My history with dieting is very full. I switched diets at a rate and rhythm reminiscent of the “bend and snap” made famous in Legally Blonde. I am, in fact, legally blonde…that is, according to my driver’s license! Not that I have ever done the “bend and...
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Join my fight. Wage war with me on diets one day at a time. Diets are destroying our joy, freedom, livelihood, and productivity like a pandemic. The resolution is simple. We have to abstain from going on a diet. Fight the temptation. I dare you! In 2013, a...
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In recent years, juicing has become trendy and juice fasting seems all the rage. I have come to LOVE juicing to supplement my micronutrient intake and highly recommend it. However, I would argue that juice fasting can be dangerous and is really unnecessary....
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If you saw a picture of me ten years ago, you would not recognize me. So here it is. The picture below was me in 2007; 12 years ago and two years before I had gastric bypass surgery. On April 7, 2009, I had gastric bypass surgery and proceeded to lose 155...
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Here I was in early 2018, 50 pounds heavier than when I married my husband in 2011, but still 100 pounds lighter than before I had gastric bypass surgery in 2009. What was I going to do? I needed to find a way to lose the weight and get healthy without going...
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Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.