Help! My Mother-in-law Knows the “Right” Way to Organize a Home. But Her Methods Are Maddening.

Casey Johnston is an American writer and editor.

Her new book, A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting just hit shelves this May .

She has written the fitness advice column “ Ask a Swole Woman” and a newsletter about weightlifting.

Dear Prudie: I have zero self-control with sweets or chips, so I just don't keep them at home.

I've tried dieting but can never maintain the calorie deficit for longer than a few years .

I don't want to create a household where he feels like he’s hungry or on a diet.

"Forgot" and did it anyway. So we didn’t tell her about the next trip, and then she took pictures from our social media after the fact and did the same damn thing. It’s enough that I’ve started to question it! This is the perfect time for us to do this; our knees won't hold out forever for the kind of active travel we currently enjoy.