Dehydration is the Devil!
That’s a direct quote from Junior. Both of us have had a lot of miserable experience with dehydration. This used to happen with me quite a bit with longer races and it was BRUTAL. Like HERE. But...
View ArticleMy 5th Healthaversary is Coming: Hot Chocolate 5k with me!
Every January, I reflect back on January 2009, when I first started this blog. I think about how I felt back then. Scared, unhealthy, hopeless. And how far I’ve come. Even with this recent injury, I...
View ArticleGoodbye (sort of), Foodie McBody
Foodie McBody I just did a little thing that felt like such a BIG thing. I changed my Twitter handle, which has been @foodiemcbody forever. But for the last six months or a year I’ve felt like so much...
View ArticleAnother Chronic Disease, O Boy
Five years into being diagnosed with type II diabetes, I finally felt like I had come to some sort of peaceful relationship with it. I felt like I was managing the best I could, and was really pleased...
View ArticleYear of Pain, Year of Humble
Last week, after I spoke on a panel on reproductive stigma and justice, an audience member came up to me and said, “I know you.” I looked at her. I didn’t recognize her at all – a warm smile, brown...
View ArticleThe Paleo Experiment
from Unsplash/Sonja Langford Anybody who knows me, knows that I am one of the least likely people ever to go the Paleo route. ME? I probably love cheese and dairy products more than anyone, ever. I...
View ArticleExposed, Again
When I realized that this week was the 4th year anniversary of the Exposed Movement, originally started by Mish at Eating Journey, my initial reaction was to scoff and whimper, “No way.” I remember...
View ArticlePhoto Shoot (Me)
silly shot with Junior & Juniorette (photo credit: Laura Duldner) About a month ago, I got an email from someone at a diabetes publication, saying they’d found my blog and wanted to interview me....
View ArticleThis Dairyholic/Grainaholic’s Month of Paleo
Today marks my 30th day of eating Paleo. Woo!!! I’ve had a lot of surprises this month. Here’s my recap. First, I learned to love a lot of things I either never liked before, or had never given much of...
View ArticleUnGrained, Again (or, Paleo take 2)
For a month last year, I took a stab at eating Paleo/Whole30. It went pretty well, but not without its challenges. The worst thing for me was giving up dairy. I made the switch to almond milk, but it...
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