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Shake it Up!
Confession! I haven't been journaling. Like at all. For at least 2 months. My journal is open, right next to me, but there are no words than want to come out, no thoughts that want to be spilled on those beautiful pages. Or maybe there's just a huge barrier in my...
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you have to
This is a mantra I used to repeat when I was weaning myself off my exercise addiction. I knew that I could work out for 4 hours a day, I knew that I could live off hardly any food, I knew that I could make it through the days starved and weak, I knew I could survive....
You Can’t Fight Your Biology
Here’s something you have to understand if you are truly committed to escaping diet prison: You cannot and will not - ever - be able to fight biology. You might be able to hurt your body for a while, maybe a few years, maybe even decades, but eventually, your biology...
I had a dream
I had a dream last night. I walked into my apartment. I have never seen this apartment in real life, but I knew it was mine. I had been there before. Many times. But I hadn't been there in a while. I walked into my apartment, looked through the window and straight at...
If you want it, go do it
Don't let anyone ever tell you that it can't be done. Don't let that voice - you know which one - ever tell you you're too weak, too fat, too plain, too uneducated, too loud, too short, too this or that. Don't let anyone - especially that someone - keep you from...
If I were smaller, I….
If I were smaller, I'd feel more normal. If I were smaller, I'd feel more worthy. If I were smaller, I'd feel more whole. If I were smaller, I'd feel less "obtrusive". If I were smaller, I'd be able to hide. Naturally. We make up a myriad of stories about the silver...
Life always gives you exactly what you need
I haven't really written in a while. 2 weeks to be exact - which for me feels like a lifetime. Well, I've written. Thousands upon thousands of words - in my diary - mostly about the same exact situation. I've journaled, yes, but I haven't written. I've been hiding....
This “Pretend” Thing We’ve Got Going On Isn’t Cool Anymore
I saw this super cute young couple at the beach: totally in love, cuddling on the beach, intertwined, ALL over each other. They're in love - obviously. And it's beautiful - obviously. And it got me thinking about my ex and I lying on the beach in Italy 2 years ago,...
Ahhhh, there you are
There comes a time when you have to let go. There comes a day when you have to surrender. There comes a moment when you know deep down that what you've been holding onto just doesn't serve you anymore. You feel it in your heart. In your soul. In your every cell....
I Used to Be a Drama Queen
****CONFESSION**** I am a DRAMA addict. I LOVE drama. I CRAVE drama. I CREATE drama. And I bathe myself in it. In a way I've always known I had this dramatic streak but I truly acknowledged it the other day when talking to one of my best friends about my business. I...
Remember the magnificence of life?
I am in love with my life. I am IN LOVE with my life. I am in love with MY LIFE. I love my life. And the more I love my life the more life loves me back. It's pretty darn amazing and I want to shout it from the rooftop because it's not always been that way. At all. I...
Break Up And Break Through
No matter how long you've been fighting food. No matter how often you binge. No matter how tempted you are to go back on another diet. No matter what... You can escape diet prison. You can break up and break through. No matter how much you yearn to be thin. No matter...