FatGirl vs World

I've said before that I don't think anyone got overweight/obese by being blissfully happy with their life.  But I don't think I've really gone in to the corollary to that -- which is that many people who are overweight/obese are unhappy and don't...

Thank you (1) Glamour's Twitter feed and (2) Emily Ley: <a href="http://emilyleypaper.com/2011/06/21/grace-not-perfection/"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfbYVd4z6YeYvGctBckLF8knFPE5ViWdjo7zUtTd3XIiqW68tI7P5B5jRaRQtjxn7nHyMdjdv3UPsvO5hlI_AiXvFcwTe8pfMYk4eKZdR4GzVlZ58mEbfzmjlenE0zQykns_rPKGnDDw/s640/GRACE_Pool.jpg"...

This post must seem odd coming off the heels of being nominated as one of the Top 50 Most Inspirational Healthy Tweeps, but I feel like a Big Fat Failure. I'm not being falsely modest or humble, I'm just calling it like I see it. Why do I feel like...

I'm surprised that i haven't blogged about this before, but one of my favorite phrases is "Even on your worst day, you can be someone's hero."  It's a double-edged phrase:  (1) don't beat yourself up for being imperfect and (2) you still...

My mom used to joke that I was always 13-going-on-30 -- that I was too mature and serious for my age.  She also would joke that I would never survive to see 30 (i.e. that my mouth/attitude would get me in trouble). Well, I made it to 30. ...