Did you know that 91% of women aren’t happy with their bodies? I know you may feel like you’re the only one feeling shame and disgust with your body but believe me you’re not alone! My name is Maria and I am a body love teacher who once hated my body and under ate, restricted …
I quit exercising everyday and got stronger. I thought I needed to workout 6 days a week and do some light exercise even on my rest day. I thought that rest days were for other people, not me. I would go on an intense 2 hour road bike ride on my rest days and think …
How was I supposed to accept my new body after gaining the weight? I had to stop exercising and start eating more food (no more restricting calories), so that I could recover from the ill effects of over training and under eating. I could have slowly added in more food but I felt like my …
Food guilt used to be a struggle for me. Do you struggle with feelings of food guilt? Before I healed my relationship with food I would feel guilty eating certain foods. Or maybe even eating too much of a certain food. I would even feel guilty if I ate anything after 7pm. Sometimes I couldn’t …
Before March I had never even heard of the term social distancing. I thought quarantine was a thing only people who were really sick, or jurors on high profile cases did. Now I know different! My family of seven is on day seven of self quarantine and we are definitely getting antsy and have cabin …
Scroll to the bottom to download this free PDF. Do you want to start improving your body image today? Download this free PDF and get started with these introspective questions, ideas, and affirmations. Download and print out this PDF so you can hang up these affirmations by your mirror and practice saying them to yourself …
I know a thing or two about not feeling good in your body after gaining a lot of weight in just a few short months. I learned how to befriend my body, ditch dieting, and feel confident in my new shape. Here are some tips you can use to feel confident in your body shape …
I didn’t start macro counting thinking that it would develop disordered eating. I wanted to lose a few pounds, get a little leaner, and look more like a “personal trainer” so that I would be taken more seriously in my professional circle. Sounds ridiculous now that I type it out. Macro counting was coming into …
91 % of women are unhappy with how their body looks. It is time to change that statistic! The first place we can start is inside, with our minds. Changing the mindset goes a long ways when improving your body image. I have come up with a fourteen day challenge you can take on yourself …
Once I realized that I needed to stop training and start eating (read this post) I had to stop all exercise and start eating enough food to heal my body. Recovering from over exercising and under eating was daunting. My brain still thought it knew what was best. I refused to listen to my body. …
