A weekly blog about how to quit dieting for good using an intuitive eating and health at every size approach.
If a human can't love you at a bigger size, they don't deserve you.
You might think, "Noel, you don't know what you're talking about. You've been in a relationship for 7 years and now we all have to go on Tinder and make the best first impression using one picture of ourselves and 10 seconds."
You're right. It's tough out there. People are totally making split second decisions about who you are based off your picture.
Let's take a look at WHY you think people who are fat are not "attractive."
You've heard it before from me: I'm a swimmer.
Swimming is awesome. I'm in the pool 6 days a week because I coach and teach swimming. It's been this way since I was 9 years old and my Aunt nicknamed me, "Chlorina." There's no way I could do this if I didn't LOVE the water. But I didn't get lucky enough to play water polo until college.
And, thank God. When I moved to New York City those 9 years ago, I had a pretty fucked up relationship with my body
A lot of people "don't diet" but are religious about exercise.
They often say things like, "I eat what I want but I just always exercise a lot."
Often times people in this situation tend to have a super intense relationship with exercise. They might like more "serious" versions of exercise like crossfit, or hot yoga or pure barre or soulcycle. The intensity of the exercise is important to this eater because the harder the workout, the more calories one burns.
The more calories burned, the more comfortable this person feels eating what they like.
I used to be this person.
So Ashley Graham is on the cover on the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
I'm pretty excited that a "plus-size" model has graced the cover of this famed publication.
You're probably thinking, "Noel, you're supposed to be a feminist, right? What are you doing looking at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue?"
Do you think you'll just NEVER stop eating your favorite food?
Do you believe that you love your favorite food so much, that you could never stop eating it even if you were about to explode with fullness?
Well, my friend, this post is for you. I'm going to whisk you away to an alternate universe where maybe you could IMAGINE actually wanting to stop eating your favorite food.
