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Brande Victorian
Aug 15, 20174 min read
Let's Talk About This Picture
When Internet trainers started stealing my transformation picture and passing the results off as their own, I got upset; then I got inspired
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Brande Victorian
Aug 15, 20171 min read
Be Enough Bootcamp At Harlem HIIT
Want to get a taste of my 90-day transformation experience first-hand? Join me this Saturday as I host a Be Enough Bootcamp with my trainer,
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Brande Victorian
Aug 8, 20174 min read
What Y'all Really Want From A N-gga?
I know part of the body positivity wave is to say we don't need anyone -- not even men -- to affirm us, but does that automatically make
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Brande Victorian
Aug 2, 20171 min read
Love Your Body Event
Spend your Friday night with me, Samsung, and an amazing group of women as we show you how to love your body!
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Brande Victorian
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Just Get It Over With
Let me start by saying that whole "just get it over with" headline is nowhere near as shady as it sounds, but it is what I had to tell...
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Brande Victorian
Jul 31, 20174 min read
Thick Thighs Might Save Lives But Big Bodies Don't Exist For Your Comfort
The quickest way to ensure a conversation with me goes absolutely nowhere is to approach me on some big girl bullshit.
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Brande Victorian
Jul 30, 20173 min read
Food Will Never Fill You Up
"Compulsive eating is an attempt to avoid the absence of love, of comfort, of knowing what to do." And it never works.
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Brande Victorian
Jul 18, 20172 min read
Being Enough Retreat
Start 2018 off right at the Being Enough Retreat with me, Dr. Crystal Jones, and HolistiCiLyfe in Carriacou Island, Grenada.
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Brande Victorian
Jul 14, 20172 min read
Am I Being Fetishized On Dating Apps Because I'm A Dark-Skinned Big Girl?
In my latest column for Hinge IRL, I address the issue of being fetishized for your size when dating online.
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Brande Victorian
Jul 4, 20174 min read
I Can See Through Leslie Jones' "Men Don't Like Me" Front, Right Through To Myself
Sometimes when you're a part of the undesirables you don't know any other way to be.
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Brande Victorian
Jun 28, 20174 min read
Do You Ask Men For What You Want?
Asking in no way guarantees you'll get what you want but, theoretically, it puts you one step closer to getting what it is that you desi
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Brande Victorian
Jun 22, 20172 min read
90-Day Transformation Week 4:30 Days In, 10 Lbs ↓
I broke through the plateau, which is diet speak for I trusted the process and started eating proteins and greens like a good little client.
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Brande Victorian
Jun 13, 20173 min read
Contrary To What My Mama Taught Me, It's Too Hot To Worry About Covering Up My "Flaws"
I was 20 year's old before I wore a sleeveless top in public. Now I'm braving the heat in crop tops and short because, well, it'
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Brande Victorian
Jun 11, 20172 min read
90-Day Transformation Week 3: Get Off The Scale
Already, I've started doing the most --obsessing over the scale -- and yet not enough -- recognizing my true progress -- again.
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Brande Victorian
Jun 9, 20174 min read
The Thing About Weight Loss Compliments
Gabourey Sidibe may not need that support, but I do.
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Brande Victorian
Jun 6, 20175 min read
It's A Shame People Yelling Things About My Weight In The Street Makes Me Feel Like Something
I know the need to body shame me says more about the people doing it than it does me, but in those moments I do feel ashamed of my body and
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Brande Victorian
Jun 5, 20173 min read
90-Day Transformation Week 2: I'm Back And I'm (Slightly) Better
After a rocky first week eating wise -- and a few days of burning quads -- I started the second week of my 90-day transformation more focuse
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Brande Victorian
May 30, 20174 min read
For Once It Would Be Nice To Meet A Man Without A Situation
I'm over having to consider kids, wives, ex-girlfriends, live-in exes, live-in babymamas, trying to get my own place, no career-having--
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Brande Victorian
May 29, 20174 min read
90-Day Transformation Week 1: I Wasn't Ready
I thought physical fitness would be my biggest hurdle this week, but I quickly learned I wasn't mentally prepared for training again.
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Brande Victorian
May 24, 20174 min read
Is Your Commitment To Wellness Predicated On Convenience?
For the most part, I set out with good intentions to make healthy choices. Often, I only succeed under the best of circumstances.
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