(Thank you to my brother for the photo!)   The men in my life.  I’m thinking primarily of my daddy and my brother to begin with; they have ALWAYS made me feel valuable.   They never reduced it to the way I looked, the size of my waist; in fact my brother has told me...Read More »

If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know that I love to run, but you also know that I didn’t always do it for the right reason. I’ve written many posts about my rather tumultuous relationship with running.  Yet, this past year has been all about restoring that right relationship with...Read More »

Anxiety is a word that for me had a stigma around it for a long time. I couldn’t tell other people that I struggled with it.  Just saying that word to others in context of talking about me made me feel anxious.  It can be a bit of an ambiguous word, and it’s not quite...Read More »

I used to ALWAYS go for workouts longer than an hour, because I always wanted to burn the max amount of calories possible, but it was also so wearing on my body, because I did it 6 days out of 7, almost without fail.  My life revolved around workouts.   I didn’t like the idea...Read More »

Recovery is not a formula.  I repeat.  ‘It’s not a formula.’  You don’t have to eat burgers to validate the fact that you’re in recovery.  If whole milk yogurt or peanut butter makes your stomach hurt, you don’t need to make yourself miserable in order to prove that you’re recovering by eating them.  Since I’ve...Read More »

Guys. Gals.  Eating disorders are irrational at best.  They are NOT logical.  I repeat.  ‘They are not logical.’   Often we think they are because the feelings and thoughts are so strong, but I truly believe that’s because we are at war.  We are at war mentally and spiritually and emotionally, and the more I’ve...Read More »

I think one thing that I haven’t taken into account enough is how much a significant other, a family member, a husband, a wife,  a friend can influence someone in recovery for good.   This morning when I talked to Kelsey about her recovery story, I was reminded of how much of a gift it...Read More »

Recovery is tricky.  It’s hard.  And often, you’re assailed on all sides by diet talk, pressure to do more exercise than you should, pressure to eat something you don’t really want to eat but you feel like you ‘should.’  It’s all a matter of really learning to protect your mental, emotional, spiritual, physical health.  The areas in...Read More »

The daily challenges of recovery.  Should I eat more? Am I hungry?  I’m tired, but I love moving so should I move?  I’m not tired, but would hard movement not be the right thing for my body at this point in recovery?  These are all just a few of the challenges that go through my...Read More »

Strength training.  I love it.  And I need to do it more.   I used to be a total cardio junkie because it burned so many calories.   I would run more just because I needed to know that I had ‘burnt enough’ calories.   I needed to do a TOUGH workout, so I could...Read More »