Irina González, MSW Student

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Tag: healthy eating

Here is the full story of my 100+ pound weight loss (plus some resources)

Posted on September 7, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I was always a chubby kid. I remember wearing shorts in 5th grade and hating the way my thighs looked. I lost 20 pounds in the beginning of high school by experimenting with diet pills, not eating breakfast and only having a 20 ounce bottle of…

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How my boyfriend got me to eat healthy again (and visa versa)

Posted on August 19, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Sometimes it takes falling in love to remind you of some of the things that are important to you. For me, that something was healthy eating. I have quite a complicated relationship with food. After a lifetime of being overweight, losing 90 pounds with Weight Watchers in…

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Why I quit Whole30 early (and why it’s probably not for everyone)

Posted on July 2, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I woke up this morning feeling pretty great about myself. The sun was shining, my skin looked good and my stomach was feeling pretty happy with me. The only problem? It’s what should have been the start of Day 22 of my Whole30 adventures and I…

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The 6 healthy food trends you NEED this year

Posted on March 3, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. This was probably one of the most fun stories I’ve written in a while. Partially because it’s a topic that I am very passionate about (healthy eating FTW!) but also because I got to talk to some of the top food bloggers, writers and editors about…

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My 6 food resolutions for 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When it comes to starting the year off right, we all make New Year’s Resolutions that are often pretty much dropped by the time February rolls around. I’m certainly guilty of it, year after year after year. That’s why this year I’m doing things a little…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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