I use the F word a lot when I’m writing about body image, and every so often, my iVillage editor gently takes it out of my copy and replaces it with something softer, like “overweight” or “portly”* because she doesn’t …

Oh sigh. How often have you sat, head in hands, waiting for Apple and Chocolate Cake to fight each other…to the death?

In other news, today’s Never Say Diet post is about why I hate the term “yo-yo diet” and …

And note that I’m saying “health food,” as in things labeled as such (Low-Fat, Light, Lean, what have you). Not healthy food — because to my mind, truly healthy food also makes your stomach happy.

Now that we’ve got that …

My take on MyPlate, the government’s new food pyramid. It’s not perfect — and the meat/soda/processed food lobbies are a big reason why. But I do think it’s a total body image win. Read why on Never Say Diet…

Because, good news: If you have a body, and you’d like to put a bikini on it, then you already have a bikini body. Yogurt commercials and cellulite creams, be damned.

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I don’t think so — but the media (like Dominique Browning who always has so much to say about this stuff) sure does.

Here’s why we kept getting swept up in the alleged cosmetic surgery epidemic. (And why it’s distracting …

I’m excited about today’s Never Say Diet post because it features the wisdom of my friend Michelle Segar, PhD, who is an exercise psychologist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. And …

New research says that overweight women earn less than their thinner counterparts. But the same bias doesn’t seem to exist for men. What’s that about? Read more on Never Say Diet.

PS. Apologies for this Headless Fatty picture. Some days …

Attention vegetarians: I come in peace! But you might not love today’s post. If so, blame Katie over on Health for the Whole Self. She started it by being some damn insightful and all.…

I’m making bold moves today, people! Bold moves. As in, I’m daring to suggest that you don’t have to “deserve” to eat that cookie.

You can just eat it.

And nothing bad will happen to you.

I promise.

(So let’s …