What should you be eating for recovery? Whether you’re someone that has just begun their health journey or a top athlete — nutrition is an important factor that should be taken just as seriously. Today I am going to address a few key ways that nutrition can influence recovery from injury, recovery after intense exercise, and how diet choices can be part of your injury prevention plan. During recovery from injury, or simply wanting to prevent injury during exercise, proper nutrition is crucial. Nutrition is fuel for our bodies, and mindful nutrition for recovery,...

I have gone through an 80-pound weight loss journey and I want to share my story and how the ate app has not only helped me through this journey but also helped me overcome my issues with my ED. Going into my last year of middle school I was weighing in at around 200 pounds. While I had an issue with self-control there were also external factors that played into this issue much like most people who struggle with eating. I grew up in an incredibly toxic environment. My mother was extremely abusive, addicted to pills, and was ultimately...

If everything we do should be mindful, how do you incorporate that into your mealtimes? It feels like everywhere we look we are being told to be mindful. Meditate! It makes you mindful. Be mindful when you eat! “Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it”, says Sharon Salzburg. Right, along with the 50 other things on my “could do” list that I’m trying to do while I eat my lunch. But...

An ate user describes her experience of what triggered her eating disorder and how she is conquering her past with a different kind of food journal. I wanted to look good in a bathing suit. Looking back, it almost makes me laugh — that my eating disorder began over something so simple. But it’s true: my freshman class was going on a school trip, and I wanted to look good in a bikini. I’d never worn a bikini before (my mom had a rule: “No midriffs until you’re...

How do you measure weight loss progress? In the current and ever-growing situation of nutritional terrorism, it seems like second nature to label foods as good or bad, right or wrong, healthy or unhealthy — even fattening or slimming. There are few people who do not feel guilty or embarrassed about eating chocolate, ice cream, and, or a slice of birthday cake — especially if it’s outside of the “socially acceptable”...

Do you remember everything you eat? Or do you take the time to journal it? Well, I am going to address the importance of tracking or logging food, on a daily basis, as not only a very effective way to maintain and attain health, weight loss, strength gain, or whatever your goals may be, but also how documenting our food through photography can help us create a more thoughtful mindset about food by helping us...

The number 1 thing you need to realize when looking to conquer the fear of ending your dieting phase is to create freedom with food, and peace with your body. Truth be told — we are fearful creatures. We fear failure, rejection, loneliness. Just to name a few. Putting an end to dieting can trigger many fears. Whether it is due to a troubled relationship with food or fighting the cold war with your body. The idea of not following any rules can be scary. You may feel that your body can’t...