Neurotransmitters and You: Why a Healthy Body Deserves a Healthy Mind
Turns out a healthy body is tough to achieve without a healthy mind.
Tag: depression
5 Ways to Get a Better Night
We’ve all had those sleepless nights. You know the ones where you’re tossing and turning, staring at the clock and counting down the hours until you have to get up for the long day ahead. The nights where you climb into bed exhausted but can’t seem to stop your mind […]
Transformation Tuesday | Bullied to Bodybuilder
Throughout my life, I always had weight problems. I was always the “big guy”, the guy who was picked last for any sport, the guy who didn’t have many friends, the guy who just didn’t belong. In elementary school, I had trouble playing on the playground, seeing as how I […]
NEDA Awareness Week | Born Again Warrior
Whilst growing up, my life was flooded with body confidence issues. Being the larger girl in the family weight wise, comments from family members made me constantly feel uncomfortable and like the ugly duckling of the bunch. Comments on my weight, clothes, even my nail varnish colour, all told me […]
Transformation Tuesday | Get Up & Get Moving
Two years ago, I came to the realization that I was unhappy, depressed, and I had lost all my dreams for my future. For the longest time, I was hiding the fact that I was killing myself. I hid behind the smile and goofy personality, but people could see […]
Transformation Tuesday | My Battle With Binge Eating
All of my life, I had always been the “chubby girl” in school. While I was never considered obese, I was always just a little bigger than all of the other girls in my grade. Between my sophomore and junior year, I had a lot of stress and emotion […]
Transformation Tuesday | The Power of Belief
Around two years ago, I was in the darkest place I could have possibly been in. I was 18 years old, weighing in at 364 lbs. I had severe depression and terrible social anxiety as a result of bullying from a young age – all because of my weight. I […]