Not to toot my own horn, but I’m pretty proud of some of the posts I’ve written and hate the thought of them getting lost in the depths of the web, never to be seen again. On this page you’ll find a collection of links to some of my favorite posts on Spoons.
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Recovery
- A Weighty Issue. Why I don’t weigh myself…
- Hunger? Is That You? Feeling hungry without the grumbling stomach.
- How To Stop Counting Calories. A few tips on how to free yourself from numbers.
- WIAW… A Past Life. What my past/ED self would think about my current diet.
- You Won’t Find Happiness in a Smaller Pair of Jeans. Losing weight =/= happiness.
- Trusting the Process. Facing difficulties in reclaiming your life after you physically recover.
- 5 Ways to Deal with Fat Days. We all have ’em, but here are some ways to make them easier.
- Keep Calm And… Eat. Don’t steal happiness from your life by forcing yourself to go hungry.
- Keep Calm And… Rest. On the anxiety associated with taking rest days.
- Some Great Things About Recovery. Highlighting some of the freedoms that are worth fighting for.
- Why I Won’t Be Working For A Bikini Body. Because weight is too flimsy a thing to tie your happiness up into.
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Food
- Calories and Clean Eating. A rant about low-calorie diets and 100% clean eating.
- Solution? Eat More Food. A post about the dangers of low-calorie diets.
- Learn to Trust Your Body. Screwing the “shoulds” and giving in to cravings.
- Food is Not a Number. Seeing food as more than just calories/macronutrients.
- Forbidden Fruit. A rant about the idea that fruit sugars are bad for you.
- Eat Your Veggies? Why I don’t eat that many veggies, and why I’m healthier for it.
- My Food Rules. With all the food rules out there, this is a list of the ones I adhere to.
- The Stigma of Healthy Eating. When an obsession with healthy becomes unhealthy.
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Exercise
- Eat Less, Exercise More? A post about the drawbacks of undereating and overexercising.
- Exercise as a Physical Stressor. A post about the negative effects of overtraining.
- What Happened When I Stopped Exercising. My experience with overcoming exercise addiction.
- Keep Calm And… Rest. On the anxiety associated with taking rest days.
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Uplifting
- Stop Chasing Happiness by Choosing Happiness. A post about the importance of being grateful.
- Every Moment is a Fresh Start. Don’t put off ’till tomorrow what you deserve to have today.
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Blogging
- How To Start A Blog. A step-by-step guide on how to start a self-hosted blog.
- Taking Your Blog to the Next Level. Helpful tips on how to turn your blog into more than just a hobby.
- Reader Beware. A rant about the unhealthy influence of healthy living blogs.
- A Dose of Reality. A reminder not to mistake the blog world with the real world.
- 9 Blogging Tips, Tricks, & Tidbits. Sharing some things I learned about blogging over the years.
- Blogging Tips from Healthy Living Summit. A recap of what I learned at HLS 2013.
- 11 Helpful WordPress Plugins For Your Blog. A post highlighting some of my favourite plugins.
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Misc.
- Life’s Too Short. A few things to let go of in order to fully enjoy life.
