I’ve already started to get excited about the end of the hot and sticky Summer and the beginning of the crisp and cool Fall.  Lately it seems like it’s been too hot to really do anything…who can feel sexy when you feel sweaty and swollen all day?  Fall is just around the corner so start putting together your cute outfits with boots and skinny jeans (I can’t wait ’til it’s cool enough to wear jeans again!) and look forward to some great Fall dates.
Here are my top ten date ideas for Fall:

Get tickets to a football game.  Find out what …read more

Summer is almost over, and as school draws near (my son is starting kindergarten — how the heck did that happen?), I am reminded of a summer 23 years ago in 1985.
Let’s call it my “ANA-versary”.
Yes, that summer was when I turned my body from chubby to svelte in one easy step — anorexia.
The funny thing is that I didn’t set out to become anorexic; I just wanted to never be called “fat” in school again.  (I was overweight or “under tall”, if you prefer!)  So I began restricting… severely.  I calculated that if I could lose weight on 1200 …read more