Discovering Balance
Slow Down. Rest.
I used to look forward to Mondays. Monday was the start of a new week for me. A day to reset my goals and “get back at it.” The weekend brought temptation; Monday brought structure. Society Praises The Grind. Society…
Anti-Diet Doesn’t Mean Anti-Health
Let’s be clear: making the conscious decision to say “F*** Off” to diet culture in NO WAY means that you do not care about your health. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. Diet culture says “thinner is better, one way…
There’s Life Beyond Dieting
Discovering Balance Series Part 10. There are other things that have been instrumental in my recovery. I’ve reduced my social media usage, unfollowed people and accounts that make me feel bad about myself. I’ve limited my time with certain people…
Diets Teach Us to Ignore Our Intuition
Discovering Balance Part 9 I stopped dieting and gained weight. It turns out the only way I could keep the weight off was to live obsessively. And as I’ve stated before, my body decided where it was going to stop…
Dieting Makes Promises it Can’t Keep
Discovering Balance Series Part 8 I attempted to implement the principles of Intuitive Eating right away, but it was not easy. My biggest fear was weight gain. For almost my whole life I was told that I was too big.…
Our Body Size is Not Within Our Control
Discovering Balance Series Part 7 * Orthorexia research led me to an article on Health at Every Size and to a research paper by Linda Bacon, “Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift.” The entire article provides conflicting…
I Thought I Was Being “Healthy”
Discovering Balance Series Part 6 A life changing moment came in March, 2017 when my husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer. In an instant, everything that mattered before had no significance. Weight loss was inconsequential when all focus needed to…
A Life Spent Obsessing is Not a Life
Discovering Balance Series Part 5 of 10 Day after day of living and breathing every minute with weight loss on your mind and having nothing to show for it, is devastating. Nothing I was doing seemed to be working. I…
I Was Obsessed With Food and Exercise
Discovering Balance Series Part 4 Everyone loves a good before and after photo. I always thought they were so inspirational. But my “after” was far away and I couldn’t celebrate this new life until I reached my goal. Until then,…
Praise for Weight Loss
Discovering Balance Series – Part 3 Suddenly, weight loss became my ONLY motivation. According to the BMI scale, I still hadn’t reached my “goal weight”. But up to that point everything I was doing had worked. I had changed my…
