• You Don’t Have to Be Anorexic To Have An Eating Disorder

    You Don’t Have to Be Anorexic To Have An Eating Disorder

    So maybe you’ve never gone more than 24 hours without food. Maybe you’ve never taken a laxative or made yourself throw up after eating too much. You don’t have an Eating Disorder. But how much of your day is spent thinking about food?

  • Body Blog: End Emotional Eating

    Body Blog: End Emotional Eating

    There have been countless instances where I’ve found myself shoveling nachos, ice cream or third helpings of dessert into my mouth. Realizing my own utter gluttony, I’ll drop the spoon or the cheesey chip and think, “What in god’s name am I doing?” Because the truth is I’m not even hungry.

  • A Productive Cure for The “I’m Bored” Munchies

    A Productive Cure for The “I’m Bored” Munchies

    A bag of ranch Doritos, an everything bagel and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food later, you’re lying immobile on the sofa with a bulging belly. Not only do you feel guilty and disgusting, but your breath plain stanks. Oh girl, you’ve overdone it … again.

  • Admit it: Lame Excuses To Pig Out

    Admit it: Lame Excuses To Pig Out

    Summer is almost here and, ideally, we should all be eating lots of fruits and vegetables and hitting the gym every day. But really, who wants to do all of that work? We’re too busy to focus on eating well. We don’t have enough money to buy healthier foods. Sugary cocktails are too good to pass up after a hard day. The list goes on and on.

  • Alcoholic Bulimia and the Girls Who Pull the Trigger

    Alcoholic Bulimia and the Girls Who Pull the Trigger

    I remember those naive high school days when puking during a rager meant that a) you couldn’t control your liquor and b) the party was over, for you. That’s why I was shocked one night during my freshman year of college, when my friend came back from the bathroom and proudly announced, “Oh, man, I just puked my brains out!”

  • Tales of a Senior: Trying to Handle Stress (and Failing)

    Tales of a Senior: Trying to Handle Stress (and Failing)

    “Is it supposed to be this hard?” I whined to my mom in an email on Tuesday night. I remember in year…

  • Six Ice Creams That Will Destroy Your Bikini Bod

    Six Ice Creams That Will Destroy Your Bikini Bod

    The next time you want to drown your boy problems in a half gallon of Ben and Jerry’s, you mi…

  • My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 76

    My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 76

    Those of you attempting to keep track with me and my diet – or those who just notice the blogs as the…

  • Ankle Bracelets Are The New Black

    Ankle Bracelets Are The New Black

    Anklets are the new black. In fact they are black, bulky and high tech enough to monitor your alco…

  • Stuffing Your Face… For Sanjaya. Zzzzzzzzzzz.

    Stuffing Your Face… For Sanjaya. Zzzzzzzzzzz.

    It was only a matter of time. American Idol has become more painful to watch than a novacaine-fre…