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Benefits of Movement

ashleyhenson — 2025-01-18 22:28:05 UTC

Movement can boost your energy and help you sleep better. Any movement, no matter how small, is better than none. There are many different kinds, including walking, stretching, and dancing.

Mental health check

gmblanchard — 2025-01-22 20:32:42 UTC

Prioritizing mental health and self care is important. Self care can help you feel refreshed, focused, and overall more fulfilled. Activities such as reading, journaling, going on a walk, or watching your favorite show are all great for taking some time for ourselves to make us feel better.

Health is Weigh Neutral

kailahalvarez — 2025-01-23 02:41:15 UTC

Taking care of your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs is important to your wellbeing. Nourish your body with foods and activities that you enjoy!

Food is fuel

2025-01-23 03:12:03 UTC

You don’t have to earn food. Food is fuel for life, you deserve to eat even if you haven’t done anything today. You don’t like the way you look, you feel like you’ve eaten too much, you’ve gained weight, you’re going out later. You need it to stay alive! Do not punish yourself, your body does so much for you.

Macey McGraw

2025-01-23 22:29:25 UTC

It’s important to be mindful of language when communicating with others because you never know what may upset people and what is offensive to one person and not another. Especially when communicating with someone in a professional sense, it is even more important to build a trusting relationship, which can be quickly ruined if you say something you shouldn’t have. Someone like a patient, a patient would feel unsafe if their doctor said something that wasn’t necessarily kind.

3. It’s important to not classify foods into just healthy and unhealthy because that just isn’t how food works. Also, having that sort of mindset can easily lead to things like anorexia or bulimia. Foods aren’t either “unhealthy” or “healthy” for the population. It differs from person to person and having any food that may be what some consider “unhealthy” every so often isn’t a bad thing. You have to let your body have what it craves because otherwise you may binge on something else.

Positivity- McGraw

2025-01-23 22:38:37 UTC

Small wins matter. You deserve to treat yourself, feel happy for yourself, and everything in between. There is no right way to take life and what is important in life is your happiness and that is that.

(sorry I posted my discussion here by mistake)

Intuitive Eating Heals

2025-01-23 23:12:09 UTC

Listening to your bodies natural hunger cues and eating what you desire, when you desire frees your body and mind. Be gentle with yourself, and offer yourself compassion when approaching your bodies needs. This practice will look different for each person, and that’s okay! :)

It's good to eat - David DeLaRosa

2025-01-24 00:49:44 UTC

It's ok to eat, eating is something that we all must do to live and thus people (Like you) shouldn't feel bad about it. We all do it, so don't let people who don't live your life tell you how to feel about yours. Be happy to eat and enjoy your life. :)

"All or nothing" mentality

2025-01-24 02:03:41 UTC

I think it can be easy to get pulled into the "all or nothing" mentality when it comes to working towards a goal, i.e., working out, homework, cleaning, etc. I have done this a lot too. There is nothing that says you have to go to the gym every single day or be cleaning something at all times. One can work up towards having a routine as well, which is one of my goals this semester. It can be difficult to balance when you have multiple roles to fill, but I've found that when I've followed my intuition and taken it day by day its made me happier and feel less rushed to fit everything in.

Have Kindness For Yourself

2025-01-24 03:51:53 UTC

Understanding that any physical or mental limitation of food can lead to a lack of control, which might lead to emotional eating. Look for gentle methods to soothe, care for, and heal your problems. Being unrealistic and too judgmental of your physical size or form makes it difficult to reject the diet mentality. Each body is deserving of compassion.

Crystal Firestone- Weight neutral reasons to exercise

2025-01-24 04:06:34 UTC

Do what feels right for you!

2025-01-24 04:23:30 UTC

As humans we experience a lot of pressure to be this perfect human being when were not created that way. It's important to discover what feels good to you and continue on your own path. Be your own unique self!

Love the Skin You're In

2025-01-24 06:53:45 UTC

This message is something I was often told growing up! I was unable to confirm the origin of this expression, but I know it is also often used as a beauty/marketing slogan. I was always told this in the contexts of embracing your appearance as it is. The truth is: You are beautiful as you are. You are worthy. You are enough. Your weight, shape, size, hair color, skin color, height, etc. does not define you. No aspect of your appearance defines who you are, the kind of person you are, or what you offer. Embrace your unique being. :)

Cheat Meals

2025-01-25 04:16:36 UTC

Replace the term "cheat meal" with "treat." The term "cheat" implies that someone is doing something wrong or breaking rules, which can create guilt around eating certain foods. Using terms like "treat" which focuses on enjoying food in a balanced way without negative connotations, making it easier to approach food with a healthier mindset.

Words are Important!

2025-01-27 20:28:10 UTC

Being mindful of language when talking with patients, clients, or members of the community is critical because it fosters respect, clarity, and trust. Using compassionate and straightforward language makes people feel appreciated, understood, and safe, which promotes open communication and produces better results. It also ensures that challenging information is accessible to all, which reduces miscommunication. Mindful language is especially crucial in delicate situations where emotional well-being is at stake, because words can either help or create suffering.