The Wrap Up for My #28 Days Come What May Self-Improvement Project
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The Wrap Up for My #28 Days Come What May Self-Improvement Project

Last week on Instagram, I announced the conclusion and wrap up of my jump start to self-betterment, my #28DaysComeWhatMay project. Now it’s time to tell this story on the blog in detail. While my project has officially ended, I am still going strong with my resolve for regular exercise and whole food eating. l started…

Today was the day I Lost It: Backstory Part Two of the #28DayComeWhatMayProject
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Today was the day I Lost It: Backstory Part Two of the #28DayComeWhatMayProject

What I haven’t explained is that at the same time I started this project, I was switching up on my anti-anxiety medicine. I was excited in fact to begin Wellbutrin instead of the Lexipro which I was certain had been the very reason I’d gained the weight and couldn’t get rid of it. Read the…

Day One of 28 Days Come What May Project
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Day One of 28 Days Come What May Project

This project was a long time coming. Having spent two years in the largest body I’ve ever been in and trying very hard to practice radical self-acceptance while secretly and simultaneously loathing my body and wanting to fix it, I quit Noom and the gym. I decided that there was changes that needed to be…

The Start of Project Me : 28 Days Come What May Project
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The Start of Project Me : 28 Days Come What May Project

I am not supposed to be fixing me. That was so last year and the lifeĀ  before’s story. IBut I kept telling myself, “if I fix my weight and my brain and my house all up… then everything will be Okay.” Not Okay. All efforts to fix me didn’t work out that well. And I…

Soapbox : Medication is Better than Okay, It’s Grrreeaatt
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Soapbox : Medication is Better than Okay, It’s Grrreeaatt

When I was in the deepest throws of my battle with anxiety and depression, inside a bad relationship, dealing with mentally imbalanced parents, and just living a crappy life, I was sure that if I just worked really hard all by myself, eventually, I would win this war I was calling life. I would practice…

I Have a Hard Time Believing
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I Have a Hard Time Believing

I have a hard time believing. Raised by anxious agnostics with low self-esteem and a Depression mindset of scarcity who betrayed me, I have a hard time believing. In January, I started a dietary and awareness adjustment program called Noom. It’s a great program because it comes from a psychological perspective, which I love. The…