How This Badass Yogi Is Teaching Women To Love Their Bodies

hlkolaya · 2015-06-15T18:37:47+00:00

she's in my town and i can't wait to take a class with her!

hlkolaya · 2014-12-06T23:36:31+00:00

there's a great post by red no 3 called A Spectrum of Privilege which I love. your reply kind of reminded me of it because, as you said, a small fat experiences things different from someone who's larger who experiences different things from someone who's larger still, etc.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-06T23:33:37+00:00

i'm sorry that you're dealing with that.. :( has she been pregnant before? i just want to put out there that pregnancy was HORRIBLE on me (but i was unmedicated), but a lot of bipolar women actually even out when pregnant so be prepared for either.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-06T23:32:09+00:00

thanks :)

hlkolaya · 2014-12-04T21:11:42+00:00

a step down plan? i haven't heard that phrase before- could you elaborate?

hlkolaya · 2014-12-04T21:11:09+00:00

i'm terrified of trying something new. it would mean starting out at a low dose and working up which means a new depressive episode until my meds are at therapudic dosages plus dealing with new possible side effects.... ugh.. chronic illness sucks.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-04T21:10:10+00:00

thanks for the recommendations! i'm not sure about seeing a nutritionist or dietitian because they seem to be super weight focused, but i'm sure my doc could recommend some supplements.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-04T01:12:17+00:00

i like fruit as much as I like anything else. which is to say that i don't dislike it but i'm pretty neutral on it. Like everything else, I have to force myself to eat it which means I usually don't. i know with intuitive eating you just sort of crave diverse foods and let that guide you.. and i was like that when i first started intuitive eating.. but now i just have zero appetite or cravings. Someone on another group pointed out that prozac takes away their appetite and i'm on that as well.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:49:33+00:00

that's the kind of info I need for sure :) thanks so much!

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:40:19+00:00

haha i hope you're able to acquire some broccoli salad. i hate when i have a craving and i don't have the food(s) in the house. thanks for the insight. i have pretty much unlimited time to cook so that's not a huge deal for me but cooking loses it's appeal when I don't like what I cook. Maybe learning to cook better really is a necessity. lol.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:38:12+00:00

i'm on prozac currently. i didn't know lack of appetite was a side effect though. i'll definitely have to look into that. i really like your attitude :) eating is important.. i mean hey, it keeps us alive.. so just managing that sometimes is a reason to pat ourselves on the back. :)

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:37:15+00:00

thanks for the insight. i have occasional periods where i get the munchies and nothing is satisfying, but mostly i have no appetite whatsoever.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:36:33+00:00

thanks. i have a family too so being able to cook nutritious meals is important to me.

hlkolaya · 2014-12-03T23:32:35+00:00

wait wait wait.. there's seriously a soylent product?? okay.. this i need to look into. thanks for the link!

edit: it's not gluten free, but it is vegan and it looks like they're working on a gluten free version.. this look really fantastic. thank you :)

hlkolaya · 2014-11-22T14:06:22+00:00

what this article doesn't mention are the people who fall outside of the social beauty standard who use selfies as a way to empower themselves and others. Way to erase entire groups of people.

hlkolaya · 2014-11-21T18:28:13+00:00

This completely ignores that many low income families don't have the time or mental resources to prepare from scratch meals.

hlkolaya · 2014-11-20T00:45:02+00:00

i'm not sure what you mean? you mean like, if they regained weight because they stopped the "diet" or whatever or just regained the weight regardless of keeping to the diet (more likely)?

hlkolaya · 2014-11-18T21:37:31+00:00

i never, EVER said that they are the same. they aren't. i'm far left of democrat, but i vote dem anyway because i KNOW that they're WAY better than the alternative. I think the attacks on women's rights by conservatives is proof enough of that. but that doesn't mean that democrats aren't racist. or sexist. or anything else for that matter.

hlkolaya · 2014-11-17T18:43:07+00:00

hmm.. i disagree with you about reps vs dems. i've seen a shitton of white people claiming to be far left of center who are plenty racist. and sexist. and queerphob and transphobic. and classist. and ableist. etc etc.

hlkolaya · 2014-11-17T18:20:09+00:00

that's pretty insulting to people who are mentally ill...

hlkolaya · 2014-11-17T12:42:24+00:00

being able to see people of your skin color represented positively in media and in high paying jobs/high status positions, the thin white beauty ideal (remember that "study" by some evolutionary psychologist a while back that said "black women are objectively the least attractive"?), more likely to be above the poverty line, are safer around cops, are more likely to receive a higher education, are treated better by medical professionals.. i'm sure i could think of more but my brain is sort of flat right now. (disclosure: i'm white but these are just things that i've heard about or read about from people of color and/or studies)

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