I have always used food to shut myself up. I remember a day when I was 21, and I was in a relationship that was a really poor fit for me. I thought to myself, I have to keep myself really quite small to fit into the box that this person has me in. Well, [...]
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Now, I have often used the concept of packing your own lunch as a metaphor for the myriad of ways that you can take care of your body by feeding it properly. I love packing my lunch, because it not only allows me to avoid the middle-of-the-day-food-scramble but also because there is something comforting about [...]
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Or, Why I Refused To Starve Myself For The Photoshoot. I will warn you that if you are easily triggered, this post may prove upsetting for you. I talk very blatantly about my disordered eating emotions/thought patterns and extreme body image lows, though there is a happy ending, I pinky swear. Now. I thought that [...]
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So, when I polled my readers recently for topics that they would like covered here, the lovely @djodrylapointe [follow her, she's lovely] asked me to address the topic of learning to eat healthfully, but without falling into restrictive dieting. And wouldn’t you know, this is one of my favorite topics these days? Because this can be [...]
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It occurred to me recently, in my own personal battle with compulsive eating and my pledge to teach myself to eat intuitively, that there are certain situations, mood patterns, and personal obstacles where my old patterns re-emerge full force even when I have the best intentions. Now, these situations will vary from person to person, [...]
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Wow. It has been an insane/exciting/crazy/awesome week here at Medicinal Marzipan. There are quite a few phenomenal comments on my previous post, What if I Stopped Comparing Myself to Others, have you read it yet? Really lovely and wonderful reader responses, including one from my adorable baby sister – sobfest2010. And you all know that [...]
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I haven’t eaten wheat in four days. FOUR days. Yesterday, I forgot myself completely and almost dove head first into a pan of cinnamon rolls. The day before my legs hurt so badly it felt like someone was stabbing me. Today, about ten pounds of bloated awful has magically disappeared. This is what happens when [...]
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Happy March marzipanlings! March might just be my favorite month of the year, and not just because my birthday is in SIX days. Eeep! I love march because of the dramatic changes that occur, because things are blooming and growing. I love it especially this year because I’m ready to change and grow and there [...]
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Hi! I’m a reader of your blog, and I must say that I am absolutely in love with the site! (: Thank you for all of your support! There is an issue of mine that has been occurring for the past 3-4 months, relative to my eating-habits. For the past two years, I’ve been going [...]
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or, Lessons I Don’t Want to Teach My Daughters, depending. I feel revolting. I am too busy to feel revolting. And yet, here I am, again, feeling like my skin is too tight and I am suffocating in my overwhelming need to consume. I will give myself a slight reprieve: I did quit smoking – [...]
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