Do you need a mentor? or a mentee?
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You guys know how much I believe in the power of support in recovery. I could not have recovered without my friends and family, therapist, doctors, and other members of my support team. My friend, Shannon Cutts, has started a wonderful program to help people find the support they need. Please read about MentorConnect below!
Best,
Jenni
MentorConnect
Link: http://www.key-to-life.com/MentorConnect.htm
Mentors: Are you in sustained recovery (at least one year largely free
from symptoms of disordered eating behaviors) and desiring to grow in
your own recovery by sharing your strength, experience and hope wit...
Source: Recovery Support - May 9, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
On becoming a ???professional???
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One of the choices that invariably accompanies recovery is the choice of
occupation. ???What do you want to be???? we
ask the reflection in the mirror.
There are several possible variations of this question:
???What do you want to be tomorrow that you are not today????
???What do you want to become that will impress your family
and friends????
???What do you want to become that will pay the bills????
???What do you want to become in order to feel safe????
???What do you want to become that will reflect the true you????
The problem is that all these questions assume you must
become some thing in order to be someo...
Source: Life After Recovery - May 9, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Aimee Liu Source Type: blogs
Pasta queen & the magical secret to weight loss
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[by Merry and Crabby]Pasta QueenPastaQueen, a.k.a. Jennette Fulda, created the blog Half of Me to track her goal of losing half her body weight. If you get a chance, check out her progress pictures; they're fun to twirl. Watch as she shrinks down to half her starting weight!Now she’s written a memoir of her experiences in gaining and then losing almost 200 pounds. Since Crabby and I both love her blog, we were delighted to interview her and review the book.I don’t know if it’s coincidence or what, but the last two people who’ve been interviewed on Cranky Fitness have then gone on to be interviewed on the Today show...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 9, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Random...thursday?
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[By Crabby]Random Friday on a Thursday??? What's the Deal?Sure, it's traditional at Cranky Fitness that Randomness take place on a Friday. But we have Special Plans for tomorrow's post--so what the heck, let's mix things up a bit! What's the worst that could happen?Outbreaks of silliness, boredom, pointlessness, spontaneous napping...But no harm done, that stuff happens all the time here anyway! So lets be brave and forge ahead anyway, shall we?WTF Department: Three Quarters of Women Report Disordered Eating?You've probably all seen this by now, but a recent survey of more than 4,000 women by University of North Carolina a...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 8, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Pregnancy and eating disorders
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I've been thinking quite a bit about the effect of pregnancy on recovery from an eating disorder. I have had clients whose resolve to feed themselves adequately, or stop purging, increases dramatically once the pregnancy is discovered, as would seem to make sense. But I am currently dealing with a young woman whose symptoms have become much worse; she has just been hospitalized in order to stabilize her medical situation, and hopefully, help her gain strength and motivation to continue caring for herself on an outpatient basis. So why is pregnancy a positive motivation for some and a significant stress for others?One facto...
Source: For Professionals - May 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Gail Hall Source Type: blogs
Spoonfed art
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Hi Everybody,I thought this was a pretty wonderful recovery enterprise that might just interest you-Jewelry designer Karin Collins has designed a limited-edition spoon pendant for the National Eating Disorders Association that's available at www.nationaleatingdisorders.orgKarin originally started using actual spoons as a bite-sized
canvas for her beautiful, sparkling wearable art pendants as an
artistic therapy to conquer a nearly 20-year-long eating disorder.
Fully recovered now, she continues to contribute to and spread
awareness of the National Eating Disorders Association to keep the
focus of SpoonFed Art on the reason...
Source: Life After Recovery - May 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Aimee Liu Source Type: blogs
Skanky fitness
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[By Merry]No, not that skanky, thankyouverymuch.Look, if you've come to this blog looking for intelligent, perceptive comments about health and fitness, then please let me direct your attention to Crabby's thoughtful, insightful, and well-written post of day gone by. But that was Crabby. To mis-quote Senator Lloyd Bentsen, "I've met Crabby McSlacker, and Merry's no Crabby McSlacker."In other words, lower your expectations down a few notches. And your sense common decency as well. That opening photograph was but a mere foreshadowing of skankiness e'en yet undiscovered.In the interest of looking busy while avoiding housework...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Why can't you stick to your plan?
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The Enemy is Sneakier Than You Think(Photo courtesy of Plan 59)[By Crabby]This is another one of those posts in which Crabby offers unsolicited advice and reminds you about things you already know. Warning: Prolonged exposure could cause drowsiness, irritability or upset stomach.)It Happens to EveryoneIf you've set a major goal for yourself--like trying to eat healthier, lose weight, get out of debt, run a marathon, organize your life, finish your novel or whatever--you will likely have some rules or plans or at least hopes to guide your behavior.Some days, you will be full of determination and you will do all the right th...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 6, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Pull ups and push ups: for women too?
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[By Crabby](Photo by hrtmnstrfr)Who Changed The Rules?Pull Ups and Push Ups: all of a sudden, it seems, we women are being urged to take 'em on.If I'm not mistaken, we used to be considered exempt. We had a special easy kind of push-up just for us, the "girls" version, with knees down. And as to pull ups? Most guys can't do 'em either, and they have all that testosterone--only Super Fit Weightlifter Gals were supposed to be able to rise to the challenge. The rest of us could crank out a few lat pulls or hop on the Gravitron and call it a day.But as women have gotten more empowered and stronger and started to take over the ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 5, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
It's the little things you have to watch out for
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[By Merry, on behalf of the Committee to Pay Attention to the Little Things]It's the little things that get you.[No, not those kinds of little things...]I have trouble with the Little Things in Life because they’re so damn trivial. My first thought is, ‘who cares?’ I end up falling into the ‘just this once’ trap.Just this once I’lleat that piece of cheesecaketake the elevator, not the stairsleave the bicycle behind and take the evil SUV to workAll of these are relatively venial offenses taken singularly, but I do one after another until the next thing I know I’m taking the train to Slothville and the jeans do...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 2, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Walking on fire...
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A few weeks ago I interviewed Jessica Weiner on my radio show Savor Yourself…beyond skin deep. Jess is an Author, Self-Esteem Expert, and Advice Columnist as well as the global ambassador for the Dove Self-Esteem Fund (http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/). She has recovered from an eating disorder and her books, A Very Hungry Girl and Life Doesn't Begin 5 Pounds From Now, are amazingly funny and poignant. When Jess sent me her bio for the press release of the show one line intrigued me. It read: “When [Jess] is not busy changing the world, this dynamo likes to walk on fire!”
I shared ...
Source: Advice for Parents - May 1, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Doris Smeltzer Source Type: blogs
May day? nah, better!
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[By Crabby]Don't Leave Home Without It.A few days ago, we were talking about feeling uncool while exercising. In the comments section, reader "One Sweet Shannon" told a funny tale about being locked out of her car after a workout when she had major nosebleed--with nary a Kleenex to stem the tide.Being an unmedicated allergy sufferer, and one who blows her nose 47,000 times a day frequently, I get nosebleeds too. I could totally relate.Then, in a Crazy Coincidence, one of my favorite health news blogs, Healthbolt, ran a post on nosebleeds! This made me realize that Cranky Fitness has never addressed this important health co...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 1, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Do you struggle with ed-nos? do you want to share your story?
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A new study out from Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University found that --- not surprising to anyone familiar with eating disorders --- that most eating disorder diagnoses are for ED-NOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified), not anorexia or bulimia.
I am looking for participants to share their experience with having ED-NOS for an upcoming story in a national magazine.Participants must fit the following criteria:
1.) Female, age 21 or under
2.) Diagnosed with ED-NOS (Please note specific type in #3 below.)
3.) Meet all of the criteria for anorexia nervosa except --- despite
substantial weight lo...
Source: Recovery Support - April 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
Love, to live ii
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My last blog, LOVE, TO
LIVE, seems to have hit a nerve! I???ve received so many comments and notes at
once that I want to reply to you ???at large.???
My point in the blog is
that we all are better served in life by making choices out of love ??? or
passion ??? than out of fear of error or rejection. Love stimulates a positive, constructive
approach to life, while fear compels a negative retreat from the full
experience of living.
But the comments to this
blog point out how distorted our perceptions of love can become, especially
among those of us who are prone to eating disorders. Here are a few of your note...
Source: Life After Recovery - April 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Aimee Liu Source Type: blogs
Your brain on blueberries
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[By Crabby]So yet another study has come out saying that blueberries and other phytochemical-rich foods are good for your brain. These superfoods are even supposed to be "effective at reversing age-related deficits in memory."Hooray! I love hearing that the healthy food I make myself eat all the time is really good for me.But hey... wait JUST one minute.I eat tons of blueberries and consume boatloads of other phytochemicals. And I exercise and get Omega 3's and do all that good brain stuff. And how good is my memory?It's crap!Well, it's not Alzheimer's time yet, but since I hit my mid-forties, I've definitely noticed an ev...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
A breathtaking approach to exercise?
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[By Merry]I mean the title of this post literally. Honest.One of my pet peeves is people using the word "literally" incorrectly.Friend - "He was so upset that he literally exploded with anger."Me - "Wow, that must have been messy."Friend - "Huh?"[Crabby reaches out a claw -- figuratively -- and drags Merry back to the point]Anyway, the point is that pollution is a problem.Breathing on an airplane is bad for you. Apparently noxious vapors leak into the cabin through the air-conditioning system and can cause breathing difficulties, fatigue and even permanent brain damage. Some former pilots claim they have been left unable t...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 29, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
I am in texas!
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I am excited to be in my home state of Texas. If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, please visit me tomorrow night. Here are details about a cool event:Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Denton, TX
University of North Texas, The Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Boulevard, Denton,
TX 76203 (One block from I-35E)
7:00 PM Presentation
8:00 to 8:30 PM Book signing
For more information, please contact Melanie Aldis at maldis@centerforchange.com
Sponsored by Center for Change (www.centerforchange.com) and Chrysalis
Educational Foundation (www.fightingdisorder.com); Benefiting the
Chrysalis Educational Foundation (Source: Recovery Support)
Source: Recovery Support - April 28, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
Losing your "cool"
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[By Crabby]I suppose I shouldn't admit this, but one of my favorite things about exercising (and there aren't that many) is the "coolness" factor.Sure, we're supposed to just do it for our health and our sense of accomplishment or whatever. Because we're all far too secure and self-confident and evolved to care what other people think of us.But for me, feeling cool and smug is one of the best parts of getting exercise! I know there must be others like me too, aren't there? We imagine that our sedentary friends who find out we go to the gym at 6am, or even complete strangers in cars who see us running uphill in pouring rain...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 28, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Love, to live
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(Source: Life After Recovery)
Source: Life After Recovery - April 27, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Aimee Liu Source Type: blogs
And the winnah is...
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[By Merry][photo courtesy of flickr]The moment has come to draw the magic number to win a Lipton bicycle.You know, I was going to glean Merry's top 10 favorite ways to stay young from the terrific comments on the Lipton Bike post, but the more I read them the less I liked the idea. Because there were far too many great ideas to choose a mere 10 favorites. And so many of the comments were thoughtful and inspiring and funny! (Those of you who haven't read them all yet might want to go back and do so). I think you all deserve a bicycle. (Lipton? Any chance that... oh. Well, it was worth a try asking.)Okay, the moment has com...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 25, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
When work conflicts with working out, what do you do?
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[By Merry]Them: No pressure, just get it done right away.Me: Instead of the other 12 things I have to do asap?Them: No, in addition to them. You don’t mind, do you?Pop quiz:Is the above aa) scenario for assertiveness training?b) nightmare that you hope to wake from in a couple of minutes?c) way to make sure that you do not get any exercise today?The answer is: d) what my day was looking like yesterday. Technical writers, even the most prepared and organized of them, live their lives to the rhythm of Forces Beyond Our Control.So one week things are calm and fairly rational, I only work 40 hours, and it’s not that hard t...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Out of the basement and into the streets
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[By Crabby](Note: It's a total coincidence that this post is about biking and that Cranky Fitness is giving away a bike on Friday the 25th, the day after tomorrow. This post is not just a flimsy excuse to remind those who haven't entered to do so by telling you how good your chances are (even though as it happens they are excellent since this is just a small blog). And we're not even going to mention that it's easy! (Just leave a comment on "how to stay young and active" back at the Bike Giveaway Post, and be prepared to give us contact information if you win). Nor will we belabor the unfortunate news that only those from...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 23, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Crash and burn
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Mayday! Mayday![By Crabby](Note: This is one of two posts today, the "real" one is coming up soon.)So have you folks discovered the blog Elastic Waist yet? If you haven't checked it out, you definitely should.I love Kim and Weetabix and Anne, and the whole crew over there. They're hilarious, and they manage to combine lots of useful information about food and fashion and fitness with positive messages about women's self image and size acceptance and all that cool stuff. Plus there's a lot of entertaining celebrity gossip, swearing, snark, and general outrageousness. What's not to like?Given how much I admire the profession...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
I keep on fallin'
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This is a Guest Post by the fabulous Leslie Goldman, author of the blog The Weighting Game. We could do a really, really long introduction of Leslie because she's done so many cool things (she's written a book and is even the co-host of a TV show!) But rather than repeat ourselves, we'll refer you to her previous interview and urge you to go visit her fantastic blog. So here's Leslie!Last week, I got sucked into watching some mind-numbing show on E! called "The Best of the Worst Red Carpet Moments." Twenty minutes in, I actively thought to myself, "I am voluntarily wasting 20 minutes of my life," and then quickly slipped b...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Stretching
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[By Crabby]Do you stretch?If so, do you think it does you any good?I've always been a big believer in stretching. It seems to help my back and knees and it's the least loathsome part of my exercise routine. But because I don't hate it, I do way less of it than I should.Yes, I know--that makes no sense at all. But here's what happens:I save stretching for the end of my workout. So if I'm the least bit rushed that day, I'll get to the stretching part and say to myself, "oh, you like stretching--you can just do that later, it will be fun!"Then I almost never remember to do it later. Or if I do remember, it no longer sounds fu...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 21, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Random friday: bimbos, pink axes, and unusual undergarments
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[by Crabby]Honestly, Does This Saddle Make me Look Fat?(Photo by Dogmatic)In keeping with Crabby's not-quite-back-from-vacation-yet slackitude, all the random items this week are stolen from some of our favorite blog friends. But don't worry; I'll soon return to my usual practice of lifting items straight from Science Daily instead.Wholesome Fun For Your Daughters?The always entertaining Red over at Unstarved alerts us to this, well, unusual online game that seems to be very popular with girls (most 9-16 years old), at least in England and France.It's called "Miss Bimbo" and shall we find out a little more about how it wor...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 18, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Seriously, this could be your bike!
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[By Crabby]Note: This Is an Important Public Service Announcement (and it includes you Canadians too!). Random Friday appears Right Below.So here at Cranky Fitness, we are not known for Optimism and Over-Promising. But what was perhaps not clear about the Lipton Tea contest--because we didn't entirely get it ourselves--is this amazing fact:A Cranky Fitness reader will be winning this bike!Due to Lipton's insanity generosity, they're setting aside one of these bikes for YOU FOLKS to win. It's not just one of the prizes in the big $25,000 video contest . (Which you also may want to enter, 'cause it sounds fun).And I've been ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 18, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Oh nooooo!
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[By Crabby]Katieo & MollySo how often do I post 3 times in one day? That would be never.But late breaking news compels me to send you over to Sister Skinny, where Katieo and Molly are saying their blog farewell! Arrrgh!The title is "Mission Accomplished," not to give away too much.(We hope they change their minds about no longer posting, or start another blog about... well, anything! )The video is cheerful and inspiring, yet somehow left this Crab in tears. Katie, in particular, has been a huge influence here, a great blog buddy, and a good friend.So head on over there to say goodbye (for now... fingers crossed). You c...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 18, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
No wonder they were popular in prison
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[By Merry]"I'd like to look at treadmills." Seemed a reasonable request to make in a sporting goods store.The salesgirl waved a perfectly manicured hand. "They're over there."I went over there.Then I came back. "I'd like to try one out."She stared at me as if I'd said I'd like to perform an immoral act with a particularly unhygienic duck. "Try -- one -- out?" she said, disbelief dripping from every syllable."Yes, try one out," I repeated. That was my story, and I was sticking to it.A bit of background: I love my new house, but I do miss living in a place where my front door was 96 merry-steps from a secluded, well-lit jogg...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 17, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Putting our thoughts down
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We begin each of the high school body image support groups I facilitate by doing a “check-in” with students in the circle. Once each student has shared how they "feel" in their bodies that day a theme often emerges. Last week’s groups were no different.
A number of students talked about how their entire day had been ruined by comments people made about their bodies or their physical appearance. Although this is an experience not unique to high school it seems that at times it can occur with a bit more vehemence there than with older age groups.One young woman shared how a few of the boys ...
Source: Advice for Parents - April 16, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Doris Smeltzer Source Type: blogs
Stay young and win money, bicycles & stuff
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[By Merry]I have a confession to make – I buy Lipton brand black tea. On purpose. People make fun of me, because this is not a brand of tea that claims to have been hand-picked by Tibetan monks who’ve intermittently fasted for weeks before the tea harvest. But I’ve been drinking it for years because it helps with my migraines.Migraines are bad. Trust me. When I get migraines, I develop an extreme sensitivity not just to light but also to smells. Hyper-sensitive to smells. Really, really hyper-sensitive. I can't stand the faintest smells. Migraines have something to do with dilated blood vessels, and black tea helps a...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 16, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
"recovered" vs. "in recovery"
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There is often a debate in the eating disorder field about what recovery means for people struggling with eating disorders. Can people be “recovered” or will they always be “in recovery?” Or are both terms accurate?
I have heard clinicians debate this topic at professional conferences.
Today I thought I would ask you what you think. Please post a comment
and let me know.
I will soon post my thoughts as well.
Best,
Jenni (Source: Recovery Support)
Source: Recovery Support - April 15, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
A very cranky year
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[By Crabby]Was it really a whole year ago that Cranky Fitness ran its first post even though no one was around yet to read it?Holy crap, that sure went by fast!For those of you me who were there from the very beginning, lets take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, shall we? And for you folks who came along later, don't worry: it's not too late to catch up. Just quit your job, abandon your children, divorce your spouse and settle down with the archives for a few weeks. You can read all the posts and comments, and soon you'll know everything there is to know about Cranky Fitness!Once you've done that, take the Cranky Fitness...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 15, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Intermittent fasting: a cranky fitness primer
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[By Crabby]Mmm, Nothing Beats The Fresh Crisp Taste of Air!We at Cranky Fitness endeavor to stay at the cutting edge of nutrition and health reporting, except when we can't be bothered.But we can't help noticing that Intermittent Fasting is becoming a hot topic. So it seems a good time to try to scrounge up a few extra google hits bring readers up to date on this important new research development!So here is it is: a Cranky Fitness Q & A, telling you Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Intermittent Fasting, Unless It's Kind Of A Hard Question.Q: What is Intermittent Fasting?A: "Intermittent Fasting" means: Not Eat...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 14, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Why she feels fat
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Hello Everyone,I want to alert you to a good new book for friends and family who are struggling to understand eating disorders. It's called WHY SHE FEELS FAT: Understanding Your Loved One's Eating Disorder and How You can Help.
The authors, Johanna Marie McShane and Tony Paulson, are CA eating disorders therapists. (Johanna blogs here at eatingdisordersblogs.com under WHY SHE FEELS FAT) Their book is very direct, accessible, and constructive.
The most difficult question I face when I speak to audiences is, "What should I do to help?" Every situation is different, and it's difficult to g...
Source: Life After Recovery - April 12, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Aimee Liu Source Type: blogs
Random friday: lose weight, make $, and have your husband do the housework
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[By Merry][Warning: Introductory paragraph contains potentially harmful levels of frivolous levity as well as trace elements such as irony. If you have been advised by your doctor or other health professional to take life seriously at all costs, avoid the first paragraph. You might want to only lightly skim the whole post for that matter.]I asked Crabby if she wanted to stop undergoing de-box (a necessary part of re-Crab) long enough to do a Random Friday post, and her response... well, let's just say it was something like this:So I figured I'd throw out a collection of oddities and leave her to unpack in peace. Much safer...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 11, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Skinny bitch alternatives
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This post was written by Jaime, who writes the very entertaining blog Surplus. And you know what? She's not a big fan of the book Skinny Bitch. She's got some WAY better ideas for you.Skinny Bitch bills itself as "A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous," which I guess it is, or is supposed to be, but what got me to read it (aside from my savviness, and desire to look fabulous) was the fact that beneath this chick-lit-diet-book facade was a call to veganism! Scandalous, I know. Vegans aren't chic! Vegans wear sandals and hemp sweaters! Look at the black-clad c...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 10, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
The rock walk
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[By Crabby]A Little ObsessedDo any of you have a particular walk or hike that you love so much that you'd move over 3,000 miles just to get to enjoy it whenever you wanted?Well, I don't either, I swear. There are LOTS of reasons we moved to P-town, not just for the Rock Walk. (And "the Rock Walk" is just our name for it, I have no idea what the locals call it).But for me the Rock Walk is one of those rare experiences, like a massage or a cup of coffee in the morning, that I pretty much always enjoy. It's not exercise, because exercise is a pain in the ass, and this is fun. We've been coming here for years, yet I never see...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 9, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
What if you're allergic to exercise?
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[By Merry]Summer’s too hot; you’d end with heat stroke.Autumn? Those leaves? You’d slip, trip and croak.Winter just sucks; you can’t work out then.And in spring everything is an allergen.[Photo courtesy of Taliesin at The Morgue File]I loved the 5 good reasons to quit the gym post, but right now the gym sounds like a good idea. Or else I should stay home and exercise while watching old movies. (Maybe I should write a book: Fitness for movie buffs.)I mean, if it weren’t hard enough going outside to work out when you’ve got to deal with the Birds, or the occasional case of Vertigo, now I’ve come up with another...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 8, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
My food choices: a private affair
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Last week was spring break. Tom and I took a much needed vacation—a few days in glorious Carmel Valley with nothing to do but read books and rest. Although a delightful time, one event stands out in my mind.
On our third night we visited a newly opened restaurant—very upbeat and crowded with locals who were thrilled to have a fresh haunt for meals out. We were seated in a cozy corner outside where comfy cushioned wicker chairs surrounded a round table with a center open fire pit. Due to this casual arrangement, there were two couples seated close by on either side of us. To our right sat ...
Source: Advice for Parents - April 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Doris Smeltzer Source Type: blogs
The crab is back... kinda
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[By Crabby]Fran The Van, In the Glamorous Winnemucca Wal-MartThought You Got Rid of Me? Sorry, no such luck! I'm back to blogging, sort of, in a half-assed way. We still haven't moved in to our new place, and still don't have reliable internet access, so I haven't had a chance to check up on all the wonderful things going on over at everyone else's fine blogs, nor to get to the backlog of email messages... And it may be a while before things are "normal" again here. Sorry about that!So until I get more settled in, Cranky Fitness will be relying heavily on Merry as primary host, and will be featuring her excellent writing a...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Five good reasons to quit the gym
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This next guest post is by Monica Shaw--she's a freelance writer who hosts the very informative health and fitness website, smarterfitter.com.I was on an elliptical machine watching an episode of MTV Cribs when it dawned on me: "this is totally lame." What the hell was I doing sweating my ass off in a dingy gym full of boneheads and bad techno? Why was I mindlessly watching bad TV? And worst of all, why was I paying for the privilege?That day, I ended my workout early and cancelled my gym membership. It was time to take Fleetwood Mac's advice and go my own way.It's obvious to me now that the gym and I were in a co-dependen...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 3, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
I have a dream petition
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My friend and colleague, Shannon Cutts, has a dream. I think her dream is one that we all share. Here is a message from Shannon:
The petition: http://www.key-to-life.com/Petition.htm The purpose: The 'I Have A Dream of a World FREE from
Eating Disorders' Petition of Hope is designed to give anyone affected
by eating disorders a forum to share with members of Congress why
achieving mental health parity for treatment is important to them. For
every 1,000 names collected, a copy of the list will be forwarded to
The Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action, whose
mission is to advance federal recog...
Source: Recovery Support - April 3, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
Miracles do happen!
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I'm very excited to let you know that one of my long term clients, Kathy Christian, has just become engaged. Her fiance', Joe Locke, proposed last weekend over dinner at the top of the Amway Grand, the swankiest restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kathy has a lovely ring on her finger and a grin a mile wide. Of course couples become engaged every day - so why am I writing about this one? Well, to really understand the significance of this event you need to know a bit about Kathy's history. She has been my client for fifteen years, and has suffered with her eating disorder for nearly twenty. The fact that she has survived...
Source: For Professionals - April 3, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Gail Hall Source Type: blogs
A superior posterior
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This post was written by Jen Sinkler, a senior editor at Experience Life Magazine) She also hosts a blog called Survival of the Fittest, which besides being quite entertaining, also has some extremely practical health and fitness tips. Crabby actually intends to put several of these into practice any day now--and this one is of special interest to those of us with crappy knees. _____________________________________________________In February 2003, having just returned from an intense (but incredible) 18-day tour of Fiji and New Zealand with the U.S. women’s 7s rugby team, I started to develop sharp, stabbing pain just b...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 2, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
New feature! cranky fitness branches out!
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[By Merry]We at Cranky Fitness pride ourselves on our innovative approach to raking in the bucks developing and deploying robustly opportunistic ways to leverage robust opportunities.A new feature that we’ve developed is the I.D.E.A. ™: Innovatively Definitive Exercise Avoider.Here’s how it worksYou send us a lot of money, with some whiny wimp reason about why you don’t want to go work out today. We’ll send you a brand-new, shiny, and irrefutable excuse, personalized for your own needs, that you can use to get out of the exercise.Soothe your conscience, salvage your self-respect, and earn the envy and admiration ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - April 1, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Babies are overrated
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Today's guest post is courtesy of the awesome blogger Charlotte of The Great Fitness Experiment. Charlotte also blogs at The Huffington Post.With childbirth these days, it's not about what you gain (a baby) but all about what you lose (fat, skin, your sanity). As if carrying a squirmy watermelon with sharp heels for nine months (ten really, if you're counting by weeks) wasn't hard enough, now pregnant women are held to the impossibly skinny standards of the media as well.Any woman who has been pregnant in the last few years or so already knows exactly what I'm talking about. Suddenly a baby bump has become the new it bag. ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 31, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Hope
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Today I had the opportunity to spend time with the wonderful family of my friend who recently died from anorexia. Her memorial service was this morning in her hometown. Many tears fell. Despite the tears, the service was really a celebration of life. One word heard throughout the service was: hope.
In her life, my friend often talked about the importance of hope. She
held onto hope and never quit trying. She regularly asked me to share
the message of hope with people I meet in my travels. In her memory, I
want to share my hope with you:
People do FULLY recover from eating disorders. Full recovery takes
full c...
Source: Recovery Support - March 29, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Jenni Schaefer Source Type: blogs
Random friday: bloggers, beer, and bikinis
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[By Merry]Spring Break!A lot of people took this week off for Spring Break festivities. To me, it felt as if we were having a Spring Break party right here on Cranky Fitness. Okay, without the beer and bikinis. But every day there was something new, and these guest posts explored a vast range of topics.Bloggers Gone Wild!Thanks to Mizfit for enlightening me about Chia, and Karly for making me think about positive self-imagery. (According to Dr. Mirkin, men tend to report their waist circumference to be, on average, 3 inches less than it actually is. It's interesting that women tend to think they're fatter than they really ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 28, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Merry Source Type: blogs
Advice from your yoga instructor
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This guest post is written by Heather, who blogs at http://findingatman.com yet another blog you should be visiting! It's really very good.I know you think you should try yoga.You need to relax. Lower your blood pressure. Maybe your doctor told you so. Maybe to lose a few pounds.I know you're not flexible. I understand you can't touch your toes.I'll tell you what though - I like you a hell of a lot better than 20-year-old Missi Stretchy, the ex-high school cheerleader who is there to show me how flexible she is.I love people who can't touch their toes. Want to know why?I've been a yoga instructor for several years now. I s...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 27, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
