BGG2WL Turns 10: My Top Ten Favorite Posts
Inside, are ten of my favorite examples of the intense and serious conversations that make A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss so wonderful.
The proud leader of the #bgg2wlarmy, Erika Nicole Kendall writes food and fitness, body image and beauty, and more here at #bgg2wl. After losing over 150lbs, Kendall became a personal trainer certified in fitness nutrition, women’s fitness, and weight loss by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is also certified in sports nutrition by Precision Nutrition. She now lives in New York with her husband and children, and is working on her 6th and 7th certifications because she likes having alphabet soup at the end of her name.
Inside, are ten of my favorite examples of the intense and serious conversations that make A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss so wonderful.
So, many people say that a Black Ariel is somehow a marketing ploy. I agree! But guess what? So were decades of all-white Disney princesses.
I know I’m late on this, but I had to make sure that my kids (!!!) survived the end of the school year before I could seriously take a look
We now have a linear connection between addiction and profit. And excessive sugar is how they’re doing it.
This isn’t a post about weight loss—it’s really a post about mental health in disguise.
Two separate studies show that food affects mood in ways we rarely acknowledge. Is it time to change the way we think about food?
Commentary on the viral Huffington Post article about obesity and fat shaming in health care, and why fat-shaming doesn’t work.
Photo credit: Flicks / agecombahia I know that Beyonce’s quotes about her FUPA (fatty upper pubic area—yes I’m purposely calling it ‘pubic’ and not what you likely call it—also sometimes
The marshmallow test is a widely-circulated, super-simple study. Put a marshmallow in front of a child. Tell them that, if they can last fifteen minutes in the room with the
It is so hot today that I cannot brain. On several occasions in the past two days, I have caught myself finishing sentences incorrectly or finishing them early, forgetting whole
Months ago, a reader asked me which diet was “the best,” and my answer was, quite honestly, any diet that relies predominately on unprocessed food and minimally refined grains. That’s
Are you a couch potato? I was, too! The best thing you could do is go for a walk, and here’s why.
I’m not going to pretend that I’ve been at my most insightful the past year or so. In fact, it has been incredibly difficult for me. After the birth of
I’ve written about ‘deprivation’ before, because it felt like something I had to acknowledge as a weight loss blogger. People struggle with ‘giving up’ things they ‘love’ because they “don’t
Photo credit: Flickr / litonstock We’ve been here before. I’m sad that we’re here again, and will likely keep making our way back to this connection in the near future.
This is a drum I’ve been trying to beat for a very long time. Weight. Loss. Pills. Aren’t. Safe. Nope. Sorry. There’s no oversight. There’s no regulation. There’s no clinical
This was originally a Q&A Wednesday question, but I’ve had no less than six people come to me with this exact same problem all in the same ten day period
Q: Erika, is there a particular diet that I should be eating? Which one is best for me and what I’m trying to do?
CVS forces advertisers to acknowledge when photos have been altered to an unrecognizable degree. Are we finally getting truth in advertising?