Gina Parillo, 28, is known on Instagram as @omggiina, where she shares authentic and personality filled content about her eating disorder recovery journey. Her realness and insight have created a community of over 12,000 followers. I’ve been following Parillo for quite some time and reached out to her for a Q&A about all things recovery,… Read More Q&A with Gina Parillo
Food is something people talk about…a lot! Especially while in recovery and/or trying to improve your relationship with food, you’ll likely be on hyper alert about food and diet talk. I know for me it was a bit awkward in early recovery to talk about food because as I was trying to unlearn diet culture… Read More 5 Food Neutral Phrases to Implement Into Your Dialogue Today
Whether you’re in recovery or trying to improve your relationship with your body/food/movement, it can be difficult to gauge if you should be exercising and why you’re actually doing it. This can be even more complex and confusing if you’re starting a new workout/routine and have struggled with disordered thinking/behaviors in the past. As someone… Read More Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Relationship With Exercise
Despite the fact that 30 million people in America will struggle with an eating disorder at some point during their lives, there is still a lot of misinformation and myths surrounding them. I talked to ya’ll on Instagram about this and together we came up with tons of ideas for this article- I am so… Read More Top 10 Myths About Eating Disorders
Traveling can be a big challenge while in recovery- you’re in a different place, eating different foods, and your routine is different (if it even exists at all)! While vacations can be an “escape” from daily responsibilities, they can’t be an escape from recovery. It’s important to have an idea of what you’re getting into… Read More 5 Tips for Traveling During Eating Disorder Recovery
Shopping may not always feel like the mall scenes in coming-of-age classics like Aquamarine or Clueless when you’re struggling with an eating disorder, body dysmorphia, negative body image, or learning to accept your weight restoration. Personally I have always loved going to the mall both as a social activity and as a place to find… Read More A Complete Guide to Feeling Comfortable and Confident While Shopping
Choosing what and where to eat can be daunting because it isn’t always easy to tell what you want versus what your eating disorder- and all of its food rules- want. As if dodging ED thoughts wasn’t enough, more and more restaurants are including calorie counts and nutritional information that can be triggering, especially early… Read More 5 Tips for Eating Out
If I told you that I was selling a new device that would track your steps, heart rate, period, water intake, calories, weight, and let you compare all of that to strangers on the internet- what would you say? What if I packaged it with a trendy band and marketed it as a “wellness” device?… Read More 5 Signs It’s Time to Ditch the Fitbit
Happy International No Diet Day! No Diet Day is all about embracing our bodies, enjoying a healthy relationship with food (not a diet culture influenced one), and raising awareness about the problems diet culture creates in our society. It felt only right that today I talk about food guilt: what it is, why it happens,… Read More Make Everyday No Diet Day by Tackling Food Guilt
The term “mindful movement” has been floating around for a while now and is something I try and follow, so I decided that it’d be a good topic to unpack today on my blog! Mindful movement boils down to the idea of regularly checking in with your mind and body during exercise. The goal is… Read More Mindful Movement: What It Is and How to Do It
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