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  2. I haven’t worked out in a week and a half, partially because I’ve been super busy and tired and partially because I haven’t had access to a gym in that long. I’ve done a few exercises by myself at home, specifically after doing the mile walk uphill to the house but…not enough (I am really much better at working out in a gym than I am like running around the neighborhood or something). I keep getting stressed about it but I’ll get back into it soon. Just so much school work at the moment.

    I mean. Whatever I guess. Nothing to torture myself over. Such is life.

    This is probably always going to be more of a recovery tumblr than it is a fitness tumblr. I enjoy trying to stay active and healthy but most important is always my mental health. Plus, it’s kind of more of a “passion” for me than the other stuff is. I feel so strongly about self esteem issues and helping others who deal with it. I guess this is a good segway to tell you guys I’m considering majoring in Psychology specifically so I can become a therapist with a focus in eating disorders. Still pretty undecided though, we’ll see.

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  7. I had to watch this for Psychology class and it made me think a lot about eating disorders and body image.

    One of my favorite quotes from Marya Hornbacher in Wasted: “We grew up with the impression that underneath all this normal flesh, buried deep in the excessive recesses of our healthy bodies, there was a Perfect Body just waiting to break out.” Advertising wants us to believe that there really is some ideal perfect body, totally achievable by everyone. How much happier do you think you’d be if this wasn’t driven into your head?


    It really is about just fucking accepting that this is your body. Once you accept that this is the only one you got, it becomes a lot easier to be happy with it. And it’s a legit happiness.

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  9. Just some thoughts this morning.

    I’ve gotten into such a routine of eating a big breakfast every morning. I usually have a cup of coffee, a bowl of cereal (current cereal obsession), bananas and/or strawberries cut up into my cereal and two pieces of whole wheat toast with both butter and raspberry jam. I pretty much am out of the house all day so it’s pretty important that I eat a lot.

    Anyway, I was just looking scrolling through this tumblr’s dash and somehow ended up on a before and after tumblr and I got to thinking about my old before/after pictures from the ~bulimia days~ and how absolutely miserable I was. And I’m thinking this while I’m sitting here enjoying my breakfast fully and I was just like….damn. This is so much better than being sick.

    I don’t count calories, I don’t do portion control. My eating feels so legit these days. I pretty much eat whatever I want to within reason. I just try to make a lot of small healthy choices (wheat toast instead of white, kashi cereal instead of something more sugary and less nutritious) and I’m good. Funny thing is I only weigh a few more pounds than I did at my “lowest weight” during my bulimia…and I am definitely not sick. All I do is eat when I’m hungry and work out for under an hour a day.  It just goes to show how absolutely silly the whole thing was. I am so much happier now. 

    I’ll never take eating for granted.

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  13. recoveryisbeautiful: this was much needed <3 <3 I don’t know what this is from but today I was thinking about how wonderful age 23 has been thus far and how I have never felt more comfortable in my own skin and in my own head. It feels so wonderful.

    recoveryisbeautiful:

    this was much needed <3 <3

    I don’t know what this is from but today I was thinking about how wonderful age 23 has been thus far and how I have never felt more comfortable in my own skin and in my own head. It feels so wonderful.

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  15. i just kicked mother fucking ass in the gym

    I ran a little over 2 miles in a half hour (listening to Miley the whole time, yaaay) and did tons of weight lifting and stuff. I still am not too good at doing over 20 reps of anything though. Even if I do them in a set of ten, I start to get really shakey during the second set. I’m hoping I get better at it though.It probably doesn’t help that I pretty much know nothing about lifting weights or using machines and I have no idea if I’m doing things right. Trying, though. I really need to start doing sit ups more often. I never do. I WANT ABS. Or I need to figure out other absy exercises.

    I don’t know I feel like I could be doing a little better than 2 miles in a half hour but I’ve already gotten a lot better and faster just in the past week. I feel like I’m seeing changes in my body but I don’t know if it’s in my head or not (although I’ve been running for about a month now). But WHATEVER. It feels good to feel good :]

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