The Corset
I used to think of a workout like a corset: designed to create a certain bodily aesthetic through torture. Going to the gym meant forcing my body to fit the workout, not the… Read More
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Thoughts on Disordered Eating
What I’m about to write is no doubt going to be somewhat controversial. Which is why, of course, I’m hesitant to write it. But, frankly, I think it’s something that needs to be… Read More
Becoming ED: The Female Athlete Triad and Amenorrhea
There’s a point in your disordered eating when you become your disorder. When, without realizing it, you stop separating your own body from the image of ED in your head. And suddenly: your… Read More
The Disappearing Woman
I know that, at least for me, the idea of sexuality is a huge trigger. My first kiss was preceded by a panic attack in my high school’s “zen garden” and directly followed… Read More
Getting Healthy…Period.
Since I feel like we all know each other so well by now (said the girl who developed a parasocial relationship with the internet), I want to post about a very exciting first–and… Read More
Comparing Apples to Bacon, or When Healthy Lifestyles Become “Diets”
Calories in/out rant ahead. Be prepared.* Good morning, friends! And Merry Belated Christmas! I’m sorry that I haven’t been by the blog in a week…I can only hope that you haven’t either–after all,… Read More
One Girl’s Trash Is Another Girl’s Trigger
When it comes to the calories in vs. calories out issue, I know that there are no easy fixes. We live in a culture that sees “truths” in absolute terms so long as… Read More
A Day “Without” Calories
I learned, this summer, that by eating the right things and moving as much as I needed to for recovery, I have actually become healthier than I was when I was preaching “health”… Read More
The Math of Mealtime
If you have ever been on a diet, every started a new fitness regimen, done your first “couch to 5K” or started restricting one or more food groups for the sake of getting… Read More
“But You Still Have To Go To The Gym”
This commercial makes me so angry–it embodies pretty much everything that’s wrong with the state of fitness and nutrition in our country today. There are so many things wrong with commercial that it’s… Read More
