Monthly Archive: October 2011

They seem to come up with new terms and definitions for anything and everything these days.  Case in point, drunkorexia. Drunkorexia: depriving oneself of food as a way of “saving calories” for booze.  I’m fairly certain this phenomenon is mostly seen in the college age bracket, but you never know.  I lived in a sorority house for two years and there was definitely a mix of healthy and unhealthy dietary habits – as well as drinking habits.  You don’t need to be a registered dietician to know that replacing vital nutrients with alcohol is a… Read more >

I’ve professed my love for Brendan Brazier in the past (many times in fact).  I have his other books, Thrive and Thrive Fitness, which taught me so much about nutrition as it relates to training.  During my summer of funemployment I became obsessed with all things thrive.    So imagine how excited I was when my father-in-law returned from Expo East with this!!!  [insert shrieks of joy here] I’m still reading it, but I already love it.  Like his other books, he shares his knowledge about how beneficial raw foods are in terms of maintaining… Read more >

I don’t think I could put into words how thankful I am to have veg-curious in-laws.  It’s one thing for your husband’s family to be accepting of your diet, but it’s a completely different thing to have them be interested enough to embrace it in their own lives.  I know they already wrote a joint post, but this one is just from Beverly.  It’s funny because I remember this story SO VIVIDLY (but somewhat differently).  Enjoy!   In & Outta Love On the HHH blog, many readers noted they wished their family embraced their veganism. … Read more >

Missed the previous guest posts? Check ‘em out…Kyle, Mom, Marie, In-Laws, Ethel This next one is from my bestie Alene.  If you read my blog with any frequency, then she really doesn’t need an introduction.  Enjoy! A Birthday Tribute to E Elise and I have known each other for most of our lives.  We were in kindergarten together, and that’s about the earliest memory in my mind, so to me, that’s pretty much the beginning.  So we’ve known each other from the beginning.  And we started with one big commonality – we both have weird… Read more >