Now, I have often used the concept of packing your own lunch as a metaphor for the myriad of ways that you can take care of your body by feeding it properly. I love packing my lunch, because it not only allows me to avoid the middle-of-the-day-food-scramble but also because there is something comforting about [...]
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Or, Why I Refused To Starve Myself For The Photoshoot. I will warn you that if you are easily triggered, this post may prove upsetting for you. I talk very blatantly about my disordered eating emotions/thought patterns and extreme body image lows, though there is a happy ending, I pinky swear. Now. I thought that [...]
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So, when I polled my readers recently for topics that they would like covered here, the lovely @djodrylapointe [follow her, she's lovely] asked me to address the topic of learning to eat healthfully, but without falling into restrictive dieting. And wouldn’t you know, this is one of my favorite topics these days? Because this can be [...]
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The thing about local food is that it just tastes so much better. This morning I woke up, and the minute my eyes opened, I was craving a local egg scramble with mushrooms, onions, and goat cheese and gluten free toast – you know, the kind of food that you could have cooked for yourself, [...]
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Yesterday Christine over at BlissChick wrote a phenomenal post about her relationship with her body and her gluten intolerance, in which she discussed how she feels a zillion times better when she doesn’t eat gluten – even though she loves gluten [who doesn't???]. Anywho, she merrily existed for a month or so, gluten free, when [...]
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It occurred to me recently, in my own personal battle with compulsive eating and my pledge to teach myself to eat intuitively, that there are certain situations, mood patterns, and personal obstacles where my old patterns re-emerge full force even when I have the best intentions. Now, these situations will vary from person to person, [...]
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Hi from New Zealand! Just found your blog today, really enjoying it! I’ve struggled with body image all my life, I’m now in my early 30s and have a baby daughter, and I’m realising I need to be very careful not to inadvertantly pass my negative vibes on to her. We naturally tell her she’d [...]
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Hi! I’m a reader of your blog, and I must say that I am absolutely in love with the site! (: Thank you for all of your support! There is an issue of mine that has been occurring for the past 3-4 months, relative to my eating-habits. For the past two years, I’ve been going [...]
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or, Lessons I Don’t Want to Teach My Daughters, depending. I feel revolting. I am too busy to feel revolting. And yet, here I am, again, feeling like my skin is too tight and I am suffocating in my overwhelming need to consume. I will give myself a slight reprieve: I did quit smoking – [...]
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