5 Tools To Help You Ditch Diet Culture For Good
Diet culture is all around us. It influences how we speak and exercise, what we eat and wear, and even how we feel about and talk to ourselves. We are living and breathing diet culture every day, yet most people don’t even know it exists. That’s because it is so deeply embedded into our lives read more
7 Faux Pas Holiday Phrases
It’s the moooooost wonderful tiiiiime of the yeeeeear! Or at least it can be. I, for one, love the holidays. This is the time of year I watch the movie, The Holiday, multiple times, fill my house with decorations (I have a light-up unicorn, dinosaur, narwhal, and penguins that hang out in my front yard), read more
Our Unhealthy Obsession With Superfoods
I have a laundry list of foods that I know I’m “supposed to” eat because they’re “good for me” but that I just can’t bring myself to actually eat. Many of these are so-called “superfoods,” a clever marketing term for foods rich in nutrients that are supposed to be beneficial for our health and wellbeing, read more
10 Reasons To Stop Dieting Forever
There’s a good chance you’ve been on at least one diet in your lifetime, and you may even be dieting right now. While keto is the current heavyweight champ of the dieting world, past popular diets have included such gems as the grapefruit diet, WeightWatchers, SlimFast, Atkins, Paleo, and Keto. But diet marketers are also read more
5 Guidelines For Men To Follow At The Gym
Recently I was chatting with my friend, Ally, and she told me a story about an exchange she had with a guy at the gym where she works out. She was doing squats in the squat rack, getting ready to do a warm-up set with 90 lbs on the bar. While she had the barbell read more
4 Holiday Survival Tips To Thrive This Season
Is it just me, or does it feel like with every year the holidays come around faster and faster? Not that I’m complaining. The period of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love decorating the house with merry and shiny things, cooking and eating holiday specialties (pie, please!), and read more