evepostappleOnce upon a time, there was a woman named Eve, who, unable to resist the luring temptation of a fragrant orchard, took a bite of forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. Perhaps Eve was bored. Perhaps she was ovulating and had a desperate craving for something sweet. Perhaps life in the little garden was becoming stressful or claustrophobic. Perhaps she felt out of control or lacked passion in her life and in order to numb her emotions or soothe herself from Adam's lack of attention or his ambivalence in starting a family, she chose to indulge. Perhaps Eve was an emotional eater. But as Eve soon discovered, neither the bite, nor the whole fruit fulfilled her as she had hoped. Not only did she realize she was naked but that she had contempt for the way she looked. Perhaps Eve suffered with body dismorphia. Eve tried to stop eating the forbidden fruit and eventually avoided eating altogether but that didn't work and she ended up eating until she could no longer breathe. The point of this is that Eve lost her intuitive ability to nourish herself. She no longer had balance in her life and was willing to do any and everything to get that back.

Maybe Eve didn't exist. Maybe the stories that were told are not as important as the stories we tell ourselves.

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    Not Getting the Results You Want? THE SOLUTION: ACTIVE REST BABY I used to overtrain like nobody’s business.  During my years suffering with my eating disorder, I most definitely had exercise bulimia (which is when you use exercise as a means of purging) and if I tallied up my hours, I was probably training for about 6 hours a day. When you over-train, your body HOLDS ONTO FAT like there is no tomorrow.  Furthermore, your body releases an abundance of CORTISOL, the fat storing hormone that is released from stress. Overexercise puts the body in fight or flight stress mode which affects not only your fat storage but your mood, apetite and over all feeling of well-being, so why the heck would you want to do this to yourself? Do yourself a huge favour, take a freaking day or two off and enjoy a yoga class, bike ride, slow hike, walk with a friend, swim in the lake or one of a million other activities.  Not only will this help you shed that fat that you can’t get rid of, it will help you FEEL better in every way. Today after two solid training days, I enjoyed a super fun bike ride with my man around Vancouver’s gorgeous seawall.  We snacked on fresh blueberries and hydrated with bottles of my chocolate coconut water that I froze and allowed to thaw throughout the course of our ride.   We stopped to do some mild stretching and played on the swings before heading home for lunch.  Days like this not only heal the body but also heal the soul. What’s your favourite form of active rest?

    Not Getting the Results You Want?

    THE SOLUTION:

    ACTIVE REST BABY

    I used to overtrain like nobody’s business.  During my years suffering with my eating disorder, I most definitely had exercise bulimia (which is when you use exercise as a means of purging) and if I tallied up my hours, I was probably training for about 6 hours a day.

    When you over-train, your body HOLDS ONTO FAT like there is no tomorrow.  Furthermore, your body releases an abundance of CORTISOL, the fat storing hormone that is released from stress.

    Overexercise puts the body in fight or flight stress mode which affects not only your fat storage but your mood, apetite and over all feeling of well-being, so why the heck would you want to do this to yourself?

    Do yourself a huge favour, take a freaking day or two off and enjoy a yoga class, bike ride, slow hike, walk with a friend, swim in the lake or one of a million other activities.  Not only will this help you shed that fat that you can’t get rid of, it will help you FEEL better in every way.

    Today after two solid training days, I enjoyed a super fun bike ride with my man around Vancouver’s gorgeous seawall.  We snacked on fresh blueberries and hydrated with bottles of my chocolate coconut water that I froze and allowed to thaw throughout the course of our ride.  

    We stopped to do some mild stretching and played on the swings before heading home for lunch.  Days like this not only heal the body but also heal the soul.

    What’s your favourite form of active rest?

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    1. fullyactivated reblogged this from kateispinupstrong and added:
      How about going a step further and getting “restful rest” It’s when you just sit at home all day or just go do grocery...
    2. rainbowhill answered: Playing in the park with my kids, just enough to move the limbs through a full range of motion but not enough to raise a sweat! Great post!
    3. chunkybunny reblogged this from kateispinupstrong
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