One of my few and far between realizations that my weight loss had gone too far occurred when my mum and I went out to do some Christmas shopping. We had been gone for a mere...
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M&Ms: What Athletes Really Eat and More
Message for all my athletic readers: “Proper running is key to performing at your best.” In this article, three of the fastest women on the planet – Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher and Lauren Fleshman –...
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From Svelte Linens to Obese Comforters: How to Build a Better Bed
With time, I have come to appreciate the delicacy of a bed cloaked in fresh pressed French linens topped with a heavy quilt, but in my younger years, I was all about beds bogged down with pouffy...
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Gourmet Desert Camping
Camping with your middle aged parents and their friends is very different from camping with fellow mid-twenty year olds. Twice baked potatoes oozing with English coastal cheddar cheese replace dry hot...
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Nutty for Nutella
My relationship with Nutella has nothing but progressed over the years. The first time we met was in a Parisian cafe; I was a little girl, chilled to the bone after a day of being battered by the...
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Big Belly and a Bran Flakes Breakfast Date
After celebrating an early Easter – word of advice, restrain yourself from buying Easter eggs until the day before the day of – I needed to cleanse my system with a bowl of hearty, fiber-filled...
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WIAW: The Middle Eastern Edition
The following eats are brought to you from the Middle East. Spring break’s being spent at my parents’ house in Oman, so the food in these pictures has been provided courtesy of them, and I tell ya, it...
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The Last Picnic
The day before I left Oman – two days ago now – my family rounded up a bunch of fellow expats for a day of boating. Excitement was all around: the dogs were excited to see their life jackets emerge...
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Too Tired to Taste, Too Wary to Waste
My suntan is fading by the minute; unfairly, opposite to weight gain and loss, tans take a long time to build, but they fade in no time at all. Then again, I wonder why I even put much effort into...
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To Hospital I Went
Continuation from here. After plummeting in weight and fighting everything my parents tried to get me to do – in terms of nourishment, at least – they abandon their belief that I could heal at home,...
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From Virgin to Addict: The Estate Sale Edition
This morning in the locker room after Group Power class, I overheard two ladies talking about a jumbo – jumbo isn’t an exaggeration – estate sale that was about to begin in an affluent park-side...
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It’s a “This Time Last Week” Kind of Day
I have a terrible habit of “this time last week” ing. For example, this morning I hiked a nearby butte with my friend of 10+ years, and although we chatted nonstop, while we sat under a blanket –...
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(ab)normal fears: colorful foods
Yes, I’m afraid of vampires, ghosts, and goblins. I’m afraid of chainsaw murderers, sharks, snakes, Porta Potties, and dirty public seating. And yes, I’m afraid of failing, regret, and being single...
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WIAW #8
I have officially completed two days of poppin’ my liver pills. And I’m not talking about pills that help liver function, I’m talking about pills that are made of liver. That’s right, I’m taking...
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Ten Foods I Will Not Fear
Although anxiety about the color of food has plagued me for a long time, some foods, regardless of color, spike my anxiety because of their actual substance. In recovery, I have overcome my anxiety of...
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Have a Puppy, He’ll Fix You
Continued from here. After one month as a day patient at Huntercombe, my parents and the hospital staff decided that I should be discharged because the situation wasn’t working: I had not gained...
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Velveeta: Not For Praising Cheesus
Had I posted my top ten fear foods one month ago, macaroni and cheese most definitely would have made the cut, but, overcome with a wave of adventurousness in Oman, I courageously tried some, wearing...
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