Consistency Over Perfection: Why Boring Habits Actually Work
A few years ago, a friend showed me a habit tracker she absolutely loved. Each month was written out, with one spot for every day of the month — January had 31 dots, February had 28, and so on. Every day she completed her habit, she colored in a dot. She called it the “Stupid F*ing Dots” (or SFD for short), and it really helped her exercise consistently. She found something that worked for her, and I was genuinely happy for her. But it also made me realize something uncomfort
Why You’re So Hungry After Your Long Run (And What Underfueling Has to Do With It)
Picture it: It’s Saturday afternoon. You knocked out your long run that morning, and you're feeling pretty good about yourself… but also ravenously hungry. You’re confused because you did have an energy gel during your run. Yet here you are, opening the pantry every five minutes like you’re hoping the snack fairy has finally shown up at your house. You keep telling yourself to “be good,” and then eventually you cave — grazing from pantry to fridge, beating yourself up with e
When Diet Culture Broke Our Relationship with Food (and How to Fix It)
When I was growing up, I was called “chubby,” which was apparently a perfectly acceptable word to use in the 80s. I was embarrassed that my jeans were “Pretty Plus” sizes. My mom was always going on a diet, and most of the time, my sister and I went on the diet with her. When I was in middle school, my mom and I went on a road trip with my aunt. My mom forgot to tell her that we were both “on a diet,” so she brought a grocery bag full of junk food for the road. My aunt was so