Last week, a couple of pigeons started building a nest in the rafters of my porch, and I named them George and Mathilda. They are just the cutest things. What’s odd is that there are plenty of ducks and crows…

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Continue reading → After 1,910 posts, it’s time for this Pro blogger to take a Hiatus

Just wanted to drop a quick note to let ya’ll know that I’m not lying in a hospital bed or on the side of a road somewhere. Haven’t been posting because I’m a bit overwhelmed at the moment and need…

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From her seat, Pasta Queen took this picture of my BlogHer 08 panel, “Coming Out Via Blog”. I added some Icanhascheezburger fun. From, right to left is Susan Mernit our moderator, moi, Sarah Dopp of Dopp Juice, JenB of Jen…

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Check out my new do. The look I wanted was “dirty sex hair” and voila! Misssion Accomplished! Josh, my (new) stylist, created something that went way beyond my expectation, and indeed I pranced out of the salon genuinely feeling like…

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Continue reading → So this is how you do the dirty sex hair look (with hair products)

Check out my new do. The look I wanted was “dirty sex hair” and voila! Misssion Accomplished! Josh, my (new) stylist, created something that went way beyond my expectation, and indeed I pranced out of the salon genuinely feeling like…

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Continue reading → So this is how you do the dirty sex hair look (with hair products)

Picture from the top of the SF Westin Saint Francis where the Blogher 08 Newbie Reception was held. The primary reason I go to the BlogHer conferences is to meet the beautiful smiles of the bloggers behind the blogs I…

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Picture from the top of the SF Westin Saint Francis where the Blogher 08 Newbie Reception was held. The primary reason I go to the BlogHer conferences is to meet the beautiful smiles of the bloggers behind the blogs I…

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Continue reading → BlogHer 08: Meeting the smiles behind the blogs

As a special treat, I have the honor of being interviewed by one of my favorite bloggers, Cranky Fitness. In the interview, I share some of the back story and give a mini preview of some of the things I…

Continue reading → Backstory and mini preview of Steph’s BlogHer08 “Coming Out Via Blog” speaking gig

This is why I can’t cut out carbs all together. I sware this is what goes on in my head whenever I’ve gone on any of those “Don’t Even THINK About Eating Carbs” diets. Literally, “I want coooookie!”

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Continue reading → This is what goes on in my head whenever I go on a “No Carb” diet

While some may think that the little things in life can be annoyances, I personally think it is those small things we tend to over look are what we actually need to pay attention to. So, I find myself in…

Continue reading → Appreciating the importance of the little things

To gear up for the BlogHer 08 conference, Lisa Belkin, a NY Times reporter, host of show “Life’s Work” on the Take 5 Channel on XM Radio, and a BISJ reader (yes, it was a pleasure to find that out…

Continue reading → Catch Steph on XM Radio with NY Times reporter and “Life’s Work” Host Lisa Belkin

Some of you have been asking me “What’s up with the Jenny Craig ads? You said you don’t like their program, and now you’re supporting them. Huh?” I just noticed the ads today, and have asked my blog advertising network…

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Continue reading → Jenny Craig ads are coming down

A girlfriend and I were having lunch yesterday, and as we looked over the lunch menu we took a moment to giggle, in a “I totally have been there too” kind of way, about how in our old weight obsessed…

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Continue reading → Before: The “fat” conversations in your head when looking over a menu

Hi all! Hope everyone had a fun and restful Memorial Day Weekend. As you can see I’ve been doing some redecorating around the blog here. The new color scheme is “Flax & Sage” inspired by one of my favorite stores,…

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While we are out on a mini break to do some blog reconstruction and have fun over the Memorial Day weekend, please enjoy “Mercy” by Duffy. This has got to be one of the sexiest beats I’ve heard in a…

Continue reading → Have some “Mercy” while we’re on a mini break

Continuing from Part 1: At some point you have to evolve One of the fastest ways to find out what you’re good at is to ask other people. Seems like a no-brainer but many women are afraid to ask others…

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Continue reading → BISJ Evolves Part 2 of 2: “You’re like a big sister I always wanted”

Sometimes the voice in my head sounds like Jedi master Yoda. A few months ago while trying to figure out the root cause of that wicked insomnia spell I had, this is what the wise one echoed, “Focus on your…

Continue reading → BISJ Evolves Part 1 of 2: At some point you have to evolve

Zandria had this interesting post about what people have said to her, and it got me thinking about what people have said to me. Here are some standouts: 1.) “You look better in person” (During a first meeting from a…

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Continue reading → Things People Have Said to Me Too

AllTop is a site that collects stories from “all the top” sites on the web on various subjects, and is more easily described as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. There are 9 top categories covering the subjects of…

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Continue reading → Back in Skinny Jeans joins a group of kick ass women on AllTop

First, happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! This week, I’m going to post minimally here at Back in Skinny Jeans because I’m going to focus my efforts over at Noshtopia for my “Great Food Reboot Experiment.” I’m going to do a…

Continue reading → Minimal posting this week as I’m doing the “Great Food Reboot Experiment” at Noshtopia

I’m honored to say that I have been chosen to be a speaker at the BlogHer 08 Conference in San Francisco in July. I go on Day #2 in Breakout session #2 from 1:45-3:00pm. The panel I’ll be speaking on…

Continue reading → I’m speaking at BlogHer 08 on “Coming Out via Blog” about highly personal issues

…because it is. Yo folks! It’s my birthday this weekend so I’m taking off Friday and Monday. Will be back on Tuesday. Gonna relax and have some fun and continue to detox from the Internet. I am going to eat…

Continue reading → We’re gonna party like it’s my birthday…

In today’s video, I talk about what I’ve been doing to get back on track after the 6lb weight gain I mentioned last week because of the wicked insomnia spell I went through in March. I discovered the primary source…

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Continue reading → Weigh-in Wed: Rebounding from the insomnia weight gain

Wanna see a woman with some serious abs of steel? Workout Mommy has a cool interview with Tami, who shares her secret to getting that amazing six pack, “Abs are built in the kitchen.” You can do all the crunches…

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Continue reading → Random thoughts on skinny: So this is how you get rid of that muffin top

Camy’s guest blog post about her new book and the pestering aunts who feel the need to point out all your fat flaws at family gatherings, got me thinking more about my own struggles of dealing with body image as…

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While I took the weekend to sleep more to recover from this insomnia spell I’ve been suffering from, Comrade GoGo forwarded me a story from the NY Times that made me feel not so alone in my concern over my…

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Continue reading → NY Times concurs: Blogging can affect your health adversely

Captain’s log: 04022008 Final conclusion of 30-minute for 30-days walking experiment We are now at April and the end of my 30-day Great Walking Experiment, and I have to say that my experiment proved to be a mostly hilarious failure….

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Continue reading → Conclusion: The Great Walking Experiment of March 08

When I started out, I had no idea where blogging could take me. All I knew is that people were making money blogging and I so desperately wanted out of the corpse-rate 8am-8pm rat race. So, 2-1/2 years ago, I…

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Continue reading → Part II of II: How pro blogging led me to insomnia

Okay, allow me to take a moment to share that the LA Times wrote an article, “Yahoo hopes women take a Shine to site” about Yahoo’s new site for women Shine which officially launched today and which I raved about…

Continue reading → I’m quoted in LA Times on Yahoo Shine site for women

Last week, I mentioned that I was going to go “off the grid” for nearly five days to see just how much my Internet use and blogging was affecting this wicked case of insomnia I have been experiencing this month,…

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Continue reading → Part I of II: How over-interneting is like over-eating

Are you experiencing insomnia and spend enormous amounts of time online? {raise my hand} That’s me! For the rest of the week, I am going to take a break from blogging here at Back in Skinny Jeans and Noshtopia because…

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Continue reading → Can too much Internet use lead to insomnia?

Captain’s Log: 03212008 Day #18 of 30 Total Walk Time: 1hour 45 minutes I say Ye gads walking to the grocery store mainly because unless you live in a metro city with good public transportation, most of us in suburb…

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Continue reading → Walk Day #18: Ye gads! Walking to the grocery store

Captain’s Log: 03202008 Day #17 of 30 Total Walk Time: 15 minutes Ok, I only did 15 minutes but 15 is better than zero, no? I woke up in a major funk not just because of the insomnia thing but…

Continue reading → Walk Day #17: Dinners with the ex’s (Two of them)

I haven’t done a Weigh-In Wed video in awhile, so I thought now would be a good time to give everyone a status as to where I am 3 months into maintenance mode. My apartment is a little messy, but…

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Continue reading → Weigh-in Wed: #42 “3 months into maintenance mode”

Captain’s Log: 03172008 Day #16 of 30 Total Walk Time: I think 20-ish minutes Confession time. The only walking I did yesterday was to my car and through Whole Foods to buy some grub. While there, I took a picture…

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Continue reading → Walk Day #16: Who can walk 30 minutes every day for the rest of their life?

Captain’s Log: 03132008 Day #12 of 30 Total Workout Time: 45 min @ 2:10pm You know those days when you don’t do a thing hair or makeup wise cause you’re feeling lazy, and then miraculously everyone tells you you look…

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Continue reading → Walk Day #12: When others think you look hot but you did nothing to glam up

I’ve been wanting to publish this post for almost 2 years now but haven’t mainly because I hadn’t figured out how to communicate my story without sounding like a victim, a bitter shrew, or a resentful killjoy, all of which…

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Continue reading → The real reason I left my career in tech

Captain’s Log: 03112008 Day #10 of 30 Total Walk Time: 55 minute @2:30pm I had lunch with a girlfriend who’s 6 months pregnant, and her 2 year old daughter. After a salad buffet at Fresh Choice we walked around the…

Continue reading → Wak Day #10: Skinny mannequins in the mall

I have a dirty little secret to admit. I record my exercise stats religiously, and I mean like I have a mild anxiety attack if I don’t have my little notebook to write down what I did during my workout…

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Continue reading → Are you obsessive about recording all your exercise stats?

There are so many things that they don’t teach you in college about life in the corporate world, and they really should because in some situations it’s like sending the puppies in with the sharks, rats, and snakes. One thing…

Continue reading → An unexpected reality of your career: Bitch, Slut, or Secretary

Captain’s log: 03102008 Day #8 of 30 Total Walk time 1 hour 45 minutes. How about going on a walk and seeing a 100 foot picture of David Beckham and his Johnson in his undies? I have to say that…

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Continue reading → Walk day #8: Someone upstairs is answering my prayers

This week, I’m going to share more information about my life in the Rat Race, and specifically more to the point of how my former career made me fat and live in very unhealthy ways, physically, mentally, and emotionally, and…

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Continue reading → How your job can make you fat and unhealthy

Captain’s Log: 03062008 Day #5 of 30 Total Workout time: 45 min @ 3:07pm Here is me taking a picture of me on the treadmill in front of the huge mirror in my apartment gym. There is something hilarious to…

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Continue reading → Walk Day #5: Walk on treadmill turned to jogging

Captain’s Log: 03052008 Total Walk Time: 41 min @ 2:27pm I saw this pigeon just hanging out on the edge of the bridge that over looks the lagoon near my apartment complex. For a moment, he had two other friends,…

Continue reading → Walk Day #4: Unbearable stillness of being

Captain’s Log: 03042008 Day #3 of 30 Total Walk Time: 31 minutes @ 8:52am Could you live on a street called Butte Court? I giggled in a 3rd grade boy kind of way when I saw this. All I could…

Continue reading → Walk Day #3: Living on Butt Court

Captain’s Log: 03032008 Day #2 0f 30. Total Walk Time: 58 minutes @4:15pm It’s only Day #2 and I’m feeling sore muscles in my thighs almost like I did the Thighmaster during a TV commercial break. It’s weird to me…

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Continue reading → Walking Day #2: Sore muscles in unexpected places

BlogHer is doing this awesome campaign called, “A Letter To My Body.” Of course, this subject is right up my alley, so I’m going to share my letter with all of you today. I encourage all of you to write…

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Continue reading → Letter To Your Body: What would you write?

BlogHer is doing this awesome campaign called, “A Letter To My Body.” Of course, this subject is right up my alley, so I’m going to share my letter with all of you today. I encourage all of you to write…

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Continue reading → Letter To Your Body: What would you write?

One of my posts today is about why I don’t talk about my ED recovery more, and I did not realize that this week is also “National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.” I didn’t get the memo until just now. My…

Continue reading → My faux pas, please forgive my bad and check out National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

A reader asked me this the other day, so I thought I would share my answer with everyone, since I have a feeling that many of you are wondering the same thing. At the beginning of the year, I came…

Continue reading → “Why don’t you talk about your ED recovery more Steph?”