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Fallible: On Making Mistakes in Public
November 19th, 2008 — , Humor, gym adventures, personal essays from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Olympic Gymnast Tackles the Age-Old Battle of Woman Vs. Scale (Plus Giveaway!)
November 12th, 2008 — , personal essays, weight gain/loss from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Did you know that some women lead perfectly happy and healthy lives without ever stepping on a scale? There are women out there who don’t even know what they weigh! If you are one of those women, as I’m sure some of you are, then you will spend the r…
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Confessions of a Compulsive Over-Exerciser
November 3rd, 2008 — , Body Image, Cardio, Eating Disorders, compulsive exercise, personal essays, weight lifting from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Most people have a hard time getting to the gym. I have a hard time getting out of the gym. My love of everything fitness has become my defining personality trait. That is often what people know me for. It doesn’t help either that my hobbies includ…
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Stop the Stomach Wars: Making Peace With Your Tummy
October 28th, 2008 — , Body Image, fat, personal essays, weight gain/loss from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
My friend L and I have been best friends since elementary school. We thought we were two halves of the same person and campaigned relentlessly to our parents to never, ever separate us. After all, a multitude of friendship bracelets, twin My Child do…
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Control Freak
October 27th, 2008 — , Gym Buddies, gym adventures, personal essays, weight lifting from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Be water.This was the advice given me by a good friend, if by good friend you understand that while we share a half dozen Linked In connections and comment on each others kids’ pictures on Facebook, we haven’t actually spoken in five years. He is a se…
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October 20th, 2008 — , Turbokick, personal essays, sexual assault from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Hee. You can see up my nose.One of the most rewarding things I do with my time when I’m not tethered to my computer is volunteering through my church as a leader for a group of girls. There are about 30 girls ranging from age 12-18 and we meet Wednes…
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October 19th, 2008 — , Eating Disorders, Food, TV appearances, personal essays, weight gain/loss from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Here’s a diet tip for you: Eat with a bear. I bet you eat less. Just try it and see.”She is a great example of fulfilling your destiny. She’ll order dessert and take one bite and then pour the salt shaker over it. She’s about living consciously.”~ Al…
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I Found Hope Outside of the Box
October 8th, 2008 — , Body Image, Eating Disorders, personal essays, sexual assault from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Good people give bad advice all the time. And said advice generally comes in well-intended pithy (and occasionally alliterative!) axioms. The rule of thumb for discerning bad advice: does it fit on a bumper sticker? If yes, then it is too simple to …
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October 5th, 2008 — , Cardio, Gym Buddies, Humor, Turbokick, gym adventures, personal essays, sexual assault, weight lifting from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
My friends paid a boy to kiss me. I was sweet sixteen and never been kissed - a fact that I remain unapologetic about to this day - but my friends decided that the best birthday present they could give me would be a soft-lipped hottie to revoke my VL …
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October 1st, 2008 — , Celebrities, Eating Disorders, TV appearances, gym adventures, hollywood, personal essays, weight gain/loss from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Photo CreditOur society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. We’re all well aware how the media accustoms us to starlets sylphlike on screen and sacks of bones in real life. Because the came…
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September 21st, 2008 — , gym adventures, personal essays, sexual assault from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
The Uncomfortable Telling, Part I”C…c…can I come in? I need to talk.” Crying the ugly cry before Oprah ever coined the term, I stood shivering in the sunlight on his doorstep. There was snow but I wore only a thin green t-shirt and jeans. I cou…
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September 7th, 2008 — , Eating Disorders, TV appearances, orthorexia, personal essays from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
“Sancho!” I yelled, smiling so tightly that my cheeks hurt as I threw open my front door.”Charlotte! You’re even more beautiful in person!” He didn’t miss a beat, despite the fact that I’d just called him by his last name as if we were old college bu…
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August 26th, 2008 — , Eating Disorders, orthorexia, personal essays from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
I hate eating in public. And I say this fully realizing that many of you who read this have had occasion to eat with me. If I invite you over, to my home, things are not so hard for me. I have control over the menu, the ingredients, and the portions…
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