I recently came across an article in Women’s Running Magazine on the subject of disordered eating. The first time I read it, it bothered me. I decided to sit with it for a while, and see if the feeling would pass. After a few days, it didn’t. So I sat down and wrote the following letter …
Tag Archive: Weight loss
What’s Going On?
Weeks like this really make me wonder what it is about the idea of being thin that is so appealing. Somehow, thin has come to describe not only the size of one’s body, but also a variety of other things about one’s life. The idea of thin is also the idea of perfection, beauty, ease, …
Confession
Here’s a confession: for the past couple weeks, I’ve been pretty fixated on all the little parts of my body that I wish I could change. Several times I’ve seriously considered the various ways in which I could try to lose some weight. More than once I’ve completely given myself over to the idea that …
Embrace: the Futility of Hating Your Body
This past weekend as I was catching up on my blog reading, I came across Samantha Angela‘s post, “Why hating your body is futile”. I’m a fan of her blog, and this post is no exception; I was really happy that she was kind enough to grant me permission to repost it as part of …
For a Different Self
Sometimes when I’m bored and tired and don’t have much energy to muster, let alone put toward doing something productive, I’ll just flip through pages on StumbleUpon. Occasionally, I find things that are interesting, like that video about David Goggins; sometimes I find things that I feel entirely indifferent toward; and at other times, I …
