“Once you get through the depression and break down and you’re at the lowest of the low, you slowly come out and you realize, ‘wow, I’m glad that’s behind me,’” he said. “It’s like going to the gym, you know. ‘Oh, I hate going and I don’t want to work out, but when I come out it’s like OK, I feel pretty good.’ And I…

I worked at Sephora for four years. I quit last December because I simply could not take another holiday in the mall - BECAUSE THE DAMN HOLIDAYS STARTED AFTER HALLOWEEN.

I had a conversation last night with a dear friend wherein I told her I feel somehow deficient because I don’t have marriage and kids and a house like almost everyone else in my life. It was almost a breakdown moment, because I want those things but somehow don’t see myself getting them, and I wondered why I couldn’t…

True Story: I didn’t see Jurassic Park til last year. I’m 34. If someone had told me that Jeff Goldblum got half-nekkid in it, I’d have watched it 4,000 times already.

Yesterday, my parents had to put one of their (numerous) cats to sleep. His name was Wilson, and he was a grey polydactyl tabby. Over the last two months he started losing a lot of weight and acting very tired, so they took him to the vet and it turned out he had lymphoma and a mass in his stomach. The vet said that…

She acts as though explaining a terrible, partisan decision should somehow satisfy everyone. “Oh, well, Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist piece of shit, but since she explained her decision, I guess it’s fine!”

“I get tired of the ‘she speaks but doesn’t act.’”

I actually would recommend your boyfriend check for tonsil stones.  A dentist could help with that, or an ear nose and throat guy - or he can just open his mouth really wide and look inside with a flashlight - if there are these weird looking white “stones” in his tonsils (assuming he has tonsils), that could be the…

This is such fucking horseshit. I’m guessing they don’t prevent anyone from telling men about vasectomies. Because that might be considered an invasion of privacy and state’s rights and freedom or what the fuck ever. The ONLY reason I could afford birth control for like ten years is because Planned Parenthood gave it…

There is in fact a TJ’s near me... it’s a little anxiety-inducing for me to go into because for some reason, ALL TJ’s have skinny aisles and way too many people in them, but maybe if I go on a Tuesday morning or something, I can navigate without wanting to stab everyone. ;)

That is a great way of reframing! Fuck that Hershey’s bullshit, let me go get a big piece of cassata cake from the Italian bakery down the street.  I’m filing this away for later!

OMG I’m drooling. Legit drooling. Can you come to my house with one of those concoctions right now while I work late please?

YES THIS.  Oh my God, I had such a bad habit of “If I don’t log them, they don’t exist.”  It’s a shame thing.  But once you reframe it as, “Well, I fucked up today, but let’s try again tomorrow,” you feel less bad about putting those extra calories into the app.  Good for you for getting to your goal weight! Keep it…

Yeah, I’ve noticed that one hershey bar is not as fulfilling as like, a GOOD dark chocolate bar, and I don’t even love dark chocolate, lol

Oooooh this sounds SO good right now.  I’m going to a farmer’s market tomorrow so if they have some good strawberries I’m going to pick some up.

I am SO BAD about eating at the computer because I work so much that it’s hard to break away. But I like this idea of making up basically a cheese board to snack on.  I bet figs would be really good to add.

Thank you! :) And thank you for starting this thread of positivity.  It’s exactly what I needed after a long week. <3

Anyone have any favorite tips for beating the shit out of chocolate cravings? It seems like they’re my biggest trip-up when it comes to dieting. I can avoid salt no problem, but my God, the bright lure of a Hershey bar...

I needed this in my life.

This week, I started getting my health back in order! I’m back on my thyroid medications, taking my vitamins/supplements routinely (I use madefor and care/of, for anyone who is interested in those personalized vitamin packs), I’ve gone to the gym twice (one time I managed to walk a 5k on the treadmill!), and I…