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July 14, 2015 By Jill Angie

She’s Gained a LOT of Weight…

WARNING: Long, rant-y post ahead. And it’s sort of running related, but mostly about body image. Lately I feel like I’ve been going on and on about the subject but if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 17 years as a runner, it’s that how we view our bodies can be the biggest obstacle to […]

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Filed Under: Body Acceptance, Inner Mean Girl, Managing the mind

June 25, 2015 By Jill Angie

Body Shaming Breaks My Heart

Body shaming is a real thing. It’s insidious, and I think we actually do it much more to ourselves than each other. And of course, I’ve got something to say about it. This post started out as a letter to my email subscribers, but I got so many replies to it that I decided it […]

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Filed Under: Body Acceptance, Inner Mean Girl, Managing the mind Tagged With: Body Acceptance, Body Shaming

May 13, 2015 By Jill Angie

But you don’t look like a runner…

Have you ever gotten that up-and-down look when you tell someone you’re a runner? That look that says ‘Really? You don’t look like one…” Or maybe they’re brave (rude? insensitive?) enough to actually say it out loud. It’s happened a few times to me. Actually, more than a few. Most recently, yesterday at the doctor’s office. I […]

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Filed Under: Body Acceptance, Managing the mind

February 5, 2015 By Jill Angie

Getting Half Naked In Costa Rica

If you follow me on Facebook, it’s no secret that I just got back from an amazing trip to Costa Rica. A combination of yoga retreat (sponsored by Twisters Yoga), jungle adventures, and relaxing by the pool, it was kinda perfect. We stayed at the Blue Osa resort on the Osa Peninsula. Right on the […]

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Filed Under: Body Acceptance, Managing the mind

September 10, 2014 By Jill Angie

How Not To Get Mad About Gaining Weight

This afternoon, I had a great conversation with my friend Melissa about gaining weight, and body acceptance. We were discussing our respective attitudes towards food, overeating, and comments from others about our bodies, and realized that both of us had found peace within ourselves around those issues. It all started because I told her that […]

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Filed Under: Body Acceptance, Managing the mind

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