Articles tagged:Elizabeth Palmer

Confessions of a (very) curvy girl: Dear Wii Fit: Thou art mine enemy

Posted: Wed Sep 29 10 a.m. by Elizabeth Palmer

For my 30th column, I wanted to do something worthy of what, for me, is a huge accomplishment. Writing this column (more or less) consistently since last fall is a major feather in my consistency cap — one of only a bare few. It can sit right alongside the feather ...

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Posted: Tue Aug 24 7:45 a.m. by Elizabeth Palmer

Anyone who has followed this column has probably read one or two of my rants on veganism. Most of these stem from my staunch resistance to being restricted from eating anything I choose. However, in light of some recent health issues and the heart gripping fact that I am not ...

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Confessions of a (very) curvy girl: Losing weight requires the right tools

Posted: Wed Jul 28 noon by Elizabeth Palmer

Part 28: Now I’ve done it. I realize that my bad eating habits are largely crimes of opportunity. Clandestine liaisons with the crappiest of cookies, the furtive shoveling of forkfuls of luscious desserts into my mouth thinking that they can’t really be that bad and the pre-emptive defensive looks I ...

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Posted: Sat Jul 10 noon by Elizabeth Palmer

As it happens, it would not be uncommon for you to answer that question with, “Wait, spend my who day?” I mean, unfortunately, Tesla’s name has largely been shoved out of the common vernacular in this country. Aside from an offhand reference to the 80’s hair band (who, incidentally makes ...

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Posted: Wed Jun 23 7:35 p.m. by Juliana Keeping AnnArbor.com Health & Environment Reporter

Former U.S. Congressman Marvin Esch of Ann Arbor has died. He was 82. A Republican, Esch served in the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan through 1976. That year, he ...

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Confessions of a (very) curvy girl: Part 27: Endurance in dieting not the easiest thing

Posted: Wed Jun 23 5:34 p.m. by Elizabeth Palmer

The other day, I changed my gchat status to, “Am now officially girl who sits at desk eating baby carrots.” Because honestly, keeping up the low-calorie eating throughout the days that I am stuck to my desk is difficult. I like to have something to chew on while I consider, ...

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Posted: Thu Jun 17 5:50 a.m. by Jeff Kass Community Contributor

Nine-and-a-half months ago - and 58 blog entries ago - I wrote that the school year would be a sprint, that I would begin running when the first bell rang. Today is my last day of final exams, the last day I’ll see students. The sprint has come to an ...

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Confessions of a (very) curvy girl: Part 26: Eating less is like quitting smoking

Posted: Thu Jun 10 6 a.m. by Elizabeth Palmer
Part 26: Eating less is like quitting smoking

*Note: There is a slight schedule change. New installments of “Curvy Girl” will now come out every other Wednesday. Recently, I’ve had a revelation of sorts. When I lived in Chicago (2000-2005), there was a period toward the end of my time there when I got incredibly skinny, skinnier than ...

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Farmer's Market pick of the week: Oliverio Sister’s Pasta e Pasta

Posted: Sun May 30 7 a.m. by Elizabeth Palmer
Oliverio Sister’s Pasta e Pasta

Well, if the humidity is an indication, we are at long last reaching summertime in our fair state. Michigan has traded in its mitten for a string bikini, the canoe liveries are open and the Wednesday Farmers Market at Kerrytown has started up again. With all the bounty that is ...

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