Content warning: Weight loss, eating disorders, fatphobia, discussion of physical and mental illness
We’re all screwed up. Honestly, we are so brainwashed it’s out of control.
In the last year I’ve lost 20% of my body weight then gained it all back. I went down two dress sizes then went back up them. I lost most of the fat on my body, then I got it all back. I lost the natural shape of my body, then I filled back out.
Continue reading “What I learnt from my involuntary weight loss”Content warning: Mentions of physical and mental illness and unintentional weight loss
As of next Monday I’m taking my work hours down to 20 hours a week for the foreseeable future.
I’m a 31yo, upbeat, fairly healthy looking woman who works out several times a week, is smart and driven and loves my job.
So why am I cutting down my work hours?
Continue reading “Why the 40 hour work week doesn’t work for me any more”You know when you have a cold and your nose is all gross and stuffy and blocked. Every time you blow it, your nose is still blocked – it’s like nothing happens but you’re still going through boxes of tissues and getting a sore red nose.
You tell yourself, “when my nose is unblocked, I will be so endlessly happy!” Continue reading “Good health is a privilege. I hope you appreciate it every day.”
It’s the start of February. That means I haven’t drunk any alcohol for a month.
The only reason I wasn’t drinking is that I finally started listening to my body and realised that the reflux I’m getting from mixing my medication with wine is really uncomfortable and I’m not sure why I’m doing it.
The idea was to stop for January, see how I felt without the reflux and see if helps the symptoms of my bowel disease also ease up a bit. Then in February, go back to drinking as usual (but maybe less to avoid the reflux). Continue reading “To rosé or not to rosé?”
I no longer do New Years resolutions. Nope! I have a shiny new approach to “new year, new me”. I now just choose a word, and do that instead!
Let me explain. Continue reading “New Year’s resolutions are so 2017, now it’s all about the Word of the Year”
Content warning: Mention of eating disorders, death, dying, miscarriages, mental and physical illness.
This is a post as much directed toward me as it is written by me for others….
I cried on Christmas day.
It felt rude. It felt ungrateful. It felt like an overreaction. It felt self-pitying. Continue reading “It’s ok to cry on Christmas day”
Hi everyone and welcome to my first blog. I’m just starting out at this so we will see how we go!
First, how are you? I genuinely hope you are doing great, but if you’re not that is okay too. Continue reading “Guest post: A case for being kind to everyone”
