Many women have a lot of restrictions around food. We compare our food portions with others, judge ourselves for eating a certain way or certain amount, and limit our food intake to eat the way we’re “expected”. There are many weird, unhealthy thought patterns we have around food. Sometimes it seems like we feel ashamed … Read more
This week, I’ve had three amazing conversations with women who have changed their mindset around food and fitness… I want to share them with you. To be honest, once you’ve gotten yourself to the point when you appreciate your freedom — in terms of what to eat, when to eat, how to train, how you … Read more
What exactly are the exercise burnout symptoms? How do you know you’re overtraining? And why should you deal with it at soon as possible? In this post, I speak from my experience and share other women’s experience on overtraining. I’m sure that many (not all) of the symptoms are same for men too, but obviously … Read more
It’s time for another hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery story. I hope you find these stories inspiring and that they help you to stay on track with your own recovery. The goal of these stories is to keep you on your recovery track and working towards your prize – your period and your health! If you missed the earlier amenorrhea recovery stories, … Read more
I beat HA’s butt. I got my period back. Just the other day, I was shopping some new clothes after I had realized that there’s no way I could use some of my tank tops anymore (and because I’m a woman who has never anything to wear anyway, no matter what my size is). Sizes I … Read more
We don’t have to earn our food. Food is a perfectly normal thing that we all need to live and function properly, just like we need to breath, sleep and drink water. There’s no reason having to “earn” any of those things, including food. Especially this time of the year, you’ll going to see a lot of … Read more
Cheese sticks and almonds for a snack? There’s wayyy too much fat in there, you can’t have that!! What you see in this picture is my first “meal” yesterday morning: a cheese stick, about 10 almonds and a cup of coffee with half & half and collagen. Two very fatty foods, plus cream in my coffee… … Read more
Are you on a health and fitness rollercoaster all the time? If you feel crappy for eating something forbidden and can’t stop putting yourself down for missed workout, you are. I was too… Do you ever Get upset if you miss a workout? Follow your diet to detail, and can’t live with yourself if you “fall off” the wagon? … Read more
What do you do when you realize that the jeans you always wear are.. somehow… ..getting too tight? Maybe you didn’t wear them for a few weeks (that definitely happens when you live most of your life in workout leggins… I know that well), so without even realizing how that happened, they don’t fit that well anymore? … Read more
Brain Strike is a situation when you, despite of knowing what and how to do, actually end up behaving completely opposite way. A good example of Brain Strike is when you know that eating copious amounts of chocolate is not good for you, but somehow, you still end up doing it. Here’s a scenario for you: … Read more
If you are struggling with snacking too much, you are not alone. There may be times when you feel that you just can’t stop going back to kitchen every five minutes. As a result, you may simply end up eating too much. Even if you are eating so-called healthy foods, too much of anything will add up. I know … Read more
As a recovering binge eater, learning how to eat reasonable amounts of favorite foods has made a huge mental difference for me. Even though I have now learned to eat moderately, there are still days when I eat almost whole chocolate bar. Does it mean that I am still bingeing and actually not over my disordered eating habits? … Read more