Nia Shanks

Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less

Archives for February 2014

Stop Labeling Yourself by Their Standards (and do This Instead)

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Sometimes it feels like a proverbial heartbreak. Reading comments and emails filled with sadness, confusion, and sometimes even despair. "Can you help me?" is a question I'm often asked. This question is preceded by comments such as: I just need to lose this extra fat. I don't like my cellulite. I can't control what I eat. how do I stop obsessing over food? I wish I could love my body. And …

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Confessions of a Personal Trainer: Experiences with Binge Eating and Over Exercising

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If I sit still for a moment, close my eyes, take a deep breath and relax, I can remember it like it was yesterday. The disordered eating habits I battled. The binge eating episodes. The horrible, cruel, and negative things I would say to myself on a daily basis about my diet failures and how I didn't look a certain way. The high standards with nutrition and working out I placed on myself. Basing …

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