Let’s Be Real

Even a body image blogger struggles with body image It's been a few weeks since I could muster up the desire to blog. You ever have those days when you just feel...bleh? But, like, those days string together to make weeks? So things you enjoy - blogging, reading, writing, cooking, baking, working out, playing sports, …

What dreams are made of

In an effort to project honesty, as well as separate myself from some other fitness bloggers and Instagrammers who imply - or insist - that they always ooze positivity and love themselves, and therefore urge that if you don't do the same then there's something wrong with you, I'm gonna throw this out there: I've …

On perfection

Anyone else have those things as a kid you assumed you'd grow out of when you became an adult, but found out as an adult that you don't grow out of something unless you actively work on growing? Maybe that's confusing. I'll give some examples. Two o'clock in the afternoon: I'm not afraid of the …

Just a little encouragement

I won't talk long today, guys. For one thing, there is too much currently being said in America and very little listening. I've been guilty of it myself. But not today. Today, I just want to give a little encouragement. Let's begin... Ice cream is delicious. Go have some today. If you're not big on …

Seeing myself through ugly pancakes

My Sunday began with weight gain and an ugly pancake. After two weeks of little daily splurges here and there - an activity I typically reserve for only the weekend - my mind and body battled with the degree of necessity to step on the scale Sunday morning. I know, I know, I'm not supposed …

Demi-lition Derby

Read this article about Demi Lovato the other day, and thought, "Well...that escalated quickly." The rundown: an Instagram artist drew a picture of Lovato several months ago as a topless mermaid. Lovato herself commented on the photo recently and said it was a "gorgeous" drawing, but that it wasn't representative of her actual body. The …

Destined for prettiness

Who doesn't love a good concert? The buzzing excitement before the house lights go dim, the performer holding his microphone out to the crowd, the killer guitar solo, the one song that makes the audience nearly tear the roof off the place, the girl in front of you who won't stop taking selfies... Wait. My birthday …

Treat her like a lady (you got to, got to treat her like)

The Corneilus Brothers and Sister Rose released a song in 1971 that served as a how-to about how a man can entice women to surround him for his own sexual satisfaction. While that may have been cool in 1971 - and still is to many men, I'm sure - I'm fortunate enough to have a male …

Weighing happiness

As much as I enjoy advocating men's and women's acceptance of their bodies and the pursuit of health rather than a beach bod, I often have days when the beach bod takes precedence. Ever since I was 7 years old, I've been terrified of gaining weight. The thing that started it? My dad took my …

Alphabet Series: Unsure of Myself

Day Twenty-One: Unsure of Myself Some of my themes throughout this series have either gone hand in hand or repeated themselves, and today is perhaps another instance of that. I have previously alluded to my lack of confidence in myself and in my relationships for several years. My struggles have been - and in some …