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When I was in high school, I dated a guy for about five years ( I know). As silly as it sounds, I barely ate in front of him when we first got together. I avoided dinner dates and stuck to “lady-like” foods like salads or picking at fruits when I was forced to eat so that I didn’t pass out. It was ridiculous.

As we got closer and more comfortable with each other, I let my guard down and actually started eating in front of him. My ex was relatively thin and could pretty much eat whatever he wanted without having to worry about gaining a pound. Me, not so much. Once I felt stable in our relationship, I started eating a lot. Like a lot. I figured, why should I care so much about my appearance? My guy loves me the way I am and he’s not going to leave me if I go up a few pounds.

Obviously, I gained a bunch of weight – and while my ex never said anything, it bugged me. I wondered if I was the only one who had gained weight once they were in a relationship, and I quickly figured out that I wasn’t. Over the years, I’ve watched many, many girl friends spend their single lives dieting like crazy, only to get into a relationship and gain all of that weight, and more, back. I’ve watched cousins get married and pack on the pounds. Basically, I’ve seen people literally transform once they get into a long-term relationship.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with gaining a little weight. It happens. It’s nothing to beat yourself up over. But I’ve always wondered: is there really a link between food and relationships? And apparently, yes, there is.

The Huffington Post recently spoke to a psychology professor Maryanne Fisher, who has done a little research on the subject. According to Maryanne, food and love are sort of linked in your brain. She says that in the beginning of a relationship, “Food is a way to display skills to a potential mate. You might buy nicer food, prepare better meals. It’s fascinating how it can be used as part of the relationship.”

TOTALLY TRUE. At least according to my love life. When I first started dating my current BF, I wouldn’t touch greasy chips or fries or candy in front of him – I wanted him to think I only ate healthy foods that are good for you. Why? I don’t know. I once watched my boyfriend wash down two jumbo Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups with a bag of BBQ pork rinds, so I don’t know why I felt the need to lie about my own eating habits.

Maryanne goes on to say that in the beginning of a relationship, people tend to eat less due to the fact that they release an abundance of “reward hormones”. These hormones make you happy and give you energy, and can sometimes suppress your appetite.

However, those hormones don’t stay up throughout the entire course of a relationship. The levels go up and down, and in extreme cases they can even cause obesity. Many other studies have found that people who are married or in long-term relationships are more likely to gain weight. Why? I can only imagine that it’s for the same reasons I gained weight: you feel comfortable and secure in your relationship and you don’t really feel like you have anyone to impress anymore. So you let things slide.

This all makes total sense to me and I’m sure it’s something that a lot of us can relate to. So I want to know: have you ever gained weight during the course of a relationship? Have you ever seen friends do it? Tell me in the comments!

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The thing is that there’s not any proof that aphrodisiacs work. So, it’s not like you can slip a chocolate milk into your crush’s lunch and then BADABING!, expect him to make out with you after fifth period. But I do think that the thing most aphrodisiacs have in common is that they feel like treats–they’re luxurious and special. And when people are made to feel special and pampered, they might be more likely to feel sexy, too.

So go ahead and do what you can to make your crush feel like the coolest person on the planet. If he or she wants to get a little closer later, you could chalk it up to whatever “aphrodisiacs” you used, but really? I’d just give yourself credit for being the awesome, gorgeous, super desirable girl that you are! Magical aphrodisiacs had nothing to do with it!

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So, naturally, when abovementioned boyfriend saw this freaky article about blue cheese, he had to send it to me. There’s a reason why blue cheese is so nasty . . . and that’s because the cheese is actually having sex! Like, it’s having sex while you eat it! If you’re like, “Whaaaaaat?! Cheese can’t have sex!,” you’re kind of right, and kind of wrong.

Here’s the deal: the “blue” in blue cheese is fungus, you know, like mold that grows in your shower (although I definitely wouldn’t suggest eating that!). Fungus is, to put it bluntly, alive. It eats, it breathes, it grows. No, it doesn’t have it’s own Facebook page or watch TV, but apparently–according to super smart scientists–it does have sex.

Scientists used to think that the kind of fungus in blue cheese wasn’t having sex at all, that it was reproducing asexually without coming together with another sexy fungus to make fungus babies . . . but that’s all wrong! The fungus in blue cheese is actually having sex even as it enters your mouth on a cracker!

If you love blue cheese, just think of it as the most romantic cheese out there. As for me, I’m just calling it gross.

Do you love blue cheese? What do you think about your cheese having sex? Creepy or kind of cool? Tell me in the comments!

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I know, you’re jealous. But trust me, you shouldn’t be.

See, when I was little, I would beg my mom for M&Ms for breakfast and refuse to eat whatever else she served (yes, I realize now how horrible I was as a child, and yes, I have apologized). On those mornings, my mom just let me go without breakfast, insisting that it was my choice if I wanted to suffer. I thought it was because she was mean or didn’t understand how fun life would be if you were allowed to color outside the lines–but it was actually probably because she knew just how terrible I’d feel if I tried to exist on chocolate alone. Worse than eating no breakfast at all, it turns out.

Let me take you back to this morning and explain what happened to me: The turtle was sneaky in his deception. He was so enticing and adorable. He was practically singing to me as I hit my snooze button for the third time. Obviously, we were meant to be. I nibbled away and when I was finished, I felt awesome. Wide awake, full of energy, ready to have a super bad ass day. That lasted for exactly 42 minutes. Then came the bad thing.

It isn’t just a headache. It isn’t just a stomach ache. It’s both, coupled with a just enough sugar-rush residue to make me unpleasantly jittery. I love chocolate. I really do. But I also think I’ve learned my lesson. Real food wins out for breakfast.

Now, what should I get for lunch . . . a Nutella sandwich or a Choco Taco?

How much do you love chocolate? Have you ever eaten chocolate or candy for breakfast and regretted it? Tell me in the comments!

To Hell With Turkey. I’ll Eat Chocolate Instead.

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Twinkies may be no more.

The parent company of America’s most iconic snack cake has been having financial problems for a while, and now they may shut down production forever. FOREVER. That’s a long time to not have individually wrapped portions of perfection. I might be crying right now. Or I might just have something in my eye, okay? Why are you judging me?

Listen, Twinkies and I go way back. In sixth grade, my love for them was so well-known that my crush actually gave me a giant box of them for my birthday. (Sweet gesture, right? I think he’s actually in jail now, though.) I have Twinkie lip balm, and the only people who love it more than I do are the boys lucky enough to make out with me. (Seriously, this stuff is incredible.) Twinkies inspired my love of baking. They’re kind of a big thing for me. But not just for me. Not just for Tallahassee from Zombieland. But for all of us.

Twinkies are not only delicious, but they’re also resilient. They’re like the phoenix, or cockroaches, or Slash or Cher. No matter how old they are, no matter how long ago they should have expired, they still come back. They still look and taste wonderful, and they last forever.

Twinkies are an iconic piece of America because they’re a lot like the country itself. America went through a Civil War, 9/11, the Kardashians. Twinkies went through fad diets, economic issues, and a sudden change in flavor shortly after they came out–they originally had banana cream filling, but changed to vanilla when bananas were rationed in World War II. Twinkies and America went through it together. Twinkies, arguably, are a symbol offreedom. (Including the freedom to make myself have to be burned out of my house someday. I just like knowing that I can if I so choose.) And now Twinkies and America may never weather storms together again.

This is a lot different than the end of Twilight, which you can always go back and relive on DVD. You can’t go back and eat a Twinkie that isn’t there, guys. Thishurts.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to eat my feelings. You know, while I still can.

Are you going to miss Twinkies? What’s your favorite snack? What would you do if your favorite snack stopped existing? Tell us in the comments!

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The other day, I was offered a pumpkin flavored Pop-Tart at a friend’s house. Wait, let me repeat that. A pumpkin flavored Pop-Tart. I mean, come on! Obviously I declined, because who can honestly tell me that those sound delicious?

Don’t get me wrong – I love the flavor of pumpkin and pumpkins in general. Pumpkin spice coffee is my favorite kind of coffee, I could eat pumpkin seeds every single day of my life and I make an absolutely delicious pumpkin pie (if I do say so myself). I’m on board with pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin muffins. This year, I went pumpkin picking three separate times. I love pumpkins… and apparently so does the rest of the world, because this whole pumpkin flavored thing is getting a little out of control.

I’m not sure when pumpkin flavored foods/drinks became so popular, but I feel like it was within the last few years. It was like, one year, the only pumpkin thing you could find was the pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks – and then the next year, pumpkin was all over the place. And this year, things have just gotten out of hand. Pumpkin flavored stuff is literally everywhere you look right now, and guess what? Whoever is responsible for this is ruining pumpkins.

Did you know that in addition to pumpkin Pop-Tarts, there is also pumpkin flavored pasta? There is pumpkin pie vodka (I feel nauseous just thinking about that). There is pumpkin flavored Pringles and ice cream and macaroons and cookies. But that’s not all! There is also pumpkin flavored granola, bagels, marshmallows, butter and Jello, among other things. Am I really going to be the only one to say this? Enough is enough! 

I mean, pumpkin spice Jello?! And Pringles?! That doesn’t sound appetizing to me at all. Sure, fall would not be the same without a steaming cup of pumpkin spice coffee or a yummy pumpkin donut. But I’m pretty confident when I say I think we can do without all of that other stuff.

This pumpkin overexposure is seriously ruining my love of those huge orange fruits. Why does the world always have to ruin the best things?! Haven’t we learned by now that overexposure of something great only ruins it? Who could eat all of that pumpkin stuff and not get sick of it? I used to look forward to seeing the words “pumpkin spice” on the shelves at the food store, and now I’m just like, “ugh… again? Really?”

So, thanks a lot world. Thanks a lot for ruining this wonderful fall fruit by attempting to make as much money off of it as possible. Make a note for next year to tone it down a little bit before we can’t even stomach the site of a pumpkin anymore. Although I feel like that’s not too far off.

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