Fat

Let me paint you a picture--It's 2:00 AM. I can't sleep. I am on my third consecutive hour of watching reruns of "The Office". Suddenly, I am downstairs, balls deep in a jar of Skippy Peanut Butter.How in God's good name did this happen....again. Here are the thoughts running through my head right about now:-Good lord you are repulsive-You have no self control-What the hell is wrong with you?-You are so fat.-Do you know how much you're going to have to work out tomorrow to burn this off?-FatfatfatfatfatfatfatfatfatSo all of this was going on only about 7 short months ago before I decided to try and get my shit together. And for the LIFE OF ME...

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What "Calories in vs Calories out" Actually Means

...Because what you think it means is most likely wrong. Which is cool because I was wrong once and it was terrible. So let's talk about BMR. BMR= Basal Metabolic Rate. Basically what that means is that your body burns a certain amount of calories all by itself. Your body burns calories throughout the day in order to preform necessary bodily functions. Everything from standing up, breathing, to your heart pumping blood through your body, burns calories. Your BMR tells you the number of calories you burn to live through the day. This number can help you figure out your total net calories and know how much you should be eating to lose/maintain/gain...

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Oh For the Love of Carbs

 I guarantee you that there are at least two reactions to reading that word- "Omg YES. Where?!" & "Omg get them away from me now they make you fat". I will be the first to say, carbs scare the living hell out of me. And in my quest to body acceptance, I am finding out I am not the only one. In fact, there are very, VERY, few people that I have met that can honestly say they have no qualms with carbohydrates. And yes, they are all boys. When I first started seeing my dietician, Brooke, (who is the most awesome, patient, understanding, adorable human being I know, with a seriously enviable wardrobe), she asked me what my day...

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A Nation Obsessed

Oh man, if I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say, "Our nation is so obsessed with food", well, honestly I'd have about 9 dollars. (I really don't know that many people to be honest and 9 is a lot to hear the same phrase from!) It's true though, we really are obsessed. I'm not so concerned about our nation though. I think lumping every individual into the term "our nation" is pointless and isn't going to help the individual very much. So I'd like to re-word that phrase to fit this post and my general outlook on things to, "I am obsessed with food". It's too easy to generalize. It makes you feel like, since everyone is obsessed, it's okay that I am too.  Well it's not. It sucks and makes you miserable. Wether you're obsessed with counting calories, dieting, binging, purging,...

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