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Melanie Avalon’s New Youtube Channel!

By melanieavalon / April 16, 2015

I’m finally doing it. Launching a YouTube Channel about all of this health stuff! I’ve been too scared to just #commit. (I think it’s literally easier to write an entire book, then start a youtube channel.) However, I recently signed with a Youtube Network, which has given me the confidence to JUST DO IT. Here goes! There aren’t […]

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Confessions of a Hollywood Extra

By melanieavalon / March 13, 2015

After reading this article in LA Weekly, I decided to chip in on the whole Hollywood Extra (AKA “Background”) experience, a surreal world where fleeting royalty-esque moments puncture an otherwise constant “moving prop” cattle stigma. I engaged in a steady relationship with the “BG” world for about a year, every day featuring (no pun intended) a different movie, television, or […]

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Once Upon A Colonoscopy

By melanieavalon / September 28, 2014

Note: Due to the very concept of a colonoscopy, the following post contains subject material of a potentially TMI nature (at least for my typical sensibilities). I’m writing it because it concerns digestive health, and also because I had feverishly googled the process before undergoing it, looking for personal survival tales to calm my nerves. (And found […]

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17 Signs You’re An “Actress” In LA

By melanieavalon / September 12, 2014

Ok, time for my first acting-related post. Why 17? I just like the number 17.   1. You are not surprised by ANYTHING anyone asks you to do. (Oh you want me to act possessed? No worries. Oh you want me to have an imaginary conversation? Sure thing. Oh, you want me to die? Got […]

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5 Personal Paleo Benefits

By melanieavalon / March 23, 2014

Adopting a Paleo lifestyle can sort of rock your world. Here are just a few of the benefits I’ve experienced since going Paleo. “Correlation not Causation!” you cry? I’ll let you be the judge… 1. Food Tastes Better I’ve transitioned from one type of picky eater to another. Back in my SAD (Standard American Diet) days, […]

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My Diet History In A Proverbial Nutshell

By melanieavalon / February 13, 2014

Ok, here goes. A brief history of how I became the health & nutrition crazed girl I am today! First, to clarify: I have never been “overweight,” always erring on the thin side. That being said, I always strove for that “ideal” female body, subscribing to the myriad of fat burning, weight-loss, “lose-10-lbs-in-10-days” mantras which […]

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