International No Diet Day
Today is International No Diet Day. It has been four and a half years since I’ve been on a diet.
Category Archives: Health | Midlife
An Exercise Bulimic Goes for a Run
As exercise bulimia is my disease [extreme exercise as a way to control/lose weight often teamed with binge eating], I have to be careful when I embark on an exercise program. Here are my tips for staying safe while working out.
The Conflict Never Ends
I look at this photo and feel so conflicted. Part of me would do anything to look like this again. That vein in my shoulder? I haven’t seen it for years. I miss it. The sensation feels similar to what I imagine drug addiction does. All of the good, and perfect, and pure flashes into my mind, without any of the pain and anguish that accompanies it.
Using my imagination
How telling myself stories, which may or may not be true, has changed me.
I’m HOT [but not in a good way]
The dreaded hot flushes are back. This is the third time I’ve been afflicted. The other two times they disappeared when my period came back.
I’ve Been Exposed – 4 Years On
In 2009 I participated in the lovely Michelle’s Exposed Movement. This year Michelle urged all the original participants to post an update. I am having trouble knowing what to say.
Dear Body
There is no instruction manual for inhabiting you, no shortcut, no finished product I can emulate. All I have is an organic mess that requires embodiment and a relationship.
Fighting about food
I’m ashamed to admit how screwed up I was around food and embarrassed about how I made an enemy of something so innocuous.
Fit for Life
After four days of excruciating back pain I went to the doctor. She sent me to the hospital. Yesterday afternoon I had my appendix taken out.
Bikram Bonus?
I haven’t been to class since Friday. Having three days off is not what I planned. Saturday, raining and windy, was my allocated day off and I expected to be back in the hot room on Sunday. But then the last thing I imagined happened …
Bikram Yoga #14 — the one where I wanted to give up
When I was riding my bike to yoga I was thinking to myself I don’t want to do this — it’s such hard work and I’m not getting any results. Of course I forgot about my shoulder, my skin, my digestion, and my improved sleep.
Let’s Get Physical — changing the heart through the body
I believe the way we live our life, our sense of joy and purpose is determined by who we are on the inside. Not what we think, but our emotional balance.
Bikram Yoga #11
I didn’t want to go to yoga yesterday. I almost didn’t. But as always, I’m glad I did. I was a bit exhausted to tell the truth, and my spine felt like it had been bent over backwards. Hang on — it had! I asked the owner of the studio about electrolytes. Yogis say that… Read More