skinnyObsessions - 03/09/10
Don’t drink your calories! The perfect soda for weight-loss
Diet Coke is my crutch. A generally auspicious craving killer with zero calories…what’s not to love? Well, the aspartame, for starters. Studies show that this manufactured sweetener may actually inhibit weight loss and the phosphorous content may lower the levels of calcium in the blood.
skinnyCookbook - 03/08/10
A Bread-winning Recipe
It’s rare that I ever finish an entire loaf of bread before its expiration date. But I feel so guilty throwing out the not-so-fresh extra slices (especially when I can hear my mother’s voice in my head: “There are starving children in Africa!”)
skinnySizeMe - 03/05/10
Week 3: Think you’re eating healthy? Check out these little-known diet saboteurs
I might be crazy, but all I want to do is get on a scale. This has never happened before; usually I run in the other direction with arms flailing like they do in horror movies. But I just know in the past two weeks, I’ve made progress, and I would give up a whole lot more than dessert to measure...
skinnyFAB - 03/04/10
Cause-worthy shirts that fit to a “Tee”
It’s 11:30 pm. Thanks to Facebook, I know that my co-worker is popping popcorn with her husband, and that my sister, who lives 3,000 miles away, has just realized she’s infatuated with Pete Campbell from Mad Men. We spend our days tweeting, blogging, buzzing and making status updates. And yet,...
skinnyObsessions - 03/03/10
Cherries: the latest “super” food
When I was in high school, a friend bought me a food dehydrator for my birthday. Not the most conventional gift for a teenage girl, but I had seriously been coveting one. I was on a dried fruit kick at the time, and my favorite store brands were all coated with sugar, which defeated the real...