Body image :

(Not So) Camera Shy

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Guys, I wish I had something exciting for you on the food front, but alas, I do not. I?m going home this weekend though and can?t wait to get in the kitchen!! I am dreaming up some kind of dish involving polenta?and cheese. Mmmm? I do, however,[...]

Breathing Through it

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Hello and what a different person I am! I am so happy I decided to go to that class this morning, it was just what my body, and mind needed.  The instructor, Sheila, classically trained in India, took us through exquisitely sequenced postures,[...]

America the Obsessed

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Last night I attended a showing of a film called "America the Beautiful" for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week . The film was about our society?s ridiculous standards of beauty and how damaging they are to women. There was a lot of[...]

Eating With Enjoyment

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You are all amazing! I did not expect such an overwhelming response to my post about Body Haters the other day. From all of your comments I gathered that I was definitely not over reacting to this mans comments. I only wish that I could go[...]

Help raise awareness!

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February 21-27th is National Eating Disorders Awareness week. The point of NEDAwareness week is to help educatre more people about how serious and life-threatening eating disorders are. By doing this, hopefully eating disorders will became less of[...]

Visions of Sugar Plums

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  Certain types of professionals and athletes have a stereotypical body type.  People can sometimes look at a certain person and tell what kind of sport they might play.  For example, I usually know when someone is a swimmer (I can[...]

Oops, I did it again...

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I opened ANOTHER box...But, boy was it worth it! SOMEBODY STOP ME! Nature's Path bug bit me again last night, and I just had  to try the Sunflower Agave Granola... Mixed up with a little SmartBran and dried fruit my daddy-o's office. Christmas[...]

Trouble on the Home Front

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Well, Im home from quite the empowering class! I walked in with seconds to spare and snagged a spot in the back corner. Happily, right beside one of my most cherished instructors. I embraced her presence and rode her energy throughout the class. [...]

Just Workin? On My Fitness

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Wanna see my fancy office chair? Oh, yes I did! As if they didn?t think I was strange enough?the whole healthy food eating, fermented tea drinking (mmm, Kombucha?I love you), yoga practicing, fitness ball sitting thing makes me quite[...]

Don't Take Your ED Shopping

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I had a bad weekend :( I've been really struggling lately with my depression and body image. Over the past few weeks (maybe longer), I've felt like my progress has been sliding backwards. I'm still making progress in my ED recovery, but my[...]