This is such excellent advice! We are only blessed in this life with one body, so we’d best care for it, in every way. Fitness isn’t a punishment; it’s a blessing. Nutrition isn’t restrictive; it’s healing. Health isn’t a one-size-fits-all thing and may not look the same for everyone; but it is something worth fighting for.
I’ve been thin my whole life. I chalk it up to good genes and a speedy metabolism. Several years ago I suffered from an eating disorder. I weighed 105 pounds and had a body fat content of around 12%. This isn’t at my lowest weight, but it’s close. You could see all my ribs, my xiphoid process, and my hip bones protruded. I lost so much body fat that I stopped having my period. 
I wasn’t eating, but I thought that I was. I sent myself into adrenal fatigue and then my Hashimoto’s disease flared up. Somehow, I was swinging into hypothyroidism, and still dropping weight. I was punishing my body by not eating and not sleeping enough. But when I looked in the mirror, I didn’t see myself as being too thin. I weighed myself multiple times a day, obsessing over the number. I felt like my life was out of control, but this was one thing that I could control.
Today, I am strong, not skinny. I suppose that compared to the average American, I’m considered thin. But I fuel my body with lots of healthy food (and the occasional taco and ice cream).😊 Most importantly, I am healthy and happy. I threw away my bathroom scale, and just got another one a few years ago. I rarely use it, and probably haven’t weighed myself in 3 or 4 months. The number on the scale is not how I measure my health. I go by how I feel and how my clothes fit. Do I wish I had six-pack abs? Sure. (for the record, I didn’t have a six pack even at my thinnest) But hey, I’ve had a baby via Cesarean and a second abdominal surgery to remove an ovarian cyst. The only six pack I’m going to have is that Negro Modelo that’s in my refrigerator, and that’s okay. 😉
My motto: Work out because you love your body, not because you hate it.
September 20, 2016
Babe, people would kill to look you!