About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Eating Disorder
It’s been a long week and you’re probably wondering how it went, given my dreaded Month of Suck admission last week. I’ve spent this past week slowly recalibrating myself, lowering my expectations, ditching my guilt, and focusing on the individual steps to take rather than being overwhelmed by the bigness of my journey… And it’s been [...]
Thanks to Catherine Winters, you can now “Like” my blog posts & share on Facebook — which, if you like me, is a nice way of giving me somethin’ somethin’ for my work ’round these parts. Look the “like” button at the bottom of each post, where you can also “share” through many other services. [...]
Also posted in beauty, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, dysfunction, fitness, Hollywood, Hygiene & Health, internet, keeping it real, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, weight loss Tagged epidemic, fat in america, fat isn't funny, fat-phobic, getting fatter, marie claire, maura kelly, mike and molly, no fatties, obese in america, obesity, on being fat 7 Comments
Aug
23
2010
Everybody Has Reversals
One of my favourite movies is the little-known David Mamet skewering of Hollywood, the filmmaking parody called State and Main. In it, supposed screenwriter Phillip Seymour Hoffman laments being kicked off his first movie. The bookstore owner, played by Rebecca Pidgeon, says to him, “Well… Everybody has reversals. If you were never down, how would you know when you [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, beauty, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, fitness, Hygiene & Health, keeping it real, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, weight loss Tagged accepting blame, being ready, better, butter, fucking up, getting fat, getting ready, getting thin, getting your game face on, kicking ass, kicking ass and taking names, losing weight, moving on, owning up, taking a chance, taking responsibility, weight less 1 Comment
Jun
17
2010
Game On! Back to Success
Ed. Note: I often forget many of you are new here — so, a nutshell: From Jan ’08 till May of ’09, I lost 70 pounds. The hard way. Myself — no trainers, diet organizations, nothing. Hard work, honesty, and self-awareness. I burned out after 8 months with a killer back injury. So, I took [...]
Also posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, fitness, Hygiene & Health, keeping it real, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, weight loss Tagged changing your life, changing yourself, get your head in the game, getting healthy, getting past plateaus, head game, how do i change my life, how do i lose weight, how to lose weight, losing weight, secret to weight loss, weight loss, what it takes 5 Comments
Food: The Battle That Never Ends