#joyful movement

[thepeacefulgarden]

#fuck diet culture #joyful movement #intuitive eating #anti diet #self care #self compassion #mental health

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#postitforward #holidayblueswithtumblr #health & fitness #joyful movement #mental health #flexfriday #Youtube

[fitforestfairy]

Joyful Movement is such a beautiful way of actually living life and honouring what our bodies can do.

Move in any way that feels right to you, experience life and honour yourself 🌱

#fitforestfairy #fairy talks #fitblr #joyful movement #move your body #move however feels best for you #honour your body #honour yourself #self care #self love #mental health advocate #amateur yogi #health and wellness #fitness lover #coffee lover #nature lover

[recoverycat]

My experience with weight gain

One of the most central reasons I always ended up relapsing before was because I just could not handle the weight gain. My endless cycle went something like this:

Restricting to what my ED redeemed an “okay enough” weight > deciding to up my intake enough to be able to live a little > in a matter of a couple of weeks suddenly gaining a lot of weight and mass > spiralling into relapse and the cycle repeats.

Each time I kept beating myself up over gaining weight and my ED kept shouting at me that it was obviously because I got too comfortable and wasn’t being vigilant enough around food. I don’t even think I can stomach writing down the obscene insults I drowned myself in.

I went on a pilgrimage, for instance. I had been relapsed for a while when I spontaneously decided to do it. I wanted something drastic to change within me and I had heard pilgrimages do that for people, besides, I love hiking and was itching to spend 2 months in my hammock tent. I had a measly month to try to eat enough to recover my body to carry 20kg on my back while walking day in and day out. I, of course, didn’t manage to fuel myself porperly and I started my pilgrimage weak and starved. I couldn’t even squat with my pack when we started, though after a few days of absolutely suffering my way along the pilgrim path and eating more than I ever have, I quickly got much stronger. It got easier, I could squat my pack no problem after a few days. But a week snails by and I notice I’ve gotten a lot bigger around my thighs and waist. I couldn’t take it. I had a mental breakdown and had to go home where I relapsed yet again. My ED screaming the entire time about how stupid I am for thinking I could live a little.

That’s how it’s always been for me. I couldn’t understand how I so quickly “got fat” as my ED wouldn’t shut up about. Am I really completely untrustworthy? Gluttonous? Maybe intuitive eating is a wish fulfilling sham, I thought to myself.

An integral part of my recovery came from accepting that I am genetically large. I have very buff peasant genes with a tall, broad stature to boot. It wasn’t fat I magically soaked up, I am one of those women who build a lot of muscle very quickly. And I revel in it now. After accepting that I am big and strong, I found joy in that. After I started eating properly and healing my relationship with exercise, I haven’t had any chronic pain. Everything is so easy now. Walking, running, sewing, chores, cooking. I used to be bedbound for years because I starved myself and then overate, neither of which does anything other than make me feel absolutely wrecked. Now I’m thinking about pursuing my dream career as a folk dress maker which I never thought was possible when I was riddled with pain and fatigue. I’m actually alive for the first time in my life, I feel.

As a little sidenote, that’s not to say fat is bad. I’ve gained back fat as well in recovery which I’m also happy about as I’m now coushioned and can roll around on the floor and sit with my back resting against the wall without pain.

#joyful movement #eating disorder #eating disoder recovery #anorexia #bulimia #ednos #atypical anorexia

[reclaimingjoy]

Day Two!

Today I spent time doing some pilates on my office floor. I was pleasantly surprised by this video. Most of the first iterations felt easy but the difficulty quickly increased. For most movements I had to stick with the second iteration but I am hoping to see real growth if I continue using this particular video. This is something I could use to track progress

I had a lot of fun doing this workout. It didn't feel like work, it felt like dance class. I am sweating a bit, but Im not in any pain. I did have some really bad acid reflux whenever my heart rate would go up, though. So Im going to make sure thats not some sort of real issue.

Overall I'll be ranking this one an

8.5/10

#pilates #plus size #fat fitness #fit #yoga #youtube #home gym #beginner #joyful movement #Youtube

[maryannauger]

I love full body workouts

1. When you do a full body workout you don't have to worry if you can't come in more than once vs if you do a leg workout you kind of "have" to go a second day to do an upper body workout to balance it out

2. It puts less stress on one single muscle group and can avoid DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) aka being very sore for a few days

3. You don't have to think about 6 different exercises to do for one single muscle group or / body part

4. It can make it easier to hit a muscle group more than once a week For example, if you do 1-3 full body workouts vs leg day, chest shoulders & tri's, back and bi's, core and cardio, you already have 4 days in and you're only targetting the muscle groups once a week

Of course, it's never a one size fits all. If you're trying to become an athlete, this may not be the best approach. But for most of my clients who are beginners or people trying to incorporate fitness in their life without making it their whole life, full body workouts are great

#full body workout #fitness #joyful movement #certified personal trainer #anti diet

[elliottiseating]

hi! 🌱🐻

my name is elliott, but i also like the nicknames eli, ellie, and bear. i'm transgender, gay, gender nonconforming, and autistic with adhd! i also have general anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. i use he/him pronouns! i'm recovered from EDNOS and navigating healthy, sustainable weight loss after eating disorder recovery. i block and report eating disorder blogs on sight, do not interact with my content. recovery blogs are welcome!

i also run a blog for my autistic special interest, jellycat stuffed animals (and other stuffed animals as well)! @kinzplush

photo credit: nighthawk shoots on unsplash

#healthy #fitspo #healthspo #mental health #vegan #self care #wellness #healthy lifestyle #veganism #animal rights #vegan blog #weight loss #healthy weight loss #self love #weightlifting #exercise #joyful movement #eating disorder recovery #transgender #lgbtq #gay man #trans man #autistic adult #autistic #adhd #mental health support #positive thoughts #positivity #animal welfare #animal rights activism

[cowboylikedean]

We need to talk about “Joyful Movement.”

I would like to challenge abled people who participate in the “joyful movement” crazy to ask themselves why it helps them so much to frame their movement and exercise as “Thank GOD I’m not disabled!!!!” Because that’s what it means when you say “I just think that I’m so grateful my body can do this.” When you say things like “Aren’t you thankful you have feet! Think of people who don’t have feet,” it comes with the unspoken implication that having feet is better than not having feet. When you say things like “I think you should move your body because it can move, not every body can move.” What you’re actually saying is “movement, exercise, fitness are for the abled. and aren’t we glad we’re not disabled???” When you say “I’m so thankful my body can move because not every body can!” what you’re saying is “There are disabled people and I’m SO glad I’m not one of them!!!” 

It’s VERY insulting and ableist and I implore you to reframe it once more.

It’s not movement because your body can move. It’s movement for movement’s own sake. Your ability or lack of ability is NOT why you should move your body and it’s certainly NOT why you should take joy in it. You should move your body because movement is fun. It’s not because you’re thankful that you can move, ESPECIALLY in comparison with those who can’t... It’s because you’re happy. It’s because movement is fun in its own right. INDEPENDENT from ability. 

#joyful movement #body positivity #body neutrality #ableism #think about it folks

[waajidah]

i don't workout to be "healthy". i workout to dominate my choir's tenor section with my phenomenal breath control and solid posture

#held the light beyond shadow mid note for 13.5 seconds suck it bill #joyful movement

[literally-fuck-it-all]

Note to self: stop forgetting how good joyful movement feels

#yoga #joyful movement

[laurasrandomthoughts]

Goodbye Diet Culture - Ending Activity Tracking

Diet culture has such a wide reach in my life and exercise was intricately wound up in my weight loss pursuits until I decided that I would no longer use my physical activity as a diet tool. I turned to Intuitive Eating’s joyful movement step. I stopped doing activities that I didn’t like just for the calorie burn. Tuning into what made me happy, I focused on those activities like cycling,…

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#athlete #calories #diet #diet culture #enjoy #exercise #exercise to lose weight #fitness #fun #happy #hiking #Intuitive Eating #joy #joyful movement #keep moving #paddle logger #paddleboarding #relax #runkeeper #running #step count #swimming #tracking #weight loss

[thepeacefulgarden]

#body image #body positivity #body neutrality #self care #self love #self respect #self compassion #self care is not selfish #mind body and soul #self care is not an indulgence #your body is not a moral failing #intuitive eating #joyful eating #joyful movement #exvangelical #ex catholic #fuck diet culture #fuck purity culture #reparenting #your body is not disgusting #your body is not dangerous

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[fitforestfairy]

30 Days of Yoga - Done ✅

I’m in tears and so so very proud of myself 😭🧘🏻‍♀️

This is the first time in over a year I can complete a challenge like this. My life was falling apart and more often than not I didn’t think I would make it to the next day.

This is me learning to love myself again, learning to take care of myself again 💜

#fitforestfairy #feeling accomplished #yoga challenge #challenge accepted #challenge complete #true self love #true self care #health and wellness #fitblr #i’m just loving my journey #joyful movement #fitness journey #weight loss journey #intentional weight loss #yoga with kassandra

[danceswithfatness]

20 Min Hip Opening Yoga Flow

The first movement activity I ever loved was horseback riding.

The second, hiking. 

The third is yoga. I started learning and trying yoga during my ED treatment days. I try to do yoga as often as possible, preferably every day after work. 

I could have done yoga Monday before dance, but I didn’t. Yesterday I had a work event so I didn’t get home til late. But today I knew I wanted to go home, get my yoga leggings on, and get to work on finding some flow. 

My go-to YouTube yoga teacher is Tiffany Croww. She’s a plus size lady who makes yoga accessible. So I used her 20 minute hip opening flow to get into stretching my chronically tight hips. 

Now I’m zoned out on the couch watching her series on restorative yoga. 

#yoga #haes #movement #joyful movement #intentional movement #dance #teacher

[reclaimingjoy]

The Plan: Exercise

As a neuro-divergent plus size woman, I like plans.. particularly rainbow color coded plans. 👀

With a past of disordered eating (both binging and restricting) it's time to make a change, and it's time to make a change this is different from allllll the other "make a change" moments over the past 26 years.

So, from 7pm to 8pm every day, I will dedicate some time to finding which movements I enjoy! I'll try a different thing each day of the week, and then create a plan in the new year based on what I find the most gratifying whether that be by seeing progress, seeing results, or simply having fun. I will not weigh myself, I will not count calories, and I will not post body progress pictures.

I WILL post updates on my physical abilities, such as being able to life more weight, spend more time doing a particular exercise, or being able to move from a modified exercise to the regular exercise.

Sunday: Hula Hoop

Monday: Yoga/Pilates

Tuesday: Trampoline

Wednesday: Step Up

Thursday: RingFit

Friday: Classic Gym (Weights/Bike)

Saturday: JustDance

#body positive #neurodivergent #intuitive eating #joy #joyful movement