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Race Recap: Donut Worry, Run Happy 5K

October 21, 2019 Jill

Yeah so remember that time about two months ago where I mentioned I had signed up for a 5K and that I was going to use this as an opportunity to get back into running? I swear I had every wonderful intention of doing my training like a good little runner but I failed spectacularly.… Continue reading Race Recap: Donut Worry, Run Happy 5K

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Colors of Cancer Cleveland Fundraiser

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 Jill

With the one year anniversary of my mom's passing coming up, I was thrilled when asked to participate in the Colors of Cancer Cleveland fundraiser campaign.

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Donut Worry, Run Happy!

August 14, 2019August 13, 2019 Jill

Yesterday, I did something I haven't done in a really, really, really long time... I registered for a race.

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AllGo Releases Free Stock Photo Library Featuring Plus-Size Models

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Jill

Y'all. Y'ALL. I don't know how many of you use stock photos but I do fairly frequently. Both professionally -- I run our company blog and do all the graphic work -- but also personally. I use images for this blog and also for all of my Medium essays, too. One of the challenges that… Continue reading AllGo Releases Free Stock Photo Library Featuring Plus-Size Models

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Surviving Summer with Thick Thighs

July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 Jill

This post contains affiliate links Ah, summer. Believe it or not, I used to wear pants all summer long (I know, right?). Truth is, I just hadn't figured out how to wear skirts or dresses without getting any thigh chafing. It wasn't something that was talked about in any of my circles so I avoided… Continue reading Surviving Summer with Thick Thighs

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Happy #medalmonday! Here’s a closer look at the fun donut medal I got for yesterday’s 5K (not shown, actual donut I got for yesterday’s 5K because, well, I ate it lol) Visit the link in my profile for my race recap! #clevelandblogger #runCLE #5K #plussizeathlete #plussizerunner #fatgirlscan #fatathlete #plussizeblogger
🏅🍩 Will race for bling and donuts #clevelandblogger #5K #riotsnotdiets #losehatenotweight #effyourbeautystandards #fatgirlscan #plussizeblogger #plussizerunner #plussizeathlete #runCLE #clevelandbloggers #ohioblogger #healthateverysize #haes
Haven’t had one of these in awhile! My training kind of, uh, failed so I’ll be walking most of it but WHATEVER I’m mostly in it for the bling and @brewnuts donut 🍩🏅If you see me out on the course tomorrow be sure to say hi! #clevelandblogger #bopoblogger #riotsnotdiets #losehatenotweight #slowrunner #slowrunning #5K #runCLE
Seven years ago I wrote a blog post titled “how to survive Halloween.” The post was all about how to control yourself around the diet culture demon sugar. It was full of candy puns like “Be a Smartie at the Store” and “Take Control Now (and Later)” 🙄 I thought I was so clever. Looking back I’m horrified, because that was just one of a series of survival kinds I wrote, all of which were basically about how to trick yourself out of a craving. Eat 24 almonds. Drink water. Have fruit instead. Chew gum. Hers the thing: if your body is craving sugar, that means it needs and wants sugar. So eat the fucking sugar. Here’s another one: sugar addiction isn’t a thing. I know what the media and your WW leaders and your diet pals tell you, but it’s not real. What is real is your body craving sugar because you are restricting it. The more you restrict it, the more you crave it. Then you eat it and because you’ve been restricting for so long, you binge. And because you binge, you believe you’re addicted to sugar. You aren’t. That is just the binge restrict cycle at work. And that whole sugar is more addictive than cocaine bullshit? Do some more research. In the words of @thefuckitdiet “Rats eating Oreos over cocaine is ignoring way too many other factors and just salacious clickbait.” The more you try to trick your body out of a craving, the worse it’s going to be. I know the idea of just freely allowing yourself to eat sugar is scarier than Pennywise and I can almost guarantee that if you’ve been restricting and start eating sugar again, you probably will have a brief period of overeating. The key is to keep going. Because your relationship with sugar, or whatever else you’re restricting, will normalize. It will. You will be able to be completely surrounded by candy and be able to eat it without fear. Or you won’t want to eat it at all. I have Christmas m&ms at my desk FROM LAST YEAR. So put away the almonds and stop chewing gum and drinking water and just EAT THE FUCKING SUGAR. Please. #dietculture #losehatenotweight #riotsnotdiets #plussizeblogger #dietculture #candy #bodypositive #clevelandblogger
One of my favorite @toriamos albums is STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS, a 2001 concept album comprised of cover songs. I was in college when it was released and going through a difficult time (It was fall, my autumn ennui in full force.) The day the album came out, I walked from campus to Finders, the record store in downtown BG. I remember the weight of my CD player in my pocket, plans to listen to it on the walk back. To this day, that experience is so solidified in my mind and memory that I can only listen to STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS in the fall. When I do I am instantly transported back to that time and place. For many years it hurt more than helped, old wounds wrenched open. These days, listening to it is a reminder of how far I’ve come. One of the best things about the album is Tori’s friend @neilhimself wrote the liner notes, one story for each girl. My favorite has always been the story to accompany New Age, because it reads like it could have been written about me: “She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood. She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.” #toriamos #neilgaiman #strangelittlegirls #clevelandblogger #clevelandbloggers #mentalhealthawareness #depression
Last Thursday, October 10, marked one year since my mom passed away. This past Saturday, my dad, sister, brother-in-law, and, of course my husband and I met up for dinner to remember her. We went to Don’s Pomeroy House, her favorite restaurant, and also stopped for ice cream at @mitchellsicecream, another favorite of hers. When we got back to our house I thought “Whew, okay. Survived the first year.” I don’t think until that moment I realized that I had basically spent the past 365 days counting down to that one year anniversary. But a second later I realized this is *only* the first anniversary. The first of many. The first, really, of the rest of my life. Life is still moving forward without her, but I was so focused on just surviving that first year I didn’t really think about what it would look like after. Not really. Not in a granular day to day kind of way. But here we are. This is what it is, and we continue to go on one day at a time. But at there is still love and laughter and sometimes even ice cream. #cleveland #clevelandbloggers #clevelandblogger
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