Self-Love Posts
Want a healthy macronutrient ratio? Do the exact opposite of what you’ve been told
For my entire life, I feel like I've been given nothing but dietary limits. Limit meals to 3 per day. Limit snacks to 1 per day. Limit dessert to 1 per day. Limit fruits to 3 per day. Limit fat to 30 grams per day. Limit carbs to 50 grams per day. Limit calories to...
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5 Reasons to Stop Counting Calories Right Now
Of all the ways in which people try to lose weight in America today, counting calories is probably the most popular. It is also probably one of the most misguided. Well, I'm not sure I can say that, given that I know that something called The Grapefruit Diet exists....
read moreThe difference between eating disorders and disordered eating, and why it matters to you
The other day I walked past a table in the dining hall and heard a girl say, "I used to purge once in a while but I was never bulimic." One time a male friend said to me "what you feel sounds serious but at least it isn't a real eating disorder." I once sat...
read moreWhy I Love Healthy at Every Size
Healthy at Every Size is a movement. It asserts that the best way to be healthy is to stop caring about your body fat percentage and start caring about the food you eat and the life you live. Officially, HAES "supports people in adopting health habits for the sake of...
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Repeat After Me: “Shut up, I’m Amazing.”
On a drizzly London evening back in October, I was salsa dancing with a good friend of mine. He's a very talented dancer. Talented dancers often require laser-like focus and attention. It's not that focusing on a dance is a chore, not by any means. But it does mean...
read moreCan Being Overweight be Healthier than ‘Normal’ Weight?
Popular wisdom says that fat is unhealthy. It is a plain and simple fact: the more fat you have on your body, the more likely you are to become ill, and to die sooner. This is something everyone in Western culture accepts as true from a very young age. Nevertheless,...
read moreCan You Lose Weight and Still Love Yourself?
As a paleo blogger, I keep my ears in a lot of different conversations happening on the web. This helps keep me as open-minded and informed as possible. (Or I try, anyway.) Two of the conversations I like to pay special attention to are the weight loss conversation,...
read more6 Uniquely Helpful New Years Resolutions
Hey ladies, hey. Every time New Years rolled around in the first twenty or so years of my life, I sat back, harumphed, and disdainfully watched my friends make New Years Resolutions on Facebook... then fail tremendously. I thought the whole thing was just stupid....
read moreHow to be a good party guest when you’re paleo
I do a lot of writing on this blog about physiological issues for women on the paleo diet, but as it turns out, social issues can be just as - if not even more! - important. Being paleo at a dinner party or out at a restaurant can be a big, anxious mess, if you don't...
read more5 Must-Know Things About Self-Love
The following post is a guest post by.... you guessed it! The world famous and super fabulous body-image expert Summer Innanen. And she's got a brand new book out that's available for FREE on the 27th... read to the end to get a link for it! When you’ve...
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