As a lot of you know, I’ve been teeter-tottering on the diet fence these days. I’ve read a lot of books about fat acceptance, and about the flawed science behind the so-called Obesity Epidemic.
But my cholesterol is over 230, and I’m (only) 30 years old, with no strong family history indicators that I would have [...]

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Okay, that Lolcats picture doesn’t have much to do with this entry, but hey, the issue comes up often enough here. Plus it made me crack a smile, and I really needed that.
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I feel like a crystal vase teetering on the edge of a table in a house full of six-year-old boys. Precariously doomed.
I got [...]

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Rachel at The F-Word issued the following optional assignment to readers of her blog:
My challenge is for you to write your own story of your body. Where would you begin? Where would you end? Is yours a work-in-progress? Is your saga a tragedy or a comedy? Does it have a happy ending or an ambiguous [...]

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