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August 27, 2013

‘Pregorexia’ and Postpartum Priorities

What does it say about a culture if when a baby's born, the mom's tummy...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

The Eating Disorder You Don’t Hear Much About

The thing about a disorder like anorexia is that it eventually makes you look something...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Guest Post! A Food Lover on the Grace of Taste

{Welcome to the blog, Tim!} I love the way food tastes, how it feels, the...

February 02, 2012

Is Everyone Losing Weight Without Me?

I've always loved books, but for a number of years--okay, for a lot of years--my...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Is Hating My Body a Sin?

I love seeing the search terms that bring people to Eat With Joy. Some of...

January 21, 2012

Using God as Backup for White Middle Class Standards of Beauty

Usually for your weekend reading I post something of interest from around the web. This...

January 20, 2012

How Patriarchy Gave Me an Eating Disorder, Part 2

My husband says I forgot to point out that not only did Ruth pursue Boaz,...

January 19, 2012

How Patriarchy Gave Me an Eating Disorder, Part 1

Disclaimers: 1. This title is, of course, hyperbole. 2. My parents didn't teach or embody...

December 2011

December 05, 2011

Tracey Gold’s ‘Starving Secrets’

Remember Tracey Gold from Growing Pains? A recovered anorexic, she's now hosting a new Lifetime...

December 01, 2011

The Victoria’s Secret “Angel” Diet

Recently, supermodel Adriana Lima talked to the UK newspaper, Telegraph, telling the paper what it...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

I don't know about you, but I love Thanksgiving--a day for feasting and giving thanks...

November 21, 2011

On Being (or wanting to be) ‘Skinny Pregnant’

Twice in the last week I've been asked how I went from disordered in my...

November 16, 2011

“It wasn’t a very spiritual thought–we’re all FAT.”

That's what went through Pastor Rick Warren's mind when he was nearing the end of...

November 09, 2011

Whose Eating Disorder Is This?

When I say 'person with eating disorder' do you imagine someone who looks like this?...

November 05, 2011

100 Posts!

Yesterday's post on Plumpy'nut marked 100 posts here on Eat With Joy. I thought of...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

Connecting/Celebrating

I've decided to take Sundays off from writing and, instead, post a single photo capturing...

October 28, 2011

A Mouthwatering Work of Culinary Genius

So between my birthday (last month) and Tim's (yesterday) and the book contract, we had...

October 27, 2011

No Peace at the End of Anxiety

So I signed a book contract this week. I don’t want to share the details...

October 17, 2011

It’s Fat Talk Free Week!

So it's Fat Talk Free Week. What? You've never heard of "Fat Talk Free Week"?...

October 08, 2011

Speaking Out, Part Two

{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...

September 2011

September 07, 2011

Why Eating Together Matters

All right, I was a little fired up yesterday. (My mom's response? "You're like that...

September 06, 2011

The Hour That Matters Most

Perhaps I've been immersed in the world of foodies for too long, but I would've...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

What I Want vs. What I HAVE

One of the things I love about gardening (and eating in season) is that it...

August 23, 2011

Before You Talk to God, Make Sure You Brush Your Teeth

Recently I read back through just a bit of Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman by...

August 22, 2011

Am I too thin to say “accept your body”?

Last week, I received a comment on the Audrey Hepburn post--in which I urged that...

August 16, 2011

Should healthy living be a spiritual discipline?

An essay at RELEVANT yesterday made some good points: first, that "the obesity battle isn’t...

August 13, 2011

Weekend Eating Reading: Ellyn Satter

...the Saturday post! Weekend Eating Reading briefly discusses at least one good book that's somehow related...

August 10, 2011

The Best Pizza in All the World

Last year I moved back to my native land--the greater (i.e. downstate) NY area--after many,...

August 09, 2011

White Collar’s Woman Problem

[Or, Tiffani Thiessen is not fat.] {Today I'm delighted to welcome my co-blogger from the...

August 08, 2011

Breastfeeding and Justice

Last week, the popular Christian blogger and writer Rachel Held Evans drew her readers' attention...