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What should you say when people ask how you lost weight? I lost thirty pounds on Weight Watchers, but I didn’t really want to tell people that. I’ve discussed some of the associations I had with Weight Watchers. It…

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Look at how big this scale is. Seriously, look at it. It’s massive. Taller than the bank of double-decker lockers, it dwarfs an industrial vacuum cleaner and makes a 5’11” me seem like a shorty next to it. It is a hellacious metal…

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Yesterday, as I sat on a too-long train ride, I picked up a copy of Marie Claire that I found sitting in the seat pocket in front of me (I didn’t buy it, I swear!) and found myself flipping past the fashion…

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We all know pro-ana [anorexia] websites are, by their very nature, extremely dangerous. The tips on losing weight, on how to stop hunger pangs, the “thinspo” pictures - they’re dangerous and potentially very damaging to the psyches and bodies of the young women…

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The other day I got swept up in the series Super Slim Me. In this experiment, a lovely British woman is determined to get down to a U.S. size 0. She is a journalist and undertakes the help…

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April is National Poetry Month. In the spirit of celebration, HAL continues to bring you poetry written by amazing women. This week’s poem, by Maya Angelou, rejoices in what it means to be a woman. She believes that one doesn’t need to look…

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Chloe Marshall is a British 16-year-old who has recently been making headlines around the world. Not because she was crowned Miss Surrey in a beauty pageant and will be competing nationwide, although she did and she is; but because she is the…

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People love chicken-or-the-egg questions: Would you rather be deaf or blind? Always cold or always hot? Walk in on your parents or have them walk in on you? Sometimes they result in profound ethical debates, other times they make for good cocktail party chatter.

So when the Today…

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Fifty and topless!

No, that’s not the tentative title for my in-my-dreams forthcoming memoir.

Remember when Jamie Lee Curtis posed in a sportsbra and bicycle shorts, sans makeup or airbrushing, for More Magazine? OMG, that was…

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Trying to eat healthy – whole grains, fresh veggies, flax oil – is one important element of an energetic, athletic, robust lifestyle. Filling your body with natural, whole foods is the best way, without a doubt, to fuel yourself and prevent illness.…

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In this regular column, staff writer Jessica Hale muses on the ins and outs of Health at Every Size - a body-embracing philosophy that aims to empower women and men to embrace their bodies as-is, and celebrate healthy, active and fulfilling…

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“Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder” – we have heard it, but why don’t we believe it? According to studies, women typically spend 19 minutes tending to their faces, and the average American adult uses nine personal…

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The Internet has become the one-stop resource for anyone looking for anything, from a new dress to health advice to ways to kill a few minutes. However, the Internet is home to more than just useful, beneficial information - as…

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In this regular column, staff writer Jessica Hale muses on the ins and outs of Health at Every Size - a body-embracing philosophy that aims to empower women and men to embrace their bodies as-is, and celebrate healthy, active and fulfilling…

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You’re a hot, foxy momma – you just may not know it yet. And while you might have cast your eyes upon this article hoping for the next miracle-cream-tablet-diet-combination guaranteed to firm your thighs and melt stomach flab, you’ve got…

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