Record 01, Entry 17: The Chicago Trip Begins

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English - March 07, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours - 121 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Hey, y'all - Joel here. I've always considered myself to be relatively healthy, but up until recently, this was far from the case. I felt healthy because I felt happy and confident and my body image reflected that. However, whenever something brought that idea of health into question, my confidence would plummet. Not because I was unhappy with my body, but because my self-image and reality did not align. This lead to various unhealthy eating practices, including binging and occasionally starving myself. Nothing bordering on clinical, but certainly behavior that was unhealthy both mentally and physically.

This came to a head four years ago. More and more people were commenting on my weight, that I had developed a gut or that my clothes were getting too tight. I decided to begin reassessing my eating practices. I began working out. At first, I would just go to the gym, do ten minutes on the elliptical, walk into the weight room, and walk straight out. As I lost my first twenty pounds, John felt prompted to join, not wanting to be left behind.

However, as the first 20 minutes of Entry 17 prove, this did not entirely fix my relationship with food. Calorie counting is an effective way to lose weight, but for someone who already does not have a great relationship with food, it can be a slippery slope. Thankfully as time has gone on, John and I have made great strides in not just eating the right amount of healthy foods, but not allowing the structure of our diets to rule us.

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