“It’s taken me 20 years to get back into even light exercise because I’ve been so traumatized by my eating disorder history, and how our society has weaponized exercise into being a tool of diet culture rather than something we do for our mental health. The bralette tops and tight leggings and rooms full of mirrors and focus on definition, shape and size is just too much for me, and triggers old thoughts and habits.
So I began to do it in baggy clothes with light snacks (as in, nothing that would make me throw up when I’m jumping up and down), and none of the emphasis is on my body, ONLY my mind. Doing this has revolutionized my relationship with exercise, my body, and my mind.
