This episode is for you if you feel like you might have taken your exercise habits too far. We are always told that exercising MORE and eating LESS is the secret to being healthy, right? Well, in my case and many other cases, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In this episode, I am going to break down the 5 biggest symptoms of over-training and how you can reverse the damage and create a peaceful, balanced relationship to exercise and movement. Links mentioned in this e[...]
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Out of sheer curiosity, I googled the title of my article before publishing it. All that came up was "how to stop counting calories and still lose weight". The intention of weight loss is the whole problem our society is so obsessed with calories and macronutrients. It is weight loss or an innocent "healthy eating journey" that usually gets us into this mess. The recipe for a food and body obsession The recipe for this obsession is this. Take a society that is obsessed with small bodies, t[...]
My first thought about dieting was at age 13, my first diet attempt was at age 15. Nowadays, this would be considered pretty late. I hear about girls at the age of 7 wanting to go on a diet. We live in a crazy world! In the past 13 years, I have suffered through various eating disorders and "eating-styles/life-styles" that were eating disorders in disguise. Now that I am slowly recovering and finding peace through intuitive eating, I can look back and reflect. None of these diets worked for me.[...]
A lot of people think that losing weight should be the number one reason to exercise. The number two reason is often preventing heart disease and diabetes. They treat their workout like a painful chore to maintain or change their bodies. Or, they exercise to prevent some illness in the unforeseeable future. If changing your body is the reason you go to the gym, there is a possibility you don't enjoy your workouts. There is a possibility you will start hating the gym or getting dis[...]