I often get asked if I still have a workout routine after having recovered from exercise addiction and my eating disorder. I haven’t addressed this on Instagram, but I wanted to share with you why I chose not to exercise at all for a long time.
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“Why are you always so mean to yourself?”, Shaun asked me last night as I was dwelling in self doubt and crippling fear. “Because”, I said, “I don’t know how else to treat myself.” He grabbed my shoulders, looked at me and said “where is this coming from? You’re nice to your body now, but you have moved on to being mean to yourself about everything else you do.” He was right. I made peace with food and with my body and I stopped letting my negative body image take over[...]
Yesterday, I ate my feelings. Yup. I haven’t dealt with emotional eating since my dieting days, which has been a while. But yesterday, I felt overwhelmed, had the Period blues and felt like the work I am putting into my business isn’t enough. I felt that I’m not enough. I was hungry around 4pm and my snack didn’t satisfy me, so I got another snack and then another one... I realized pretty quickly that no amount of food could possibly fill me up, because what I actual[...]
Whichever diet I am talking about here that did not work out for me, this is my subjective opinion. It is not a substitute for medical advice, so always do you own research and experimentation. Maybe your diet does work for you (right now) There is probably plenty of people that thrive on one of the diets I will mention and that is great. However, if you tend to get obsessive over things and are a very type A person like me, you might be able to relate to some things I will[...]