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Suddenly Susan: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

As a young ballet dancer in a sport defined by aesthetics, my concept of food was less is more, which meant I developed a warped sense of fat, carbs, and meat (which I covered up by proclaiming vegan and vegetarianism) that left me to fuel with highly processed frankenfoods like splenda and atkins cereal. What did I get for it? Two broken feet, a career that ended before it started, and twenty years of food obsession…which I managed to cover up as a culinary professional. It’s my job to be obses