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What is your goal feeling?
I read this quote from Georgie Fear which resonated with me: We often use a goal weight as a symbol of how we want to FEEL, or the EXPERIENCE we want our life to be. I think this is true on many levels for many people - the number on the scale represents something deeper: social acceptance, happiness, self worth,…
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Bigorexia - what is muscle dysmorphia?
So, are men now susceptible to the same pressure to look a certain way as women? Is this a thing? From here: Bigorexia
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I am a failure
It does not matter if the scale does not go down today. It does not matter if your calories are not perfect. It does not matter if you do not achieve a PB. It does not matter if you fall face first into a bowl of ice cream. What matters is you do the best you can given your circumstances. That is good enough. Today,…
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What happens to your body within an hour of drinking kale juice. Shocking!
(ps: I would have put this in the Chit Chat section place except I excluded it in my preferences and never found a way of accessing it again...) (pps: from here: The Poke
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A little perspective...
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The single biggest cause of male deaths...
in the UK where I live for men aged between 20 - 49 years old almost made me fall off my chair when I read what it was. It is not road traffic accidents. It is not heart disease. It is not cancer. Or even obesity. It is suicide. So, if you are a man and you struggle with these thoughts, if you feel despair and hopelessness…
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Hey fat girl...no wait...
I'm sure some of us have read the "inspirational" post entitled "Hey fat girl" about an overweight women who has just started running and how she is viewed by an observer. This then sparked copycat posts including one on Facebook called "To the fatty on the Westview track..." It seems the origins of this story are somewhat…
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six ways to fall in love with exercising....
From here: http://www.chatelaine.com/health/fitness/six-ways-to-fall-in-love-with-exercise/ The author is James Fell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am not crazy. I have run outside in minus 30C. I have skipped out on free lunches to hit the gym. My workout…
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a 3 step process to help you stop thinking about food...
From here: http://evidencemag.com/ Author is Armi Legge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a past life, you ate like a normal person. You ate what tasted good and what was available. You weren’t a pig, and your diet was still pretty healthy, but you weren’t…
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The best Valentine's Gift (or New Year's Resolution...)
From here: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/12/11/this-new-year-resolve-to-treat-yourself-with-love-and-respect Author is Yoni Freedhoff, MD (and yes, if you hadn't guessed already I am a fan of his work) And given it's Valentine's Day surely the best person we can give the gift of love and respect…
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Confidence is the new sexy
From here: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/10/10/confidence-is-the-new-sexy The author is Brett Hoebel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanna feel sexy? Love your body, love yourself. That tiny black dress, heels and make-up can make you…
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The most important skill for weight management
From here: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/04/03/the-most-important-skill-for-weight-management The author is Yoni Freehoff, MD. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do you think it is? I'll start by telling you what it's not. It's not…
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As a guy I wanted to know what it was like as a woman...
on a dating site. From here: http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1uqy /as_a_guy_i_wanted_to_know_what_it_was_like_to_be/ (And no, the author is not me ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
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What people really look like...
from here: http://dalefavier.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/what-people-really-look-like.html Be kind to yourself. Enjoy your day ;) ps: I am not the author but I wish I was! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women have cellulite, men have silly buttocks. I’ve been a massage…
