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College Weight Gain? Try Our Young Women’s Weight Loss Camp this Summer

May 18, 2010

As students across the country cram for finals and stay up all night drinking coffee and eating cold pizza for breakfast (Surely, I can’t have been the only one!) I’m reminded of the unique challenges that  women in their late teens and early twenties face when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In light [...]

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Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight in College — It's Not Impossible!

May 12, 2009

In college, it was not unusual for me to order pizza at midnight. Whether I was writing a paper or hanging out with friends, food always seemed to be there. After going out to a party, most evenings ended with a trip to the local diner. Who doesn’t crave potato skins at four in the [...]

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Eating with Your Eyes Closed

April 27, 2009

On Friday, I had a brownie for dessert. I remember it clearly because I ate it differently than I normally would. Without even noticing it, I closed my eyes while I was chewing the brownie. All of the sudden, everything else melted away and all of my senses were concentrated on the way the brownie [...]

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A Love Letter To My Behind

April 14, 2009

Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Dara Chadwick, author of the forthcoming book, “You’d Be So Pretty If…Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies–Even When We Don’t Love Our Own” She’s got a great blog that we encourage you to check out. Here’s Dara’s “Love Letter to My Behind”: On Monday, I wrote about turning [...]

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Mother's Day Special and Blogging Contest – Win a Spa Week!

April 13, 2009

Can a woman who dislikes her own body model a healthy body image for her daughter? When mom frequently skips meals, counts calories or turns down favorite foods because she thinks she’s fat, what message does that send to her child? These subtle behaviors can have a dramatic impact on our family members and how [...]

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Self-Esteem Vs Self-Acceptance

August 30, 2005

I watch a lot of infomercials – always have. I find them far more entertaining than the regular programming. I particularly enjoy weight-loss focused infomercials, including the next greatest exercise, the next greatest diet, the next greatest supplement, the next greatest way of thinking to-lose-weight-mercials. You could call it an pre-occupational hazard J. For years [...]

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Tale of Two Kitties, Part 2

June 14, 2005

Back in May I posted “A Tale of Two Kitties,” a story about two female litter mate cats  (another way to say sisters with the same mother and father) I had for 18 years – one thin, lanky and beautiful, the other pudgy, tubby, and cute in a roly-poly way. I observed them over the [...]

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