This is a question I get almost every single day: How did you learn to accept your body after gaining all this weight in your recovery? It was not easy seeing my body change so drastically. During the first 2 months of my recovery, I put on about a third of my body weight. I talk all about the physical side effects of this weight gain in this article, especially when it came to my digestion. However, when it comes to the mental side effects of that weight gain, it is a whole other sto[...]
This will be a quick episode, because I want to get straight to the point today and share my personal experience with fear. In this episode I share: - How my fear of not being enough sneaks into my life and what I do about it- How I channel this fear into courage- What courage feels like and how exactly I build my self-confidence through feeling my fear- How to unleash your inner superhero Links mentioned in this Episode Join my brand-new Self Love Jumpstart course at https://courses.ownit[...]
The episode everyone keeps asking me about is finally out!I am interviewing my husband Shaun and we are having a very juicy and honest conversation about body image, diet culture for men, supporting a loved one through an eating disorder, mental health, sex and much more! Some of my favorite topics we covered - The “movie-version” story of how we met and why we didn’t start dating until 18 months later - My rock-bottom moment and eating disorder from his point of view - Men and diet[...]
I am so excited to share this interview with you because I know you will love it so much! In today’s episode I am chatting with my friend Davida Lederle, who is the creator behind The Healthy Maven, a multi-channel health- and wellness platform dedicated to making healthy living easier and sustainable. Davida’s content is diverse, ranging from recipes, to travel, to self-care with a focus on how to live healthfully, rather than living for your health. When Davida isn’t in the kitchen,[...]
Did you know that the word “cellulite” didn’t really appear anywhere until pretty recently? In fact, the word “cellulite” and it’s description made its first appearance in North America when Vogue printed an article about it in the 1960s… Before that, cellulite wasn’t really a global term to describe our skin. These bumps on our skin are a very natural part of our body tissue. Not a “disease” that needs to be cured. Cellulite treatment is very recent and became[...]
When I decided I was done chasing the “perfect body” and dieting myself into the ground, I experienced a period of a few months where I ate upwards of tens of thousands of calories every single day. I would eat carrot cake for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. I felt so defeated and unable to stop. My body had completely taken over and I was on autopilot. Even though my stomach was painfully full, I was still hungry - mentally hungry. My body kept asking for more. This[...]
If I would have seen this body two years ago, I probably would have had a breakdown - that’s how disordered I was. I would have thought that this healthy body was flawed, because it doesn’t look like the body of my then-favourite fitness model. I would have beat myself up, because I was “too weak” to follow my food- and workout plan and “just suck it up”. Today, I look at this body with love and compassion. This body was never supposed to look like the[...]
Have you ever woken up and immediately felt icky in your skin? You felt just fine the day before, but today you feel bloated, puffy and generally “off”. Looking in the mirror becomes a pain and you just want to put your pajamas back on and crawl under the covers. Been there? I sure have. I used to have these kinds of days all the time. The funny part is that I had them even more so when I was about 40 pounds lighter than I am now. Coincidence? I don’t think so. 2 years ago,[...]
[Disclaimer: The content of this article is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice, health care or eating disorder treatment.] Recovering from an eating disorder or disordered eating is one of the hardest challenges I ever put myself through. The daily struggle, especially at the beginning, the shame about giving up a piece of your identity... There is so many challenges that come with recovery, but I absolutely believe that a full reco[...]