The January diet monsters are out in full force. This year, the hot trend is clearly the customizable diet. MADE JUST FOR YOU! In this magical MODERN version of a diet, for MODERN people, you can dare to…eat something that you enjoy! Leave your home! Live a life! (For a fee, of course. Freedom is…
Category: self-acceptance
New year, same me
I’ve always loved this time of year. There’s something about the idea of a fresh new start that makes me feel focused, renewed, motivated — ready to set goals and smash them. But this year I don’t feel invigorated. I just feel kind of lost. This season of my life has been really, really hard,…
When anti-dieting feels dismissive
When I was in my early 20s, just out of college and adjusting to Real Life, I wanted to lose weight, and couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t happening. I watched what I ate (obsessively), I worked out (obsessively), but the scale never budged…so then I binged. I was so frustrated I decided to return…
Control isn’t coming
When I was a kid, my changing body drove me crazy. I was getting larger in all the ways I didn’t want to. Taller? Nope. Wider? Constantly. Why couldn’t I make my body do what I wanted? Why couldn’t I control it? I had control over so little then. My class schedule, my teachers, my…
If you’re setting intentions, be intentional
It’s the time of year that so many people around the world set health and fitness intentions, and this year that’s on my mind too. Now that the holidays are over and I’ll have a bit more time, I’ve decided to make a goal for the coming months: to strengthen my abs. I’ve set a…
Body acceptance is a superpower
Body acceptance sounds pretty touchy feely, doesn’t it? Maaaybe even a little cheesy? But boy oh boy, it’s so much more powerful than that. It’s like a force field that protects you from bullshit. And guys…there’s so much bullshit out there. If body acceptance were easy, everyone would rocking it. But it takes work, introspection,…
six months to sanity 