02-07-23, 05:36 PM | |
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Echoing everyone's thoughts, I hope you find nothing but support here! You never know who else you might be able to help just by saying what you're going through.
I've been doing a lot of Jessica's workouts over the past month, and all of her walks and low impact workouts have a lot of positivity and encouragement. I also really enjoy Walking Workouts Online (https://walkingonlineworkouts.vhx.tv/). Just walking and music, and some really pretty outdoor walks. Chris Freytag's Get Healthy U (https://www.gethealthyutv.com/vtag/chris-freytag/) and her older Prevention walking workouts (I think there's some used ones on Amazon still) are pretty encouraging. She is a great Instagram follow. Curtis Adams's youtube walking and his walking DVDs on Amazon are fun and low key, he's very encouraging and seems like a lovely person in real life. I enjoy his DVD a lot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...3HREWERC&psc=1 Sending huge hugs! |
02-07-23, 06:47 PM | |
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Join Date: Feb 2021
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Thank you, guys. I’m crying. I appreciate people actually caring. Sorry I deleted my original message. I guess I was just so embarrassed that sometimes I struggle like this. It can be so hard to work out when you are trying to stay in recovery for an eating disorder and all you see and hear in your workout videos are messages to change your body. I had been doing so well ignoring all that crap. Then, a random walk with Leslie talking about losing weight triggered me and it’s been a downward spiral ever since. Most of the time I can tune it out but sometimes, no matter how hard I try to ignore it, I just can’t. The skinny instructors showing all that skin or the talk to “burn fat”, “lose weight”, “burn calories”, etc just on a rare occasion will trigger me. It’s detrimental to my mental health. I wish there were some instructors who looked like average people with average backgrounders of all body types; wearing non revealing clothing; and focuses on health instead of aesthetics or losing weight. The older I get, the harder it is for me to tolerate it. Exercise is one of the things that keeps my depression at bay so I’m not in a good place right now. I hope I don’t delete this too. But, I’m really struggling right now. I will check out the suggestions. Thank you
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