Mary Grace Donaldson-Cipriano

On May 19, 2024, I started a journey that would change the trajectory of my life. It wasn't just another attempt to right the ship. Two years later, I'm still here. Thanks to the absence of the feeling as though I'm in Food Jail, I've been able to stay consistent without constant feelings of psychological torture. And now, with two years down, I have more confidence in the belief that I've truly changed my lifestyle. While I will stay on a GLP-1 medication until my health insurance tells me I...

This past week, the medical community -- as told by The Lancet Journal -- made a big announcement about the condition formerly known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS. The condition has been renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, or PMOS. Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously named polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affects one in eight women. However, the term PCOS is inaccurate, implying pathological ovarian cysts, obscuring diverse endocrine and...

This post title clearly doesn't only relate to intentional weight loss or food noise. But I promise... it relates. My best friend, Gauri, and I recently had a lengthy discussion about how our culture has become entirely self-possessed. Less importance is placed on being happy for other people in terms of traditional life milestones (marriage, children, buying a home, new job) OR in terms of less traditional personal milestones (finishing a race or getting healthy, for instance). To someone's...