Beyond Before & After

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6 Kinds Of Naps And How To Get The Most Out Of Them

Naps. Oh naps, how do I love thee? Let me count the Zzzzs.

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7 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Fat

We’ve criminalized fat for so long that we’ve all but forgotten that fat is not just helpful, but necessary.

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I Tried Eating A Ketogenic Diet; Here’s What Happened

I want to establish for you, that this wasn’t a moment of “weakness.” The choice to eat something, is a choice, not a personality flaw.

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What Is A Ketogenic Diet? And Should You Try It?

By changing the way our bodies process energy, we can often change the way our bodies function. If we can stop the pancreas from freaking out, we can change everything.

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I Pee My Pants. Do You? Here's Help.

I’ve done 200,000 Kegels, and a good joke will still make my panties wet (and not in a sexy time way). It's pee. In my pants. I pee my pants!

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Your body is not bad. Even if it is fat, it is not bad. Weight Watchers would have you believe it is.

7 Reasons Weight Watchers Is The Actual Worst (From A WW Veteran)

Weight Watchers point counting nonsense makes it impossible to just eat food. Food isn’t a mathematical equation; it’s meant to nourish your body.

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Suffering Is Not Success: What I’ve Learned In A Year Of Self-Care

A bipolar, body-positive bread enthusiast with a fucked-up pretty much healed ankle and a history of disordered eating chroni

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Nutella And 5 Other Things I Refuse To Feel Guilty About

There are at least 1000 things I feel guilty about without even trying.

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