Let’s Be Real

Even a body image blogger struggles with body image It's been a few weeks since I could muster up the desire to blog. You ever have those days when you just feel...bleh? But, like, those days string together to make weeks? So things you enjoy - blogging, reading, writing, cooking, baking, working out, playing sports, …

‘Try hard,’ they said. ‘It’ll pay off,’ they said.

What to do when diet and exercise don't seem to be enough Okay, firstly, welcome back, faithful readers. Or maybe I should be asking that you welcome me back. I haven't posted since April 25, 2018. Honestly, I didn't think anyone would miss me all that much, but a few loyal family members and friends …

Running on empty

So, it's 2018. Hope everyone's having a happy new year so far. We're only 11 days in, so there's the possibility of a bad day in there, but I hope it was only a mildly bad day. I'll cut right to the chase: new year resolutions. What's the most common? I think we all know …

Why I don’t give a hoot about my daily 10,000 steps this month

Ever since activating my Fitbit about a year ago, I have constantly synced it with the app on my phone to check the number of steps I've gotten and to make sure I've achieved at least 250 steps every hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If it means I've gotta walk through the hallways …

Back-to-school jitters

About this time last year, I humbled myself to type out an embarrassing account of my first week as a college freshman. I wanted to assure former college freshmen that they weren't the only goofy kids on their campus, and I also wanted to leave no doubt in the minds of upcoming college freshmen that …

Seeing myself through ugly pancakes

My Sunday began with weight gain and an ugly pancake. After two weeks of little daily splurges here and there - an activity I typically reserve for only the weekend - my mind and body battled with the degree of necessity to step on the scale Sunday morning. I know, I know, I'm not supposed …

Demi-lition Derby

Read this article about Demi Lovato the other day, and thought, "Well...that escalated quickly." The rundown: an Instagram artist drew a picture of Lovato several months ago as a topless mermaid. Lovato herself commented on the photo recently and said it was a "gorgeous" drawing, but that it wasn't representative of her actual body. The …

Calling…everyone

A recent post on my blog drew a lot of attention and reaction. I would like to say thank you to each and every one of you who offered encouragement and bravely admitted to identifying with body image struggles. Your comments on this blog and on social media showed me that, without a doubt, we …

Weighing happiness

As much as I enjoy advocating men's and women's acceptance of their bodies and the pursuit of health rather than a beach bod, I often have days when the beach bod takes precedence. Ever since I was 7 years old, I've been terrified of gaining weight. The thing that started it? My dad took my …

The Losers who keep losing

Like millions of Americans, NBC's The Biggest Loser captivated me for many seasons (until I wearied of reality TV and the same synopsis year after year). The strength and motivation each contestant managed never failed to baffle and inspire me. During more than one episode, I went hard on my mom's Tony Little Gazelle, sweating …