It's been a year since I sat down to write about my personal experience with disordered eating. I had just come off a miserable attempt at the paleo diet where I lost more than just weight. My inability to distinguish between a healthy awareness of what I was eating and an unhealthy obsession with every …
How Powerlifting and Latina Magazine Changed My Life
Where the heck are those curtains? I thought to myself.I was rushing through a department store one afternoon on my lunch break from work when I received the email.Hello!I’m working with Latina Magazine and for our social media issue, February, we’re reaching out collecting images from Latina bloggers all across the web. We’d love to include …
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“I’m a Girl” and the New Initiative to Boost Body Image Diversity
When I first heard about Bloomberg's latest public health campaign to help boost the self-esteem of girls bombarded with images of unfair beauty standards, I was both surprised and curious. Despite Bloomberg's polarizing stance on the soda ban and many other proposed plans to change the quality of life for New Yorkers, I am continually …
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