I have a slight confession: i stay up two days straight whenever i work hard on my cookbooks and journalism projects. Does it involve drugs? Hardly! I opt for a calorie fest as my legal crack, usually... Read more >>

Ironically, the kitchen itself seems to be the antidote to fat. America’s obsession with pre-packaged food has made 26.7 percent of us obese, according to the Center for Disease Control. Experts... Read more >>

I feel sorry for naturally skinny girls. They never have an excuse for a dateless Friday night. They can’t blame their lack of friends on their clothing size. They don’t even get to relax... Read more >>

The obesity epidemic is ridiculous in this country, it really it is. We can blame it on the public schools that have made after school programs amking recess, and gym almost non-existent. Or we can... Read more >>

In theory, I love detox cleanses. The idea of spending three to five days concentrated solely on health and emerging energetic and, um, skinny, excites me. In reality, I can’t quite conjure the... Read more >>

I’m talking for all the skinny girls around the world. And when I say “skinny” I do not mean anorexic-prominent-collarbones-no-curves skinny, I mean petite frame with a high... Read more >>

I used to be skinny when I was in high school. I remembered the other girls in sororities. The ones who dated the boys on the basketball team and the football team. They had figures. They were popular... Read more >>

I know exactly when it started. I know the exact moment my mind went from not caring to making it my first priority. I went to the doctor for a physical and stepped on the scale like always. And... Read more >>

I’ve just spent the past four days wearing a bikini, shades, and a wide brimmed hat. Dressing that way always makes me obsess about my body. If I stand in just the right light, at precisely the... Read more >>

French Vogue has always turned me onto fashion and turned me off eating. That may change now that France’s lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to make it illegal for anyone to publicly... Join this chit chat >>