This year has whizzed past as I spent so much of it either on my butt recovering from surgery or traveling. I spend a lot of time thinking about what kind of life I want to craft for myself. This is a huge driver in both fitness and fashion - they are both things that are necessary in order to feel the way I want to feel... and then to do the things I want to do. (I know, I may have gone a little woo-woo on you there.)Over and over my Continue Reading
#exposed – 2013 Edition
In October 2010, I noticed a bunch of my favorite bloggers participating in the #exposed movement. They were showing and celebrating their bodies and the incredible things they can do. The movement was started by Mish in 2009, and it was such an inspirational thing to see and read celebratory things about bodies. Check out her post and link to many other #exposed posts here. I was scared shitless, but really wanted to jump in as I had just Continue Reading
Elephant in the Room
I've always hated the saying, "elephant in the room." I know what it means, but it never fails to make me think someone is making a fat joke or fat reference with regards to me. It's conditioning from a lifetime of being told by society (and believing it) that I was less of a person because I carried (much) more weight. Every reference to the "obesity epidemic" with blurred out fat bodies across a television screen, on a blog I once liked, or on Continue Reading
Wide Calf Boot Roundup
UPDATE! See the 2015 guide here ///VIEW THE 2014 WIDE CALF BOOT ROUNDUP! This post is from 2013, so some may no longer be available.(2013) I love boots. They are the epitome of fall style. For years, I cursed my calves and how I was "too fat for boots." Thankfully, there are more and more options for those of us with wide (or extended or athletic) calves. I have 3 pair of boots that seem to work great for the majority of my fall/winter Continue Reading
Hashimoto’s Havoc
The past year or so (and off and on in spurts before that) I've felt like crap. Like my brain was in a complete fog all the time and even if I got 16 hours of sleep every night, I wouldn't feel rested. My mood has been all over the place (hello crazy random panic attacks earlier this year). My hair has been falling out and my psoriasis and acne is worse than usual. I noticed in some of my photos, my face looks swollen (which is different from Continue Reading
Letting Go of Skinny
Something has stirred inside me for a while. Not to get all "woo-woo" but it was something nagging inside my soul. When someone would ask what my blog is, I'd say "Skinny Emmie" with a pang, and then feel the need to explain what "skinny" means. At the beginning, I thought Skinny Emmie was a cute name because it rhymed and was weight-themed. My goal was never to be thin - it was always to become healthy. The journey has obviously hit lots of Continue Reading
