Warning: If you’ve come to this blog post today looking for dieting tips, exercise tips, flat stomach tips etc…. You have really come to the wrong place. You might as well leave now. Or Stay and have a read if you’re curious. As you may have noticed in yourselves during quarentine, it is impossible to…
Tag: body positivity
How to avoid eating disorder RELAPSES…
To start this off positively…. let’s play a GAME SHOW. How many times have I relapsed from ANOREXIA? WOOOOOOO HIGHLY WARPED GAME SHOW WOOOOO!!!! Is it …. A) Never. B) Once. C) Three times because I was never really recovered. Now what do you win if you get the correct answer? You get the pleasure…
Why diet’s DON’T WORK -Banana Boost Blondies
Yesterday I was at an event where people were talking about calories. I overheard a woman say, ‘Oh no, I can’t eat carbohydrates today, I need to drop a dress size.’ I spoke to another women who told me she was on a juicing diet. A man had a conversation with me about being on…
BMI is B.S. – Raspberry Mojito Oatmeal
On Wednesday I had to be weighed and my height measured. Before I had an appointment about my STOMACH. Not confusing at all. I must admit, my hackles did raise. I make a solid point of NEVER WEIGHING myself. My mum hid the scales in my family home MANNNNYYY YEARS ago. And I don’t have…
Dear anybody who hates their body…
Dear anybody who hates their body, Whether you be a teenage girl or boy, Someone in their twenties, Or someone in your sixties. Hating your body is an easy choice. It’s what we are taught to do. With advertisements. With the media. With the celebrities we see on screen. With diet culture. With exercise classes….
It’s not YOU, it’s your CLOTHES – Hot Cross Bun Overnight Oats
I’ve gained weight! And it’s seriously not an issue. Contrary to popular belief, I’ve gained weight and it’s a HELLA GOOD THING. For the first time in my adult life I have been eating 3 proper meals a day and snacks in between. Oh my gosh, like a normal human being, really? Revolutionary! I’ve been…
What is BODY NEUTRALITY?
I have always hated having BOOBS I’m 12 years old And I have just grown breasts One of my friends mum’s Threw her a womanhood party She started her period the week before and then her mum threw her a ‘Well done you’re a woman’ party Like it’s anything to bloody celebrate I hate them!…
Are you exercising for JOY or for PUNISHMENT? – Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookie Dough
I love running. I hate running. Make your mind up, Joy. I started running when I was recovering from my worst relapse of anorexia. I had started to gain weight and was getting more ‘well’. I downloaded the NHS Couch to 5k app (which I highly recommend). I started off running with walking intervals and…
Break free from RESTRICTIVE EATING – Vegan Cheezy Marmite Pasta
Have you ever panicked that sometimes go on a MAD FOOD BINGE? That for days you will try to ‘diet’ or ‘eat well’, watching your calorie intake and exercising a lot and then after a few days, you will quite literally like Bruce Bogtrotter in Matilda….. GORGE YOUR WAY THROUGH ‘NAUGHTY’ FOOD? There is a…
Salted Chocolate, Pistachio Cherry Oats and STOMACH SQUISH
I have STOMACH SQUISH. We all have STOMACH SQUISH. Do my family or my friends HATE me because when I sit down my stomach SQUISHES? No! Do police follow me down the street because I have stomach squish? No! Yesterday at a body confidence workshop with Laura Phelan (of Phelan Well), she made a really…
Joyfull Joy 