Allow yourself to run with purpose and respect your body. When stuck in diet culture and/or in a community where runners must look a certain way, we often are very critical of how out body looks. Whether you’re new to running or have been running for years, remind yourself why you started and where you want to be. Focus on how it feels to be able to move your body and listen to the signals your body is giving you. Know that it is okay to have a rest day. Recovery does not equal weakness! No matter what your size is or how fast your mile time is, if you are running, that makes you a RUNNER!
Diet cultures, food restriction, and militant exercise routines can cause a physical and mental strain on the body. Acknowledge the sources of your emotions and regularly work with them to allow your mind to make peace. Dedicate some time each day for self-love and self-reflection.
Ditch the diet culture and honor your hunger. Make food choices that work positively with your gut health and current exercise routines. I don't know who needs to hear this, but it is okay to eat foods that make your taste buds happy. One bad snack will not create an unhealthy lifestyle. What matters is consistency. Eating healthy over time will lead to progress. Stop focusing on how to be a “perfect” eater and focus on nourishing the body.
Like most, I often fell into the social norms of fad dieting and militant exercise routines that were too excessive to let my body recover properly. I have struggled off and on with disordered eating, often times associated with trying to maintain a proper "body weight" that was deemed needed to play certain sports. This led to continued exhaustion, deterioration of muscles, and in some circumstances the development of exercise-related amenorrhea. Enough was enough and I decided to take back control of my own body by truly listening to body signals in terms of nourishment and fitness.
Run Love Eat is my way to connect community and share some of my favorite recipes and workouts with you. I have a Bachelors degree in Clinical Nutrition and a Master of Public Health degree and hope to use that to encourage and motivate others to ditch the fad diets and militant exercise routines, and be in tuned with what their body needs.
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