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# A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss

Weight Loss Blog from Erika Nicole Kendall

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## Posts

- [On RFK Jr.: Two con artists walk into a bar...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recommended-reading/on-rfk-jr-two-con-artists-walk-into-a-bar/) - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. conned his way through the pandemic, all the way to a cabinet position on the current presidential administration, and left a trail of destruction in his wake.
- [Coconut Oil is Unhealthy? Not So Fast](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/coconut-oil-unhealthy-not-fast/) - Last week, a flurry of news reports were released, discussing research from the American Heart Association that discusses whether or not we can consider coconut oil a "healthful" food. From Huffington Post: An AHA survey found that 72 percent of Americans considered coconut oil a health food. But coconut oil, it turns out, is shockingly high
- [Lime Broccoli Chicken Pasta](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/lime-broccoli-chicken-pasta/) - I'm a big fan of herbs and natural flavors, and the cilantro and the lime both compliment each other with the chicken.
- [Watermelon Gazpacho](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/watermelon-gazpacho/) - I'm sure there are lots of jokes to be had about this... but I love watermelon. Juicy, sweet, full of fiber and plentiful in the summertime... I'm good forbuying a couple of 'em, letting them ripen in the house for a few days, then finding a few thousand ways to freak it. This is one
- [Spinach and Artichoke Dip](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/spinach-and-artichoke-dip/) - Spinach, parmesan, red peppers and artichokes? It's that simple!
- [Broccoli Cheese Soup](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/broccoli-cheese-soup/) - If you said my soup didn't taste equal to or better than Panera's, you'd be a hot blooded lie!
- [Basil Rubbed Chicken A La Erika](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/basil-rubbed-chicken-a-la-erika/) - I can't remember the brand, but the chicken is sliced thinly - no more than half an inch thick - and it is amazing. If you can't find it, you can either slice the chicken thinly yourself or pound it thin using the side of a plastic cup, rolling pin or anything with a hard
- [Save Money On Groceries: The Readers Share Their Tips](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/save-money-on-groceries-the-readers-share-their-tips/) - BGG2WL readers from all over share their tips on how to save money and eat clean. Come and share yours, too!
- [Is Race A Factor In Obesity Counseling? Is Water Wet?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/is-race-a-factor-in-obesity-counseling-is-water-wet/) - "..black obese patients seeing white OR black doctors were less likely to receive exercise counseling than white obese patients seeing white OR black doctors.."
- [#InErikasKitchen: Salad Time: Beets, Goat Cheese, Nuts, Homemade Vinaigrette](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/inerikaskitchen-salad-time-beets-goat-cheese-nuts-homemade-vinaigrette/) - Beets, goat cheese, honey, pecans, walnuts, mustard greens. Deliciousness.
- [Honey Orange Peel Vinaigrette](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/honey-orange-peel-vinaigrette/) - A yummy sweet and spicy chipotle salad dressing!
- [Basmati Stir Fry](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/basmati-stir-fry/) - I was never a big rice eater, but in paring down what I keep in the house, I did decide to venture out into trying different kinds of rice. I do have a recipe for "barbecue rice" that I'll be posting later this week... but in my quest to post a recipe a day from
- [My Pizza Dough](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/my-pizza-dough/) - I won't lie - I'm actually pretty annoyed by how easy this recipe is. It also is pretty much a billion calories less than anything that a pizza joint could give me. This is for a personal pan-sized pizza. Double it if you want it for a larger size. 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of yeast
- [Rich white guys are making money through creating vaccine disinformation campaigns. They're targeting our community the hardest.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-covid-crisis/vaccine-disinformation-campaigns-targeting-black-people/) - There's a mad dash to influence Black people's thinking on COVID-19 and the vaccine. And it's not Black people behind it.
- [I didn't take the coronavirus seriously... until I caught it.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/i-didnt-take-the-coronavirus-seriously-until-i-caught-it/) - My experience with the COVID-19 disease, and why we need to take it as seriously as possible.
- [The Empathy Gap: Coronavirus is hitting Black communities harder than anyone else. Of course it is.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/the-empathy-gap-coronavirus-is-hitting-black-communities-harder-than-anyone-else-of-course-it-is/) - It's too easy to blame Black people's rates of heart disease and diabetes for the high rate of COVID-19 related mortality. It's so, so much deeper than that.
- [Your state's approach to 're-opening' tells you whether they believe Black Lives Matter.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/your-states-approach-to-re-opening-tells-you-whether-they-believe-black-lives-matter/) - All across the country, we're watching communities go through the same thing we went through here in New York, people testing positive for coronavirus disease (or COVID-19), and then the mad scramble for hospital beds, ventilators, personal protective equipment. Hospital staff enduring the experience of watching patients' health deteriorating rapidly, having to deliver painful messages
- [Hell naw, Black people don't trust the vaccine. But here's how you fix that.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/black-people-dont-trust-the-vaccine-but-heres-how-you-fix-that/) - Medical science has an abysmal track record with Black America. There simply isn't any other way to put it. There's the time when scientists deliberately watched Black men with syphilis suffer and denied them care as a means of testing the ramifications of the illness. But there's more than that. So, so much more.
- [It is time to start firing racists. Start with Dr. Susan Moore's doctor.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/it-is-time-to-start-firing-racists-start-with-dr-susan-moores-doctor/) - If medicine is solely going to be about the money, then it's time people start losing their money when they commit injustices against Black people.
- [Detoxes are dumb, leave Lizzo alone, and other thoughtful things](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/detoxes-are-dumb-leave-lizzo-alone-and-other-thoughtful-things/) - "Your body is perfectly yours, even if it ain’t perfect to anybody else. If you only knew the complexities your body possesses you would be so proud of it."
- [This is What White Supremacy in Medical Research Looks Like](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/this-is-what-white-supremacy-in-medical-research-looks-like/) - There's been this one thing that has been nagging at me ever since I first saw it, about a year ago: But a study published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that Southern cuisine isn't serving African-Americans, whose ancestors imagined and perfected it, very well. The Southern diet may be at
- [Does a weight loss blog belong in a list of body positive spaces? Of course not, but...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/bgg2wl-and-body-positivity/) - A couple of weeks ago, a popular Instagram account referenced me as a "body positive" woman of color. I very politely thanked them for the inclusion, and snuck back into the shadows like I usually do on all matters of "body positivity," because what happened next is what always happens. I later received a message,
- [Gen X, it's time to have a serious conversation about your health.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/gen-x-go-to-the-damn-doctor-already/) - Research is showing that diseases largely associated with approaching retirement age are being found well before we would normally expect. Conditions that are normally found in 50 and 60 year olds are being uncovered in younger and younger people.
- [No, food is not 'just food' in the Black community, and that's okay.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/no-food-is-not-just-food-in-the-black-community-and-thats-okay/) - Recipes are more than roots in a rich family tree still bearing fruit, they're connection to the people who loved us. That's more than food—that's Soul Food.
- [Stop Telling Me Black Women Don't Work Out](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/stop-telling-me-black-women-dont-work-out/) - You sound like an idiot when you start your little rant about how black women 'don't work out.' We do, and we'd appreciate it if you stopped the nonsense.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Self-Hatred, Self-Shame, and Self-Compassion](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-need-weight-loss-to-fix-my-life/) - Q: Just like the title of the email says I hate myself. Now my body image issues did not start until I got into college, which is like the holy grail of mind f***ery. In short when I first got here I knew I was big but no one around never told me how big, until freshman
- [Q&A Wednesday: What About Men? What About Non-Black People?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-what-about-men-what-about-non-black-people/) - Q: Do you think men such as me can be just as successful as you taking in what you say and do?
- [It's time to talk about black male incels.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/its-time-to-talk-about-black-male-incels/) - Perhaps we need to consider that "incel" is, when looked at through a lens that doesn't merely fixate on white men, a term that includes a lot of the behavior that we see displayed in our community every day.
- [Easing Into Eating Clean](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/easing-into-eating-clean/) - Reminiscing on the days when I used to eat 7-layer nacho dip for breakfast. That's right. 7-layers.
- [Start Your New Year Off Right: Hoppin' John and An Ode to Beans and Rice](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/start-your-new-year-off-right-hoppin-john-and-an-ode-to-beans-and-rice/) - Every culture has its beans and rice. But here, in America… you have black-eyed peas. And, of course it was paired with rice.
- ["Food Is Not Just Food In The Black Community"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/food-is-not-just-food-in-the-black-community/) - "Food speaks to nationalities, cultural roots and family traditions as much as anything in society. So to change our eating habits is truly to change our lives..."
- ["Working Out Is For White People"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/working-out-is-for-white-people/) - Is there something out there in that great big world beyond my laptop that serves as proof that exercising and healthier eating is "whites only?" Because, I'm sayin'...
- [The Truth About Why There Aren't Any Grocery Stores in the 'Hood](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/why-arent-there-supermarkets-in-black-communities/) - People will tell you any old self-hating nonsense about why there aren't any good grocery stores in the hood. It's time to learn the truth.
- [#BlackCulinaryHistory: Jessica B. Harris, A National Treasure](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/books/blackculinaryhistory-jessica-b-harris-a-national-treasure/) - Celebrating the decades of work of Jessica B. Harris, a phenomenal author who chronicles the history of Black food culture.
- [Study: Hair care might be barrier to health for black women. Should doctors be talking to us about it?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/study-hair-care-might-be-barrier-to-health-for-black-women-should-doctors-be-talking-to-us-about-it/) - We can barely get doctors to hear us when we talk about the pain from bones dangling from sockets, or other real and sincere health problems. Doctors are supposed to care about something like our hair?
- [The Beauty Shop: How Does Your Job and Dating Life Affect How You Wear Your Hair?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-beauty-shop-how-does-your-job-and-dating-life-affect-how-you-wear-your-hair/) - "Beauty is pain," but "beauty isn't sweat." Women are supposed to sit still and be pretty, like trophies, or porcelain dolls or something.
- [I told y'all almost a decade ago to stop listening to Jillian Michaels. Y'all don't listen.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/i-told-yall-almost-a-decade-ago-to-stop-listening-to-jillian-michaels-yall-dont-listen/) - Over the years, I've become conflicted in discussing celebrities. I didn't want to feel like I was elevating—actively or passively—one kind of body type over another; and I didn't want to feel like I was inviting people to critique a woman's body or judge the body she has. There's no real safe way to do
- [Quick Homemade Biscuits](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/quick-homemade-biscuits/) - A quick recipe for light, fluffy biscuits! From scratch!
- [I Finally Answer the Question, "What Do You Think About Weight Loss Surgery?"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/bariatric-surgery/) - And there are people who will ask, "Well, can't I just do that on my own, by myself, without surgery?" Of course you can. But if your doctor is scared for your health, and believes you are at severe risk, what decisions will you make, then? It's certainly not for me to judge. However, there is cause for concern, here.
- [Marriage, Weight Gain, and The Interchangeable, Replaceable Woman](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/marriage-and-the-interchangeable-replaceable-woman/) - For weeks, I watched people across social media argue about whether a man was justified in cheating on his wife because she gained weight. Don't worry—I'm not interested in talking about or dissing the celebrities in particular. I'm thinking more about the implications of what we're saying about relationships when we cede this kind of
- [Happy 10th Anniversary, A Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/bgg2wl-turns-ten/happy-10th-anniversary-a-black-girls-guide-to-weight-loss/) - On July 19th, 2009, A Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss was born. Today, in 2019, it turns ten years old. Almost as old as my child!
- [Welcome to A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/welcome-to-a-black-girls-guide-to-weight-loss/) - Ladies and, well, ladies... welcome to A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss! Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Erika! I'm a young twenty-something single parent, and I have a weight problem. I stand at six feet tall, and once upon a time, I weighed in at somewhere around 328 lbs. Needless to
- [Erika's Thanksgiving Swindle](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/erikas-thanksgiving-swindle/) - Find out how I swindled the family this year at Thanksgiving!
- [BGG2WL Turns 10: My Top Ten Favorite Posts](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/bgg2wl-turns-ten/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 Body Magic Isn't Magic After All](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/the-body-magic-isnt-magic-afterall/) - Dear reader, there are very few things that annoy me. Why? Because I feel like in my twenty-something years on this earth... I've seen everything. That's sarcasm, by the way. But back to the matter at hand. There are very few things that annoy me. Why? Because most things don't affect me, and the things
- [Of Little Mermaids and Marketing Ploys](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-a-black-ariel-you-idiots/) - 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.
- [No, Chubby Mannequins Aren't Selling a 'Dangerous Lie,' but Shitty Writers Certainly Are](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/no-chubby-mannequins-arent-selling-a-dangerous-lie-but-shitty-writers-certainly-are/) - 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 at this. From the Telegraph: Nike Inc, the multinational company named after the Greek goddess of victory, has introduced plus-sized mannequins to its flagship store
- [The BGG2WL Syllabus: Books to Help You Live a Healthier Life](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recommended-reading/the-bgg2wl-syllabus-books-to-help-you-live-a-healthier-life/) - FacebookTwitterSubscribe A thing about myself that I’ve never been ashamed of—I’m a book worm. My collection of books is only rivaled by your nearby library. And, even then, it better be the big one, not those little local branches. One of my earliest dreams, when my first born started recognizing letters and sounds, was to
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons Why Calorie Counting Is Flawed, and One Huge Reason To Do It Anyway](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-why-calorie-counting-is-flawed-and-one-huge-reason-to-do-it-anyway/) - I am an advocate for calorie counting. That isn't to say that calorie counting is an infallible resource...
- [Friday 5: Five Places To Get Workout Clothes On The Cheap](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/friday-5-five-places-to-get-workout-clothes-on-the-cheap/) - Fitness and active wear... for the El Cheapo in you.
- [My Quest For Michelle Obama Arms](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/my-quest-for-michelle-obama-arms/) - I make no bones about the fact that I love our First Lady. Did I adore Laura Bush? Yes, but something about Michelle Obama just rocks to me. Maybe it's just her arms. I'm not playing either. She looks like she puts effort - actual effort - into those bad boys! I know that the
- [5 Things That Happen To Your Body After You Give Up Refined Sugar](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/5-things-happen-instantly-give-refined-sugar/) - While you're cutting added sugars, you might experience a few added benefits along the way that you weren't expecting. And what would those be, Erika?
- [Presenting: The 7 Day Clean Eating Challenge](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/presenting-the-7-day-clean-eating-challenge/) - That's right. Beginning April 25th and ending May 2nd, we will begin the 7 Day Clean Eating Challenge. But before I dive into the details, let's talk a little bit about what clean eating is and how it benefits us. What is Clean Eating? Clean eating is eating as close to the source as possible.
- [Clean and Healthy Eating on Food Stamps](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/clean-and-healthy-eating-on-food-stamps/) - Following up the conversation about food stamps being banned for use in purchasing soft drinks... it's time to talk about what CAN be bought on food stamps.
- [Friday 5: 5 Things We Can Learn From The Woman Who Died Drinking Sodapop](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-we-can-learn-from-the-woman-who-died-drinking-sodapop/) - When someone dies from drinking, on average, 2.2 gallons of coke a day... there are a few lessons to be learned, here.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Does Depression Come With Weight Loss?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-does-depression-come-with-weight-loss/) - Q: Have you ever experienced depression with weight loss. Since I am no longer using food as my medication, I find I have periods of depression and self doubt...
- [Dr. Oz Explains What Diabetes Does To The Body](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/dr-oz-explains-what-diabetes-does-to-the-body/) - Want to know how diabetes affects bodily function? Dr. Oz explains.
- [Science Catches Up: A Calorie Is Not A Calorie](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/science-catches-up-a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie/) - For a long time, I've whined - loudly - that a calorie is not a calorie, and I don't care how many people with alphabet soup behind their name try to tell me otherwise.
- [More Brutal Secrets From The Biggest Loser](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/brutal-secrets-biggest-loser/) - A few thoughts on the nightmarish interview that Biggest Loser castmates gave to NY Post, and what we can learn from it.
- [Experts Say Smoothies May Be As Bad as Sodapop](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/experts-say-smoothies-may-be-as-bad-as-sodapop/) - That smoothie might be causing your more harm than good.
- [How Many Calories Are You Drinking?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/how-many-calories-are-you-drinking/) - When I lived in Texas, my girl and I used to hit up the Red Lobster every other weekend. We'd crack jokes, catch up (school kept us very busy, plus my added little bundle of joy) and enjoy a couple of drinks. Namely, the gloriously decadent Lobsterita. A delicious [not-so-] little 18oz margarita. Full of
- [Considered Keeping a Food Diary?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/considered-keeping-a-food-diary/) - One thing that I realized about myself in this journey to lose the weight, was that I needed to address my eating habits. I couldn't understand what was happening that was making this process so unbelievably difficult for me. I mean, I was working out 7 days a week for at least an hour at
- [Yes, a Bacon and Heavy Cream Diet Will Make You Lose Weight. But Is It Smart?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/yes-bacon-heavy-cream-will-make-lose-weight-smart/) - Yes, you can lose weight eating a diet of mainly bacon and heavy cream. But should you? (And why on Earth would you?)
- [Understanding Calorie Counting: A Final Word](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-a-final-word/) - For our first series ever, Black Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss will be explaining calorie counting, and ways to win the war. This is post 6 of the series - post 1, Defining The Basics of Calorie Counting, can be found here. Comments are always welcomed, and questions will always be answered to the best
- [It's Always Been A Big Fat Lie: Why Low-Fat And Fat-Free Are Bad Ideas](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/its-always-been-a-big-fat-lie/) - After almost 30 years of "low-fat/fat free" products, the country is even more overweight now than it was before, and this didn't teach y'all that the "low fat/no-fat" philosophy isn't the way to go?
- [Pleasure and The Puritans: Why "If It Tastes Good, It MUST Be Bad" Is Wrong](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/pleasure-and-the-puritans-why-if-it-tastes-good-it-must-be-bad-is-wrong/) - This is the origin of what I call The Puritan Principle. If it feels good, it must be bad. We're intimately familiar with the consequences of said indulgence: We're "fat" and extremely unhealthy.
- [A Family Of Bears Teaches You Everything You Need To Know About Soft Drinks](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/a-family-of-bears-teaches-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-soft-drinks/) - These lovely polar bears are delivering a "new" kind of message about your favorite soft drinks!
- [Study: Do You Want Fries With That? (Please Say No)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/study-do-you-want-fries-with-that-please-say-no/) - But is a serving of boiled potatoes really much worse than a helping of nuts? Is some white bread as bad as a candy bar? Could yogurt be a key to staying slim?
- [The 6 Most Horrifying Lies The Food Industry Is Feeding You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-6-most-horrifying-lies-the-food-industry-is-feeding-you/) - Six of the most outrageous claims from the food industry, and how you can spot them.
- [Q&A Wednesday: All About Cravings - Pregnancy, Hormonal, Emotional - and How to Fight Them](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-all-about-cravings-pregnancy-hormonal-emotional-and-how-to-fight-them/) - Q: Did you have any unhealthy pregnancy cravings you had to deny yourself??
- [Why Diets Make You Fat: Why Diets Fail](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/why-diets-make-you-fat-why-diets-fail/) - A series of posts discussing why dieting is such a horrible idea, and several suggestions on how to lose weight WITHOUT dieting.
- [5 Reasons to Quit Processed Food That Have Nothing To Do With "Chemicals"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/5-reasons-to-quit-processed-food-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-chemicals/) - So -- can a legitimate case be made against processed food without the "chemical" component? You betcha.
- [Four Easy Swaps To Cut Calories](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/four-easy-swaps-to-cut-calories/) - I know that some things compel me to ignore "moderation" simply because it may be what my tongue wants.. I'd rather skip them altogether than risk overdoing it.
- [How One Woman Ditched the Processed Food on a Tiny Budget](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/how-one-woman-ditched-the-processed-food-on-a-tiny-budget/) - Author Megan Kimble shares the story of what it was like to spend an entire year ditching processed food and finding affordable ways to eat clean.
- [Artificial Sweeteners Are 'Okay' Now? Not So Fast](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/artificial-sweeteners-are-okay-now-not-so-fast/) - As someone who works with people who are fighting through sugar addiction, I've got to tell ya: an artificial sweetener is no different from an added sugar.
- [5 Articles That Will Change the Way You Look at the Food You Eat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/5-articles-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-the-food-you-eat/) - Click each link, read each article - hell, print them out and whip out a highlighter (I'm notorious for that) - and soak up the knowledge!
- [3 Books That'll Change the Way You Look at Yourself and Your Journey](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/3-books-thatll-change-the-way-you-look-at-yourself-and-your-journey/) - Good books that take you forever to read because you spend so much time re-reading and highlighting are a treasure to behold. Here's hoping you'll find some treasure in here, too.
- [Who's Tanking the Cereal Industry? Not Millennials](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/whos-tanking-the-cereal-industry-not-millennials/) - Millennials aren't the ones tanking Big Cereal, and here's why.
- [What Impact Does Salt Have on Blood Pressure?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/what-does-it-mean-to-have-high-blood-pressure/) - Why is salt so important to altering blood pressure? What does salt do? What does it even mean to have high blood pressure? Answers inside.
- [The Challenges of Skipping Breakfast](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/challenges-skipping-breakfast/) - Some people CAN'T skip breakfast, because their diets leave them starving in the middle of the night.
- [5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Weight Loss Journey](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/5-things-wish-knew-started-weight-loss-journey/) - Yes to sweets, no to soul-crushing workouts, and definitely calorie counting,but not for the reasons you think!
- [Q&A Thursday: Do I HAVE to Give Up Carbs?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/i-dont-want-to-give-up-carbs-but-i-want-to-lose-weight/) - Q: Erika! Did you give up carbs to lose the weight before? Are you giving up carbs to lose your baby weight?
- [How to Coach Clients from Other Cultures](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/coach-clients-cultures/) - Since I missed my ability to present at the 2016 Women's Fitness Summit about culturally-sensitive nutrition guidance, I decided to blog it instead!
- [5 Tips to Help You Lose Weight While Still Feeling Satisfied](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/5-tips-help-lose-weight-still-feeling-satisfied/) - 5 tips to help you control your portions, feel satisfied, and still shed the unwanted pounds.
- [3 Major Myths About Fat Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/3-major-myths-fat-loss/) - You cannot starve yourself into fat loss. You cannot cardio yourself to death for fat loss. You cannot only eat chicken breasts for the rest of your life. And that's just the start of it.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Saving Money on Healthy Food and Clean Eating](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/how-to-save-money-eating-healthy/) - A massive collection of tips and resources to help you eat healthily, and do it on the cheap!
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Can I Stop Midnight Cravings?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-can-stop-midnight-cravings/) - Q: I come home late from work, around 12 in the morning and I always crave rice! I will eat bowls of plain rice with soy sauce or whatever I can find in the kitchen! I'm pretty sure this is the cause for my weight gain. I've tried preparing meals ahead of time but I will still reach for the rice AFTER i eat the planned meal. Help :(
- [True or False: Watermelon is 'Just Empty Calories'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/truth-empty-calories/) - I see many, many, many fitness 'enthusiasts' who advise against eating foods like watermelon because it's just empty calories. Is this true?
- [True or False: All Calories are Equal, No Matter the Source](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/true-false-doesnt-matter-calories-come-sugar-veggies/) - “All foods supply calories and there is no difference between the calories that come from sugar or steak or grapefruit or ice cream.”
- [5 Tips to Help You Avoid the 'Trump 20'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/5-tips-help-avoid-trump-20/) - I'm calling this the "Trump 20." As in, The Freshman 15? This is the 20lbs you gain from eating your "I'm watching the news and OH MY GOD THIS IS THE NEW AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY" feelings. The Trump 20. I'm callin' it now.
- [3 Big Reasons Why You Should Stop Drinking Diet Sodapop](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/3-big-reasons-stop-drinking-diet-sodapop/) - I've been saying for years, that people need to relax on the fizzy drinks. The sweet drinks, too. Yes, that includes juice. And, for years, people have been coming aaaaat me about it. I mean, you would think I was threatening folks' mamas out here. But I get it. People are very attached to these
- [Video Vault: How Much Do We Really Know About Healthy Diets?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-much-really-know-healthy-diets/) - "We had an explosion of high carbohydrate, sugary foods —and those have contributed to the obesity epidemic."
- [7 Major Misconceptions About Smoothies and Juicing](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/7-major-misconceptions-smoothies-juicing/) - A week or so ago, the Washington Post published an op-ed with three medical professionals—two of which are professors of medicine—basically saying the same thing I've been saying for [what feels like] an eternity: Mrs. G. came to our offices for her first visit distraught. Her primary-care doctor had just diagnosed her with diabetes, and
- [5 Things I Say to Myself to Talk Myself Out of Bad Decisions](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/5-things-say-talk-bad-decisions/) - Talk yourself out of making bad decisions, because sometimes it helps to hear the rationale behind making better choices than to simply hear the word "no."
- [Q&A Wednesday: The Truth About Six-Pack Abs](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-truth-six-pack-abs/) - Q: hey so i've been working my a$$ off trying to get this 6 pack in gear and it is just not happening! i'm trying to get on [redacted]'s level... i know you do troubleshooting so can you help me troubleshoot this tummy so i can make this 6 pack pop like wheeewwwwwwwww lolol A:
- [5 Facts to Help Get Your Tummy on Flat-Flat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/get-that-tummy-on-flat-flat/) - I think there's a lot of misconceptions about what it actually takes to get and keep a flat tummy. Let's change that.
- [What Do You Learn About Food...When You Grow Up Without It?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/learn-food-grow-without/) - Exploring when and where I learned the instantly gratifying feeling of overeating, and why I think overeating is so common.
- [5 Major Lies People Tell About Diabetes](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/5-major-lies-people-tell-diabetes/) - Take charge of your health and fight back against the misinformation. Reversing diabetes, what causes it, how it links to heart disease, and more.
- [Cravings and Deprivation Aren't Quite What You Think They Are](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/cravings-and-deprivation-arent-quite-what-you-think-they-are/) - 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 like feeling deprived." They want to "eat how they eat," but still lose weight. It's part of what fuels the endless supply of "swaps" and
- [What Can Marshmallows Teach You About Will Power? Not a Damn Thing.](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/what-can-marshmallows-teach-you-about-will-power-not-a-damn-thing/) - 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 marshmallow without eating it, they'll get a second one. Some children succeed, some children fail. A few years ago, I wrote the following: The marshmallow
- [Research Shows Diet Can Potentially Cause—And Prevent—Depression](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/research-shows-diet-can-potentially-cause-and-prevent-depression/) - Two separate studies show that food affects mood in ways we rarely acknowledge. Is it time to change the way we think about food?
- [The Effect Of Excess Sugar On Children's Teeth](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/the-effect-of-excess-sugar-on-childrens-teeth/) - Inside the mouth of a child who has drunk far too much juice.
- [Do YOU Drink 93 Packets Of Sugar A Day?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/do-you-drink-93-packets-of-sugar-a-day/) - A glance at the NYC commercial explaining just how much sugar one consumes each day.
- [Video Vault: The Daily Show Discusses The Evil White Coats and Their "Salt, Sugar, Fat"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-the-daily-show-discusses-the-evil-white-coats-and-their-salt-sugar-fat/) - "...the fact that the Cheeto could be hailed as anything other than "a damn shame" kind of hurts my soul. Just a little."
- [Sugar Potentially Linked To Development of Alzheimers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/sugar-potentially-linked-to-development-of-alzheimers/) - I always look at these kinds of studies with a skeptical eye, but for some reason, this one resonates with me... especially as a recovering emotional eater and sugar addict...
- [The [Extremely Thorough and Rather Compelling] Case Against Sugar](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/the-extremely-thorough-and-rather-compelling-case-against-sugar/) - Excerpted parts of the NY Times' article, "Is Sugar Toxic?" and my thoughts throughout the post.
- [Video Vault: CBS 60 Minutes Asks, "Is Sugar Toxic?"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-cbs-60-minutes-asks-is-sugar-toxic/) - CBS 60 Minutes segment on the toxicity of sugar, sugar's affect on the brain and liver, and whether or not sugar consumption is a public health concern.
- [The Four-Week Plan For Curbing Your Sugar Addiction](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/the-four-week-plan-for-curbing-your-sugar-addiction/) - A four-step plan for defeating a sugar addiction.
- [No-Salt Salts, Sugar-Free Sweeteners, Fat-Free Fats, and the Trouble with Replacements](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/no-salt-salts-sugar-free-sweeteners-fat-free-fats-and-the-trouble-with-replacements/) - No-salt salts are just as bad as no-fat fats and no-sugar sugars. Here's why.
- [BGG2WL on Video: Ask Erika: How Do I Stop My Spiral of Sugary Sabotage?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/bgg2wl-on-video-ask-erika-how-do-i-stop-my-spiral-of-sugary-sabotage/) - Ask Erika: How do I stop my slippery slope sabotage surrender?
- [Study: Seeing Sugary Treats Causes Addict-like Brain Reaction](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/study-seeing-sugary-treats-causes-addict-like-brain-reaction/) - Another study comes out proving sugar should be counted as a chemical addiction.
- [Q&A Wednesday: High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Table Sugar](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/qa-wednesday-high-fructose-corn-syrup-vs-table-sugar/) - Is there a difference between high fructose corn syrup and table sugar? Well...
- [What Is Sugar Addiction?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/what-is-sugar-addiction/) - A brief rundown of what sugar addiction is, what it does, and how it may affect the Black community as well as America at large.
- [5 Reasons to Give Up the Sugar for Good](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/5-reasons-give-sugar-good/) - I'm going to make a completely convincing argument as to why you need to give up the sugar. Like, go clean out your cabinets. Now.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Sugar, Food Addiction and Backsliding](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-sugar-food-addiction-and-backsliding/) - Q: Are you saying once someone conquers their sugar addiction, they are never to have it again?
- [No Sugar? Then What Can I Use?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/no-sugar-then-what-can-i-use/) - So, I can't use artificial sweeteners or white sugar... what on Earth CAN I have, then?
- [Hide and Seek: Sugar Hiding In Your Ingredients List](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/hide-and-seek-sugar-hiding-in-your-ingredients-list/) - The ultimate list of names for "sugar," and how it's used against you.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Menstrual Cravings & Defeating The Sugar Demon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-menstrual-cravings-defeating-the-sugar-demon/) - Q: Before I even go there though I have to ask: are menstrual cravings even REAL?!
- [Infographic: How Much Sugar Is In Your Favorite Foods?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/an-infographic-a-day-keeps-the-poor-health-away/infographic-how-much-sugar-is-in-your-favorite-foods/) - On the heels of our sugar, diabetes and Alzheimer's discussion, is this infographic that shows you just how much sugar is in some of your favorite foods.
- [Video Vault: Sugar - The Bitter Truth](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-sugar-the-bitter-truth/) - A brief look at and discussion of one of the most widely-viewed presentations on nutrition on the entire Internet.
- [Video Vault: "I'd Like to Teach the World About What Sugar Did to Me"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-id-like-to-teach-the-world-about-what-sugar-did-to-me/) - The Center for Science in the Public Interest skewers the infamous Coca-Cola song, and with good reason.
- [Video Vault: Doc Says Sugar Is a Recreational Drug](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-doc-says-sugar-is-a-recreational-drug/) - Dr. Mark Hyman shares that he thinks sugar is a 'recreational drug' in a video, and I share my thoughts on his comments.
- [Q&A Wednesday: What Do I Do the Day After a Sugar Binge?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-day-binge/) - Q: Erika, I screwed up. I had a stressful week, and this weekend I went on a sugar bender! And when I woke up, I realized I'd put on 3 whole pounds! WTF?? I'm so ashamed of myself and I want to get back on track right away. Do you have any advice to help me undo this mess I've done?
- [Sleep & Weight Loss: How Sugar Is Screwing With Your Sleep Habits](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/hit-the-snooze/sleep-important-weight-loss/) - That nasty sugar habit? It's messing up your sleep, and keeping you in a cycle of restless sleep, sugary treats, and weight gain. Break the cycle now.
- [The Funny Thing About Pepsi Zero Sugar and Other 'Sugar-Free' Diet Drinks](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/funny-thing-pepsi-zero-sugar-sugar-free-diet-drinks/) - Whenever you hear people talking about Pepsi Zero Sugar, remember: Just. Say. No. Here's why.
- [Don't Just Get Rid of the Sugar, Get Rid of the 'Sweet,' Too](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/dont-just-get-rid-sugar-get-rid-sweet/) - Photo credit: Flickr / tellumo This is something I actually didn't think about until I ran out of lip balm. (If you're like me, you might call all kinds of lip balm "ChapStick" and have to work really hard to call it something else, sort of like how all bandages are Band-Aids and all tissues
- [4 Places Sugar Hides to Trigger Cravings and Sabotage Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/sugar-is-hiding-everywhere-and-making-it-hard-to-go-sugar-free/) - Sugar hides everywhere. It triggers your cravings. It slowly eats away at your soul. Here are a few places to find it, destroy it, and win the war against the ever-pervasive enemy.
- [More Research Linking High Sugar Intake, Diabetes, and Alzheimer's](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/more-research-linking-high-sugar-intake-diabetes-and-alzheimers/) - Photo credit: Flickr / litonstockWe'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.From The Atlantic:A longitudinal study, published [...] in the journal Diabetologia, followed 5,189 people over 10 years and found that people with high blood sugar had a
- [What Vaping Can Teach You About Sugar](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-war-on-sugar/vaping-contains-sugar-and-thats-why-youre-hooked/) - We now have a linear connection between addiction and profit. And excessive sugar is how they're doing it.
- [Why I Gained Back So Much Weight, and How I'm Losing It Again](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/why-i-gained-back-so-much-weight-and-how-im-losing-it-again/) - This isn't a post about weight loss—it's really a post about mental health in disguise.
- [Everything They Know About Obesity is Wrong—But I Knew Better](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/everything-they-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/) - Commentary on the viral Huffington Post article about obesity and fat shaming in health care, and why fat-shaming doesn't work.
- [Baby Powder Causes Cancer? Here’s What You Need to Know](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/baby-powder-talc-causes-cancer/) - Does baby powder cause cancer? Sort of. A few weeks ago, The Today Show aired a segment about Jacqueline Fox, the woman who was awarded $72 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson—her lawyers originally asked for $12 million, but the jury effectively decided to award her an additional million for every year she was alive—in
- [Beyonce and the Dangers of Childbirth for Black Women](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/beyonce-black-women-and-the-dangers-of-childbirth-and-heart-health/) - 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 known as a 'dunlap') feel like primo Erika-bait, and they are... but I want to touch on something else, first. Bear with me for a
- [Ciara Shares Her Post-Baby Workout Routine in Shape Magazine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/ciara-shares-her-post-baby-workout-routine-in-shape-magazine/) - 'When I was pregnant with Future, one thing I learned quickly was, don't ever let a pregnant lady be hungry - when I was, I was like the Tasmanian Devil!'
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Work In Fast Food And Want To Lose Weight! Help!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-work-in-fast-food-and-want-to-lose-weight-help/) - Q: I work in fast food and don't want to quit, but I want to lose weight! Help!
- [How To Build A Fit Booty](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/how-to-build-a-fit-booty/) - The booty. I know, I know. For some reason, it seems like you can never escape booty talk. "I need to do something with this booty." "My booty is perfect - I don't want exercise to ruin that." Listen for long enough, and you'll eventually hear "I need to get off my booty and do
- [Quick Quotes: What Football Team Mandated Yoga and Meditation for its Team Members?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/quick-quotes-what-football-team-mandated-yoga-and-meditation-for-its-team-members/) - Here's a hint - they just won the Super Bowl.
- [Former Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition Cast Member Blows Whistle On Show's Practices](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/former-extreme-makeover-weight-loss-edition-cast-member-blows-whistle-on-shows-practices/) - "We were made to take diet pills 2-3 times per day for an entire year...Chris Powell did not live with us for three months each. The fact is I maybe saw him 5 days last year…We were made to dehydrate ourselves every single week beginning on Thursday and ending on Saturday morning.”
- [Is There Such Thing as Too Much Cardio For Weight Loss?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/cardio-exercises/is-there-such-thing-as-too-much-cardio-for-weight-loss/) - YES YES YES. There is such a thing as too much cardio, especially when we're talking about targeting for weight loss.
- [3 Myths About Exercise During Pregnancy, Debunked](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/scalefreebaby/exercise-and-pregnancy-myths/) - "Working out deprives your baby of nutrients!" or "Lifting your arms above your head too much will result in the umbilical cord wrapping around the baby's neck!" or even "That baby's bouncing up and down against all your organs in there!" and beyond...
- [Waist Trainers, Skinny Teas, and Supplements: Deconstructing Instagram's Worst Fitness Scams](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/waist-trainers-skinny-teas-supplements-weight-loss-scams-on-instagram/) - Instagram is rife with fitness scams and fraud aimed at women. But why? How does it work? Let's talk about it.
- [5 Examples of How To Get Beyond The "Halo" Effect](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/5-examples-of-how-to-get-beyond-the-halo-effect/) - The "halo effect" is where we assume that because it carries a certain phrase on the label or comes from a certain store that it's going to further our goals.
- [Support for Baltimore, A Request for Empathy, and a Note on Censorship](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/support-for-baltimore-a-request-for-empathy-and-a-note-on-censorship/) - The thing holding us back from progress is a refusal to express empathy for those who disagree with us. They are the reason why Baltimore is fighting back.
- [Sponsored: Everything You Wanted to Know About Personal Training in One Handy Guide](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-personal-training-in-one-handy-guide/) - The American Council on Exercise has put together a handy little guide to help people interested in building a career in personal training.
- [Sponsored: What to Do When Your Phone Gets More of a Workout Than You Do](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/what-to-do-when-your-phone-gets-more-of-a-workout-than-you-do/) - Corning Gorilla Wear 4 helps to improve protection of your phone from the perils of exercise.
- [Sponsored: 'The Prime' Explains Why You're 'Dieting Backwards'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/the-prime-teaches-you-why-youre-dieting-backwards/) - A review of Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary's book, 'The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss.'
- [What You Need to Know About Exercise and Dehydration](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/what-you-need-to-know-about-exercise-and-dehydration/) - 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 halves of my thought. It is so hot that I booted my family from the house because they kept wanting to sit close to me,
- [When Was YOUR "Come To Fitness" Moment?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/when-was-your-come-to-fitness-moment/) - It's the point where I gave up the pills, gave up the diets, gave up the "cheating," the junky food, the emotional eating, the stress, the struggle, the self-defeatist mantras...
- [Friday 5: 5 Things You Must Learn If You Want To Lose Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-you-must-learn-if-you-want-to-lose-weight/) - Five things that, in my mind, you must understand if you want to experience successful weight loss.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Protein Powders, Fat Burners and Supplements... Oh My!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-supplements-protein-powders-and-thermogenics-oh-my/) - Q: Now that you are training to run and preparing for your 'bikini', have you thought about taking supplements? I'm referring to everything from protein shakes to amino acids to fat burners.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Drinking Wine While Trying To Slim Down](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-drinking-wine-while-trying-to-slim-down/) - Q: ...I have either not lost anything, or I may have gained a pound. Do you think it is the wine?
- [What Causes Heart Disease? Part 2](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/what-causes-heart-disease-part-2/) - So SUGAR might also cause heart disease, too?
- [Q&A Wednesday: My Thoughts On The Master Cleanse](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-my-thoughts-on-the-master-cleanse/) - Q: One question though, how do you feel about detox and colonics? A: NOOOOOOOOOO!
- [A Black Girl's Guide to Loose Skin During and After Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/black-girls-guide-loose-skin-weight-loss/) - What causes loose skin, what makes it worse, and what makes it better, from a woman whose lost 170lbs.
- [Why Exercise Makes You Gain Weight, and How to Change It](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/exercise-makes-gain-weight-change/) - Three scenarios that explain how exercise can result in weight gain, and how you can prevent that.
- [True or False: Dry Brushing Works for Getting Rid of Cellulite](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/dry-brushing-for-cellulite/) - True or false: It removes cellulite by evening out the fat deposit distribution more evenly and softening the hard fat deposits
- [Q&A Wednesday: Is There A Place For Alcohol In Clean Eating?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-is-there-a-place-for-alcohol-in-clean-eating/) - Q: I'm pretty sure it's there, just need some guidance on the ramifications of alcoholic beverages on your diet (caloric intake)?
- [What a Healthy Diet Can and Cannot Do to Your Menstrual Cycle](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/clean-eating-menstrual-cycle/) - A man claims that your menstrual cycle exists because you eat the standard American diet, and if you eat vegan and starch-free, your cycle goes away. WTF?
- [You Knew That Flat Tummy Tea Was a Scam, Right?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/knew-flat-tummy-tea-scam-right/) - Flat Tummy Tea, FitTea, and all the other products? They're 10x more expensive than any other laxative tea, and they don't work any better. What's the deal?
- [The Quick Fix is Never Quick, and it Rarely 'Fixes' Anything](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/quick-fix-never-quick-rarely-fixes-anything/) - Photo credit: Flickr / DenizenFamily First, there was the drink that promised to help you melt fat away. "Just drink one of these for breakfast, have a salad for lunch, and a sensible dinner....and boom! Fat be gone!" Then, there were the pills that promised to help you blast body fat. Just take two three
- [Detoxification 101: What Is It, Why It's Useless, and How to Do It Effectively](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/detoxification-101/) - A pleasant primer about what detoxification is, what it does, why it's unnecessary, and what you need to know about your body to demystify detoxification.
- [Cheap Supplies Every Newbie Chef Will Need to #MakeYourMove to Healthy Eating](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/cheap-supplies-every-newbie-chef-will-need-makeyourmove-healthy-eating/) - What kind of supplies will make cooking much easier for a kitchen newbie? Check out my cheap suggestions for utensils to make your cooking a breeze!
- [Everything You Need to Know For Your First SoulCycle Ride](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/everything-you-need-to-know-for-your-first-soul-cycle-ride/) - Eager to get out of the house sans-Baby Sprout and get a little positive and active energy flowing through my system, I decided to take a class of some sort. Something, anything to help me get moving, but I had a few caveats: it had to be low-impact, because my knees have been feeling a
- [Waist Gang Society Sued for $5 Million for Lying About Waist Trainers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/waist-gang-society-sued-5-million-lying-waist-trainers/) - The lawsuit alleged the company lied about its products' ability to burn fat. The company settled the $5 million class action lawsuit out of court.
- [Children of the Mediterranean No Longer Eat Mediterranean Diet; Guess What Happened?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/children-of-the-mediterranean-no-longer-eat-mediterranean-diet-guess-what-happened/) - 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 going to be any diet native to a culture that hasn't been reached by the hand of the processed food industry, particularly because processed food
- [That Giant Elephant in the Room We're Not Mentioning Has a Name: Anxiety](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/black-women-and-anxiety-and-weight-loss/) - 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 Baby Sprout, it felt like hard hitting stressful experience after experience came at me, to levels that I'm sure I'll discuss openly another day, but
- [5 Reasons Why Walking Is My Favorite Form of Exercise, and Should Be Yours, Too](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/walking-is-the-bomb/) - Are you a couch potato? I was, too! The best thing you could do is go for a walk, and here's why.
- [Welcome to Your #ScaleFreeSummer, 2015! Download Your Training Plan Now!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/welcome-to-your-scalefreesummer-2015-download-your-training-plan-now/) - Get your copy of #ScaleFreeSummer: Your 90 Day Training and Nutrition Guide for Becoming a Healthier You!
- [25-Minute Meals: Corn, Chickpea, and Cod Ceviche](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/25-minute-meals-corn-chickpea-cod-ceviche/) - Yay for cooking without turning on the stove, especially when it's crazy hot outside! Learn about ceviche, 'cooking' without heat, and deliciousness!
- [It's So Easy to Create Your Own Weight Loss Pill, It Should Scare You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/its-so-easy-to-create-your-own-weight-loss-pill-it-should-scare-you/) - 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 trials. “We have found people manufacturing supplements in residential basements and in labs that were smaller than a bathroom,” says Lyndsay Meyer, an FDA spokeswoman.
- [Knee and Joint Pain, Part 1: How Knee and Hip Pain Happens](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/knee-and-joint-pain-part-1-how-knee-and-hip-pain-happens/) - 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 and, honestly, that deeply concerned me. Here's the deal—I'm turning this into a series. I tried to fit this all in one post, but I
- [Q&A Wednesday: Which Diet Is the Best for Weight Loss?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/qa-wednesday-diet-best-weight-loss/) - 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 Bans Airbrushing on In-Store Beauty Ads: Is It Enough?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/cvs-bans-airbrushing-store-beauty-ads-enough/) - CVS forces advertisers to acknowledge when photos have been altered to an unrecognizable degree. Are we finally getting truth in advertising?
- [The Case of the Mysteriously Disappearing Black Women](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/mysteriously-disappearing-black-women/) - There is no predictive marker—age, socioeconomic status, location—that can protect us... but why?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Cooking For Picky Little Eaters](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-cooking-for-picky-little-eaters/) - How can I cook for my toddler without mac and cheese and chicken nuggets?!
- [Q&A Wednesday: Motivation, Motivation, Motivation](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/qa-wednesday-eat-exercise/) - Q: After a few weeks of eating healthy and perhaps including some exercise, I find it hard to maintain motivation, and even falling off the wagon for a few days can reverse what little ground I have gained...
- [Friday 5: Five Original Fit Chicks Who Deserve Your Praise](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/friday-5-five-original-fit-chicks-who-deserve-your-praise/) - Five athletes who deserve ALL THE PRAISE. ALL OF IT. EVER.
- [Support @_RunNow, and Sponsor a Boston Marathon Runner Today](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/support-_runnow-and-sponsor-a-boston-marathon-runner-today/) - Run Now, a coalition of endurance running industry companies, creates a resource for volunteering and donating towards Boston Marathon runners.
- [Why Does The NAACP Want You To Believe Sodapop Is A Civil Right's Issue?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/why-does-the-naacp-want-you-to-believe-sodapop-is-a-civil-rights-issue/) - Well, speaking of people being bought and sold... ...apparently, this is an actual thing: NEW YORK (AP) -- The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would hurt small and minority-owned businesses while doing little to help health. The first
- [Q&A Wednesday: Clean Eating, Your Relatives and Criticism](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-clean-eating-your-relatives-and-criticism/) - Q: Mom and Grandmom said my green beans weren't real food because there was no salt or pork...
- [It's Not About YOU: Dealing With "Implied Judgment"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/its-not-about-you-dealing-with-implied-judgment/) - You don't have to say "Oh, I'd never eat the office cookies" in order to make someone feel bad about the fact that they did, in fact, eat some. All you have to do... is turn them down.
- [The Chemical "Processing" In Your Processed Foods](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/the-chemical-processing-in-your-processed-foods/) - No nutritional value, harmful and fattening chemical additives, unidentifiable sources... sorry, give me a head of broccoli and I'll make my own, anyday.
- [Who's Buying Starbucks With Food Stamps?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/whos-buying-starbucks-with-food-stamps/) - Quote: "That's money that somebody could be eating with -- a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk."
- [Saucony's Kinvara Running Shoes: Do We Love It? #FindYourStrong](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/do-we-love-it/sauconys-kinvara-running-shoes-do-we-love-it-findyourstrong/) - A brand-new bright, colorful and lightweight line of running shoes from Saucony, the Kinvara. But...do we love it?
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Step 12](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-12/) - Since you should already be planning your meals and keeping a diary of what you eat, this week's going to be easy.
- [Scratch Factory: The Fastest (and Healthiest!) Spinach and Artichoke Dip Ever](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/scratch-factory-fastest-healthiest-spinach-artichoke-dip-ever/) - Making spinach and artichoke dip out of siggi's Greek Yogurt is easily one of the quickest and easiest appetizers ever. Let me show you how it's done!
- [Erika's Guide to Layering for Cold Weather Running #MakeYourMove](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/erikas-guide-layering-cold-weather-running-makeyourmove/) - How to layer in the cold, plus personal recommendations from my own closet! And a bonus selfie of my WHAT IS WITH THE WEATHER?! face!
- [Review + Giveaway: @LornaJaneActive's Move, Nourish, Believe Journal](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/giveaways/review-giveaway-lornajaneactives-move-nourish-believe-journal/) - My review of Lorna Jane's Move. Nourish. Believe Diary!
- [3 Simple Tips to Help You #MakeYourMove to Post-Partum Fitness](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/3-simple-tips-to-help-you-makeyourmove-to-post-partum-fitness/) - So, ever since I started talking about #babysprout, lots of people have hit me on the side asking if I have any idea what my post-delivery fitness plan is going to look like. I mean, first and foremost, the answer will be sleep! Even more...sleeping on my belly! I'm a stomach sleeper, and sleeping on
- [What We Can All Learn From ESPN's Annual Body Issue](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/what-we-can-all-learn-from-espns-annual-body-issue/) - ESPN puts together a "Body" issue where athletes pose in their birthday suits, and talk about their relationships with their bodies.
- [What Do You Need to #MakeYourMove Towards Being a Newbie Cyclist?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/need-makeyourmove-towards-newbie-cyclist/) - All the things you need for your first ride on your new bike!
- [Erika's 25-Minute Meals: Chana Masala](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/25-minute-meals-chana-masala/) - One of the ways I make healthy eating more affordable for my family is by sliding accidentally vegetarian dishes into our meal plans like chana masala!
- [Diastasis Recti: Everything You Need to Know About Repairing Your Post-Baby Tummy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/diastasis-recti-post-partum-belly-fat/) - Everything you need to know about abdominal separation and getting rid of that post-partum belly pooch.
- [Want to Know How I Grew My Long Hair? Tips Inside!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/tips-for-long-natural-hair/) - A collection of the most common questions I get about my thick natural hair, but the answers would help whether you're natural or not.
- [Comprehending Calories: The Basics](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/comprehending-calories-the-basics/) - Here, we talk calories; macronutrients like protein, fats and carbohydrates; and why it's silly that the food industry tells us "a calorie is just a calorie."
- [Motivation and Measuring Weight Loss Progress: The Progress Dress](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/inspiration/motivation-and-measuring-weight-loss-progress-the-progress-dress/) - I'm almost tickled to tell this story. Partly because it's lightweight embarrassing, but what the hey - it can't hurt, right? Right? In 2007, I ordered a dress-I-had-no-business-buying-and-never-would-wear-in-public from Fredericks of Hollywood. Well, I purchased three of 'em but this one... this one was different. I knew it would be my "Awww, snap!" dress. That
- [Happy First Birthday, BGG2WL!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/happy-first-birthday-bgg2wl/) - That's right - this weekend marked the one year birthday of A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss! Break out the birthday ca-- er.... granola?
- [The MiBra Giveaway & The "Vote For Me!" Plea](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/giveaways/the-mibra-giveaway-the-vote-for-me-plea/) - Want to get your free MiBra? Read inside to enter!
- [Weekend WTF: Chicken In A Can?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-chicken-in-a-can/) - It's chicken... and it's in a can. Yes.
- [Bonus Weekend WTF: The... Candwich?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/bonus-weekend-wtf-the-candwich/) - It's a sandwich... and it's in a can. Yes. Are you nauseous yet?
- [The Winner of Our First Recipe Contest Issss.....](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/bgg2wl-contest-entries/the-winner-of-our-first-recipe-contest-issss/) - The winner... of our first recipe contest issss....
- [Weekend WTF: Weapons of Mass Marketing Deception](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-weapons-of-mass-marketing-deception/) - Wait 'til you get a load of how Nestle REALLY decreased the sugar in their syrup!
- [A Very Late Pair Of Announcements](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/bean-soup-with-winter-squash-greens-3/) - Did you think you saw me in Essence? Well...
- [Weekend WTF: No Meat In Your Taco Bell Taco](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-no-meat-in-your-taco-bell-taco/) - There's no beef in your taco, baby. That's right: Taco Bell doesn't even call it "beef" on their internal packaging. They just call it "taco meat filling!"
- [Weekend WTF: News Flash - Doritos Are Good For You!!!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-news-flash-doritos-are-good-for-you/) - News flash: Doritos are "nothing more than corn mashed up, fried up in oil, and flavored in the most delectable way." So dig in! NOT!
- [Weekend WTF: The Supa Dupa Fly Ho With Cheese](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-the-supa-dupa-fly-ho-with-cheese/) - Do you feel like enjoying a Fat Ho today? Then come on down to Fat Ho Burgers! Yes. Check out the menu for this Texas restaurant...
- [Weekend WTF: Sadness In The Produce Section](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-sadness-in-the-produce-section/) - Sadness in the produce section.
- [Weekend WTF: McDonalds Strikes Again](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-mcdonalds-strikes-again/) - The McCurry, Le Croque McDo, and... the McLobster? Yes. They all exist.
- [Weekend WTF: Regular Air Isn't Good Enough For Bacon Lovers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-regular-air-isnt-good-enough-for-bacon-lovers/) - Bacon flavored air. Think about that for a minute. Flavored. Air.
- [Weekend WTF Easter Edition: Curse Those Wretched Marshmallow Peeps!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-easter-edition-curse-those-wretched-marshmallow-peeps/) - Do ANYTHING with your peeps... just... don't eat 'em!
- [Weekend WTF: Weigh Over 350lbs? You Eat Free At The Heart Attack Grill](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-weigh-over-350lbs-you-eat-free-at-the-heart-attack-grill/) - Welcome to The Heart Attack Grill, where those who weigh above 350lbs... eat free.
- [Weekend WTF: Jamie Oliver Knows What's In Your Ice Cream](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-jamie-oliver-knows-whats-in-your-ice-cream/) - Don't you want to know what's in your ice cream?
- [Introducing... The Calorie Counting Challenge!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/introducing-the-calorie-counting-challenge/) - After asking the Facebookers what kind of challenge we should host next, two things became abundantly clear: First, y'all are dying for some information on how to exercise at home and looking for motivation to get it in regularly. For seconds, there's a strong desire for accountability. I see y'all out there! I'd love to
- [Weekend WTF: He EATS The Chicken In A Can!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-he-eats-the-chicken-in-a-can/) - Someone actually EATS the chicken in a can. On camera.
- [Weekend WTF: All Fried Everything](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-all-fried-everything/) - Y'all are just out here frying everything, huh?
- [Weekend WTF: Woman Assaults Grandson Over Bacon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-woman-assaults-grandson-over-bacon/) - "A southeastern Pennsylvania woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old grandson and blasting him in the face with a garden hose because he ate too much bacon."
- [Weekend WTF: 15 Companies That Serve You "Wood"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-15-companies-that-serve-you-wood/) - Cellulose is virgin wood pulp that has been processed and manufactured to different lengths for functionality, though use of it and its variant forms...
- [Dear Government, Taxing Soda Is Crap And You Know It](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/dear-politician-taxing-soda-is-crap-and-you-know-it/) - An open letter to our politicians who think taxing soda/pop/soft drinks is the real bonafide cure to obesity.
- [Jennifer Hudson Tells Her Story To Self Magazine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/jennifer-hudson-tells-her-story-to-self-magazine/) - In the September issue of Self magazine, J-Hud shares a little more of her weight loss story. Some really good quotes in here...
- [Me vs. The McMachine: On McDonalds... And My Daughter](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/me-vs-the-mcmachine-on-mcdonalds-and-my-daughter/) - On marketing, McDonalds, and teaching my daughter about what really makes her big and strong.
- [Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: The Booty](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/black-women-our-bodies-perceptions-of-beauty-the-booty-2/) - No more prevalent, in the lonnnng list of reasons why women like me don't work out, is the excuse of the booty.
- [Half Of America Slated To Become OBESE By 2030](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/half-of-america-slated-to-become-obese-by-2030/) - Half of Americans will be obese by 2030 if things continue the way they are now, according to four new papers in the Lancet.
- [Q&A Wednesday: What Do I Do If I Can't Run?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-what-do-i-do-if-i-cant-run/) - I can't even feature simply ONE question for this topic because I get so many. The bottom line is, if I can't run, what do I do? We all know there are two big reasons why people can't run, and anything else builds upon that. Either a person can't run because they're physically prevented from
- [What Do You Think? Walmart Making Healthy Eating Cheaper?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/what-do-you-think-walmart-making-healthier-eating-cheaper/) - From the NY Times: Walmart's lowering the cost of produce and making their processed foods "better for you..."
- [Quick Thanksgiving Recap: What We Ate In The BGG2WL House](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/quick-thanksgiving-recap-what-we-ate-in-the-bgg2wl-house/) - My Thanksgiving 2011 photo recap!
- [Fruit Juices, Punches and Cocktails: Soda's Evil Twin](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/fruit-juices-punches-and-cocktails-sodas-evil-twin/) - Get the details on fruit juices and sugary drinks.
- [The Myth of Will Power](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-myth-of-will-power/) - If so much about weight loss is will power... where is the myth?
- [Self-Compassion: A Key Factor In Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/self-compassion-a-key-factor-in-weight-loss/) - How showing ourselves a little - or a lot - of sympathy can help lead to better and longer-lasting weight loss.
- [The Three Stages Of "Full"ness: How To Stop Stuffing Yourself](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-three-stages-of-fullness-how-to-stop-stuffing-yourself/) - There's the "starved" feeling and the "stuffed" feeling. What about inbetween those two?
- [Comprehending Calories: The Role of Carbs In Your Diet](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/comprehending-calories-the-role-of-carbs-in-your-diet/) - Exactly what role should carbs play in YOUR daily diet?
- [Weekend WTF: 17yo Girl Who Lived On McDonalds Since Age 2 Collapses](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-17yo-girl-who-has-only-eaten-mcdonalds-since-age-2-collapses/) - ...says she has never tasted fresh fruit or vegetables – had to be taken to hospital earlier this week when she collapsed after struggling to breathe.
- [The Quest For Healthy Body Image](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/the-quest-for-healthy-body-image/) - I enjoy writing about body image because it's intriguing: it's one thing to love myself, but I can only love my body if my body lives up to someone else's standards?
- [Weekend WTF: Taco Bell + Doritos = Doritos-Flavored Tacos?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-taco-bell-doritos-doritos-flavored-tacos/) - The full roll out of Taco Bell's Doritos-flavored taco shell, expected to launch March 8th.
- [Weekend WTF: Man Arrested For Cooking His Own Burger & Fries At Denny's](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-man-arrested-for-cooking-his-own-burger-fries-at-dennys/) - "This is why you don't dine and dash, kiddies!"
- [Walmart, Michelle Obama and The Halo Effect](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/walmart-michelle-obama-and-the-halo-effect/) - Don't get me wrong. If Wal-mart will make its produce less expensive without shafting the farmers on their cut- and sticking to that- then I am glad. However...
- [The Problem With Processed Foods, Part II: The Change In Food Manufacturing](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-problem-with-processed-foods-part-ii-the-change-in-food-manufacturing/) - Part two of "The Problem With Processed Foods."
- [Why I Rock The Red Pump](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/why-i-rock-the-red-pump/) - A brief discussion about overall health and wellness... not just weight.
- [Friday 5: Five Ways To Switch Up Your Workout And Bust Through A Plateau](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-ways-to-switch-up-your-workout-and-bust-through-a-plateau/) - Weight loss plateaus happen to the best of us... but you don't have to let it happen to you. Here's five ways to bust through any plateau in your way.
- [Weekend WTF: The Most "Unclean" Food I've Ever Heard Of In My Life](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-the-most-unclean-food-ive-ever-heard-of-in-my-life/) - "In the Eastern China city of Dongyang, they eat “virgin boy eggs” — hard-boiled eggs simmered in urine..."
- [Dr. Oz, Apple Juice, Arsenic and "Fear-Mongering"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/dr-oz-apple-juice-arsenic-and-fear-mongering/) - On the apple juice dust-up with Dr. Oz, and why "fearmongering" is such an annoying phrase.
- [Weekend WTF: What Is It With McDonalds And Prostitutes?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-what-is-it-with-mcdonalds-and-prostitutes/) - "A Florida prostitute wanted nothing more than $40 bucks and two McDonald’s double cheeseburgers for her services..."
- [A Lesson In Marketing Magic: The History Of Aunt Jemima](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/a-lesson-in-marketing-magic-the-history-of-aunt-jemima/) - The true origins of Aunt Jemima - minstrel shows, blackface and slave nostalgia - and how marketing has been and still is used to hide ugly truths.
- [Infographic: Grass-Fed vs. Grain Fed Beef](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/infographic-grass-fed-vs-grain-fed-beef/) - "Meat consumption of grass-fed cows is significantly healthier when analyzed for fat and nutrient content..."
- [Run-tober: How I Became A Runner](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/run-tober-how-i-became-a-runner/) - I'll be working, in conjunction with The US Army, to bring you Run-tober! My guide to surviving my first race!
- [Fat Girls In The Media: Celebrating Obesity?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/fat-girls-in-the-media-celebrating-obesity/) - "Your very presence is telling young girls that it's okaaaaaaaaay to be overweight. This is not something young girls should strive for! They shouldn't be thinking it's okay to be fat! Men will not want you if you're fat!"
- [The MiBra Winner Announced, Sports Bra Chat & How You Can Get Your Own For Cheap!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/giveaways/the-mibra-winner-announced-sports-bra-chat-how-you-can-get-your-own-for-cheap/) - The winner of the MiBra giveaway is announced, and a little sports bra chat!
- [The Importance Of A Strong Support System](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-importance-of-a-strong-support-system/) - The value of a support system to help you through the rough patches, and how mine is helping me through now.
- [Saving Money On Groceries: Go Weekly!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/saving-money-on-groceries-go-weekly/) - How often do you go grocery shopping? Do you tend to go every other day, picking up what you're cooking for the night? Do you just grab something cooked from the store and eat it there? Or, do you go every two weeks when payday comes?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Working Out Makes Me Hungry! Help!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-working-out-makes-me-hungry-help/) - Q: I work out for an hour (cardio and strength training) at least 5-6 times a week. But here lately, my hunger has increased a lot. I don't know if it hormones or what. Is this normal? Should I eat more?
- [The History of The "Big Meal" And Why It Made Us Fat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/the-history-of-the-big-meal-and-why-it-made-us-fat/) - Sometimes, tradition stands to be questioned. A tradition that I'd like to question today, is that of the "big meal."
- [Now That I'm Clean Eating, What Can I Cook?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/now-that-im-clean-eating-what-can-i-cook/) - If you're used to just microwaving (or frying up something from the freezer), don't sweat it. I've got a few recipes on hand (on this site - a formerly neglected area of the site, I will admit) that will help you get it done. That's just the beginning! Check out the recipes section, and give
- [What Should I Do About Shin Splints?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/what-should-i-do-about-shin-splints/) - What are shin splints? What causes them? How do I prevent them? How do I heal them?
- [BGG2WL vs Hurricane Sandy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/bgg2wl-vs-hurricane-sandy/) - How'd you fare in the storm? How can we help?
- [The Right To Know Proposition, From A Geneticist's Perspective](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-right-to-know-proposition-from-a-geneticists-perspective/) - "We believe that the public won't buy our stuff if we tell them what's in it."
- [Skinny People Shop At Whole Foods: A Poor Kid's Perspective](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/skinny-people-shop-at-whole-foods-a-poor-kids-perspective/) - A University of Washington study breaks down the "why poor people are fat" problem in blunt detail. I look at how this affects us all collectively.
- [Vanity Sizing: Accidentally Masking Weight Gain?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/vanity-sizing-accidentally-masking-weight-gain/) - A brief discussion of vanity sizing and our [seemingly unhealthy] connection to the size on the dress.
- [Supermarket Swindle: Don't Get Taken By The Antioxidant Claim](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supermarket-swindle-dont-get-taken-by-the-antioxidant-claim/) - "Despite the pictures of cherries, blackberries, cranberries, raspberries and pomegranates on various 7UP labels, the drinks contain no fruit or juice of any kind."
- [How Food Manufacturers Ensure That You "Can't Eat Just One"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/how-food-manfacturers-ensure-that-you-cant-eat-just-one/) - "If a corporation can invest this heavily into creating a product ​so​ delicious that you're compelled to scarf it down, fall in love with it and go out and buy more..."
- [Giveaway: Want To Sweat Pretty With Puma and BGG2WL?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/giveaway-want-to-sweat-pretty-with-puma-and-bgg2wl/) - As much as we, here, at BGG2WL love to dish on working out away from the gym… it should be no surprise that I thought Puma's new "Sweat Pretty" series, a collection of workouts that don't require you to be confined to four walls and Alpha Dogs all day, would be something worth sharing. Featuring
- [A Weekend With BlogHer 2012: Recaps, Rants, Raves and Relaxation](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/a-weekend-with-blogher-2012-recaps-rants-raves-and-relaxation/) - A recap of my BlogHer Conference experience, and all the epic bloggers I met while there.
- [No Food Stamps For Soft Drinks? Cracking Down On Soda Pop](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/no-food-stamps-for-soft-drinks-cracking-down-on-soda-pop/) - New York wants to restrict food stamps from being able to purchase sodapop. Thoughts?
- [Does Your Doctor's Weight Play A Part In Their Weight Loss Advice?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/does-your-doctors-weight-play-a-part-in-their-weight-loss-advice/) - Are overweight doctors less likely to advise their patients on weight loss solutions?
- [The Kickstarter That Wants You To Fund Fat-Shaming](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-kickstarter-that-wants-you-to-fund-fat-shaming/) - A woman creates a Kickstarter campaign to create a book that would "stand up against a society that protects fat culture while bastardizing thin and athletic women."
- [On Body Image: The Darwinian Theory of Beauty](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/on-body-image-the-darwinian-theory-of-beauty/) - Why do we consider things beautiful? How does this affect our body image? A look at the TED talk, "A Darwinian Theory of Beauty" by Denis Dutton.
- [On A Scale Of 1-10, How Much Does This Offend You?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-much-does-this-offend-you/) - Quote: The message: your wife, though she's clearly gone to some effort to look sexy and seduce you, is too fat. Solution: adultery.
- [FDA Close To Approving Genetically Altered Salmon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/fda-close-to-approving-genetically-altered-salmon/) - Why you may want to give up salmon for good.
- [Friday 5: 5 Tips to Help You Create SMART and Successful Resolutions](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-tips-to-help-you-create-smart-and-successful-resolutions/) - I mean, it's one thing to tell your friends that your resolution is to "lose weight," or "own your own gold plated g5 by the end of the year" or something. But what do you tell yourself? And how do you go about creating that plan of attack?
- [Video Vault: Clips From Olympic Medalist Gabrielle Douglas' Appearance On Oprah](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-clips-from-olympic-medalist-gabrielle-douglas-appearance-on-oprah/) - Last night, Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas let Oprah [and all those cameras] into her home, and into her family life...
- [Fitness Tracking Tools: 7 Days With The Jawbone Up, What's Wrong With It?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/fitness-tracking-tools-7-days-with-the-jawbone-up-whats-wrong-with-it/) - Spending a week with the Up was definitely interesting, but I do have a few pointers I'd like to mention...
- [Fit Chick Watch: How Wiltrina Jones Lost Over 200 Pounds](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-chick-watch-how-wiltrina-jones-lost-over-200-pounds/) - "I stopped weighing myself at the doctors because it was pointless; the scale only went to 350. I made a promise to God if I felt better I wasn't going to do this to myself again..."
- [Re-Examining - And Re-Defining - The Athlete's Body](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/re-examining-and-re-defining-the-athletes-body/) - In the 2002 book Athlete, photographer Howard Schatz takes a photoset of over 125 scantily clad athletes, showing variances in body size and build and proving that all athletes aren't created equal.
- [Hierarchy of Food Needs: How Do You Get GOOD Food When There's No Food?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/hierarchy-of-food-needs-how-do-you-get-good-food-when-theres-no-food/) - The hierarchy of food needs, and how it is applied (and ignored) in conversations about the underprivileged and those on government assistance.
- [Our Trip To The Farmer's Market](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/our-trip-to-the-farmers-market/) - This Saturday, the little one and I decided to venture out to the local farmer's market. This was our first time going together, and I know she was excited to see all the people and shop for her favorite thing in the world: food. It was an absolutely beautiful day out - I mean, the
- [The Math Behind Weight Loss Plateaus](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/the-math-behind-weight-loss-plateaus/) - Wanted to know why it's so important to count calories and be aware of how much you're putting in your body? Here's why.
- [Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: On Self Esteem](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/black-women-our-bodies-perceptions-of-beauty-on-self-esteem/) - If self esteem is the perceived level of satisfaction in oneself, and you have imagery around you every day telling you exactly how "less than" you truly are... how hard is it going to be to develop a healthy sense of self?
- [Friday 5 At @Physique57: 5 Things To Know Before Your First Barre Class](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-at-physique57-5-things-to-know-before-your-first-barre-class/) - Five tips to help you survive your very first barre burn class!
- [In Honor of Trayvon Martin](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/in-honor-of-trayvon-martin/) - A few words on the murder of Trayvon Martin, and what this means for us as a country.
- [The Grits and the Glory](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-grits-and-the-glory/) - Grits: The good, the bad, and the delicious.
- [The Pizza Gallery: Who Says You Can't Have Pizza?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-pizza-gallery-who-says-you-cant-have-pizza/) - The only thing better than making homemade pizza... is EATING homemade pizza.
- [BGG2WL In NYC: How Do You Remain Active While On Vacation?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/bgg2wl-in-nyc-how-do-you-remain-active-while-on-vacation/) - Different ways to sneak a little fitness into your life while you're supposed to be laying out and doing nothing.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Did You Know That Healthy Is The New Black?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/qa-wednesday-did-you-know-that-healthy-is-the-new-black/) - ...and did you know that you can tell the world about it by placing your order and wearing your t-shirt out in your community?
- [BGG2WL In NYC: The Effects Of Gentrification On Food Availability](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/bgg2wl-in-nyc-the-effects-of-gentrification-on-food-availability/) - While gentrification plays a huge part in where businesses go, the money will have a hard time overshadowing the race if it is assumed that, simply because of your race, you won't have an interest in what's being offered.
- [Study Says Common Food Chemical Packs On Belly Fat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/study-says-common-food-chemical-packs-on-belly-fat/) - If there is proof that a chemical [that can be found in most of the food we eat] can interfere with the body’s ability to burn the calories that we take in, then it’s much larger than “eat less.” Why?
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons The Idea Of "Soda Bans" Drives Me Nuts... And I Don't Even Drink It!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-the-idea-of-soda-bans-drives-me-nuts-and-i-dont-even-drink-it/) - Five questions that make discussing soft drink bans a little more complex.
- [Lies In Your Food: Made With REAL Blueberries? But I Thought...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/made-with-real-blueberries-but-i-thought/) - I know you've seen it. You hit the frozen foods section at the grocery store, and you pass the waffles. You're thinking "Man, I could eat these for a quick breakfast in the morning." You skim the freezer, and it catches your eye. "Blueberry Waffles -- Made With REAL BLUEBERRIES!" I don't know about you,
- [How To Indulge Like A Grown Up: What Chocolate Taught Me](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/how-to-indulge-like-a-grown-up-what-chocolate-taught-me/) - After years of using and abusing chocolate, I learned not only the best way to enjoy it, but a hard lesson about how to truly indulge in the finer things in life.
- [Open Thread: View and Discuss The Super Bowl Pepsi Max Commercial](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/open-thread-view-and-discuss-the-super-bowl-pepsi-max-commercial/) - View and discuss the Pepsi Max commercial with the Black couple... as well as reading a few reasons why you absolutely should NEVER drink Pepsi Max!
- [Weight Loss... and Your Libido](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/weight-loss-and-your-libido-sex-drive/) - After losing over 150lbs, I found my sexual appetite increasing. Here, I explain why that happens, and why any woman on a weight loss journey should get ready.
- [Rosemary Roasted Shrimp](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/rosemary-roasted-shrimp/) - A quick and simple way to dress up shrimp!
- [The Politics Of Safety For Women](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/the-politics-of-safety-for-women/) - In a span of 16 minutes, I had 8 different men inappropriately speak on my body. I had a pair of men follow me up a street demanding that I talk to them...
- [Q&A Wednesday: What Happens When You Regress From Clean Eating?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-what-happens-when-you-regress-from-clean-eating/) - "Erika, I find that lately if I don't eat clean, I get stomach ache and I live in the bathroom afterwards (if you know what I mean)..."
- [Shot Girls: Read An Excerpt From A Video Vixen's Book About Booty Injections](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/shot-girls-read-an-excerpt-from-a-video-vixens-book-about-booty-injections/) - "When the third injection was finished... he used superglue to seal the poke hole that was made by the needle."
- [Pepsi Says Mountain Dew Can Dissolve Mouse Carcasses](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/pepsi-says-mountain-dew-can-dissolve-mouse-carcasses/) - "Pepsi Co., facing a lawsuit from a man who claims to have found a mouse in his Mountain Dew can, has an especially creative, if disgusting, defense..."
- [Finding My Purpose, And Getting Out Of My Own Damn Way](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/finding-my-purpose-and-getting-out-of-my-own-damn-way/) - "Maybe it's time to start taking to the streets to help people. Maybe it's time to try to bring the resources to the places that need it most..."
- [Celeb Watch: Brandy Admitted To Having An Eating Disorder?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/celeb-watch-brandy-admitted-to-having-an-eating-disorder/) - Are Black celebrities often coming out admitting they had eating disorders and it's just run of the mill news, now?
- [CBS Sunday Morning Hilariously Covers The US Pole Championships](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/cbs-sunday-morning-hilariously-covers-the-us-pole-championships/) - CBS Sunday Morning covers pole dancing. Awesome video inside.
- [Honey-Spiced Chicken Thighs](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/honey-spiced-chicken-thighs/) - Chicken thighs rubbed with chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic and honey.
- [Pole Dance For Jesus? Don't Mind If I Do!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/pole-dance-for-jesus-dont-mind-if-i-do/) - Women in the Houston area are pole dancing once a month ... for Jesus.
- [Infograph: Obesity In America](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/infograph-obesity-in-america/) - An infographic that explains the effects that obesity has on our country.
- [Friday 5: Five Major Misconceptions About Clean Eating, Cleaned Up!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-major-misconceptions-about-clean-eating-cleaned-up/) - Think clean eating means no sweets? No bread? Think again!
- [Want To Lose 20lbs In Two Hours? Read This!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/want-to-lose-20lbs-in-two-hours-read-this/) - Photos like these often accompany unrealistic weight-loss claims... And like the claims, the before and after photos themselves can’t be trusted.
- [Switch It Up: Mayo Is Out, Avocado Spread Is In!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/switch-it-up-mayo-is-out-avocado-spread-is-in/) - Store-bought mayo is out. Avocado spreads are in!
- [In Praise of Greek Yogurt: 5 Different Ways To Dive In](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/play-with-your-food/in-praise-of-greek-yogurt-5-different-ways-to-dive-in/) - Five different and fun ways to eat greek yogurt.
- [Study: "There Are Good Foods And Bad Foods"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/study-there-are-good-foods-and-bad-foods/) - Quote: “There are good foods and bad foods...The notion that it’s O.K. to eat everything in moderation is just an excuse to eat whatever you want.”
- [Food 101: The Problem With Processed Foods](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/food-101-the-processed-foods-problem/) - I've been wanting to write about this for a while, now, but you know how sometimes... you just don't know where to begin? Something is so screwed up from all sides, that there's no possible way to make sense of it from it's head or it's heels? Yeah, that's kind of this processed food thing.
- [Sound Off: Share Your Thoughts on the Boston Marathon Tragedy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/sound-off-share-your-thoughts-on-the-boston-marathon-tragedy/) - Over 100 injured, 3 dead, and thousands affected by a series of explosions that took place in Boston at the historic marathon.
- [R.I.P. To The Panty Collection... And The Bras... And The Shoes... And...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/r-i-p-to-the-panty-collection-and-the-bras-and-the-shoes-and/) - The little things we don't think about when we lose weight...like having to replace your bras, panties, and get inserts for those shoes because those shrink, too!
- ["Fair Skin Covers One Hundred Faults"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/fair-skin-covers-one-hundred-faults/) - "My ideal is, of course, to have even, white, luminous and smooth silk, like the egg white of a boiled egg," she replied.
- [What Happens When BGG2WL Goes Back to College](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/what-happens-when-bgg2wl-goes-back-to-college/) - What happened when I spoke at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass.
- [Is It Okay To Be Vain?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/is-it-okay-to-be-vain/) - What role do you think vanity plays in a weight loss journey? Is there a point where it's no longer vanity and simply narcissism... or are the two the same for you?
- [Meet the Veggies: Parsnips 101](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/meet-the-veggies-parsnips-101/) - Parsnips, meet everybody. Everybody, say "Hi, parsnips." A brief introduction and guide on how to buy, store, season and cook your parsnips.
- [High Heels, A Pole... and Me?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/high-heels-a-pole-and-me/) - Yes. I said it. High heels. A pole …and me.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Others Think I Should Lose Weight... I Think I Look Fine!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-others-think-i-should-lose-weight-i-think-i-look-fine/) - "Q: My issue is that I feel like I look great, but there are people constantly reminding me that I need to lose weight still..."
- [Successfully Converting Away From Eating Red Meat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/successfully-converting-away-from-eating-red-meat/) - Back in high school, my Mother was like the Iron Chef of the South... migrated way up north to the mid-west. She was always cooking. Baked ribs, fried pork chops and applesauce, fried chicken, steaks, roast beef, corned beef, cornish hen, polish boys.. It was seriously meat overload. As a junior in high school, out
- [The Coffee Conundrum: To Drink Or Not To Drink?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-coffee-conundrum-to-drink-or-not-to-drink/) - On coffee, it's potential benefits, its usefulness in exercise, and how to enjoy it responsibly (if you choose.)
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Step 17](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-17/) - I bet my asparagus looks better than YOUR asparagus.
- [Do YOUR Grocery Store's Vegetables Look Like This?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/do-your-grocery-stores-vegetables-look-like-this/) - In keeping with my understanding of food availability, I can't help but wonder if, inside the stores that we do go to for groceries, the fresh stuff is, actually... well, fresh....
- [NJ Governor Chris Christie Secretly Has Lapband Surgery](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/nj-governor-chris-christie-secretly-has-lapband-surgery/) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery, he revealed to The NY Post Monday night.
- [Video: No Blueberries In Your Blueberry Muffins, Bagels, Waffles, Pancakes....](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-no-blueberries-in-your-blueberry-muffins-bagels-waffles-pancakes/) - If you ever wondered about those blueberries in your processed foods...
- [Neither Soul Food, Nor "Slave Food," Made You Fat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/neither-soul-food-nor-slave-food-made-you-fat/) - A brief introduction to the Soul Food Series on BGG2WL.
- [Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Might Possibly Be A Scumbag](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/abercrombie-fitch-ceo-might-possibly-be-a-scumbag/) - “He doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people,” Lewis said [about Abercrombie's CEO.]
- [An Ode to My Heart Rate Monitor](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/an-ode-to-my-heart-rate-monitor/) - Why I love my heart rate monitor, which one I use, and where you can order your own.
- [200lb 3rd Grader Put In Foster Care Because Of His Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/200lb-3rd-grader-put-in-foster-care-because-of-his-weight/) - "...the county removed the child because caseworkers saw his mother's inability to reduce his weight as medical neglect."
- [Black Women Too Vain To Work Out And That's Why They're Fat... Or Something](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/black-hair/black-women-too-vain-to-work-out-and-thats-why-theyre-fat-or-something/) - Let's say that there really and truly is a national average of approximately 40% of Black women who don't work out because of their hair. Let's say that. Where does the conversation go from there?
- [What Do The NY Times, The Root & The Intersection All Have In Common? Me!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/what-do-the-ny-times-the-root-the-intersection-all-have-in-common-me/) - Just a quick update that I should've written a while ago...
- [The Problem With Processed Foods, Part III: Nutritional Deficiencies](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-problem-with-processed-foods-part-iii-nutritional-deficiencies/) - Part III of the series "The Problem With Processed Food."
- [I'm Bad at Bragging, But....](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/im-bad-at-bragging-but/) - There may or may not be something awesome in the current issue of Uptown.
- [Supermarket Swindle: Adventures of Liquid - Yes, Liquid - Chicken](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supermarket-swindle-adventures-of-liquid-yes-liquid-chicken/) - If a "natural" chicken nugget turns into soup, then is something wrong with the nugget? What makes it so different? Should I be eating it?
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: "Cheese Lovers Edition" Step 20](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-cheese-lovers-edition-step-20/) - ...we've also got to find new ways to enjoy the things you truly like, right? So let's make that happen. Starting with cheese.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Avoiding Workout Burnout](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/work-it-out/qa-wednesday-avoiding-workout-burnout/) - "You always hear people warn of doing too much and then burning out. So what is you recommendation?"
- [Why I Don't Believe In "Cheating" On Your Clean Eating](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/why-i-dont-believe-in-cheating-on-your-clean-eating/) - I know I've said this before, and everyone jumped down my throat... but I don't believe in the concept of "cheating.""Cheat days," "cheat meals," and the like? I don't believe in 'em. It's ok to throw tomatoes at me. I'll just make tomato bisque out of 'em, anyway. I think it's appropriate to talk about
- [Video Vault: Bring It On Down To Veganville!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-bring-it-on-down-to-veganville/) - "Fiber: it's a dope ingredient; I think you'll want to make your bowels expedient!"
- [Video Vault: When You Catch ME Blogging About a Cheerios Commercial...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-when-you-catch-me-blogging-about-a-cheerios-commercial/) - Cheerios debuts a brand new commercial with an interracial family: is this the first time we've seen interracial families in commercials?
- [What's Going On With Your Orange Juice?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/whats-going-on-with-your-orange-juice/) - What's in your "fresh squeezed orange juice?"
- [An Open Letter To Skinny Women](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/an-open-letter-to-skinny-women/) - I'm not trying to knock you off of any pedestal, but I am trying to call to your attention the fact that your health is a gift, girl!
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Tomato Lovers Edition Step 21](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-tomato-lovers-edition/) - We may or may not be exploring fried green tomatoes for this step. Just saying.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Step 13](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-13/) - So, with all this diary-ing and journaling... are you learning a few things about yourself?
- [What's For Breakfast?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/whats-for-breakfast/) - I am often asked, “Well.. if I’m supposed to give up my Lucky Toast Life Crunch cereal, what am I supposed to eat?”
- [This Week's Clean Eating Boot Camp Assignment: Portion Control](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/this-weeks-clean-eating-boot-camp-assignment-portion-control/) - So far, we're skipping fast food, cooking dinner every night, drinking lots of water, yadda yadda... but now?
- [The Case Against Eating [So Much] Beef](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/the-case-against-so-much-beef/) - The case against eating [so much] meat.
- [Giveaway: Come Let Your #FitnessGlo and Work Out Anytime!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/giveaways/giveaway-come-let-your-fitnessglo-and-work-out-anytime/) - Want to win a 90 day subscription to FitnessGlo? Check us out inside!
- [The Onion's Satirical "Anorexic Woman" Post Rings Truer Than Expected](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-onions-satirical-anorexic-woman-post-rings-truer-than-expected/) - “The curves of her rib cage, the stunning watery eyes, the patch of shiny scalp peeking through her brittle, thinning hair—she’s basically got the whole package.”
- [Celeb Watch: Beyonce Covers The April 2013 @Shape_Magazine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/celeb-watch-beyonce-covers-the-april-2013-shape_magazine/) - Aye. Bow down.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: "We Be Jammin'"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-we-be-jammin/) - Is that... is that Jim Beam in the background??
- [Supermarket Swindle: Is Your Honey Really Honey?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/supermarket-swindle-is-your-honey-really-honey/) - Your supermarket honey ain't honey, honey...
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons To Stop Looking at Magazine Models For Fitness Inspiration](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/friday-5-5-reasons-to-stop-looking-at-magazine-models-for-fitness-inspiration/) - Five reasons why I'ma need y'all to lay off the magazine inspiration stuff.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Join the Official Boot Camp Mailing List Today!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-join-the-official-boot-camp-mailing-list/) - Sign up for the official Clean Eating Boot Camp mailing list!
- [Another Woman Dies From Botched Booty Injections](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/another-woman-dies-from-botched-booty-injections/) - What is it that can be gained from having a big booty....that would make you risk leaving your two children motherless?
- [The Twinkie Diet: What Do You Mean, It Works?!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/the-twinkie-diet-what-do-you-mean-it-works/) - A man lives on a Little Debbie diet. He loses weight. Chaos ensues. I do my best to break down what I think is happening here, and what will happen moving forward.
- [A Follow Up To Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault & Weight Gain: Facing Insensitivity](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/a-follow-up-to-sexual-harassment-sexual-assault-weight-gain-facing-insensitivity/) - I respond to a commenter who tells sexual harassment/assault victims: "You let your ass get fat over this stupid stuff, and now you can't get a man!"
- [Nike's "Make It Count" Ads: Do We Love It?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/nikes-make-it-count-ads-do-we-love-it/) - Nike's new ad campaign shows us what #counts. Do we love it?
- [Fros in Nerdland: My Visit to the Melissa Harris-Perry Show](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/fros-in-nerdland-my-visit-to-the-melissa-harris-perry-show/) - My morning at NBC Studios filming the Melissa Harris-Perry show.
- [Sound Off: Discuss the "Dark Girls" Documentary](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/sound-off-discuss-the-dark-girls-documentary/) - Share your thoughts on OWN's "Dark Girls" documentary with the rest of the #bgg2wlarmy!
- [Q&A Wednesday: Breakfast At Erika's](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-breakfast-at-erikas/) - Q: do I HAVE to eat breakfast?
- [Q&A Thursday: Underarm Flab?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-thursday-underarm-flab/) - Q: Did you experience arm flab after your weight loss and if so, what did you do about it?
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: "Time to Make Sweet, Sweet...Sodapop?" Step 19](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-time-to-make-sweet-sweet-sodapop-step-19/) - So, let's spend the rest of the week talking about teas and soda making this week, shall we?
- [The "Adulteration" of Our Food Supply](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-adulteration-of-our-food-supply/) - "apple stock was jarred and sold as blackberry, currant or plum jelly: the cores, skins and rejected portions of apples were made into an apple stock or juice, which was then artificially colored, flavored and jellied..."
- [Portraits of Addiction: What Do Your See?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/portraits-of-addiction-what-do-your-see/) - Paintings of women indulging on foods done by Lee Price share far more than sad images of unhappy women afraid to eat. What do you see here?
- [The Unbearable Whiteness of Eating: How The Food Culture War Affects Black America](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-eating-how-the-food-culture-war-affects-black-america/) - My personal thoughts on how (and why) persons of color (and their needs) are shut out of conversations involving health, wellness and food availability.
- [The 5 Components of a #ScaleFreeSummer: Mindfulness, and Thinking Before You Decide](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/the-5-components-of-a-scalefreesummer-mindfulness-and-thinking-before-you-decide/) - Do we get up - sometimes, angrily - so that we have time to exercise, or do we hit that almighty snooze button...six more times until it's time to go to work?
- [The 5 Components of a #ScaleFreeSummer: Goal Measurement - A Bajillion Ways To Measure Progress Without A Scale](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/the-5-components-of-a-scalefreesummer-goal-measurement-a-bajillion-ways-to-measure-progress-without-a-scale/) - If I'm not using the scale, how the hell am I measuring my progress?
- [Friday 5: 5 Commandments...er... Tips for Enjoying Your #ScaleFreeSummer](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/friday-5-5-commandments-er-tips-for-enjoying-your-scalefreesummer/) - "There are, from my experience, five commandments for living a healthy lifestyle outsideof the scale..."
- [From My Kitchen: The Ultimate Apple-Cranberry Pie](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/from-my-kitchen-the-ultimate-apple-cranberry-pie/) - Make a delicious apple-cranberry pie for Thanksgiving, using my recipe straight out of my own kitchen!
- [Meet the Veggies: Cherry Radishes 101](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/meet-the-veggies-cherry-radishes-101/) - All you need to know to dive into radishes, nose first, as a newbie.
- [Friday 5: Five Examples Of Sabotage, From The BGG2WL Readers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-examples-of-sabotage-from-the-bgg2wl-readers/) - "You know, exercise will kill you...you should just eat and get fat..."
- [Fit Chick Watch: Why and How Jordin Sparks Lost 50lbs and Who's Mad About It](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-chick-watch-why-and-how-jordin-sparks-lost-50lbs-and-whos-mad-about-it/) - "“I just wanted to be healthy. It was just before my 21st birthday. I had walking pneumonia, couldn't breathe and felt totally fatigued. I remember thinking, ‘I’m in my prime. I should be happy and fit.’ That was the moment when I decided...'
- [Teen Girls, Weight Loss Surgery, Body Image and Class Distinctions](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/teen-girls-weight-loss-surgery-body-image-and-class-distinctions/) - A story of a teen girl who received multiple weight loss surgeries, and a reported rise in the practice.
- [The Comforting Side Of Food](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/the-comforting-side-of-food/) - A few words on "wanting to be taken care of" by a fast food restaurant instead of preserving one's health by cooking at home.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Is The "Fat-Burning Zone" Real?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-is-the-fat-burning-zone-real/) - Q: Hi Erika! Long time subscriber :) I just want to know if the notorious "fat burning zone" exists or is it merely a myth?
- [Check Out My Latest for Salon, and a Few Additional Thoughts](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/check-out-my-latest-for-salon-and-a-few-additional-thoughts/) - A few additional thoughts on my essay at Salon.
- [Losing Weight Makes You Hate "Fat People?"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/losing-weight-makes-you-hate-fat-people/) - People who lose weight start to hate fat people?
- [Do You Think Tomato Paste Is A Vegetable? Your Government Does!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/do-you-think-tomato-paste-is-a-vegetable-your-government-does/) - Yes. A tomato is 'vegetable," pizza is "a vegetable serving" and this now affects your child's school lunch.
- [Quick Quote: Why Doesn't Nicki Minaj Work Out?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/quick-quote-why-doesnt-nicki-minaj-work-out/) - Photos from Nicki Minaj's latest cover story for Marie Claire, and an interesting quote she shared.
- [The Makers Of Photoshop Decry "The Photoshop Diet"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/the-makers-of-photoshop-decry-the-photoshop-diet/) - "...the research, which found that despite the negative effect on their body image, women preferred ads showing thin models and said they were more likely to buy products featured in those ads.."
- [Making Wellness A Priority](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/making-wellness-a-priority/) - For some reason, Black culture simply does not place a priority on health. It's left us to believe that weight loss is supposed to be easy and the moment that we're reminded that it is not easy, we start making excuses for why we won't work.
- [Why I Lift Weights](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/why-i-lift-weights/) - Why do I lift weights? Because after losing 145, I didn't want to look like a deflated balloon! That's why!
- [Fit Chick Watch: 19yo Tennis Sensation Sloane Stephens](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-chick-watch-tennis-sloane-stephens/) - When you win against my girl Serena, you earn the honor of being called a "Fit Chick."
- [Finally, a Different Company Sponsors a Wellness Initiative at a Black Event](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/finally-a-different-company-sponsors-a-wellness-initiative-at-a-black-event/) - Does your employer have a health and wellness initiative? Share it here!
- [High Fructose Corn Syrup: What's The Big Deal?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/high-fructose-corn-syrup-whats-the-big-deal/) - And now, a moment of tough love. I'm not gonna lie - this is more for me than it is for you, dear reader, because I have a bad habit of running back to foods that are laden with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and usually don't realize what I'm doing to myself until I'm
- [A Few Thoughts on Cravings, Deprivation and Indulging](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/a-few-thoughts-on-cravings-deprivation-and-indulging/) - My personal policy on why I don't deprive myself, why I indulge and why I always turn my indulgences into opportunities to learn about why I crave and how to stop.
- [Elitism On A Food Stamp Budget?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/elitism-on-a-food-stamp-budget/) - From soda to San Pellegrino... can food stamp users buy ANYTHING without debate?
- [Saving Money On Groceries: Buy It In Season](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/saving-money-on-groceries-buy-it-in-season/) - There's nothing worse than knowing that once that winter frost hits, tomatoes are going to go through the roof. I mean, I love the bright sun, the warm days and the late nights that come with the summertime, but I'ma keep it real. The best thing that summer can do for me is bring the
- [Bliss Point: 6 Reasons Erika Was Right About The "Science of Addictive Food"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/bliss-point-6-reasons-erika-was-right-about-the-science-of-addictive-food/) - When I saw it, I had the same reaction that many of you had. But then, I did a little dance in my chair, because I love - love - being proven right. And, as my best friend Ashley would tell you I've been saying for years, "No one listens to Erika until Erika is
- [Fit Chick Watch: Grace Jones](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-chick-watch-grace-jones/) - A post, in which we praise the epic dopeness of Grace Jones hula hooping her ass off.
- [We Are The 99%: Occupy Wall Street AND Big Food, Too](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/we-are-the-99-occupy-wall-street-and-big-food-too/) - #occupywallstreet, "The 99%," and how our food policy ties into it all.
- [Adidas Accused Of "Promoting Slavery" With Shackles On New Shoe](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/adidas-accused-of-promoting-slavery-with-shackles-on-new-shoe/) - Adidas happily brings you plastic shackles and hundreds of years of history in $350 cross-trainers... UPDATE: the shoe has been cancelled!
- [Fit Gear Review: Bose SIE2i Sport Headphones #livewithfire](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-bose-sie2i-sport-headphones-livewithfire/) - When Reebok and Bose partner together to make headphones specifically for exercise... great things happen. No, really.
- ["Women's Health Coach" Comes Clean About Her Fraudulent Services](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/womens-health-coach-comes-clean-about-her-fraudulent-services/) - "I think I should have been educated better before I began to tell all of you what was right or wrong for your body."
- [Is There Ever A Reason To Destroy Your Food?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/is-there-ever-a-reason-to-destroy-your-food/) - You order a dessert. You take a bite and enjoy. You then immediately pour salt all over it, to not eat any more. Is there a place for this kind of behavior?
- [Supermarket Swindle: How The Color Green Affects Your Purchases](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supermarket-swindle-how-the-color-green-affects-your-purchases/) - Are processed foods giving you the green light to go HAM?
- [Are YOU Ready to Have a #ScaleFreeSummer? Join Me! If Not, Join Me Anyway!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/are-you-ready-to-have-a-scalefreesummer-join-me-if-not-join-me-anyway/) - Are YOU ready to enjoy a #ScaleFreeSummer?
- [Talking Turkey Bacon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/talking-turkey-bacon/) - Q: Why are people saying pork bacon is better than turkey bacon?
- [Model Admits "My Healthy Diet Was a Total Lie"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/model-admits-my-healthy-diet-was-a-total-lie/) - "I exercised a minimum of two hours a day, seven days a week. On days when I wasn't working, I did double duty, going to the gym twice in one day..."
- [Shrimp, Chorizo and Chiptle Gravy Over Mexican Rice](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/shrimp-chorizo-and-chiptle-gravy-over-mexican-rice/) - A nice big Mexican dish for the whole family!
- [Q&A Wednesday: Dried Beans vs. Canned Beans](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-dried-beans-vs-canned-beans/) - Beans: rinsing, cooking, instructional how-to videos, different ways to prepare them and whether or not to worry about canned beans.
- [Fit Gear Review: The Polar RC3 GPS with Heart Rate Sensor: First Introductions](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-the-polar-rc3-gps-with-heart-rate-sensor-first-introductions/) - The start of a comprehensive guide to the Polar RC3 GPS, a heart rate monitor watch.
- [Do We Love It? @AsicsAmerica Gives You Glow in the Dark Awesome](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/do-we-love-it/do-we-love-it-asicsamerica-gives-you-glow-in-the-dark-awesome/) - Come, let your inner child ooh and aah with me at these shoes!
- [How Losing Weight Made Me A Feminist](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/how-losing-weight-made-me-a-feminist/) - Feminism isn't all about hating men and burning bras, y'all.
- [The 80/20 Rule... Fitness Style](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-8020-rule-fitness-style/) - Give up 80% of my successes because of the 20% that I struggled with? I don't think so!
- [Friday 5: Five Things Every Feminist Who Wants To Lose Weight Should Remember](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-things-every-feminist-who-wants-to-lose-weight-should-remember/) - An exhaustive guide to navigating the streets of "feminist" and "fitness enthusiast" without getting hit by a bus.
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Do You Keep The "Fat Black Girl" Media Message From Getting To You?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-how-do-you-keep-the-fat-black-girl-media-message-from-getting-to-you/) - Q: If I lose the last 10 lbs and become the 1 out of 5 who are not overweight/obese, will I have finally arrived?
- [Hercules: A Look At America's First Celebrity Chef](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/hercules-a-look-at-americas-first-celebrity-chef/) - The story of Hercules, the "top hat and tails" chef of President George Washington, and his plan for freedom.
- [Celebrating Motherhood](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/celebrating-motherhood/) - You know, mommyhood rocks. I get to be jostled out of my bed every morning by a very moody little girl demanding cheerios with blueberries. I get to be awaken from my naps by sloppy kiddie kisses and hot toddler breath. I even get to watch as she runs across the house, completely pantsless.. and
- [Friday 5: Five Things I Want People To Stop Saying To Themselves In 2012](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-things-i-want-people-to-stop-saying-to-themselves-in-2012/) - Did "I'm not giving up chocolate!" make the list?
- [Statistics: Obesity By The Numbers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/statistics-obesity-by-the-numbers/) - "Twenty years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 15 percent.Today, more than two out of three states, 38 total, have obesity rates over 25 percent.."
- [Fit First Lady Watch: Michelle Obama Inspires Unique Cosmetic Procedure](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/fit-first-lady-watch-michelle-obama-inspires-unique-cosmetic-procedure/) - When the American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its annual cosmetic surgery stats, one procedure gained popularity - by almost four thousand - percent.
- [Lincoln University, Size Discrimination And The Skinny Girl's Dilemma](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/lincoln-university-size-discrimination-and-the-skinny-girls-dilemma/) - Before I begin, a quick run down of the situation to which I'm referring. Lincoln University, a predominantly and historically Black institution in Pennsylvania, creates a course titled "Fitness For Life" back in 2006. Lincoln opts to make this a requirement for graduation for 2006's incoming Freshman class... only if your Body Mass Index (BMI)
- [A Day At The Pentagon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/a-day-at-the-pentagon/) - "As a part of my ability to work with the US Army, I was granted with the opportunity to visit the Pentagon..."
- [Chicken and Spinach Casserole](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/chicken-and-spinach-casserole/) - A chicken and spinach casserole dish that avoids all the excess cream!
- [Why Your Kids (And Probably You Too) Don't Like Veggies](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/why-your-kids-and-probably-you-too-dont-like-veggies/) - "Toddlers reject vegetables because other things taste better." Well, sometimes, adults do too!
- [First Lady Obama Suggests Americans Drink Water, Outrage Follows](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/first-lady-obama-suggests-americans-drink-water-outrage-follows/) - First Lady suggests drinking water, people start actively seeking big gulps. Good grief.
- [O Magazine Answers: How Different Is Barbie From The Average Woman?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/o-magazine-answers-how-different-is-barbie-from-the-average-woman/) - On unrealistic imagery and making sure we talk about it with our youngsters.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Step 11](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-11/) - There's nothing wrong with admitting you've got to take it slow. Just make sure you understand the difference between "slow progress" and "no progress."
- [The Oatmeal Explores the "Terrible and Wonderful Reasons" to Run Long Distances](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/the-oatmeal-explores-the-terrible-and-wonderful-reasons-to-run-long-distances/) - How a comic strip made me miss long-distance running... and me asking you how you fuel your long distance runs.
- [Video Vault: Hip Hop Music Educates Us On How The 'Hood Diet' is the 'New Crack'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-hip-hop-music-educates-us-on-how-the-hood-diet-is-the-new-crack/) - "Lots of headaches, upset stomachs and high cholesterol...you might vomit on the hood diet!"
- [Personal Trainer Chooses To Gain 70+ Pounds And Go From Fit To Fat To Fit](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/personal-trainer-chooses-to-gain-70-pounds-and-go-from-fit-to-fat-to-fit/) - Since May, Drew Manning has gained about 70 pounds on purpose. And he’s not done yet...
- [Q&A Wednesday: Can I Get A POOR Girl's Guide To Weight Loss?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-can-i-get-a-poor-girls-guide-to-weight-loss/) - Hey, Erika... can I get A POOR Girl's Guide To Weight Loss?
- [Looks Like Minnie Mouse Has Lost Weight... Or Something](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/looks-like-minnie-mouse-has-lost-weight-or-something/) - ...because we really needed to see Daisy Duck in Dolce & Gabbana.
- [What Causes Heart Disease?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/what-causes-heart-disease/) - Ancient Egyptian remains have scientists questioning whether or not they know, for sure, what causes atherosclerosis (heart disease.)
- [Q&A Wednesday: Snacking and Packing Lunch For Little Ones](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-snacking-and-packing-lunch-for-little-ones/) - Q: What are some examples of what you give your daughter for a healthy snack and what you pack her for lunch?
- [So, Lab-Grown Meat Is Officially a Thing Now](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fitness-news/so-lab-grown-meat-is-officially-a-thing-now/) - Lab-grown meat is real. It's here. Is it coming to your grocery soon?
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons to Give Up Processed Foods](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-to-give-up-processed-foods/) - Five reasons you need to clean out your pantry now, if you're trying to lose weight. Not NOW, but RIGHT NOW.
- [Did I Just Plateau? Why Am I Not Losing Weight?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/did-i-just-plateau-why-am-i-not-losing-weight/) - It happens to the best of us. Out of nowhere, the downward spiral we all want comes to a halt. We start wondering what's going on, and become unhappy. It might also be those of us who are just starting out - sweating our hair out at the gym only to go a week and
- [Q&A Wednesday: The College Girl's Guide To Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-the-college-girls-guide-to-weight-loss/) - I am a college student with a college student budget. I am getting married next year and I want to be fierce! Not only that I wanna be healthy and keep the weight off.
- [Organic ...Pesticides?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/organic-pesticides/) - NPR discusses the pesticides on our organic fruits and vegetables. Yes. Organic pesticides.
- [Sneaker Wedges: Do We Love It?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/do-we-love-it/sneaker-wedges-do-we-love-it/) - Sneaker wedges: do we love it?
- [Supermarket Swindle: Are You Sure That's Ice Cream?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/supermarket-swindle-are-you-sure-thats-ice-cream/) - Your ice cream might not be ice cream, baby.
- [Sound Off: To Run, Or Not To Run... In A Group?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/sound-off-to-run-in-a-group-or-not-to-run-in-a-group/) - What running groups do ​you​ run with? Have you given group running a try? Are you a lone runner? Sound off!
- [5 Things You Need To Know About Pink Slime In Your Ground Beef](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-pink-slime-in-your-ground-beef/) - Here, listed for you, are five important tidbits you need to understand about pink slime, your beef, and what you need to do in order to avoid it.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 3](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-week-3/) - So... you've still been shooting for drinking your water every hour on the hour and logging your food intake... right?
- [Friday 5: 5 Things That Drive Me Nuts At The Gym (And 5 Things You Need To Get Over)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-that-drive-me-nuts-at-the-gym-and-5-things-you-need-to-get-over/) - Are you the resident gym slob? Do you leave fresh booty sweat on the equipment? Are you the gym's Alpha Dog?
- [The 5 BGG2WL Clean Eating Commandments](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/the-5-bgg2wl-clean-eating-commandments/) - My food philosophy, demystified.
- [Meet the Veggies: Red Beets 101](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/meet-the-veggies-red-beets-101/) - Let's talk about beets, baby! Though there are other popular kinds of beets - like the striped or yellow beet - we're gonna focus on these red beauties today.
- [BGG2WL In NYC: How Do You Eat While On Vacation?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/bgg2wl-in-nyc-how-do-you-eat-while-on-vacation/) - How to eat better during the time when you're supposed to be stuffing your face and overindulging every day.
- [Q&A Wednesday: "Falling Off" (And "Getting Back On") The Wagon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-falling-off-and-getting-back-on-the-wagon/) - Q: I was wondering how do you get back on the wagon once you've fallen off?
- [Retouching, Body Image and The Photoshop Diet](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/retouching-body-image-and-the-photoshop-diet/) - An in-depth look at airbrushed and retouched photos.
- [Sound Off: Should Athletes Promote Junk Food?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/sound-off-should-athletes-promote-junk-food/) - If a famous athlete promotes a junk food brand, do you think it encourages kids to eat it?
- [Arizona Governor Proposes "Fat Fee" For Medicaid Enrollees](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/arizona-governor-proposes-fat-fee-for-medicare-enrollees/) - "Arizona's governor on Thursday proposed levying a $50 fee on some enrollees in the state's cash-starved Medicaid program..."
- [Location, Location, Location: Money's Not The Only Barrier To Healthy Living](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/location-location-location-moneys-not-the-only-barrier-to-healthy-living/) - Money isn't always the only barrier to eating healthily. Let's talk about more.
- [The Truth About Transformation Photos](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/the-truth-about-transformation-photos/) - The anatomy of a super-fake weight loss transformation photo.
- [Discuss: Server Writes "Fat Girls" On Receipt, Manager Smirks When Confronted](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/discuss-server-writes-fat-girls-on-receipt-manager-smirks-when-confronted/) - So, basically... common courtesy flies cleeeeean out the window if you're fat?
- [Three Great Ways To Exercise At Home](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/three-great-ways-to-exercise-at-home/) - The story of why I developed my at-home workout routine, how I did it, and how you can do it too.
- [Kanye "Asks Kim To Lose Weight:" Would You Stay Or Leave?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/kanye-asks-kim-to-lose-weight-would-you-stay-or-leave/) - "'He even suggested Kim drop 20 pounds, arguing that Beyonce has a similar shape and she proved you can get that supermodel body using her lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup diet..."
- [5 Ways to Identify and Reject Sabotage](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/5-ways-to-identify-and-reject-sabotage/) - Dealing with sabotage from friends, co-workers... and ourselves.
- [Young Black Boys vs Young Black Girls](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/young-black-boys-vs-young-black-girls/) - A comparative look at the experiences of black boys in school vs. black girls, and how it affects black women.
- [Q&A Wednesday: What's This About Erectile Dysfunction?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-whats-this-about-erectile-dysfunction/) - Q: I saw ur tweets about prcessed food causing erectile dysfunction... how does that work? Keeping it up or getting it up at all?
- [So... Suppose I Decided To Host Clean Eating Boot Camp 2013....](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/so-suppose-i-decided-to-host-clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/) - So, talk to me. What are your biggest concerns, challenges and reservations about going processed-free? What can we discuss, here, to make it easier for you? Is all of this too "fancy" for you? Then, what do you like? What do you want to see?
- [In Defense of "Beautiful," and a 7-Year-Old's Future Afro](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/in-defense-of-beautiful-and-a-7-year-olds-future-afro/) - You don't think EVERYONE can be beautiful? Here's all the reasons why I disagree.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: What Does It Mean To "Fall Off?" Step 14](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-what-does-it-mean-to-fall-off-step-14/) - So...let's talk about this "falling off" phenomenon.
- [5 Reasons You and Your Family Hate Vegetables (and 5 Tips for Learning to Love!)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-reasons-you-and-your-family-hate-vegetables-and-5-tips-for-learning-to-love/) - Do you, or someone you know, have a 'thing' against veggies? Let's talk about it!
- [The Art Of Silence](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-art-of-silence/) - Does sharing your goals leave you open to being sabotaged? Here, we talk about the value of just remaining... silent.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Hate Veggies!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-hate-veggies/) - Q: Do you have any suggestions for me and my STRONG dislike of veggies?
- [5 Things You Need to Know About Trans Fats in Your Food](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-trans-fats-in-your-food/) - Everything you need to know about trans fats in your processed food, and how to avoid it.
- [You Never Forget Your First: My @GoArmy Ten Miler Experience](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/you-never-forget-your-first-my-usarmy-ten-miler-experience/) - My heartfelt recap of my experience with the Army Ten Miler, at the Pentagon.
- [Quick Quotes: Victoria's Secret Angel Admits Guilt About Her Job](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/quick-quotes-victorias-secret-angel-admits-guilt-about-her-job/) - “I always say, I don’t look like the picture . . . If you put me in bad light with no hair and makeup, it’s not good..."
- [Q&A Wednesday: Sabotage From A Significant Other?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-sabotage-from-a-significant-other/) - Q: He has terrible eating habits and he is defensive about them. I am continuing to gain weight and am the only one who sees our shared eating habits as an issue!
- [Two-Time Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Says "Stop Talking About" Her Hair](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/two-time-gold-medalist-gabby-douglas-says-stop-talking-about-her-hair/) - ''Nothing is going to change,'' she said. ''I'm going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well just stop talking about it.''
- [Fit Gear Review: The Camelbak Groove Filtered Water Bottle](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-the-camelbak-groove-filtered-water-bottle/) - "The Groove, both insulated and standard, is a BPA-free 20oz bottle that comes with a plant-based carbon filter (more on that later) located in the middle of the straw..."
- [Yummy Homemade Rice Pilaf](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/yummy-homemade-rice-pilaf/) - Making a delicious rice pilaf... without the little box!
- [Corn and Chickpea Salsa](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/corn-and-chickpea-salsa/) - 3 cups corn 1 cup chickpeas (already cooked) 3/4 cups red, green and yellow pepper 1 cups onions 2 tbsp cilantro 1/4 cups lemon juice, 1/4 tsp salt Throw ingredients in a hot skillet together, in the order listed. Go read a book... or... this little site.
- [What Vegetarianism Will NOT Do For You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/what-vegetarianism-will-not-do-for-you/) - What can vegetarianism do - or NOT do - for you?
- [True or False: McDonalds Hamburgers Never Mold?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/true-or-false-mcdonalds-hamburgers-never-mold/) - A closer look at all the talk of McDonalds burgers "never rotting."
- [Q&A Wednesday: A Black Girl's Guide To Weight GAIN?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-a-black-girls-guide-to-weight-gain/) - Q: Can you please give me some feedback on eating healthy and putting on POSITIVE POUNDS?
- [Join The Breakfast Club: Make Your Own Almond Flax Seed Granola with Chewy, Crunchy Clusters!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/join-the-breakfast-club-make-your-own-almond-flax-seed-granola-with-chewy-crunchy-clusters/) - Want to learn how to make your own delicious, nutritious, and downright epic granola? Read on!
- [Why Am I Calorie Counting?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/why-am-i-calorie-counting/) - I get so annoyed by people who say things like, "Oh, I don't believe in calorie counting." or "Calorie counting is silly." I always ask them, "Well, why?" It's almost always some dumb answer like, "Well, I don't want to know how many calories my favorite foods are." or "I'm not going to prevent myself
- [Q&A Wednesday: Fiber, Because Everybody Poops](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-fiber-because-everybody-poops/) - How often should one go to the bathroom?
- [Friday 5: Five Reasons To Become Trained In Giving CPR](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-reasons-to-become-trained-in-giving-cpr/) - "My CPR class made me feel like I, too, could save a life." Five reasons why you should take one, too.
- [Can Food Addicts Retrain Their Brains?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/can-food-addicts-retrain-their-brains/) - Dr. Peeke's new book, and learning to literally retrain your brain.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Hey Erika, What Are Your Goals?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-hey-erika-what-are-your-goals/) - Dear Erika, what the heck are you doing and where are you going?
- [Why Your Critics Aren't the Ones Who Count](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/why-your-critics-arent-the-ones-who-count/) - If you've ever taken my word for anything, then take this: check out this amazing presentation on vulnerability, courage, and being a sweaty creative.
- [Lies Damn Near Everyone Tells Me: Nutrition and Independent Thinking](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/lies-damn-near-everyone-tells-me-nutrition-and-independent-thinking/) - A few words on challenging accepted nutritional science, and being on "the fringe" of it all by rejecting what many doctors tell us.
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons To Get A Gym Membership (& 5 Reasons To Say No)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-to-get-a-gym-membership-5-reasons-to-say-no/) - "...there are totally legitimate reasons to get the gym membership, and there are reasons to just say no..."
- [Is Healthy Produce Really More Expensive?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/is-healthy-produce-really-more-expensive/) - The bottom line, really, is that when people are balking at the price of healthy eating.... they're talking about the price of each individual item...
- [The Breakfast Club: Easy, Simple, Light, Fluffy, Crisp Pancakes!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/the-breakfast-club-easy-simple-light-fluffy-crisp-pancakes/) - My recipe for light, fluffy, flavorful pancakes.
- [When Everyone's Bought and Paid For, Who Do You Trust?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/when-everyones-bought-and-paid-for-who-do-you-trust/) - If a doctor or a dietician doesn't have access to the information, how can they be trusted to guide you in the right direction?
- [The Beauty Shop: Let's Start Talking About Our Hair](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-beauty-shop-lets-start-talking-about-our-hair/) - Welcome to the BGG2WL beauty shop! We'll be talking hair, body image, beauty standards, and how it all affects health and fitness!
- [Normal Weight Obesity: Another Medical Scam?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/normal-weight-obesity-another-medical-scam/) - If we used body fat percentage to measure health instead of BMI, another 15% of Americans would be considered obese, huh? "Normal weight obesity?"
- [Giveaway! Win Bright, Gorgeous, Inspiring BraveChick Apparel!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/giveaways/giveaway-win-bright-gorgeous-inspiring-bravechick-apparel/) - Have you checked out Brave Chick yet? Enter to win a fabulous gift pack today!
- [Meet the Veggies: Brussels Sprouts 101](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/meet-the-veggies-brussels-sprouts-101/) - Now, sure... that big raw cabbage taste is packed into that little tiny bite, but it's still just a cabbage. Nothing to be afraid of...
- [So.. Where Am I Now?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/so-where-am-i-now/) - My own little personal progress report on my weight loss and toning up thus far.
- [Beyonce's "Pretty Hurts" Video Criticizes and Challenges Diet and Beauty Culture](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/beyonces-pretty-hurts-video-criticizes-and-challenges-diet-beauty-culture/) - A more in-depth discussion of Beyonce's newest videos, "Pretty Hurts."
- [Understanding Calorie Counting: The Payoff - Why Am I Doing This To Myself?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-the-payoff-why-am-i-doing-this-to-myself/) - For our first series ever, Black Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss will be explaining calorie counting, and ways to win the war. This is post 4 of the series – post 1, Defining The Basics of Calorie Counting, can be found here. Comments are always welcomed, and questions will always be answered to the best
- [Get Life: Can a Lack of Sleep Make You Fat?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/get-life-can-a-lack-of-sleep-make-you-fat/) - Talk to me, #bgg2wlarmy, about your sleeping habits. Do you think they're affecting your day?
- [Friday 5: 5 Things I Say To Myself To Get My Butt Off The Couch](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-i-say-to-myself-to-get-my-butt-off-the-couch/) - If there's one misconception that people have about me, it's this concept of "easy." Surely, it's easy for me to get up and go running, right? Y'all have no idea.
- [The Calorie Counting vs. Intuitive Eating Debate](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-calorie-counting-vs-intuitive-eating-debate/) - Discussing intuitive eating against calorie counting.
- [Beyonce "Shares How She Lost Her Post-Baby Weight"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/beyonce-shares-how-she-lost-her-post-baby-weight/) - Quote: I had to lose 60 pounds. They had me on that treadmill. I ate lettuce!
- [Losing Weight and Losing Identity](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/losing-weight-and-losing-identity/) - A look at Alana from Dr. Phil's "Real Housewives of Dr. Phil" and a common problem with weight loss.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Is "Cornfed" Really A Compliment?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-is-cornfed-really-a-compliment/) - Is being called "cornfed" really a compliment?
- [Suppose I Decided to Do a Weekly Twitter Chat...Maybe A Fitness Clinic...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/suppose-i-decided-to-do-a-weekly-twitter-chat-maybe-a-fitness-clinic/) - Would to join a weekly twitter chat discussing all things fitness with BGG2WL?
- [Meet the Veggies: Collard Greens - Learn a New Way to Eat Them Raw!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/meet-the-veggies-collard-greens-learn-a-new-way-to-eat-them-raw/) - Hey, baby, ya like 'em raw?
- [Spanish Rice](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/spanish-rice/) - A delicious spanish rice recipe that doesn't need meat or meat broth from blogchef.net!
- [Friday 5: 5 Things To Know About Buying Organic](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-to-know-about-buying-organic/) - Five things you might not've known about the organic industry, and how you can avoid the foolishness.
- [Mustard and Herb Dressed Beef Tenderloin](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/mustard-and-herb-dressed-beef-tenderloin/) - A beef tenderloin with mustard, rosemary and thyme!
- [On Enabling Myself: Hiding Junk Food Around The House](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/on-enabling-myself-hiding-junk-food-around-the-house/) - For me, hiding food was my way of self-enabling a habit that I didn't really understand. I was just "doing what felt good," and no amount of "self-checking" could...
- [Processed Food: Is A Price Rise On The Way?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/processed-food-is-a-price-rise-on-the-way/) - How changes in the use of corn in ethanol may affect the price of processed foods in the future... and why its time to start clean eating now.
- [Video Vault: Documentary Details How Booty Injections Will Leave You in "Buttloads of Pain" (NSFW)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/video-vault-documentary-details-how-booty-injections-will-leave-you-in-buttloads-of-pain-nsfw/) - "Oscarina’s derrière had transformed so much that it no longer looked like it was part of a human’s body; her five-year-old daughter mistook her fluid-filled cheeks for a poopy diaper, calling it a 'full Pamper.'"
- [Photo Proof: The Stupid Scale Doesn't Matter](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/photo-proof-the-stupid-scale-doesnt-matter/) - My photos will help illustrate why the scale is no friend of a weight-lifting woman!
- [Shoutout To The Fat-O-Phobes: Marie Claire vs Fat TV Characters](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/shoutout-to-the-fat-o-phobes-marie-claire-vs-fat-tv-characters/) - If Marie Claire can accidentally let us into the mind of a fat-o-phobe, I can let you into my mind as I read her moronic post.
- [Quick Quote: Jennifer Hudson Talks To Redbook About Getting Used To Her New Size](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/quick-quote-jennifer-hudson-talks-to-redbook-about-getting-used-to-her-new-size/) - "I keep thinking that I probably need an extra-large or a large and the stylist is like, 'No, you need a medium or a small.'"
- [AP Highlights Risks and Dangers of Booty Injections](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/ap-highlights-risks-and-dangers-of-booty-injections/) - Stories of booty injections gone horribly wrong. Readers share comments.
- [So...How Can I Hang in the Air and Flip Like Pink?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/how-can-i-hang-in-the-air-like-pink/) - Ever wondered how you could flip and hang from the ceiling like Pink? Deets inside!
- [Tyrese and the Futility of Fat Shaming](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/tyrese-and-the-futility-of-fat-shaming/) - "When you take a shower and you put your fat, nasty body in the shower and by the time you get out, the mirrors are all steamed up so you don’t look at what you did to yourself..."
- [Friday 5: 5 Things I Learned From A Grade School Cafeteria](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-things-i-learned-from-a-grade-school-cafeteria/) - Quote: if we want to change the food, we have to change the entire chain that leads up to that link that affects our children's food intake.
- [What Does YOUR College/Alma Mater Do to Help You Get and Stay Fit?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/running/what-does-your-collegealma-mater-do-to-help-you-get-and-stay-fit/) - Does your campus have an organization or program dedicated to encouraging fitness and healthy living? Share it here!
- [Study: 5 Markers For Preventing Type 2 Diabetes](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/study-5-markers-for-preventing-type-2-diabetes/) - Five markers of a lifestyle that can protect one from type-2 diabetes.
- [Top 10 Reasons Why the BMI is Trash](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/top-10-reasons-why-the-bmi-is-trash/) - Ten...or fourteen...reasons why the BMI is absolute trash.
- [Supermarket Swindle: Fat, Low Fat, Fat Free?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/supermarket-swindle-fat-low-fat-fat-free/) - Comparing "regular" and "fat free" food stuffs - which is cleaner eating?
- [What Does "It's Fine In Moderation" Really Mean?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/what-does-its-fine-in-moderation-really-mean/) - The idea of "fine in moderation," quite frankly... is bull. That's right. I said it. It's baloney. It's a farce. A myth. Make-believe. Doesn't exist.
- [I Have Questions: The "Exercise Doesn't Work For Black Girls" Study](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/i-have-questions-the-exercise-doesnt-work-for-black-girls-study/) - My questions regarding the "Black Girl's Don't Benefit From Exercise Like White Girls" study, and what my concerns are regarding why these studies keep appearing.
- [Sound Off: Models Hate Being Called "Plus-Sized"...Do You Hate It, Too?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fashionably-fit/sound-off-models-hate-being-called-plus-sized-do-you-hate-it-too/) - "'People think plus-size models don't exercise - we do!' she said. 'But it's about health, not forcing my body to be something it's not meant to be.'"
- [The Empty Calories Of Alcohol](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/the-empty-calories-of-alcohol/) - Should alcoholic beverages include calorie counts?
- [The Anatomy of Extreme Weight Loss, and the Hardest Decision I've Had to Make in My Journey](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/the-anatomy-of-extreme-weight-loss-and-the-hardest-decision-ive-had-to-make-in-my-journey/) - A few issues that rarely are addressed when it comes to extreme natural weight loss, and the choices I've had to make in my journey.
- [The Welcome to #ScaleFreeSpring Video Chat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/the-welcome-to-scalefreespring-video-chat/) - Video from the #ScaleFreeSpring video chat, and ways you can join us today!
- [To Hell With Leaning In... I'm Looking Up](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/to-hell-with-leaning-in-im-looking-up/) - The silly ramblings of a mom... who needs to let the sun shine in.
- [Do You Eat 'Chitlins?' No? Well...Do You Eat Hot Dogs?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/do-you-eat-chitlins-no-well-do-you-eat-hot-dogs/) - If you eat hot dogs, you probably eat "chitlins," my dear. Find out why inside!
- [Admitting The Desire To Lose Weight: Does It Affect Self-Esteem?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/admitting-the-desire-to-lose-weight-does-it-affect-self-estee/) - I think about all of the conversations I've had about health and my weight over the course of my life. Who I talked to about my weight, who I let advise me on how to lose it and how I expressed my desire to lose. I never verbally stated how much I needed to lose,
- [Georgia Nail Salon Charges More For Overweight Customers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/georgia-nail-salon-charges-more-for-overweight-customers/) - “I said, ‘I’ve been overcharged. She may have made an error,’” said Fonville. “She broke it down, then told me she charged me $5 more because I was overweight.”
- [The HCG Diet - Philosophy, Execution, Contradiction, and Stupidity](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/the-hcg-diet-philosophy-execution-contradiction-and-stupidity/) - Okay. Let me start this off by saying that I'm usually not a judgmental person. I'm just.. not. I feel like educated people should be able to make educated decisions about their lives without unsolicited criticism or influence from others. I also feel like after a certain age, you should be given the benefit of
- [Video Vault: ...In The Whole Foods Parking Lot!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/) - It's gettin' real in the whole foods parking lot!
- [The Not-So-Secret Bigotry In Plus Sized Fashion](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-not-so-secret-bigotry-in-plus-sized-fashion/) - Why is it that the plus sized community keeps getting "shelved?" No one wants to go on record as saying "Yes, we offer plus-sized garments for women up to a size X?"
- [Woman Becomes Multiple Amputee After Botched Booty Injections](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/woman-becomes-multiple-amputee-after-botched-booty-injections/) - "She's now a multiple amputee. She says hospitalizations after unlicensed cosmetic procedures led to life-threatening infections..."
- [Q&A Wednesday: Does Enjoyable Whole Wheat Pasta Exist?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-does-enjoyable-whole-wheat-pasta-exist/) - Q: Erika, how do I make whole grain pasta not taste like cardboard?
- [Save Money On Groceries: Buy The Private Label (Go Generic!)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/save-money-on-groceries-buy-the-private-label-go-generic/) - Continuing on the "Save Money On Groceries" series, I explain how store-brand products are often made by the same manufacturers who supply the national brands...
- [Q&A Wednesday: When Should I Start Lifting Weights?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-when-should-i-start-lifting-weights/) - Q: Erika, I don’t know when to incorporate the weights. What weight machines to use first. At what point in the weight loss do you start weights?
- [Dunkin Donuts Shows Why It's Bad To Follow Your Nose](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/dunkin-donuts-shows-why-its-bad-to-follow-your-nose/) - "A new technology, installed on buses in Seoul, would release the aroma of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee into the atmosphere for riders to inhale."
- [Self-Sabotage, Internal Dialogue, Motivation And Focusing On Your Goals](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/self-sabotage-internal-dialogue-motivation-and-focusing-on-your-goals/) - But how do you convince yourself that you don't want that doughnut more than you want to achieve your goals?
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Can I Run Without Injuring Myself?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-how-can-i-run-without-injuring-myself/) - Q: Erika, how can I run without causing myself injury?
- [Kelly Rowland Talks Tatas, Tush and Training in @Shape_Magazine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/kelly-rowland-talks-tatas-tush-and-training-in-shape_magazine/) - "Being fit makes me feel sexy. Isn't that everyone's goal when they work out, to look good naked? It's definitely mine!"
- [5 Reasons to Think Twice About Weight Loss TV Shows](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-reasons-to-think-twice-about-weight-loss-tv-shows/) - If you watch weight loss reality TV, and you think Rachel Frederickson lost too much weight, you might be part of the problem.
- [Love Your Herbs: Cilantro, and a Cilantro-Rubbed Tilapia with a Citrus Salad](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/love-your-herbs-cilantro-and-a-cilantro-rubbed-tilapia-with-a-citrus-salad/) - Tilapia rubbed with cilantro and citrus zest, on a bed of lemon, blood oranges and grapefruit.
- [Avoiding That Starving Feeling](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/avoiding-that-starving-feeling/) - When I first started, I was always starving. I mean, we're talking "OMG I HAVEN'T EATEN IN 3 MONTHS (or hours, whatever) I'M GONNA DIEEEEE" starving, here
- [When Corn Becomes Too Costly, Cows Get "Gummy Worm, Marshmallow, Cookie" Feed](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/when-corn-becomes-too-costly-cows-get-gummy-worm-marshmallow-cookie-feed/) - "With corn feed scarcer and costlier than ever, farmers are increasingly looking for cheaper alternatives... cookies, gummy worms, marshmallows, fruit loops, orange peels, even dried cranberries..."
- [The Case Against Diet Soda (And Aspartame... And Splenda.. And....)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-case-against-diet-soda-and-aspartame-and-splenda-and/) - The interesting thing about reading the responses to The Case Against Soft Drinks, was the number of people who admitted to drinking diet soda. Well...
- [An Open Letter to the XOJane Writer Who Cried About a Black Woman in Her Yoga Class](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/an-open-letter-to-the-xojane-writer-who-cried-about-a-black-woman-in-her-yoga-class/) - White lady literally cries about black lady in her yoga class. Wrote a post about it. Like to hear it? Hear it go.
- [How Soft Drinks Impact Your Health](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/how-soft-drinks-impact-your-health/) - Asthma, kidney issues, teeth issues, heart disease, reproductive issues, blood sugar issues, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes? And... you're still drinking it?
- [3 Food Myths That Make Me Wanna Scream](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/3-food-myths-that-make-me-wanna-scream/) - "Tired of injustice, tired of the schemes, kind of disgusted, so what does this mean?...As jacked as it sounds, the whole system sucks....With such confusions, don't it make you wanna scream?"
- [Chipotle's Bold Move: Chain Admits to Using GMO Ingredients](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/chipotles-bold-move-chain-admits-to-using-gmo-ingredients/) - Which Chipotle ingredients contain genetically modified ingredients?
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 6](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-6/) - Who's been slippin' on their water intake? Did ya think I forgot? This week, we'll be working with...
- [Sexy, Silly, Satanic: What Is Yoga, Anyway?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/flexibility/sexy-silly-satanic-what-is-yoga-anyway/) - I've said this before, and I've said it again. Yoga saved my life. It taught me how to breathe, focus, control my anxiety, and actually pay attention to how I was healing myself and handling my emotions.
- [Video Vault: What Happens When Everyday Women are Put on the Photoshop Diet?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/video-vault-what-happens-when-everyday-women-are-put-on-the-photoshop-diet/) - Do you believe that photoshopping a photo either adds to it or diminishes its appeal?
- [Get Life: Building the Healthiest Smoothie Ever](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/out-and-about/get-life-building-the-healthiest-smoothie-ever/) - What you need to know about building a healthy smoothie. Also, forgive me, mama, for I have sinned.
- [FitBit Force Recalled, Sales Halted After Reports of Burns and Rashes From Device](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fitbit-force-recalled-sales-halted-after-reports-of-burns-and-rashes-from-device/) - FitBit is requesting that all customers contact them to replace their FitBit Force, as it is causing burns and rashes due to nickel in the product.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Halloween Candy And Emotional Eaters Don't Mix!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-halloween-candy-and-emotional-eaters-dont-mix/) - Q: Erika, I've accepted that I'm an emotional eater. I'm getting my kids used to not having unhealthy snacks in the house... I just don't know what to do about Halloween!
- [Q&A Wednesday: Salmonella, 500 Million Eggs, The FDA, & You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-salmonella-500-million-eggs-the-fda-you/) - Recapping the egg recall, how this kind of thing happens, and what we can do to avoid the risk of illness, ourselves.
- [A Little (Or A Lot Of) Water Goes A Long Way](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/a-little-or-a-lot-of-water-goes-a-long-way/) - Everything from appetite suppression to headache cures, four big reasons why I'm an avid water drinker, and how I got myself to that point.
- [Battling Belly Fat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/battling-belly-fat/) - The question I'm asked the most: "After 140lbs, how on Earth did you manage to lose your belly fat?"
- [Body Image: Feeling Like You're Never Enough](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/body-image-feeling-like-youre-never-enough/) - "I don't necessarily find her body that attractive... her stomach looks like mine... therefore, I don't find myself that attractive... because clearly I couldn't be beautiful on my own."
- [Q&A Wednesday: Weight Changes, Body Awareness & The Creeper Effect](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-weight-changes-body-awareness-the-creeper-effect/) - Q: Can you feel yourself losing weight the same as gaining it?
- ["I Say That Inner Beauty Does Not Exist"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/i-say-that-inner-beauty-does-not-exist/) - "That's something that unpretty women invented to justify themselves."
- [Portion Control: Gaming The System](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/portion-control-gaming-the-system/) - Curb your overeating and help yourself with portion control: have you considered using smaller dishes and smaller silverware?
- [Friday 5: Five Things VERY Wrong With A Personal Stomach Pump](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-five-things-very-wrong-with-a-personal-stomach-pump/) - ABC released a story about the creation of personal hand-held stomach pumps. No, really.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Talking Fitness With Loved Ones](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-talking-fitness-with-loved-ones/) - It’s difficult to initiate conversations with people about fitness and health for a lot of reasons that make a world of sense, especially if we’re talking about someone with more than 25lbs to lose.
- [Why You Should Invest in Compression Workout Garments](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/why-you-should-invest-in-compression-workout-garments/) - What can compression garments do for your training and performance? Which ones should you check out first? Details inside!
- [Is Obesity A Form Of Child Abuse?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/is-obesity-a-form-of-child-abuse/) - Dr. Oz and his panel asks, is obesity a child abuse situation? I explain my thoughts.
- [Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: "White Girl Stuff"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/black-women-our-bodies-perceptions-of-beauty-white-girl-stuff/) - I get it. This healthy eating thing is hard. It requires a lot. But for some reason, eating healthy is often brushed off and regarded as a "white people thing."
- [Q&A Wednesday: Heavy Lifting or Heavy Cardio?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-heavy-lifting-or-heavy-cardio/) - On twitter, @Ms_Chivonne asks, "For fat loss, should I do heavy lifting with little cardio, or heavy cardio with a little lifting?" I explain why and how you should get in both.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Get Your Hands Dirty! Step 16](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-get-your-hands-dirty-step-16/) - Time to explore the chimichurris, the pestos... time to get some fresh herbs in your fingernails!
- [Should Obesity Officially Be Classified As a Disease?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/should-obesity-officially-be-classified-as-a-disease/) - In a 14-page report, the AMA’s science and public health council offered its membership pros and cons of classifying obesity as a disease.
- [Ending Emotional Eating and the Transformative Art of Self-Care: Guilt, Blame, and Forgiveness](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/ending-emotional-eating-and-the-transformative-art-of-self-care-guilt-blame-and-forgiveness/) - What do you do when you've had an emotional eating episode? Do you shame yourself and slide back down the spiral? Or do you climb out, stronger than ever?
- [Celeb Watch: Perez Hilton & His Brand New Body](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/celeb-watch-perez-hilton-his-brand-new-body/) - The celebrity blogger and personality shares how he lost about 80lbs.
- [The Will Power Series: Why Is It So Hard To Develop Self-Control?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/the-will-power-series-why-is-it-so-hard-to-develop-self-control/) - There's a legitimate scientific reason why you just can't put those cookies down. Read on to learn about the system that keeps you from developing self-control.
- [The Self-Confidence Game](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-self-confidence-game/) - A short rant on the development of self-confidence as it applies to weight loss.
- [Vogue Shows Us How Not To Manage Our Children's Weight... Or Project Our Insecurities Onto Them](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/vogue-shows-us-how-not-to-manage-our-childrens-weight-or-project-our-insecurities-onto-them/) - Mother puts her 7-year old daughter on a diet, Internet goes wild...
- [Loaded Baked Potato Skin Soup](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/loaded-baked-potato-skin-soup/) - A "loaded baked potato" soup!
- [Fitness Tracking Tools: 7 Days With the Jawbone UP, What Does A Day's Worth Of Data Look Like?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/fitness-tracking-tools-7-days-with-the-jawbone-up-what-does-a-days-worth-of-data-look-like/) - An in-depth look at the food journaling, sleep analyzation, exercise calculations and alarm clock components of the Jawbone UP!
- [A Newfound Athleticism, & A New Love For The Olympics](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/a-newfound-athleticism-a-new-love-for-the-olympics/) - I can't be the only one out here inspired by the Olympics in a new way post-major weight loss, right?
- [Supermarket Swindle: What's In Your Greek Yogurt?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/supermarket-swindle-whats-in-your-greek-yogurt/) - Additives and fillers infiltrating the Greek yogurt market? We can't have that!
- [Marriages More Satisfying When Wife Is Thinner Than Hubby?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/marriages-more-satisfying-when-wife-is-thinner-than-hubby/) - Marriages are more satisfying for both partners when wives are thinner than their husbands, according to a new study.
- [Spicy Barbecue Sauce](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/spicy-barbecue-sauce/) - Specifically for use with the slow-cooked BBQ chicken recipe! 1-2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium-sized onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 14oz can of diced tomatoes 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 2 tbsp mustard 1 tbsp horseradish 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/2tsp
- [Jill Scott Dishes On Her 63lb Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/jill-scott-dishes-on-her-63lb-weight-loss/) - Jill Scott on her diet and exercise habits, and how they've helped her lose.
- [Infographic: What The Average American Eats](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/infographic-what-the-average-american-eats/) - An infographic of the average yearly intake of an American.
- [5 Reasons Why Your Weight Loss Efforts Will Be Successful This Season](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-reasons-why-your-weight-loss-efforts-will-be-successful-this-season/) - This season, it's going to be different. This season, your weight loss efforts will be successful. Here's why.
- ["Hot Moms," Excuses, and the Trouble with Fitsporation](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/hot-moms-excuses-and-the-trouble-with-fitsporation/) - How a woman went from fitspo photo to celebrity overnight.
- [Life In The Land Of Oz](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/life-in-the-land-of-oz/) - All about my day on The Dr. Oz Show, and how I achieved far more than 4 minutes of TV time that day.
- [“Weight Loss Is For People With Low Self-Esteem”](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/weight-loss-is-for-people-with-low-self-esteem/) - "I didn't want to lose weight, I don't neeeeed to lose weight. People who want to lose weight have low self-esteem. Why can't they just stay the way they are?"
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: It's Pizza Time! Step 18](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-its-pizza-time-step-18/) - Pizza Margherita, you say?
- ["How I Lost The Weight, And Why You Shouldn't Admire Me For It"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/how-i-lost-the-weight-and-why-you-shouldnt-admire-me-for-it/) - "...how can you look at someone who is obese and hold them personally responsible for each pound? Or personally virtuous for each pound lost?"
- [Fashionably Fit: Tips for Buying Workout Tights for Curvy Figures](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fashionably-fit/fashionably-fit-tips-for-buying-workout-tights-for-curvy-figures/) - A buyers guide for curvy girlies!
- [Most Obese State In the US Bans Any Food-Related Laws](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/most-obese-state-in-the-us-bans-any-food-related-laws/) - Quoting a state representative: “if you want to go eat 20 Big Macs, you can eat 20 Big Macs.”
- [High Fructose Corn Syrup Wants New Name: Why You Shouldn't Care](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/high-fructose-corn-syrup-wants-new-name-why-you-shouldnt-care/) - So, apparently, high fructose corn syrup wants to go into witness protection, since everyone's hunting for it.
- [Why Don't Obesity Programs Work For Young Black Girls?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/obesity-programs-dont-work-for-young-black-girls/) - "Two large initiatives designed to prevent Black girls from becoming obese are not very successful at it.."
- [Thigh Gaps: Dangerous Obsession, Healthy Perspective, and Learning (and Loving) Your Hips](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/thigh-gaps-dangerous-obsession-healthy-perspective-and-learning-and-loving-your-hips/) - Demystifying the thigh gap, and what you need to know about this disturbing new trend.
- [Quick Quote: "I Remember a Time When I, Too, Felt Unbeautiful"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/quick-quote-i-remember-a-time-when-i-too-felt-unbeautiful/) - "What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion for yourself and for those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."
- [A Beginners Guide to Exploring Loose Teas](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/a-beginners-guide-to-exploring-loose-teas/) - Ever wanted to know how to drink teas without tea bags?
- [Get to Know the Tomatillo With My Tomatillo Tortilla Soup (That I Totally Stole)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/get-to-know-the-tomatillo-with-my-tomatillo-tortilla-soup-that-i-totally-stole/) - A tortilla soup that is literally to die for, swiped from one of my favorite restaurants.
- [Is The Idea of Motivation Merely A Myth?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/is-the-idea-of-motivation-merely-a-myth/) - The idea of being "motivated" into some giant whirlwind of fitness... just does not work for everyone.
- [5 Quick Questions from YOU, the #bgg2wlArmy!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-quick-questions-from-you-the-bgg2wlarmy/) - Y'all had questions, and I had answers. Lots of them. Whoooo, lots of them.
- [Open Thread: The Most Heart Breaking Email I've Ever Received](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/open-thread-the-most-heart-breaking-email-ive-ever-received/) - A teen begs me to help her to lose weight...but is it for the wrong reasons?
- [Gina Neely Talks Divorce and Being a Size 0 on Wendy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/gina-neely-talks-divorce-size-0-wendy/) - Gina shares on Wendy Williams' show that she's now a size 0, and talks about her divorce.
- ["The French Are Getting Fatter, Too."](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/the-french-are-getting-fatter-too/) - "It turns out that it's not only what the French eat but how they eat that seems to make a difference" in their health and weight.
- [A Few Words on Street Harassment and the Outdoor Exerciser](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/words-street-harassment-outdoor-exerciser/) - A few thoughts on Hollaback's street harassment video, and the experiences of active women outdoors.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Is Clean Eating An Eating Disorder?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-is-clean-eating-an-eating-disorder/) - Q: Have you seen this? A new eating disorder, orthorexia, is a fixation on eating "too healthy".
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Can't Stand My "Know-It-All" Spouse!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-cant-stand-my-know-it-all-spouse/) - Q: While my husband didn't outright discourage my solitary efforts, he didn't seem satisfied or even very supportive unless I was following his exercise advice...
- [The $36 Salad: An Exercise In Elitism?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/the-36-salad-an-exercise-in-elitism/) - Would you dine on - not eat, but dine on - a $36 salad at a restaurant?
- [Guess Who's Making A New Line of Fitness Wear?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/guess-whos-making-new-line-fitness-wear/) - We now have another entrant to the sportswear game... but who?
- [A Whole Foods Grows in Brooklyn](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/a-whole-foods-grows-in-brooklyn/) - The advantages - and disadvantages - of the first Whole Foods opening in Brooklyn - culture, stereotypical Brooklyn, and a visible butcher.
- [Q&A Wednesday: They Told Me To Only Strength Train!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-they-told-me-to-only-strength-train/) - Q: I am currently going to a gym that says that you should only do strength training and not cardio. Do you have link that may explain the advantages and disadvantages of this?
- [News: Fat Black Women Have The Audacity To Think Highly Of Themselves](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/news-fat-black-women-have-the-audacity-to-think-highly-of-themselves/) - Black women dare to have high self-esteem... rest of country marvels.
- [5 Things You Need to Know About Salt](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-things-need-know-salt/) - "You need to cut your salt intake." But why? And does this mean I should consume no salt?
- [Why "95% Of Dieters Fail"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/why-95-of-dieters-fail/) - Where the "95% of dieters fail" line comes from, and what I think about the number.
- ["If You're Fat, You Only Have Yourself to Blame"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/if-youre-fat-you-only-have-yourself-to-blame/) - "Guess what - barring liposuction and tummy tucks, most people who are fat today? They'll be fat tomorrow, and every single day until they aren't fat anymore. Get over it."
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 2](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-week-2/) - Your next steps in the clean eating boot camp! #CEBootCamp
- [Victoria's Secret Models, Runway Walking and Booty Paint](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/victorias-secret-models-runway-walking-and-booty-paint/) - "People don't realize that there are about 20 layers of makeup on my butt alone."
- [Fit Gear Review: Philips ActionFit Sports Neckband Headset](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-philips-actionfit-sports-neckband-headset/) - These are the perfect headphones for treadmill, arc trainer, elliptical zone out syndrome... but with one important problem.
- [The 5 Components of a #ScaleFreeSummer: Pleasure and Praxis](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/the-5-components-of-a-scalefreesummer-pleasure-and-praxis/) - What role does pleasure play in a #ScaleFreeSummer?
- [Makers Of Lap-Band Want Bigger Share Of The Market](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/makers-of-lap-band-want-bigger-share-of-the-market/) - Lap-band maker says "We want to be able to market our product to people who are LESS obese, now!" We read and discuss.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Binge Eating and Self-Sabotage](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-binge-eating-and-self-sabotage/) - "I started binge eating about a month ago, one- two times a week. My schedule has gotten crazy with two jobs, school, an internship, and a new relationship..."
- [Gotta Get It: The @BlenderBottle GoStak Makes Your Snackables Stackable!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/gotta-get-blenderbottle-gostak-makes-snackables-stackable/) - Containers vary in size, with the smallest size being small enough to carry medication, the largest being able to carry apple slices, or any other dippable.
- [So...We're Out Here Eating Like Werewolves and Calling It a Diet, Now?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fad-diets/so-were-out-here-eating-like-werewolves-and-calling-it-a-diet-now/) - Really, y'all? Werewolves? Moon phases? Starvation? Detoxification? Come on. COME ON.
- [Revered Obesity Expert: "Obese Children Should Be Removed From Homes"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/revered-obesity-expert-obese-children-should-be-removed-from-homes/) - "In severe instances of childhood obesity, removal from the home may be justifiable because of imminent health risks and the parents' chronic failure to address medical problems..."
- [Putting All Your Faith In Fitness](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/putting-all-your-faith-in-fitness/) - I start to work out. First day on the treadmill, and… nothing? What do you mean, nothing? Aw screw this, where’s the donuts?
- [5 Tips for Your Post-Exercise Recovery](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/5-tips-post-exercise-recovery/) - How to recover from your training like a pro, so you can get back out there and crush it.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Step 10](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-10/) - Your next steps in the clean eating boot camp: book recommendations. Time to nerd out!
- [Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: Straight Hair](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/black-women-our-bodies-perceptions-of-beauty-straight-hair/) - What if you swapped your hair with your body in your list of priorities? This wouldn't even be an issue then, would it?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Loose Skin, Supplements and Jenny Craig?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-loose-skin-supplements-and-jenny-craig/) - Questions this week about fat burners, jenny craig, loose skin and getting in that water! With advertising that says women who drink Crystal Light drink 40% more water, what's your take on it? I only usually have one of those little packets a day in a 16oz of water, but I know they talk about
- [Weird Things Happening in the World of Wearable Tech](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/weird-things-happening-in-the-world-of-wearable-tech/) - First the Fuelband, now the Fitbit...dang, what's next?
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 9](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-week-9/) - This week, we're going to re-commit ourselves to the practice of both diary-keeping and planning.
- [How To Identify A Weight Loss Scam Website](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/how-to-identify-a-weight-loss-scam-website/) - So, I was just strolling along, when I thought to myself, "Self, if I were to come upon a website promoting a weight loss product, how would I know whether or not it was a scam?"
- [Spending the Weekend at the Yoga Journal Live! Conference](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/out-and-about/spending-the-weekend-at-the-yoga-journal-live-conference/) - Two amazing days with Yoga Journal at their conference in NYC.
- [Sound Off: Do You Wear Undies When You Work Out?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fashionably-fit/sound-off-do-you-wear-undies-when-you-work-out/) - Tell the truth - we're all sisters here in the #bgg2wlArmy!
- ["If They Hadn't Told Me I Was Ugly, I Never Would Have Searched for My Beauty"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/if-they-hadnt-told-me-i-was-ugly-i-never-would-have-searched-for-my-beauty/) - "If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable."
- [Not-So-Big Love: When Losing Weight Turns Into A Marriage Proposal](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/not-so-big-love-when-losing-weight-turns-into-a-marriage-proposal/) - A bunch of words that say, in short, that I'm engaged now!
- [Weight Loss Surgery Performed on Youngest Patient Ever](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/weight-loss-surgery-performed-on-youngest-patient-ever/) - Saudi Arabian child is the youngest to receive weight loss surgery, and we discuss the future of weight management for children.
- [Woman Blames Weight Loss Pill For Stabbing 6 Year Old Daughter](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/woman-blames-weight-loss-pill-for-stabbing-6-year-old-daughter/) - "...Slaughter...started taking the weight-loss product Hydroxycut four days earlier, and had been feeling "an evil presence" for several days."
- [The Case Against Clean Eating -- Wait, What?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/the-case-against-clean-eating-wait-what/) - All the reasons in the world why clean eating is a myth, a joke, blah blah blah.
- ["Let's Move" Pairs With The NBA For New Commercial](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/lets-move-pairs-with-the-nba-for-new-commercial/) - First Lady Michelle Obama teams up with the NBA to create a new commercial touting the benefits of basketball as a fun form of exercise.
- [Meet Ole' Miss' Brand New Homecoming Queen](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/meet-ole-miss-brand-new-homecoming-queen/) - "‘Maybe your grades will get you somewhere one day, because your looks sure won’t.’ That was probably the best motivation I could have had.”
- [Meet the Veggies: Kale - Learn My Trick for Sauteeing Without Drowning Your Kale In Oil](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/meet-the-veggies-kale-learn-my-trick-for-sauteeing-without-drowning-your-kale-in-oil/) - A beginner's guide to kale, and how to saute your kale like a boss.
- [Ending Emotional Eating and the Transformative Art of Self-Care: Big Girls Totally Cry](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/ending-emotional-eating-and-the-transformative-art-of-self-care-big-girls-totally-cry/) - Big girls don't cry? Yeah, right. They cry, sob, snot up their t-shirts and bedsheets, and then they get up and get on with life.
- [Part 2: The "10 More Minutes" Challenge](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/work-it-out/part-2-the-10-more-minutes-challenge/) - It's just ten minutes, right? But what's the value of ten minutes?
- [The Fat-O-Phobes Are Showing Their Behinds Again](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/the-fat-o-phobes-are-showing-their-behinds-again/) - A polite message for the fatophobes and the "I think because I'm petite I know how to eat healthy" types out there. No, really. I kept it polite this time.
- [Handling Unsolicited Advice and "Big Girl Guilt"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/handling-unsolicited-advice-and-big-girl-guilt/) - What is "big girl guilt?" That feeling inside that says maybe I should listen to this seemingly healthy person to see if they have the answers that I don't...
- [Ending Emotional Eating and the Transformative Art of Self-Care: Grieving Without Food](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/ending-emotional-eating-and-the-transformative-art-of-self-care-grieving-without-food/) - Realizing that you need a plan for dealing with grief, as an emotional eater in recovery, so that you don't resort to bad habits to get you through the pain.
- [Fit First Lady Watch: FL Obama Hits The Heisman Pose](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-first-lady-watch-fl-obama-hits-the-heisman-pose/) - Man, how did I miss this?! The Fit First Lady hit the Heisman pose with a few Dallas Cowboys (yuck) players in this adorable aqua-colored skirt.
- [Chicago School Bans Lunches Brought From Home?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/chicago-school-bans-lunches-brought-from-home/) - A school in Chicago decides to ban students from bringing in their own lunches.
- [Save Money On Groceries: Go Frozen!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/save-money-on-groceries-go-frozen/) - Have you ever considered buying the store brand frozen veggies? No? What's your grocery bill lookin' like? Kinda hefty, right?
- [Dr. Oz Called to Congress to Explain "Magical" Weight Loss Pills](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/dr-oz-called-to-congress-to-explain-magical-weight-loss-pills/) - Dr. Oz made an appearance on Capitol Hill, debating the validity of the pills and extracts he promotes on his show.
- [The Probationary New Yorker](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/the-probationary-new-yorker/) - The story of how I wound up moving to New York City, and learning to love my new home.
- [An Open Letter: Domestic Violence, Self Esteem, and the Right Kind of Support](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/open-letter-tamron-hall-domestic-violence-self-esteem-right-kind-support/) - An open letter to dynamic TV personality Tamron Hall, about her campaign to end domestic violence.
- [Paula Deen's Even More of a Scumbag Than I Thought](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/paula-deens-even-more-of-a-scumbag-than-i-thought/) - Paula Deen, her racial slurs against our President and her employees, and #PaulasBestDishes.
- [Save Money On Groceries: Go... Smaller?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/save-money-on-groceries-go-smaller/) - In contrast to the "buy it in bulk" message, consider buying the smaller sizes, too!
- [Mya Covers Women's Running Magazine, Talks Veganism, and Marathon Running](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/mya-covers-womens-running-magazine/) - Mya talks marathons, veganism, and challenging herself in the August 2014 edition of Women's Running. Her runs are like whoa!
- [Identifying A Scam: Religion-Based Weight Loss Scams](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/identifying-a-scam-religion-based-weight-loss-scams/) - This right here is a scam. It's not about God (whatever God applies, here.) It's not about experiencing hunger. It is absolutely about control... and swindling people out of their money.
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons Soul Food Didn't Make You Fat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-soul-food-didnt-make-you-fat/) - "...to explain why so much of what we believe about our cultural foodways is pure crap. Starting with the belief that soul food made us fat."
- [Is Yoga Religion or Exercise? Judge Decides](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/is-yoga-religion-or-exercise-judge-decides/) - Remember that lawsuit alleging that a school was teaching religion under the guise of yoga? The judge finally weighs in.
- [Fashionably Fit: 500,000,000 Tips for Saving Money on Workout Clothes](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fashionably-fit/500000000-tips-saving-money-workout-clothes/) - Come here...let mama help you save thousands of dollars on your workout clothes.
- [Exercise and Evolution: Is Your Exercise Routine Making You Smarter?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/exercise-and-evolution-is-your-exercise-routine-making-you-smarter/) - When the article talks about the offspring of the lab animals being more physically fit runners, I think about us and how our efforts towards fitness affect our children.
- [Misty Copeland, @UAWomen's New It Girl, is Giving You Beauty en Pointe](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/misty-copeland-uawomens-new-it-girl-is-giving-you-beauty-en-pointe/) - A thread in which we all fawn over how amazing Misty Copeland is, and review an excerpt from her book, Life in Motion.
- [Genetically Modified Foods: The World According To Monsanto](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/genetically-modified-foods-the-world-according-to-monsanto/) - The beginning of a week's worth of discussion on genetically modified foods.
- [Adventures In Advertising: Using And Abusing The Farm Image](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/adventures-in-advertising-using-and-abusing-the-farm-image/) - An in-depth look at Domino's Pizza and their new marketing campaign, abus the "farm" image.
- [Pesticides: When Organic Matters (Or Doesn't)](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-recessionista/pesticides-when-organic-matters-or-doesnt/) - So, when I first learned about eating healthy and “organic foods,” you can imagine the sticker shock I endured when I first saw those price tags. No, really. I was pretty pissed.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Fat And Size Acceptance?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-fat-and-size-acceptance/) - Q: How do you feel about size and fat acceptance?
- [500lb Teen Unable To Be Rescued From Fire, and I Blame EVERYONE](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/500lb-teen-unable-to-be-rescued-from-fire-and-i-blame-everyone/) - A beautiful girl lost because no one could save her. No one could get to her fast enough. In more ways than one.
- [Seven Foods You Should Never Eat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/seven-foods-you-should-never-eat/) - We asked them a simple question: "What foods do you avoid?" ...reaching for the suggested alternatives might bring you better health--and peace of mind.
- [On @BorisKodjoe's Twitter Rant About Obesity](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/boriskodjoes-twitter-rant-about-obesity/) - How Boris Kodjoe went from "300lb women with chicken wings grinding on" him to "be healthy so your kids can be healthy!" in under 5 tweets.
- [Biggest Loser Trainer Sued For Pushing Supplements?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/biggest-loser-trainer-sued-for-pushing-supplements/) - I came across this little article this morning on MSNBC about [the reason I don't like] Jillian Michaels. Quoted below: Jillian Michaels has been sued for alleged false advertising by a woman who claims she was duped into buying a diet supplement endorsed by the celebrity trainer. Christie Christensen of Lake Elsinore, Calif., is seeking
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons To Lift Heavy Things And Build Muscle](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-to-lift-heavy-things-and-build-muscle/) - Today's Friday 5? Why you need to have your tush in the gym with some free weights!
- [Sound Off: FDA Proposes Nutrition Label Updates - What Do We Think?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/sound-off-fda-updates-nutrition-labels-what-do-we-think/) - The FDA takes one small step for regulation, one giant step for mankind. What do we think?
- [5 Reasons Why Your Squats Aren't Working, and 5 Tips to Guarantee Success](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/5-reasons-squats-arent-working-5-tips-guarantee-success/) - Five primary reasons why many people struggle with the process of body building - especially in a region as delicate and 'important' as... the booty.
- [ABC News Discusses the Science of Twerking](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/abc-news-discusses-the-science-of-twerking/) - “You take a wide stance with your legs turned out at 10 and 2 so your hips are externally rotated,” she said.
- [From Retouching To Plastic Surgery: Minorities And Assimilation](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/from-retouching-to-plastic-surgery-minorities-and-assimilation/) - After writing so much about photoshopped photos, perhaps its time we discussed minorities getting plastic surgery to look more "assimilated?"
- [The Story Of Bottled Water](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/the-story-of-bottled-water/) - What am I getting at, here? Simple. The one most wasteful, most useless, most pointless source of trash in the United States... is bottled water.
- [Switch It Up: Can't Sleep? Nightly Wine to "Wind Down" Is Out, Chamomile Is In!!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/switch-it-up-cant-sleep-nightly-wine-to-wind-down-is-out-chamomile-is-in/) - Do you use wine to 'wind down' at the end of the night? Time to switch it up, baby!
- [5 Huge Takeaways from Rolling Stone's Gruesome Report on YOUR Meat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/5-huge-takeaways-from-rollingstones-gruesome-report-on-your-meat/) - Some insight for those who eat meat, would like to keep eating it, yet not endanger their health or their environment.
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons to Get That Workout Done in the Morning](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-to-get-that-workout-done-in-the-morning/) - Five reasons to make that workout happen in the AM!
- [Big Love: Dating While Losing Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/big-love-dating-while-losing-weight/) - Is there any reason for a woman to refrain from dating while losing weight?
- [The 5 Components of a #ScaleFreeSummer: Compassion](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/challenge/scalefreesummer/the-5-components-of-a-scalefreesummer-compassion/) - What makes compassion such an important component of a #ScaleFreeSummer?
- [Why Women DON'T Do Pull Ups, and How to Change That](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/women-dont-pull-ups-change/) - Oh, women can't do pull ups? Wonder why. Let's dig deeper into that.
- [The BGG2WL 2015 State of the Blog Address](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/bgg2wl-2015-state-blog-address/) - TL;DR: I did and learned a LOT this year, and now big changes are in store for us! Fill out this survey so that I can better understand your wants and needs, and so I can help make A Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss the best health and fitness community on the web! Ladies
- [Q&A Wednesday: Why Can't I Just Do Cardio?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-why-cant-i-just-do-cardio/) - Q: Erika, I see you always talking about lifting weights and muscle and yadda yadda... what's so wrong with just doing cardio? Lots of people do cardio, lose weight and look fine. Am I missing something?
- [Subway Serving Up a Little More Than Sandwiches](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/subway-serving-up-a-little-more-than-sandwiches/) - Dude...if I shake my head any more, it's gonna fall off.
- [Beyonce's Cookbook: Would You Buy It?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/beyonces-cookbook-would-you-buy-it/) - Beyonce Knowles plans to publish a soul food cookbook; would you buy it?
- [Supermarket Swindle: Two Things To Avoid On Your Food Labels](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/supermarket-swindle-two-things-to-avoid-on-your-food-labels/) - As I've said before, there are only a few things that really unnerve me - one of them is dishonesty in marketing. (Surprise, surprise... that's what marketing is.) If you browse an aisle at the supermarket, you will see claims made on package after package after package... but is it really worth it? For that
- [Q&A Wednesday: Unsupportive Friends Tell Me "Live A Little!"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-unsupportive-friends-tell-me-live-a-little/) - In my post titled "Handling Unsolicited Advice and 'Big Girl Guilt'", I got this comment that I've been saving... ooooh, have I been saving it. Q: I usually don’t comment, but some recent events in my life have lead me to seek the advice of others. Since the beginning of the year I have been
- [Scratch Factory: Herb and Oil-Based Sauces, and Making Your Own Pesto](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/scratch-factory-herb-and-oil-based-sauces-and-making-your-own-pesto/) - Something something cheat on your spouse... something something pasta and pesto.
- [Scratch Factory: Learn the Art of Hummus Making with My Own Onion and Thyme Blend!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/scratch-factory-learn-the-art-of-hummus-making-with-my-own-onion-and-thyme-blend/) - As you can imagine, chickpeas and I have built a long-standing personal relationship with one another. Now you've got a reason to build one of your own!
- [Brazilian 'Slave to Beauty' Shows Negative Side Effects of Booty Surgery](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/brazilian-slave-beauty-shows-negative-side-effects-booty-surgery/) - Woman injected with chemicals that made her body rot from the inside out; my thoughts on when enough will be enough.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Creating Your Weight Training Routine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-creating-your-weight-training-routine/) - Erika, just wondering how did you come up with your weight training routine?
- [What's In My Clean Eating Healthy Kitchen?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/whats-in-my-clean-eating-healthy-kitchen/) - Want to know what I consider to be staples in my clean eating kitchen? Here's a peek inside!
- [You Can "Pay The Farmer or Pay The Hospital"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/you-can-pay-the-farmer-or-pay-the-hospital/) - A young man explains the problems in the American food and health system much better than I could.
- [Yes, Movies are "Photoshopped," Too](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/yes-movies-photoshopped/) - Digital retouching studio comes clean about 'photoshopping' films to make celebs leaner, younger, more appealing. My thoughts on how it affects body image.
- [Q&A Wednesday: What Are Your Clean Eating Must Haves?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-what-are-your-clean-eating-must-haves/) - Q: What are five must have superfoods on your grocery list?
- [Do Women Only Want Unrealistic Imagery In Magazines?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/do-women-only-want-unrealistic-imagery-in-magazines/) - ...but when someone actually posts a picture of a woman with flaws, the other women in the crowd usually pick her apart every way possible.
- [This Girl Can, Campaign Promoting Fitness for All Women, Meets Criticism](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/girl-can-campaign-promoting-fitness-women-meets-criticism/) - An empowering campaign met with criticism from people who call themselves feminists? Ya don't say.
- [Men And Your Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/men-and-your-weight/) - Y'know, I often wonder just how much of our body issues as women come from men. Trying to attract men. Or trying to keep a man. Or trying to please a man.
- [Q&A Wednesday: But... HOW Do You Date While Losing Weight?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-but-how-do-you-date-while-losing-weight/) - "I am going on this journey for me and am SCARED TO PIECES that even after accomplishing so much, for any of us, dating could still be hard... because someone was a former fat girl."
- [Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima's "Supermodel Diet"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/victorias-secret-angel-adriana-limas-supermodel-diet/) - Next time you get sad that you don't look like a model in your lacey unmentionables every day of your life... just remember: two-a-days, liquid diets and booty paint.
- ["Black Women Are Too Fat To Have Eating Disorders!"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/black-women-are-too-fat-to-have-eating-disorders/) - "Is bulimia a "Black girl problem?" Bulimia is an all-person problem. It respects neither gender nor race, and we should all try with all our might to not marginalize those who suffer from it..."
- [5 Things to Learn From the Doctor Who Lost Weight Eating McDonalds](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/5-things-to-learn-from-the-doctor-who-lost-weight-eating-mcdonalds/) - Everyone wants to know what I think of the man who lost weight eating nothing but McDonalds, so.... let's do this!
- [Doctor Argues, "He's Too Fat To Be A Parent"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/doctor-argues-hes-too-fat-to-be-a-parent/) - "(The father) has struggled with obesity for years, which impacts significantly on most aspects of his life including (his) functioning as a parent," the doctor wrote, according to CTV.
- [The AJC Asks: Do You Talk "Skinny," But Eat "Fat?"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/the-ajc-asks-do-you-talk-skinny-but-eat-fat/) - "...while 47% of Americans say they'd like restaurants to offer healthier items like salads and baked potatoes, only 23% tend to order those foods..."
- [The Side-Effects of Obesity: "Overweight Is The New Norm"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-side-effects-of-obesity-overweight-is-the-new-norm/) - As society strives to accommodate a country increasing in size, could this be cause for concern for those of us trying to lose or maintain?
- [Rant: Model Arrested For Booty Injection-Related Homicide](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/model-arrested-for-booty-injection-related-homicide/) - Pebbelz is King/Smooth/XXL/Booty mag alumni, right? She lied, for years, about having injections...
- [Paula Deen Planning To "Lighten Up" Her Cooking](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/paula-deen-planning-to-lighten-up-her-cooking/) - Paula Deen plans to offer up lighter recipes, and I struggle to avoid snarking on it.
- [Fit Chick Watch: You! Sweating It Out! Sweaty Fit Nasty!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/fit-chick-watch-you-sweating-it-out-sweaty-fit-nasty/) - Look at how awesome y'all are with your weights and treadmills! Let's show our support for the BGG2WL family putting in work!
- [My Thoughts on Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/my-thoughts-on-gabourey-gabby-sidibe/) - I tried really hard to leave this topic alone because, quite frankly, I don't think my opinion matters much. This ties into another post that I have coming up behind the "Who's Allowed To Call You Fat?" topic but really... I have no stock in neither her successes nor her failures, so my interest is
- [Woman Loses 300lbs "The Hard Way," Crowd Goes Wild](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/sweat-equity/woman-loses-300lbs-the-hard-way-crowd-goes-wild/) - "There is no magic bullet," Shannon Davis told "Good Morning America." "You cannot lose weight without putting in the time and effort.
- [The Realities Of Cooking With Salt](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/the-realities-of-cooking-with-salt/) - A few words on the reality of both table salt and sea salt, and what you can do about them.
- [Mark Bittman For The NYT: Got Milk? You Don't Need It](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/mark-bittman-for-the-nyt-got-milk-you-dont-need-it/) - A NYTimes writer challenges the "need" for milk in our daily lives.
- [Portion Distortion: Stop Eating Out Of The Bag](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/portion-distortion-stop-eating-out-of-the-bag/) - Once upon a time.. I used to kill the bag. Destroy the box. I could barely sit down before I tore into it... whatever the "it" was for the day. I'm talkin' about snackin'. Although, for me, it was never really a snack. Not in the traditional sense - it wasn't simply a little bit
- [Q&A Wednesday: Clean Eating For Tummy Troubles?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-clean-eating-for-tummy-troubles/) - Q: What clean eating/whole foods can you eat when you are having digestive issues?
- [Death to "The Strong Black Woman"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/death-to-the-strong-black-woman/) - That's right. I said it. Death to her. We can host her funeral right here. I'll chip in for some orchids.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Harder To Lose As We Age?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-harder-to-lose-as-we-age/) - Good grief... the two topics no woman wants to address: age and weight loss. [insert image of me hiding under my desk screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"] Q: Are there any eating or exercise tips on cutting the inches off below the waist? I did it before by walking every other day and cutting back, but I was
- [I Hate This Damn Weight Watchers Commercial](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/hate-damn-weight-watchers-commercial/) - I hate this freaking commercial. Here's why.
- [5 Things I Do To Keep My Weight Loss Journey Focused](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/5-things-i-do-to-keep-my-weight-loss-journey-focused/) - Hey, Erika - what have been the most helpful and meaningful things you've done to keep you focused on your weight loss journey?
- [What Happens When You Don't Eat Often Enough](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/what-happens-when-you-dont-eat-often-enough/) - The trouble with skipping meals, how to build an eating schedule and what kind of snacks to use to prevent overeating!
- [On Whitney: Addiction, Grieving and Coping](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/on-whitney-addiction-grieving-and-coping/) - My thoughts on addiction, coping and grieving, as brought on by the passing of Whitney Houston.
- [Salad is "Dreadful" and "Inconvenient" Because WE Made It That Way](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/salad-dreadful-inconvenient-made-way/) - Last month, The Atlantic published an essay titled "The Dreadful Inconveniences of Salad," which almost instantaneously sent my eyes on a journey to the back of my head. "Oh, look - another essay basically telling us, 'Pushing healthy eating alienates the poor, so let's stop pushing healthy eating,' like that's some nuanced position or something."
- [Q&A Wednesday: The $50 Challenge](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/qa-wednesday-the-50-dollar-challenge/) - Can I eat cleanly on a $50/week budget? I sure can.
- [Woman Wanders Hollywood in a Bikini to Teach People About Body Image](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/standards-of-black-beauty/woman-wanders-hollywood-in-a-bikini-to-teach-people-about-body-image/) - Could YOU do it?
- [Discuss: Are We Too Tough On Celebrity Moms Who Don't Lose The Baby Weight Quickly?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/discuss-are-we-too-tough-on-celebrity-moms-who-dont-lose-the-baby-weight-quickly/) - "My body is not bouncing back like a supermodel," says Simpson. "I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé and herself."
- [Another Peanut Butter Recall: Why Does This Keep Happening?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/another-peanut-butter-recall-why-does-this-keep-happening/) - Another recall on peanut butter has left us wondering: How does salmonella get in peanut butter? How can I avoid it?
- [Q&A Wednesday: He Won't Stop Complaining When We Work Out!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-he-wont-stop-complaining-when-we-workout/) - Q: How do I handle my partner's constant complaining during our workouts together?
- [MSNBC: Gaining Weight To Qualify For Lap-Band Surgery?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/msnbc-gaining-weight-to-qualify-for-lap-band-surgery/) - Quote: "Spurred by strict insurance policies that limit surgery to high BMIs of 35 or 40, some obese people are actually striving to gain weight -- in order to lose it."
- [The Beauty Shop: Protecting Your Edges From Breakage During Training](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/the-beauty-shop-protecting-your-edges-from-training/) - How I protect the edges of my hairline from breakage during training, and what you can use to keep your hairline healthy!
- [Q&A Wednesday: What Is High Intensity Interval Training?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-what-is-high-intensity-interval-training/) - Q: What is high intensity interval training (HIIT)? A: It is... gloriousness in the form of 60 seconds (or more... or less) of struggle.
- [Ground Meat From Several Different Brands Found to Contain Horse Meat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/ground-meat-from-several-different-brands-found-to-contain-horse-meat/) - But, does this not qualify as "taking advantage of people," by serving them a meal of indiscriminate meat and not even ponying up on the info?
- [What Does A Success Story Look Like To You?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/what-does-a-success-story-look-like-to-you/) - How does marketing affect what you consider "successful weight loss?"
- [Study Finds That Obesity Affects Job Prospects & Promotions For Women](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/study-finds-that-obesity-affects-job-prospects-promotions-for-women/) - "We found that strong obesity discrimination was displayed across all job selection criteria, such as starting salary, leadership potential, and likelihood of selecting an obese candidate for the job."
- [Women, Food, God... and Oprah?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/women-food-god-and-oprah/) - On May 12th, The Oprah Winfrey Show discussed Women, Food and God. My thoughts - and yours - discussed here.
- [Study: Poor People Keep the Diet Pill Industry Afloat](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/rich-people-work-out-poor-people-take-diet-pills/) - Why is it that the poorest Americans would spent their hard-earned dollars on something like diet pills, that promise results without actual work?
- [Why The Food Stamp Soft Drink Ban Is BS](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/why-the-food-stamp-soft-drink-ban-is-bs/) - Why the idea is stupid... from someone who absolutely HATES soft drinks of ANY kind.
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 7](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-7/) - How is it going, lovelies? Are you still working on your water intake? Are you avoiding the fast food? Did you try any of the recipes from last week?
- [Two Ways To Cook A Sweet Potato](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/two-ways-to-cook-a-sweet-potato/) - No matter how much time you may have, it's never too late to get that yummy and soft sweet potato!
- [Would You Recycle If You Could Trade In Trash For Veggies?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/would-you-recycle-if-you-could-trade-in-trash-for-veggies/) - "Participants who bring glass, plastic, aluminum, paper and cardboard waste to the market receive 'green points' good at a nearby farmer's market where the vendors are paid by the city..."
- [The Weekly Recap: August 24, 2014](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/weekly-recaps/weekly-recap-august-24-2014/) - J-Lo, fugitives, and pull-ups. In other words, interesting week!
- [Is Your Fitness Tracker Accurate? New Tests Don't Think So](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/fitness-tracker-accurate-new-tests-dont-think/) - Study tests fitness tracking wristbands, smartphone apps, and waist-clipping pedometers. Guess which one was most accurate?
- [Scratch Factory: Crisp, Flavorful, Oven-Fried Hash Browns](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/scratch-factory-crisp-flavorful-oven-fried-hash-browns/) - The low-fat, low-calorie way to enjoy a classic comfort food.
- [Tennessee Woman Diagnosed with "Ghetto Booty"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/tennessee-woman-diagnosed-with-ghetto-booty/) - Primary care physician diagnoses woman with "ghetto booty." I lose my marbles.
- [Who Should I Allow To Call Me Fat?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/who-should-i-allow-to-call-me-fat/) - A little while ago, I asked the wonderful, amazingly awesome readers of this site who they allow to bring their weight to their attention. Lots of great comments, with a couple of standouts below: I think people who really have your best intentions at heart are allowed to express their concerns to you about becoming
- [The Champ's Toughest Fight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/the-champs-toughest-fight/) - When you get a phone call that your mother is in the hospital due to a seizure... you just go.
- [5 Reasons Your Body Fat Percentage is More Important Than Your Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-reasons-your-body-fat-percentage-is-more-important-than-your-weight/) - Why you need to be all about your body fat percentage. Like, right now. Toss the scale out the window, then come read this.
- [Your Sleep Life is Ruining Your Sex Life](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/hit-the-snooze/your-sleep-life-is-ruining-your-sex-life/) - All about the value of sleep and how limiting your sleep limits your ability to prosper in multiple ways.
- [Serena Williams Flawlessly Lays Out While Reading Her Vogue Cover Story](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/serena-williams-flawlessly-lays-out-while-reading-her-vogue-cover-story/) - The athletic dynamo shows her more sensitive and playful side in her April 2015 Vogue cover story.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Fitness Advice for Changing Body Shapes?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-fitness-advice-for-changing-body-shapes/) - Q: Hey Erika, do you have any tips for people who have unbalanced body shapes?
- [5 Things I Learned From Practicing Yoga](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/work-it-out/5-things-i-learned-from-practicing-yoga/) - Five - maybe six - things that I've learned from committing to a daily yoga practice.
- [5 Reasons Women Don't Bulk Up in Strength Training](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/5-reasons-women-dont-bulk-up-in-strength-training/) - No, you're not going to go into the gym, lift a few fifteens, go home, and then wake up looking like Macho Man Randy Savage. And here are five reasons why.
- [When Woman Dies From Booty Injections in Salon, Salon PACKS UP AND LEAVES](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/when-woman-dies-from-booty-injections-in-salon-salon-packs-up-and-leaves/) - Stop doing this. Stop your loved ones from doing this. Staple them to a seat and force them to stay there, for all I care.
- [Pecans and Almonds and Peanuts, Oh My! - Why Nuts Are Healthy For You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/pecans-and-almonds-and-peanuts-oh-my-why-nuts-are-healthy-for-you/) - Nuts are lowering cholesterol, improving heart health, providing healthy omega-3 fatty acids, and full of fiber and healthy fat and protein!
- [Q&A Wednesday: How and Why I Chose to Abstain From Sex](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-chose-abstain-sex/) - Q: Hey I've been a big fan of your blog for a while. I remember you mentioning that you went through a period of self imposed celibacy in order to find out who you were before getting into another relationship. I'm currently in the midst of getting out of a relationship that is toxic because
- [On Colorism, #LightGirls, #DarkGirls, and Complicated Beauty for #BlackGirls](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/colorism-lightgirls-darkgirls-complicated-beauty-blackgirls/) - My questions and thoughts on colorism, inspired by the recent chatter surrounding the recently-released documentary, Light Girls.
- [Shirley Sherrod, The NAACP, The USDA & Our Black Farmers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/shirley-sherrod-the-naacp-the-usda-our-black-farmers/) - A Tea Party blogger chops and screws a video clip of a Black woman's alleged racism against a white farming family.. and she's fired before an investigation can take place?
- [KFC's Double Down Reminds Us: All Calories Are Not Created Equal](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/kfcs-double-down-reminds-us-all-food-is-not-created-equal/) - If you want to eat KFC's Double Down, fine.. but don't tell me it's better than a salad, or we're gonna have problems!
- [The Monstrous List of Every Superfood Ever... EVER!!!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/the-monstrous-list-of-every-superfood-ever-ever/) - Yes, that’s right. I’ve done the research. I did the hard work. I did the digging. If I had a chemistry lab, I might’ve even done the testing myself. If you’ve ever wanted to know which foods help prevent cancer, help slow down aging, stop smoking, make you taller and even make you more attractive, this post is just for you.
- [Chaka Khan Speaks On Why She Lost Weight, Being A Sex Symbol, & Weight Loss Surgery Rumors](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/chaka-khan-speaks-on-why-she-lost-weight-being-a-sex-symbol-weight-loss-surgery-rumors/) - Quoting Chaka: They can say whatever they want. Only I know what’s really going on.
- [Meal Prep: Quick Trick for Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken Thighs](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/meal-prep-quick-trick-crispy-oven-fried-chicken-thighs/) - My trick for over-frying chicken, without breading or using a batter!
- [For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Eating Disorders When Dieting Wasn't Enuf](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-eating-disorders-when-dieting-wasnt-enuf/) - It's exactly what you think it is.
- [Project Runway's Tim Gunn Goes In: "Fashion Seems to End at Size 12"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/project-runways-tim-gunn-goes-in-fashion-seems-to-end-at-size-12/) - It's insulting what these designers do to these women.
- [I Am Not The Food Police](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/i-am-not-the-food-police/) - My personal response to the people who believe that I am a member of "The Food Police."
- [The Biggest Loser & The Problem With Weight Loss Porn](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/the-biggest-loser-the-problem-with-weight-loss-porn/) - That's right.. I said it - weight loss porn. It's almost as if seeing people struggle with weight is being fetishized. Pornographic in nature, even.
- [Q&A Wednesday: On Planet Fitness & Picking The Perfect Gym](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-on-planet-fitness-picking-the-perfect-gym/) - Q: Do you have any suggestions on picking a quality gym?
- [Dismantling "Real Women Have Curves"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/dismantling-real-women-have-curves/) - "Real women do not look like just one thing. Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not..."
- [The Choice Between Food As Culture and Food As Medicine](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/the-choice-between-food-as-culture-and-food-as-medicine/) - On making the choice between food as a representation of culture, or food as a representation of how we should be healing and nurturing ourselves.
- [Recent Studies Challenge Anti-Salt Thinking](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/recent-studies-challenge-anti-salt-thinking/) - On recent analysis regarding sodium in the diet, and my first thoughts reading the research.
- [What Happens When Your Professor Shows His Scumbag Tendencies on the Internet](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/what-happens-when-your-professor-shows-his-scumbag-tendencies-on-the-internet/) - "Dear obese PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation #truth"
- [Clean Eating Boot Camp: Week 4](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp-2013/clean-eating-boot-camp-step-4-2/) - It's time to brown bag it, baby.
- [On the Day @Reebok Ditched Rick Ross for Being a Scumbag](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/on-the-day-reebok-ditched-rick-ross-for-being-a-scumbag/) - In this post, I dance on the grave of Rick Ross' dead endorsement deal.
- [San Francisco: The Soda Bans Begin](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/san-francisco-the-soda-bans-begin/) - Soft drinks are no longer allowed in vending machines on city property... is this a good idea?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Cellulite Trauma](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-cellulite-trauma/) - How does one get rid of all the cellulite?
- [Video Vault: How Fresh Is Your Favorite Restaurant Or Grocery Store's Food?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-how-fresh-is-your-favorite-restaurant-or-grocery-stores-food/) - A video investigation of the condition in which our produce and meats are being shipped across the country.
- [Supplement Swindle: Supplements Found to be Frauds... Again](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supplement-swindle-supplements-found-frauds/) - Lies in the supplement industry - where the industry goes wrong, where the problems lie, and what buyers need to be mindful of when they buy.
- [Friday 5: 5 Reasons Why Adopting A Dog Will Keep You Fit](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-reasons-why-adopting-a-dog-will-keep-you-fit/) - The story of my dogs, and how adding your own might help you stay both mentally and physically fit.
- [First Lady Obama's Incredible Commencement Speech at Tuskegee University](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/first-lady-obamas-incredible-commencement-speech-at-tuskegee-university/) - Quote: ...if I wanted to keep my sanity and not let others define me, there was only one thing I could do, and that was to have faith in God’s plan for me.
- [Video Vault: America The Beautiful](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/video-clips/video-vault-america-the-beautiful/) - A documentary on body image and weight in the fashion industry, and a write-up from its creator.
- [True or False: There's No Difference Between a Waist Trainer and Pregnancy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/true-or-false-theres-no-difference-between-a-waist-trainer-and-pregnancy/) - 'There's actually validity to the claim that pregnancy is comparable to waist training.' True or False?
- ["Now That You're Pregnant, Do You Feel Like You Lost That Weight For Nothing?"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/now-that-youre-pregnant-do-you-feel-like-you-lost-that-weight-for-nothing/) - Lots of people have snarked - lovingly, I presume - that I "lost all that weight for nothing." Today, I address that concern.
- [Q&A Wednesday: All About Foam Rolling #foamrollin](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-all-about-foam-rolling-foamrollin/) - Q: Hey Erika, I’ve seen people at my gym using foam rollers all over the place. What exactly is their primary function? Is it stretching?
- [Fit Gear Review: The Excalibur Vegetable Spiralizer](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/review-the-excalibur-vegetable-spiralizer/) - My review of the Excalibur Vegetable Spiralizer, and how I used it to make a delicious raw dish!
- [Are Celebrity Weight Loss Spokespeople Becoming Less Credible?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/are-celebrity-weight-loss-spokespeople-becoming-less-credible/) - Can consumers remember which highly paid celebs hype which products? Or, even more central: Are celebrity endorsers worth all the dough?
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Cook For My Boyfriend and Me?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-how-do-i-cook-for-my-boyfriend-and-me/) - Q: Do you have any tips about healthy cooking when you live with other people or have a family to take care of?
- [How to Deal with Patronizing and Condescending People](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/how-to-deal-with-patronizing-and-condescending-people/) - How to deal with people who are condescending to you while you're being active.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I'm Too Heavy to Do Squats!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-im-too-heavy-to-do-squats/) - Q: I'm heavy and its appears because I'm heavy I can't do squats. Please tell me how to get started...
- [More Airlines Making Overweight Customers Buy Extra Seats?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/more-airlines-making-overweight-customers-buy-extra-seats/) - Quoting the article: AirTran is to force fat passengers on its planes to buy a second seat.
- [True or False: Spot Reduction is Real](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/true-or-false-spot-reduction-is-real/) - Someone claims their magic elixir can "spot reduce" body fat, and I explain the realities of 'spot reduction' and how you can shape + sculpt the smart way.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Are Sauna Suits Safe?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-are-sauna-suits-safe/) - Q: Are sauna suits safe? I was talking to a man in the gym who said that he'd lost 29lbs using a sauna suit, but was there because he gained it all back...
- [Curvy Yoga: Incredible Instructor Has Valuable Lesson to Share](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/curvy-yoga-incredible-yoga-instructor-has-valuable-lesson-to-share-with-the-world/) - '[...] we are trained to think that being overweight is wrong so people are going to stare at you. The only thing you can control is your reaction to that.'
- [On Black Humanity](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/on-black-humanity/) - What happened in Charleston is a tragedy. This is not how you treat human beings. No one deserves this.
- [Everything You Need to Know About Bacon, Red Meat, and Cancer](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/everything-you-need-to-know-about-bacon-red-meat-and-cancer/) - A thorough discussion about processed meats, and the World Health Organization's study that determined both them and beef to be cancer-causing substances.
- [What You Need to Know About Beyonce's Vegan Meal Service](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/what-you-need-to-know-about-beyonces-vegan-meal-service/) - All about Queen Bey's new vegan, gluten-free, organic meal delivery service. Would you buy?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Overcoming Rejection at Your Highest Self-Esteem](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-overcoming-rejection-at-your-highest-self-esteem/) - Q: Despite having this acceptance and new found confidence, how do you overcome rejection?
- [A Black Girl's Guide to Sexy Cooking For Your Boo](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/a-black-girls-guide-to-sexy-cooking-for-your-boo/) - Hi. I need to have a serious, grown folks moment with y'all, okay? Listen closely. Stop cooking naked. That's right, I said it. Stop. Cooking. Naked.
- [Cardio Panic: Understanding Your Breath During Exercise](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/cardio-panic-understanding-your-breath-during-exercise/) - All about how cheetahs and gazelles can teach you why breathing properly when you train is a life-or-death matter.
- [Dr. Oz Admits Weight Loss Supplements Are "Flawed" With "Lots of Fraud"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/dr-oz-admits-weight-loss-supplements-are-flawed-with-lots-of-fraud/) - Quoting Oz: This is a flawed area with lots of fraud, both in the research and in products. And we no longer talk about them.
- [5 Things You Should Know About Becoming A Great Cook](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/5-things-you-should-know-about-becoming-a-great-cook/) - Five things that I think we should remember when it comes to making ourselves better kitchen dynamos.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Dealing With Unsupportive Boyfriends](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-supportive-and-unsupportive-boyfriends/) - Q: I'm ashamed to show my legs because of cellulite. When my bf and I are out and he sees ladies in shorts and skirts, he asks when will I look like them.
- [What We Can Learn From the Man Who Gave Himself Muscle Injections](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/what-we-can-learn-from-the-man-who-gave-himself-muscle-injections/) - A man injects himself with multiple solutions, because he wants to look like The Incredible Hulk. The rest is a story of how dangerous injection can be.
- [My Mother's Day Wish](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/my-mothers-day-wish/) - Mother's Day is becoming more and more antagonistic. Why? How do we stop it?
- [5 Reasons to Keep Your Fitness Goals to Yourself](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-reasons-to-keep-your-fitness-goals-to-yourself/) - Five reasons why you need to keep your fitness goals to yourself.
- [Ad: Teach Your Girls to Turn Failures Into Successes and Thrive #LikeAGirl](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/ad-teach-girls-turn-failures-successes-thrive-likeagirl/) - When my daughter first started 5th grade, she loved science. She loved math. She loved the videos and games she played on my iPad, loved seeing the way things moved when she tapped them, loved what she was learning about the world around her. On the device, it was fun. In the real world, it
- [Supermarket Swindle: Yeah, About That Almond Milk...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supermarket-swindle-yeah-about-that-almond-milk/) - We're paying upwards of $3 for a quart of water with a small amount of almonds and a large amount of filler and fake nutrients.
- [The Ridiculousness of Women's Clothing Sizes, All in One Chart](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/the-ridiculousness-of-womens-clothing-sizes-all-in-one-chart/) - Some numbers that illustrate the insanity of women's clothing sizes: A size 8 dress today is nearly the equivalent of a size 16 dress in 1958. WTF?
- [Supermarkets, The Projects, and What We 'Deserve'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/supermarkets-the-projects-and-what-we-deserve/) - A community struggles to feed itself healthily, and the public blames them for it. I think it's more complicated than that. Here's why.
- [Chocolate Granola](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/chocolate-granola/) - After spending so much money on store-bought granola, and deciding that I wanted a chocolate granola that wasn't 5908345 calories, I decided to say "screw it" and make my own.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Can't Tone the Fat, Can I?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-cant-tone-the-fat-can-i/) - Q: I was told to do cardio first, then lift weights since I don't need to tone the fat. Can I weight train, too? Can weight lifting help burn fat?
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Do You Co-Habitate With Clean Eating?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-how-do-you-co-habitate-with-clean-eating/) - Q: How do the two of you compromise where the two of you can co-exist and co-habitat harmoniously when the two of you have very different eating habits/regimen?
- [A Day With HIV: How His Mother Learned His Diagnosis](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/a-day-with-hiv-2015/) - One man tells his story of how his mother uncovered the truth about his HIV positive diagnosis.
- [Fit Gear Review: The Zing Anything Citrus Zinger Juicer](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/zing-anything-citrus-zinger-juicer-review/) - A quick review of the Zing Anything Citrus Zinger Juicer.
- [Cook It Like a Boss: Quinoa 101](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/cook-it-like-a-boss-quinoa-101/) - Why, on Earth, would you stock up if you have no idea how to cook it? Let's fix that.
- [True or False: Fizzy Waters are Bad for You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/are-seltzer-mineral-water-tonic-water-club-soda-good-or-bad-for-you/) - The claim: Carbonated drinks leach calcium from bones, causing lowered bone density; contributing to higher acidity in the body and tooth decay. The truth?
- [How To #surviveon35, In Whole Foods, Buying Organic, And Keeping Your Wallet Intact](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/how-to-surviveon35-in-whole-foods-buying-organic-and-keeping-your-wallet-intact/) - My wrap-up of how I #surviveon35, and tips on how you can, too!
- [5 Ways to Get More Fiber In Your Diet Today](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/5-ways-to-get-more-fiber-in-your-diet-today/) - What you need to know about dietary fiber, and five great ways to get it in your diet today.
- [3 Important Things to Know About Heart Failure](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/3-important-things-to-know-about-heart-failure/) - Heart failure affects one in 40 Americans - are you one of them? Learn about the condition, how to spot it, and how to live healthily with it!
- [Can Credit Cards Make You Fatter?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/can-credit-cards-make-you-fatter/) - Using a credit card can make you fat? Cornell researchers compared shoppers who used cash at checkout time versus those who used credit cards.
- [Just Say No to Waist Trainers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/conscious-consumerism/just-say-no-to-waist-trainers/) - Your waist trainer causes UTIs, incontinence, temporary heart failure, indigestion, high blood pressure, nerve damage, and more. Read how inside.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Do I Eat Back the Calories I've Burned?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-do-i-eat-back-the-calories-ive-burned/) - Q: I keep hearing differing thoughts on how much weights I should do, whether I should consume back the calories I burned when working out! Help!
- ['Salt-Shaming,' 'Food Police,' and Other Ways We Talk About Food Policy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/salt-shaming-food-police-and-other-ways-we-talk-about-food-policy-2/) - Today in New York City, a policy that requires certain kinds of restaurants to list salt warnings on their menus takes effect. Here's what happened, why it's important, and why 'food police' is an absurd phrase.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Don't Want to Be a Bobblehead!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-i-dont-want-to-be-a-bobblehead/) - Q: any advice to help me not look like a bobblehead like [redacted] did at first? i don't want to look like that!
- [Fast Food Nation: Why McDonalds French Fries Taste 'So Good'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/fast-food-nation-mcdonalds-french-fries-taste-good/) - Ask yourself: if a company goes to such great lengths to create addictive food, why are we surprised to find that people do, in fact, become addicted to it?
- [Take an At-Home Yoga Class With Jessamyn, the Internet's Favorite Yogi](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/take-a-yoga-class-with-jessamyn-stanley-mynameisjessamyn/) - Learn how you can take a yoga class with Jessamyn Stanley, the yoga instructor behind the @mynameisjessamyn Instagram account.
- [4 Health & Fitness Apps Giving You the Most Bang for Your Buck](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/4-fitness-apps-to-help-you-get-the-exercise-class-experience-at-home/) - Ahhh, winter. Savory, shivering winter. Eager to get the jump on my winter activity routine, I planned to go for a walk this morning. I grabbed my baby carrier and strapped Sprout to my chest, stepped up my hat and glove game, and Mini-me, Sprout, and I headed out the door. Now, I? I was
- [Q&A Wednesday: My Family is Sabotaging Me!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/family-sabotage-weight-loss/) - Q: My parents make me feel bad about eating, which makes me hide, and then I eat out of spite, but they won't stop! Help?
- [Body Positivity is Hard When You Don't Love Your Body, but Not Impossible](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/body-positivity-is-hard-when-you-dont-love-your-body/) - I'm thinking of something I read by my fellow healthy living blogger, Brooklyn Active Mama (also known as Nellie), where she shared her perspective on her personal body image. I don’t fit anyone’s stereotype. I am not the next fitness star. I have no interest in becoming a thin girl. My end goals are not
- [Own a FuelBand? Nike Might Owe You Money](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/own-a-fuelband-nike-might-owe-you-money-2/) - Nike is providing those who've purchased FuelBands between January 19th, 2012 and June 17th, 2015 with gift cards. But why?
- [The Case Against Working Out in Waist Trainers -- Or Wearing Them At All](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/the-case-against-working-out-in-waist-trainers-or-wearing-them-at-all/) - The wearing of a garment that presses directly on your nerves in the midst of strenuous activity leads to not only nerve damage, but muscle damage...
- [Q&A Wednesday: The Case of the Mystery Scam Pills](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-the-case-of-the-mystery-scam-pills/) - Q: My friend bought these weight loss pills from this lady with no label, and now her throat's swelling shut. Help!
- [Me and My Kinks: My 5-Year Natural Hair Journey in Pictures](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/me-and-my-kinks-my-5-year-natural-hair-journey-in-pictures/) - All about my journey of going completely relaxer-free, my big chop, and my natural hair, the longest it's ever been in my life.
- [True or False: Fitness-Focused Foods Actually Make You Healthier](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/true-or-false-fitness-focused-foods-actually-make-you-healthier/) - True or False: Foods such as Clif Bars and Wheaties, whose packaging suggests that they promote fitness, can actually make you healthy.
- [Subway's Jared Fogle Raided By the FBI -- You Won't Believe Why](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/subways-jared-fogle-raided-by-the-fbi-you-wont-believe-why/) - Subway's favorite weight loss mascot has had his home raided in connection with the arrest of another man who produced and distributed child pornography.
- [In Defense of Serena Williams](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/in-defense-of-serena-williams/) - Serena Williams is a powerful athlete, worthy of praise - instead, she is criticized for her "manliness," accused of "doping," and told to lose weight. Why?
- [Friday 5: 5 Common Questions About Working With Weights Answered](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/friday-5-5-common-questions-about-working-with-weights-answered/) - The five questions women ask me the most regarding strength training and weight lifting, and some insight to help make you a strength training dynamo.
- [Brazil: Man Sues McDonalds For Making Him Fat... And WINS!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/brazil-man-sues-mcdonalds-for-making-him-fat-and-wins/) - A man was awarded $17.5k by Brazilian courts because McDonalds food made him fat. Now, if we were in America...
- [Q&A Wednesday: Do I Have to Eat Every 3-4 Hours?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-do-i-have-to-eat-every-3-4-hours/) - Q: Is it really important that I eat every 3-4 hours to keep my metabolism revved?
- [Scratch Factory: Make Your Own Creamy, Smooth Cashew Milk!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/cook-it-yourself/homemade-cashew-milk/) - Scratch Factory time! Make your own cashew milk and cashew pudding? Don't mind if I do!
- [Is 'The Whole World' Finally More Open to a Plus-Size Angel?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/is-the-whole-world-finally-more-open-to-a-plus-size-angel/) - Quote: I think the whole world is more open to plus-size [models] and I am sure at some point they will be ready for it,
- [What are Muscle Knots, and How Can We Stop Them?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/what-are-muscle-knots-and-how-can-we-stop-them/) - A discussion of what muscle knots are, what they aren't, and what you can do about them when you find yourself suffering from them.
- [Serena Williams Covers New York Magazine and Slays Us All](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/celeb-watch/serena-williams-covers-new-york-magazine-and-slays-us-all/) - "One can only speculate whether the Williamses would've been better received had they been more willing to conform or care about tennis tradition. "
- [The Photoshop Diet: The Victoria's Secret Bikini Edition](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/the-photoshop-diet-the-victorias-secret-bikini-edition/) - Have two legs of DRASTICALLY different sizes? Have a rib airbrushed out? Never fear - you'll feel RIGHT at home with the Victoria's Secret models!
- [25-Minute Meals: Zucchini Noodle Mediterranean Salad and Balsamic-Glazed Salmon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/from-erikas-kitchen/25-minute-meals-zucchini-noodle-mediterranean-salad-and-balsamic-glazed-salmon/) - Zucchini noodles tossed in olive oil and topped with mushrooms, black olives, green peppers and tomatoes, served with salmon kissed with balsamic glaze.
- [Sound Off: Guess What Fuels Weight Bullying?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/sound-off-guess-what-fuels-weight-bullying/) - Do you think weight and size should be included in the list of protected classes and, if so, in what instances would it help?
- [Subway Severs Ties With Jared Fogle After He Admits to Being a Monster](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/subway-severs-ties-with-jared-fogle-after-he-admits-to-being-a-monster/) - 159,634 texts, 47,623 images, 27,140 emails, 3,394 videos, and 14 victims all helped the state put away a stone cold monster.
- [5 Tips for Having a #ScaleFreeBaby](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/friday-5/5-tips-scalefreebaby/) - Tips for avoiding excessive weight gain during pregnancy, and how to enjoy your pregnancy without the added stress.
- [Serena Williams Collaborates with Nike to Create 'Greatness'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/serena-williams-collaborates-with-nike-to-create-greatness/) - "When you think of greatness, you think of someone that’s great, but also a great person has to be positive and influence other people to be great..."
- [Fit Gear Review: Champion Absolute Cami Sports Bra](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-champion-absolute-cami-sports-bra/) - Review of the Champion Absolute Cami Sports Bra.
- [5 Ways to Extend the Shelf Life of Your Fruits and Vegetables](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/5-ways-to-extend-the-shelf-life-of-your-fruits-and-vegetables/) - Tips to help you extend the shelf life of the fresh ingredients you buy on your journey to being a full clean eater.
- [Q&A Wednesday: The Stretch Mark Question... Again](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-the-stretch-mark-question-again/) - One of the most contentious comment spaces on my blog is the one where I talk about how I feel about my stretch marks, and what I plan to do about them. My response was "I don't care," and "nothing," albeit expressed in a pretty defensive fashion. This doesn't go over particularly well in the
- [How The Black Panther Party Changed Hunger and Poverty Policy in America](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/black-panther-free-breakfast-children-program/) - The Black Panther Party changed the way we feed our children. Learn how.
- [When it Comes to Plus Size Models, We're Asking the Wrong Questions](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/when-it-comes-to-plus-size-models-were-asking-the-wrong-questions/) - After Cheryl Tiegs' shady comments about Ashley Graham, NBC and ABC reject her Lane Bryand ad? Something's fishy.
- [Sponsored Post: Need a Dietitian? Get One on Your Phone with American Well!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/sponsored-post-a-doctor-will-see-you-now-on-american-well/) - American Well is changing the way we do health care in this country, and I'm excited about it.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Is There Such Thing as Having a Fear of Losing Weight?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-is-there-such-thing-as-having-a-fear-of-losing-weight/) - Q: Can you address weight loss fear.. I'm still holding on to the size 12s and girrrl they look bad lol..I can take them off without unzipping them
- [Why Your Co-Workers Sabotage Your Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/coworkers-sabotage-weight-loss/) - Your co-workers bring those raggedy cupcakes and cookies in while you're on your weight loss journey because they can't help it. Really. It's human nature.
- ['Working Out is for White People,' Round Two](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/working-out-is-for-white-people-round-two/) - So, Buzzfeed did a thing. I mean, a questionable thing, no doubt, but a thing that definitely has the Internet going nuts. In the discussions surrounding this thing Buzzfeed did, I saw this comment: All through high school, I was told that I was acting white because I loved to read. Even now in 2o16
- [Lil’ Kim is Not a Freak Show, She’s What We Should Expect](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/lil-kim-skin-lightening/) - We tell women it is important to be beautiful, and being beautiful requires fair skin. Shouldn’t we expect women to go to great lengths to become beautiful?
- [Why The Biggest Loser Metabolism Research Doesn’t Surprise Me](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/biggest-loser-metabolism-research/) - I believe I said, years ago, one more link for good measure, that the onslaught of reality tv show weight loss porn aggravated me to no end. I stated, very plainly, that these shows are little more than fat people publicly paying penance for being fat. As someone who’s lost a three-digit amount of pounds,
- [Study Says Eating 'Lighter' Versions of Snacks is Worse For You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/lighter-versions-snacks-actually-result-eating/) - "People who eat “light” snacks and drinks such as baked potato chips or diet soda are likely to eat 13 percent more calories than people eating full fat snacks." Duh.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Working Out Doesn't Work For Me!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-working-doesnt-work/) - Q: I don't see why I should work out, what's the point anymore when I know it doesn't work for me? I feel so hopeless and pointless. Help!
- [Michelle vs Melania, and the Sad Way We Talk About Women's Bodies](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/michelle-obama-melania-trump-cartoon/) - A cartoonist pits First Lady Michelle Obama against Melania Trump, and I roll my eyes so hard that I can see the back of my skull.
- [Former 'Biggest Loser' Contestants Tell the REAL Story Behind the Show](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-on-the-small-screen/former-biggest-loser-contestants-tell-real-story-behind-show/) - Harper told her, 'Lie and say you were following the directive of intaking 1,500 calories — but I want you to do 800 calories or as little as you can.' People would take amphetamines, water pills, diuretics, and throw up in the bathroom.
- [Decoded: What Does 'Eat Less, Move More' Really Mean?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/debunking-the-myths/eat-less-move-more/) - Quite frankly, all 3 phrases—“eat less, move more;” “calories in, calories out;” and “everything in moderation”—are all crocks of sh—you know. Here's why.
- [Speak Out, But Do More Than That: Understand, Empathize, Act](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/speak-out-but-do-more-than-that/) - We feel the need to say "black lives matter" because, when you treat a population with apathy and skepticism, you're trying to tell them they DON'T.
- [5 Tips Every Parent Considering Breastfeeding Should Know](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/scalefreebaby/5-tips-every-parent-considering-breastfeeding-know/) - After one failed attempt and one successful attempt at breastfeeding, here's everything I learned to help you achieve success when you give it a shot.
- [It's Time We Talk Honestly About Gyms and Locker Room Culture](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/time-talk-locker-room-culture/) - There are some cruel and inhumane people in this world, like Dani Mathers, and unfortunately you are likely to meet at least one or two of them at the gym.
- [Can You Lose Weight—and Keep it Off—On a Diet?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/emotional-eating-2/can-lose-weight-keep-off-diet/) - An essay published in the NYT says no, and I agree...but for very different reasons. The deal on diets, weight loss, and 'set points.'
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Lost Weight While I Was Sick, but Now I'm Scared to Eat!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-dealing-fear-eating/) - Q: I was ill, had to stop eating for a few weeks, and I lost 39lbs...now that I'm no longer sick, I'm scared to start eating again!
- [Why You Should Track Your Period on Your Weight Loss Journey](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/track-your-period-on-your-weight-loss-journey/) - Your period-related weight gain comes like clockwork, just like your cycle. Read about my favorite app to track it.
- [Deaths Related to Botched Booty Work Still on the Rise](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/deaths-related-to-botched-booty-work-still-on-the-rise/) - Autopsy of Latina "Queen of Radio" shows she suffered from complications with implants for decades.
- [#metoo: Sexual Violence, and the Axis of Power](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/social-construct/me-too-girl-me-too-sexual-assault-and-power/) - How I contend with being a survivor of being multiple experiences with sexual violence, and what I think prevents us from decreasing the likelihood it'll happen again.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Need Motivation, Motivation, Motivation!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/i-need-motivation/) - Q: After a few weeks of eating healthy and perhaps including some exercise, I find it hard to maintain motivation, and even falling off the wagon for a few days can reverse what little ground I have gained...
- [What Did Your Mother Teach You About Living Healthily?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/body-image/mother-teach-living-healthily/) - The food landscape is different, and our children have different challenges to face. What did you learn as a kid? What would you change?
- [Non-Scale Victories Produce On-Scale Victories](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/non-scale-victories-produce-scale-victories/) - This round, on my weight loss journey, I rarely check the scale. Here's what I check instead, and why.
- [5 Inspiring Examples of Black Girl Awesomeness from the 2016 Olympics](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/5-remarkable-moments-olympics/) - Claressa, Jenny, Simone, and many, many, more, all showing the world their skill, their talent, and just how incredible they are as role models and inspiration.
- [Q&A Wednesday: I Hit My Goal, Now I Don't Know What to Do!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-hit-goal-now-dont-know/) - Q: I not only hit my goal, but I am 15lbs below it...and now I don't know what to do! I don't know what to focus on! I don't know how to handle the attention! Help!
- [Weight Loss Surgery Isn't Fool-Proof, but Neither is a Low-Carb Diet](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-and-health-care/weight-loss-surgery-isnt-fool-proof-neither-low-carb-diet/) - The difficult thing about doctors prescribing low-carb diets to reverse conditions like diabetes? Most people struggle with sticking to them.
- [What Kind of Man Calls Miss Universe 'Miss Piggy?'](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/donald-trump-alicia-machado-miss-piggy-housekeeping/) - "She gained like 55 pounds in 9 months [...] she was like an 'eating machine' [...] I guess she ate a lot of everything."
- [The Case for Sustainability: Healthier Planet, Healthier Communities, Healthier Economy — Part 1](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/case-sustainability-healthier-planet-healthier-communities-healthier-economy-part-1/) - A reluctance to protect the planet is very much tied into a reluctance to protect our economy, and the people who contribute to it. This series defines sustainability, and makes a case for why we need it.
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Get My Boo to Workout with Me?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-get-boo-workout/) - Q: Erika help!!!! i love my man but i need him to workout with me! he just doesn't enjoy it the way that i do and it worries me because i want us to grow old and healthy together!
- [How Playing in Your Makeup Can Help You Leave the Self-Hatred Behind](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/leave-self-hatred-behind/) - So many women say, "I hate looking in the mirror," "looking in the mirror makes me want to cry." You'd be surprised how easy it is to change that.
- [Changing Your Daily Diet? Vegetarian Isn't The Only Option](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/changing-your-daily-diet-vegetarian-isnt-the-only-option/) - I've been getting a lot of questions lately about changing our daily diet. What are my options? How can I commit to that kind of lifestyle change without failing? As someone who's already made these kinds of changes in her life, I thought it might be a good idea for a series on dietary lifestyle
- [Dating While Fat And Feminist, And The Nasty Things You Learn When You Lose Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/dating-while-fat-and-feminist-and-the-nasty-things-you-learn-about-people-after-you-lose-weight/) - "You wind up making friends with guys who admit their dating preferences freely, knowing that - since you're no longer fat - they won't offend you..."
- [Dating While Fat And Feminist, And The Nasty Things You Learn When You Lose Weight](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/dating-fat-feminist-nasty-things-learn-lose-weight/) - "You wind up making friends with guys who admit their dating preferences freely, knowing that - since you're no longer fat - they won't offend you..."
- [The Ten Commandments of Gym and Workout Wear](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fashionably-fit/ten-commandments-gym-workout-wear/) - Thou shalt cover thine butt crack, thou shalt stop thinking it's cute to squat in high heels, thou shalt never work out in waist trainers.
- [Review: ButcherBox Brings Grass-Fed Organic Meat to Your Door](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/review-butcherbox-brings-grass-fed-organic-meat-door/) - A review of the ButcherBox, a subscription service that delivers organic, grass-fed, hormone-free meat to your door on a regular schedule.
- [The Case for Sustainability: The Environment and the Economy, Part 1](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/case-sustainability-environment-economy-part-1/) - If the entirety of the system, as it stands, relies solely on paying disenfranchised populations as little as possible, is this sustainable? More importantly, what kind of precedent does this set?
- [The Truth About Using Exercise as a Tool Against Depression](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/truth-using-exercise-tool-depression/) - One of the frustrating things that I've learned in reading about depression is that people rely heavily on the idea that you should just be able to work out, and boom—problem solved. And this is sort of true. Sort of.
- [Q&A Wednesday: The Older I Get, the Less Motivated I Am!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-older-get-less-motivated/) - Q: After hitting age 38 everything did not work the same as it did. So now my motivation is not as strong. YES...I want to lose weight but my motivation SUCKS!!!
- [Q&A Wednesday: Why Keep Doing It If I Can't See My Progress?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-keep-cant-see-progress/) - Q: I can tell it's working because I feel active....but how long does it take to start actually seeing a difference? I'm not seeing anything!
- [Time to #BreakUpWithSalt!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/time-to-breakupwithsalt/) - Here are four quick and easy tips to help you kick salt to the curb, brought to you by A Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss and the American Heart Association!
- [Should You Drink Coffee For a Pre-Workout Energy Boost?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/drink-coffee-pre-workout-energy-boost/) - Sure, coffee can give you a nice burst of energy leading into your workouts, but are there any side-effects you should be worried about? Yes.
- [Tracee Ellis Ross Shows Us What Healthy Body Image Looks Like](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-chick-watch/tracee-ellis-ross-shows-us-healthy-body-image-looks-like/) - 'My weight fluctuates a lot and I move with it. It is what it is. That’s why I try not to have a relationship with the size that I am.'
- [Q&A Wednesday: How to Help Sagging Arms](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/arm-exercises/qa-wednesday-help-sagging-arms/) - Q: I'm rather unsure of how to go about some target areas like these sagging arms. How I can go about resolving those problem areas?
- [Q&A Wednesday: My Knees Hurt When I Work Out!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday/) - Q: Hello Erika, How are you? I respect you for giving out the information that you have for us women. I just had a few questions for you. Every year I say I am going to eat right and lose weight and I don't. I have gained so much weight through the years that now every time I do get on the treadmill my knees hurt. They hurt so bad that when I lay down at night they throb inside. I know it has to do with the excess weight I have gained in my legs and around my knees. What kind of exercise do you suggest for this and did you go through this also?
- [Q&A Wednesday: Troubleshooting Common Weight Loss Hurdles](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/qa-wednesday-troubleshooting-common-weight-loss-hurdles/) - Q: erika i've been trying to lose this weight for so long that i'm starting to think it's a part of me i'm just going to have to live with. i feel like i'm doing everything wrong and i barely know my up from down in calories anymore. please help me figure this out!!!!!!!!!!
- [The Beauty Shop: There's Still Bias Against Natural Hair](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/beauty-shop-theres-still-bias-natural-hair/) - Natural hair still faces opposition in the workplace, but what does that mean for black women?
- [On Serena Williams, Equality, and Her 'Porn Shoot' Sports Illustrated Feature](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/serena-williams-porn-shoot-sports-illustrated-feature/) - Writer claims that "By baring all, Serena reinforces sexist view that what women look like is more important than their achievements." I couldn't disagree more.
- [If Only 50% of Subway's Chicken is Really Chicken...What's the Other 50%?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fast-food/50-subways-chicken-really-chicken-whats-50/) - The oven roasted chicken scored 53.6% chicken DNA, and the chicken strips were found to have just 42.8% chicken DNA.
- [Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery Goes Wrong at Clinic That Has Killed Before](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/brazilian-butt-lift-surgery-goes-wrong-clinic-killed/) - "...died from fat clots that caused her organs to fail by blocking her arteries, Miami-Dade coroners concluded in an autopsy report."
- [10 Tips for Safely Exercising at Night](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/10-tips-safely-exercising-night/) - Tips for exercising safely at night from a pro at safety and an avid runner.
- [5 Ways Fitness Can Improve Your Sex Life](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/5-ways-fitness-can-improve-sex-life/) - Erika's note: This post gets graphic. This post is for grown folks. Notice I didn't say mature folks. I just said grown ones. I might make a couple of dick jokes in here, and I don't want any e-mails about how you were clutching your pearls while you read this. I have pearls, too. I
- [True or False: Fat Is Converted to Energy When Burned](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/want-to-burn-fat-gotta-get-your-heart-rate-up/) - More than 50 per cent of the 150 doctors, dieticians and personal trainers who were surveyed thought the fat was converted to energy or heat.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Tips for Training When You're Top-Heavy](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/booty-exercises/qa-wednesday-tips-training-youre-top-heavy/) - Q: I'm too heavy on top to do squats without tipping over! Help?
- [3 Reasons Why You Need to #MakeYourMove Towards Better Sleep](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-study-guide/3-reasons-why-you-need-to-makeyourmove-towards-better-sleep/) - Yes! I'm telling you that, if your goal is to lose weight and live healthier, you need to go to sleep! I am sending you to bed. Go. Now. And here's why.
- [Are Brown Eggs Really Better Than White?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/are-brown-eggs-really-better-than-white/) - Are brown eggs better than white? What's the difference?
- [Why You Shouldn't Lose Weight to Get a Man](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/beauty/shouldnt-lose-weight-get-man/) - There are a million reasons to choose to lose weight. Don't let "because I need a man" become one of them.
- [Q&A Wednesday: How To Handle Rude Questions About My Weight Loss](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/qa-wednesday-handle-rude-questions-weight-loss/) - Q: You see, my family is mostly slim women - I was the odd one. So my relative Who was skinny all her life, asked me over dinner " how you keep small ? That is what you eat ?" ... I was lost for words her intentions were not good, she was being rude as she was not looking for help/ advice
- [What's the Deal with Turmeric?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/healthy-eating/whats-the-deal-with-turmeric/) - How I discovered turmeric's natural healing and recovering properties, why it works, and where you can get the best of it!
- [Fit Gear Review: The CitrusZinger and TeaZinger Help You Hydrate Deliciously](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/fit-gear-reviews/fit-gear-review-citruszinger-teazinger-help-hydrate/) - The water bottle, a personal favorite of mine, gets an upgrade with fancy new attachments, AND a tea-based alternative.
- [The Case Against... Juice?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/the-case-against-juice/) - Why I made the decision to give up drinking juice, and how I've benefited from it.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Am I Going To Be Calorie Counting Forever?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/qa-wednesday-going-calorie-counting-forever/) - Q: Thing is, I've been thinking about the reality of counting every single calorie forever. I never want to be this big again, but how realistic is this?
- [What Does It Mean to Be Healthy For Good?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/abgg2wl/mean-healthy-good/) - The American Heart Association's Healthy For Good initiative has solid tips straight from my weight loss journey to help you live a healthier life!
- [Building a Home Workout Routine: Jump Rope!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/building-a-home-workout-routine-jump-rope/) - A big part of burning fat is cardiovascular exercise (also lovingly known as cardio.) The most toned muscles in the world will never be seen if there's a thick layer of fat covering them, you know? I deal with this right now - trying to get rid of the last bits of fat that I
- [What Two Years of Post-Partum Depression Taught Me About Myself](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/two-years-post-partum-depression-taught/) - What did I learn? That depression might be more familiar than I thought to me... it might be more familiar than you think to YOU, too.
- [Calling All Domestic Goddesses!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/calling-all-domestic-goddesses/) - Do you have recipes that are light, simple, quick, and yummy? Do they use only organic and home made ingredients (ie: no bottled sauces, no pre-made or pre-processed ingredients)? I'm talkin' shopping-from-only-the-outside-perimeter-of-the-grocery-store ingredients! If you have some to share, feel free to shoot them over to recipes@blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com and share 'em with the class! : )
- [KFC Tests Sandwich That Uses... Chicken.. In Place Of Bread](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/kfc-tests-new-chicken-sandwich-that-uses-chicken-in-place-of-bread/) - You know, I'm usually pretty ugly about fast food restaurants. Limiting my allowance of fast food in my life was a gigantic part of my ability to combat my weight.. mainly because fast food companies are thoroughly uninterested in your health. Without going into my full on rant about these companies, I'll put it like
- [My Appearance On LoveTALK Radio](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/my-appearance-on-lovetalk-radio/) - Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of doing an interview with LoveTALK Radio to discuss BGG2WL, weight loss, emotional eating and how my lifestyle has affected my relationships with loved ones. If you get a little free time, you should definitely check it out - it was an awesome interview and it definitely doesn't disappoint!
- [Welcome To Clean Eating Boot Camp!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/clean-eating-boot-camp/welcome-to-clean-eating-boot-camp/) - Over the course of this boot camp, we're going to cover the importance of cooking at home (as well as how to cook, y'know, for those of you who can't boil water!), the value of limited chemicals in our bodies, limiting the amount of impact we have on the environment in terms of pollution and trash, controlling emotional eating, the problem with processed foods, affordable living, portion control and how to combine all of these to make food enjoyable without stress playing a part in our relationships with food. Yes, y'all. It's that deep. I'm not playin' around, here.
- [Weekend WTF: Point Scored For #teamANTIbacon](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-point-scored-for-teamantibacon/) - Yesss.... picking on bacon lovers since 2009!
- [Introducing.. The BGG2WL Recipe Contest!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/introducing-the-bgg2wl-recipe-contest/) - How competitive are you? Got a good recipe? This one's for you!
- [Weekend WTF: Dig In! They're "All Natural!"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-dig-in-theyre-all-natural/) - The one place I never expected to find a "This is healthy! Dig in!" claim...
- [Weekend WTF: Can't Boil Water? We've Got You Covered!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-cant-boil-water-weve-got-you-covered/) - Can't boil water? Have no fear! We've got your back... sorta.
- [Contest Entry: Oompa Loompa Peppers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/contest-entry-oompa-loompa-peppers/) - The second entry in BGG2WL's first ever recipe contest: "This is my take on sweet potatoes. A little sweet, a little spice like little orange people dressed in white (yes, I am actually this nerdy)."
- [Contest Entry: Blackened Tilapia Po Boys with Garlicky Green Onion Aioli](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/contest-entry-blackened-tilapia-po-boys-with-garlicky-green-onion-aioli/) - The first entry in BGG2WL's first ever recipe contest: A blackened tilapia po'boy that can use shrimp, chicken OR tofu instead!
- [Contest Entry: Thanksgiving Stuffed Chicken](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/contest-entry-thanksgiving-stuffed-chicken/) - The third entry in BGG2WL's first ever recipe contest: A chicken breast stuffed with apples, cranberries and a little swiss cheese to top it off!
- [Have You Voted In The BGG2WL Recipe Contest Yet?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/have-you-voted-in-the-bgg2wl-recipe-contest-yet/) - Have you voted in the BGG2WL recipe contest? Why not!?
- [Weekend WTF: Bacon Soap, Bacon Vodka, Bacon Mints...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-bacon-soap-bacon-vodka-bacon-mints/) - Yes, that's right - y'all are still torturing me with various tragedies of bacon! Bacon mints, bacon vodka and, well... something else you might wanna see.
- [Weekend WTF Special Edition: Thanksgiving Tragedies](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-special-edition-thanksgiving-tragedies/) - Mystery meat and macaroni topped with an unidentified cheesy substance.
- [Weekend WTF: Grits... In A Tube?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-grits-in-a-tube/) - That's right. Grits. In. A. Tube.
- [Did You Miss Me On Afrobella Radio? Check It Out Here!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/did-you-miss-me-on-afrobella-radio-check-it-out-here/) - My exclusive interview on AfrobellaRadio!
- [8 Amazing Blogger Weight Loss Transformations Featuring... Me!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/8-amazing-blogger-weight-loss-transformations-featuring-me/) - Catch me on WomansDay.com sharing my fitness tips with other weight loss bloggers!
- [Weekend WTF: The Origin of The Kwanzaa Cake Revealed](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-the-origin-of-the-kwanzaa-cake-revealed/) - The lore of the Kwanzaa cake... demystified and explained for your reading pleasure.
- [Weekend WTF: Bread... In A Can?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/bean-soup-with-winter-squash-greens-31/) - That's right. It's bread. In a darn can.
- [Mediterannean Barley Vegetable Stew](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/mediterranean-barley-vegetable-stew/) - A reader submission - eat it vegan or with turkey meatballs!
- [Weekend WTF: Hidden Pork On Your Fork?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-hidden-pork-on-your-fork/) - Pork in your chicken products? Yum!
- [Weekend WTF: Kraft Can Tell What You Want To Eat... By Scanning Your Face?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-kraft-can-tell-what-you-want-to-eat-by-scanning-your-face/) - Kraft says they know what you want to eat just by reading your face...
- [Weekend WTF: Solve The Mystery](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-solve-the-mystery/) - See if you can solve the mystery.
- [Guess Who Was On NPR Today?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/guess-who-was-on-npr-today/) - Link to my interview on NPR on Tell Me More!
- [Garlic Chicken](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/garlic-chicken/) - A flavorful way to dress your chicken!
- [Weekend WTF: Spot The Problem, Round I](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-spot-the-problem-round-i/) - Can you find the problem with this guacamole... dip?
- [Weekend WTF: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter/) - So... imagine me rambling through someone else's fridge looking for the butter they'd asked me to acquire. There, I see my old time friend, Country Crock. "Awww, dang - my Mother uses this!" And as I'm standing up to hand it over... I realize that it doesn't... say butter anywhere - anywhere - on the
- [Guacamole](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/guacamole/) - If you're looking for a fresh guacamole recipe...
- [Weekend WTF: Denny's Is Trying To Kill You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-dennys-is-trying-to-kill-you/) - Denny's decides to put bacon on EVERYTHING... and then, the world blew up.
- [Weekend WTF: Spot The Problem, Round II](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-spot-the-problem-round-ii/) - Can you spot the problem...s?
- [Weekend WTF: More Tragedy In Your Easter Basket](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-more-tragedy-in-your-easter-basket/) - After eating all the crap IN the Easter basket... you eat... the grass?
- [Weekend WTF: Accidentally Vegan Meat Product?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-accidentally-vegan-meat-product/) - Here, we show a little love for products that represent meat, but don't... well.. they don't actually contain any meat!
- [Step-By-Step Photos: The Almighty Juicy Lucy Burger](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/step-by-step-photos-the-almighty-juicy-lucy-burger/) - A Jucy Lucy is a burger with cheese stuffed inside the burger as opposed to laying on top... and it's quite easy to make an extremely juicy and delicious burger.
- [Weekend WTF: The 98,824 Calorie Taco Night & The 71,000 Calorie Lasagna](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-the-98824-calorie-taco-night-the-71000-calorie-lasagna/) - Epic meal time, indeed.
- [Weekend WTF: Would YOU Eat Lab-Created Meat?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-would-you-eat-lab-created-meat/) - Scientists have taken to creating cow meat in labs... and PETA approves... but do YOU? Would YOU eat it? Discuss it here!
- [Stupid Study: Why Black Women Are Fatter, Dumber, More Manly And Less Attractive Than Others](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/news-feed/stupid-study-why-black-women-are-fatter-dumber-more-manly-and-less-attractive-than-others/) - Black women have higher self-esteem than women of other races! I don't know why, since they're dumber, uglier, fatter and overall less appealing than the others.
- [Bruschetta](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/bruschetta/) - I live for Italian food. I don't even care. Herbs, sauces, wines.... I just think I could go for all of it. At the same time. Yes.
- [Weekend WTF: I'm Too Sexy For This Ham](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-im-too-sexy-for-this-ham/) - Oh, the things we do with food...
- [Weekend WTF: Have You Considered Trying The Poop Burger?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-have-you-considered-trying-the-poop-burger/) - Yes. Meat is being synthesized from fecal matter. Would you eat it?
- [Weekend WTF: Spot The Problem](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-spot-the-problem/) - Not quite sure what we're looking at - or eating - here...
- [The Meal Plan Reviews Are Coming In! Get Your Copy Now!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/the-meal-plan-reviews-are-coming-in-get-your-copy-now/) - More reviews of the meal plans coming in!
- [A Heartfelt Thank You](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/a-heartfelt-thank-you/) - A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss wins Best Health and Wellness Blog and Best Cooking or Food Blog at the Black Weblog Awards!
- [Q&A Wednesday: How Weight Clings To (And Falls Off) The Body](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-how-weight-clings-to-and-falls-off-the-body/) - Q: Some folks said they lost 100lbs and people thought they'd only lostlike 20-30. Did you have similar experiences?
- [Curried Salmon Cakes](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/curried-salmon-cakes/) - A deliciously spicy take on salmon cakes: spike 'em with curry!
- [Weekend WTF: Eat Your [Powdered] Vegetables!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-eat-your-powdered-vegetables/) - Kraft has started sneaking powdered vegetables into their classic macaroni and cheese in an attempt to get kids to eat healthier, company reps announced...
- [Do You Have YOUR Copy Of Meal Plan 3?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/do-you-have-your-copy-of-meal-plan-3/) - Go get it now!
- [Budget Friendly, Vegetarian AND The Original: Get A Meal Plan Today!](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/budget-friendly-vegetarian-and-the-original-get-a-meal-plan-today/) - Get your copy today!
- [Oven Roasted Tomatoes](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/oven-roasted-tomatoes/) - Like I said before... once tomatoes get down to about $1.29 per pound? I go all in. No joke. For me, a favorite is the oven-roasted tomato. I'd love to have mine sun-dried, but I haven't quite perfected that method yet and buying them in a jar is far too expensive for my tastes. So,
- [Vote For Me! And Other Awesome BGG2WL News](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/vote-for-me-and-other-awesome-bgg2wl-news/) - Heart & Soul Magazine, Mamavation and meal plans! Oh my!
- [Making It Through Labor Day: My Personal Holiday Guide](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/making-it-through-labor-day-my-personal-holiday-guide/) - My guide to successfully floating through the Labor Day Holiday.
- [Q&A Wednesday: Exercise Won't Make You Thin?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/qa-wednesday/qa-wednesday-exercise-wont-make-you-thin/) - My commentary on Time magazine's 2009 article, "Why Exercise Doesn't Make You Thin."
- [Did You Order A Copy Of A BGG2WL Meal Plan?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/did-you-order-a-copy-of-a-bgg2wl-meal-plan/) - Did you order one? Then read this!
- [Do You, Or A Child You Know, Have Food Allergies?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/did-you-know/do-you-or-a-child-you-know-have-food-allergies/) - Do you, or a child you love, have an allergy? What do you have to avoid? Are you only allowed to have your "allergic" food in some forms and not others
- [Vote For BGG2WL: SHAPE Mag's Best Weight Loss Blogger Award](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/vote-for-bgg2wl-shape-mags-best-weight-loss-blogger-award/) - SHAPE Magazine's Best Weight Loss Blogger award - have you voted?
- [Basic Turkey Meatball Recipe](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/basic-turkey-meatball-recipe/) - Want a basic meatball recipe to modify and make your own? Start here!
- [Slow-Braised Beef Stew With Mushrooms](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/slow-braised-beef-stew-with-mushrooms/) - A nice slow cooked beef dish with a subtle orange flavor.
- [Surviving Thanksgiving 2011](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/surviving-thanksgiving-2011/) - Thanksgiving got you worried? Relax with these tips.
- [Rosemary Shrimp Scampi Skewers](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/rosemary-shrimp-scampi-skewers/) - 1 tablespoon dry white wine 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon olive oil 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 garlic clove, minced 18 large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 3/4 pound) 6 (6-inch) rosemary sprigs Cooking spray Lemon wedges (optional) Preparation Combine first 6 ingredients in a zip-top plastic bag.
- [Gym-ology 101: How To Survive Being A Newbie In The Gym](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/gym-ology-101-how-to-survive-being-a-newbie-in-the-gym/) - 12 tips to help anyone survive being a newbie to the gym scene.
- [A Moment of Silence](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/a-moment-of-silence/) - December 16th, a dear friend of mine passed away.
- [Easy Shrimp Scampi](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/easy-shrimp-scampi/) - A simple shrimp scampi recipe!
- [Weekend WTF: Bringing It Back With... The Chicken Pop Tart?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-bringing-it-back-with-the-chicken-pop-tart/) - Yes. Chicken! Made in a toaster! WTF?
- [Weekend WTF: Weight Watchers Gives McDonalds Its "Seal of Approval"](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-weight-watchers-gives-mcdonalds-its-seal-of-approval/) - "Three McDonald's meals, including Chicken McNuggets, carrying the Weight Watchers logo will be sold in the fast food chain..."
- [Walnut-Chicken Salad](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/bean-soup-with-winter-squash-greens-5/) - Chicken breaded in walnuts and breadcrumbs sound perfect for your salad....
- [Jennifer Hudson Opens Weight Watchers Center In Chicago](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/health-news/jennifer-hudson-opens-weight-watchers-center-in-chicago/) - Jennifer Hudson headlined a campaign fundraiser for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and today he returned the favor by joining the Chicago singer in opening a South Side Weight Watchers center that bears her name.
- [Phyllo Parmesan Pizza](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/phyllo-parmesan-pizza/) - A light pizza with zucchini, tomato, oregano, basil and a bit of parmesan!
- [Homemade Ketchup](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/homemade-ketchup/) - A quick and easy homemade ketchup recipe!
- [Housekeeping Note](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/about-the-site/housekeeping-note/) - On the roll-out of the new 2012 re-design.
- [Weekend WTF: Man Dines At Heart Attack Grill, Suffers From A...](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/weekend-wtf/weekend-wtf-man-dines-at-heart-attack-grill-suffers-from-a/) - ...let's just pretend that there's no irony, here: The man, whose identity has not been released, was eating by himself when he began complaining of chest pains, started sweating and stuttering his words, said Jon Basso, the restaurant’s owner. “I was in the back cooking and the nurses came back and said ‘someone is having
- [My Struggle With Quitting Smoking And Weight Gain](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/blog/my-struggle-with-quitting-smoking-and-weight-gain/) - On how quitting smoking can cause weight gain, and how you can beat the habit without the pounds.
- [Setting Goals: How, Why & Who Do You Tell?](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/its-all-mental/setting-goals-how-why-who-do-you-tell/) - The evolution of my goals, and whether or not we should share our goals publicly.
- [Grilled Portobello, Bell Pepper, and Goat Cheese Sandwiches](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/grilled-portobello-bell-pepper-and-goat-cheese-sandwiches/) - Do you NEED a grill or a grill pan for this recipe? Of course not! But for these red peppers and portobellos... it definitely wont hurt!
- [Corn and Potato Chowder](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/corn-and-potato-chowder/) - A vegetarian option? Why not?!
- [Grilled Flank Steak Tacos with Roasted Poblano Chiles, Grilled Onions and Mexican Crema](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/grilled-flank-steak-tacos-with-roasted-poblano-chiles-grilled-onions-and-mexican-crema/) - A recipe for tortilla wraps with steak and Mexican crema!
- [Baked Fish Fillets](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/recipes/baked-fish-fillets/) - A simple and flavorful way to bake a fish fillet.
- [How NOT To Train For A Race](https://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/exercise-101/how-not-to-train-for-a-race/) - One of the biggest training blunders of all time... ALL TIME! Why you can learn from my mistake.
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