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Clarity Fitness’s Response to The Daily’s 1/26/23 Podcast “An Aggressive New Approach to Childhood Obesity”

As a long-term fan of The Daily, several clients and friends sent me this podcast as soon as it was aired to get my response. This blog is in no way meant to fully address the issues of fatphobia, eating disorders, or BMI. Nor is it intended to drag The Daily through the mud, as much of the work they do is hugely beneficial to the community and the world.

4 Truths That Will Change the Way You Think About Exercise

We're constantly bombarded by fitness messaging that promises if we do "x" class or "y" routine or join "z" gym, we'll lose weight or bulk up or whatever "tone" means. In light of all this manipulative mumbo jumbo, it's reasonable to assume the point of exercise is to alter the way we look — reasonable, but not true. 

How to Reclaim Exercise in Eating Disorder Recovery

Recovering from an eating disorder requires a lot of unlearning and reframing. You have to reframe your relationship with food and your body, and then comes another big challenge… reclaiming exercise. If exercise was only a means to a smaller body or a punishment for eating before, it can seem impossible to start working out again without those ideas coming back up to the surface. While reframing exercising can be a big challenge, you are not alone. Exercise is challenging to almost all people who have recovered from eating disorders, and with a little work, many survivors of eating disorders have found a way to move their bodies and reap the benefits of exercise without triggering old habits and thoughts. As you move forward in your exercise journey after eating disorder recovery, here are some things to consider. 

Embrace True Self

We have so many ways to “connect” with others these days, whether that be on twitter, Instagram, TikTok, meetup, next-door, or clubhouse; how often do you take time to connect with yourself?

Join Abbey's Body Positive Wellness Course

Learn more about Abbey's Body Positive Wellness Course!

Love Your Body Month Is Coming!

Love Your Body Month Events and Info!

The Toxicity of Diet Culture — And How to Escape It

Webinar Wrap Up: Overcoming Body Dysmorphia I Meagan Pravden

Webinar Wrap Up: Guilt-Free Thanksgiving: Cooking Up Body Positivity Around the Holidays with Barbara Oldham

Endurance Cultured, Guest Post by Kacy Seynders!

In the first part of this series (which you can find here), I discussed certain aspects of endurance athlete culture that may lead to injury, or worse, decreased enjoyment of the sport. This part focuses on a topic near and dear to my heart: body image and relationship to food.

A Healthy Mental Approach To Thanksgiving, From Clarity Owner Abbey!

As an eating disorder survivor, the holiday season can be scary. In early recovery days, my mental approach to the holidays I celebrate looked something like this:

Sweaters and Stress: Remaining Body Positive in the Fall

So, we made it through another summer. Another summer typically filled with diet culture, body shaming, and myths around who’s bodies can even go to the beach (argh!) that need to be actively combated with acceptance and body positive rhetoric.

First Steps Towards Body Positivity

As you all know by now, Clarity Fitness is one of the very few explicitly “body positive” gyms in the country. We pride ourselves on our entire mission stemming from the idea that all bodies are good bodies (yes, INCLUDING yours), and we want to be here to help you find fun options of ways to move your body when it feels like moving.

Top Ten Ways To Move Your Body in Quarantine!!

Here at Clarity, we have worked hard to put together a list for the top ten ways to move your body in quarantine. Seeing the news, it can be hard to reconcile with the fact that this social distancing/quarantine will likely be the reality for a bit longer.

Body Positive Book Recommendations!!

For those of you that don't know, I (Sara) run what's known as a "bookstagram". It's an instagram page dedicated to books, with my handle being @agradstudentreadingforfun.

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: Black and IPOC Bodies

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: Black and IPOC Bodies! 

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: Disabled Bodies 

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: Disabled Bodies

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: Trans/Non-Binary Bodies

Two weeks ago, I published the first installment of our inclusive body positivity series here on the Clarity blog. I was talking about the queer community, and the unique struggles and triumphs of queer bodies and queer inclusion in body positivity.

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: The Queer Community 

Inclusive Body Positivity Series: The Queer Community 

An Incomplete History of the Body Positive Movement

In this age of heightened connectivity (looking at you, social media) and upticks in movements focused on self care/self love, the phrase “body positivity” is constantly present. Not complaining about this: I wish we all repeated this phrase to ourselves throughout our days, to our friends and family, as often as we need to hear it.

Conquering Fears in Fitness

A new lifestyle sounds great. Taking your health and fitness to a place where you still get to live your life, spend time with loved ones, AND enjoy foods and drinks you love? What could be better?!