I write for body and movement awareness, Love, and Fitness. sharing my personal stories
- by Chisom ObidikeI woke up today knowing I had a lot ahead of meA day-long projectLiterally a day-longLifting heavy thingsArrangingDirectingI manage a business in the pharma industriesDistribution and wholesale to paint a pictureAt the end of today, I am tired; I want to rest,Now the problem is how I want my body to feel good, to feel the restI started to picture what my rest would look likeI began to imagine that feeling I wanted to getThe funny thing is that I get home, and I am […]
- by Chisom ObidikeWhat would happen if you took time away from the noise and thought about what you wanted your body to look and feel like?What would happen if you thought deeply about your insecurities, the stomach, the Christian mother arm, the face, the legs, the dark armpit, etcWhat is so bad about it? andWould you be able to tell me in what way they are bad in relation to what or whose standards?What would happen if you let go of […]
- by Chisom ObidikePhoto by Daiga Ellaby on UnsplashWe talk a lot about the benefits of exercising but hardly speak about the experience.From my experience, the benefit lies in how you experience itInstead of focusing on doing all that stuff for the benefitI know strength, health, better sleep, better body, good sexYou already know exercise does all this, still that dont make you want to exercise.Having these in mind, you want to change how you experience exercise and moving your body and […]
- by Chisom ObidikeMindfulness Meditation and awarenessMeditation and awareness help you become more aware of your thought, when we constantly overeat, we don’t notice we are feeling something,It is most often after we overeat we realize that we have finished all that food, distracting ourselves with the soothing feeling that food bringsMeditation helps you build mindfulness around what you are doing.The voices in your head are a lot, and they can stop you from hearing your thoughts and allowing you to feel.Practicing […]
- by Chisom ObidikeConstant diets have a psychological impactPhoto by Randy Fath on Unsplashlike how we perceive our body image, how we approach food and the worldWhile a lot of people, both overweight and normal weight, are trying to lose weight, a lot of the time we are, it hasn’t made us any betterwe still over-eat and feel shameful about itThat is why we need a different approach,shining a light on what we know about your relationship with food and exercise and moving […]
- by Chisom ObidikePhoto by Priscilla Du Preez on UnsplashThe average person who weighs normally believes that they are overweight,People who are overweight believe they weigh too much,there is something about women and weightThere is something about our bodies that keep us trying to fix them,I feel like we are constantly worrying about itThere is always just one more thing to do to be sexyExercise one more timeEat greenMaybe a detox will fix me …those used to be meMy body will be perfect if I lose more poundsThe lives […]
- by Chisom ObidikeUnderstanding The Concept Of Self-Compassion With FatlossCompassion starts with the self.it starts with youcompassion is recognizing that suffering is human, you are not alone in what you go through.If you are judging and criticizing your body while saying that others look better than you,you are creating this wall and loneliness that comes with it,thinking that your body doesnt look good enough,so you strive and push,but no matter what you do, you never feel like your body is not good enough.this leads you to ignore what […]
