What’s the statute of limitations on stealing crap from your parents’ kitchen when you move out? Nearly 15 years ago, I moved into my first apartment. As I left my dad’s house, I took with me everything in my bedroom, his our copy of the Gingras Family Marriages, and his immersion blender. I cannot for [...]
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It’s been almost two years since I made Breakfast Pies and swore that I would be adding them to my “Cook a bunch on Sunday and eat for the rest of the week” routine. Yesterday, I made them again for the second time. Twice in nearly as many years! This may be a personal procrastination record. [...]
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The greatest thing my mother ever did for me was something she didn’t do. She never, ever, talked about dieting, being skinny, or working out. Ever. At least, not to me and not that I heard about, and that’s good enough. I mean, it was easy for her not to talk about it. Her metabolism [...]
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Y’all know I try my best to eat local food, support local restaurants (especially if they cook local food), and grow what food I can manage during the summer. When I buy stuff that isn’t grown or made around here, I try to buy it from shops that are committed to pure and/or well-made food. (lalalaILOVECHEESETIQUElalala) I [...]
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It’s true. McFunkinstyle said it the other day, and it’s true…although those pants weren’t the worst example. Her statement was more welcome than the “Are you losing weight?” question, because the truthful answer to that is “I don’t know. Maybe?” Or “Probably not,” because my doctor’s office weighed me last week and there was no loss, not [...]
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As much as I’m tempted to ditch my rewarding career and research Jamba Juice franchising, I’m making do with this: And some of these: Also: bananas pineapple frozen berries kiwi vanilla soymilk flaxmeal light coconut milk tiny ice cubes Not all at once. Most, but not all. That little blender is brilliant, by the way. [...]
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First, Do No Harm I clicked over from Shapely Prose, lured in by a link in Notes from the Fatosphere feed: “That number on the chart means everything else I’ve said is a lie?” It’s stories–lots and lots of stories–of people in various stages of subjective fatness and how they’ve been treated by doctors. And [...]
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I’m currently engaged in an experiment with my digital poundage measurer. I know that the surface beneath the scale can affect the results, so I measured my weight on the four different floor surfaces in my apartment the other day: linoleum, carpet (which I highly recommend), and in two places on the bathroom tile. Results? A 7-pound range. [...]
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There’s a minor skirmish going around the interwebs about conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham’s comments about Meghan McCain’s weight. If you haven’t heard of or about Meghan McCain (and I hadn’t, until last week), she’s John McCain’s daughter and a blogger at the Daily Beast. She cut her teeth blogging on her dad’s [...]
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I’ve got about 10 weeks to train, I’m carrying more weight than I’d like, and it’s freaking cold outside. Icy cold. We might even get a little snow tomorrow morning. So. How am I going to do this? Well, let’s start with a modified version of the 12-week training plan for the full 39.3 miles: Week 2 [...]
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