Thumbs Up Thursday!

I know this post title is so silly but I want to make sure I dedicate a day of the week to a strictly positive post! Today I have a few fun things to share!

First of all, the other day I shared a couple of habits that I want to work on breaking. One of those is avoiding liquid calories and/or choosing the low-calorie version of a beverage. Since I'm not a soda drinker this means adding some fruit juices and full calorie Gatorade into my life. It's only been a week, but it's going well so far! Here are a couple of the drinks I've chosen:

*and I do not adjust my food intake if I drink calories. I don't think that's what healthy, non-eating-disordered people do 

I also wanted to share a link that really hit home for me this week:

Better With Sprinkles A PSA About Eating Disorder Recovery This post really resonated with me! It's basically why I started this blog! I don't want

 to be in that mindset of "recovery" where I'm still holding on to my eating disorder. Anyway, I'm not going to summarize it, go read it! It's challenging, but REAL! 

Lastly, FASHION AND SHOPPING!!! I fell in love with this sweater the moment I saw it on the Nordstrom website a couple months ago! Unfortunately they were already almost gone, so I could only buy one color. But good news, friends, this sweater was so popular that they brought it back!! I just ordered more! It's called the Free People Shadow Hacci Top. I love their sweaters but I think this is my number one favorite because it's cozy, it hides bloating (come on!) and it's super stylish with the open back. You just can't go wrong with it!

Nordstrom website 

I also ordered the Converse Chuck Taylor II. I am a huge fan of Chucks and I've heard nothing but good things about these! I can't wait for them to arrive!

Have you made any fun purchases recently? If so, what? 

Any links you loved on the Web this week? 

XO, 

Texas Heat & Breaking Old Habits

I'm in Texas visiting my brother and his cute little family right now (more details on Instagram) and I decided to take a short walk to the pharmacy at 1pm in the scorching heat! Oh my goodness, it's hot! I actually like it but since I'm not used to it I decided to pick up a Gatorade for the walk back. As I was leaving the store I realized that I had picked up the "low calorie" kind. I didn't even think about it, it's just habit. Of course that got me thinking again about how these seemingly tiny little habits all add up to NOT RECOVERY!

Outfit details:: dress - Target // sneakers - Chucks via Zappos // sunnies - Dior

So here's my list (so far) of habits I have that simply come from the eating disorder and not me. 

They need to be broken:

1. Not drinking calories or choosing low calorie options.
New habit - incorporate some fruit juices or full calorie Gatorade as I don't enjoy soda

2. Refusing dressings or condiments.
New habit - try some and see what I like

I am sure there are more but this is what I can think of right now. And I think it's important to replace old habits with new ones rather than just trying to stop an old habit. Just my opinion.

Other than that I'm trying to just survive this day without restricting. Today is hard. My biological father left when I was very young. I don't know him. My brother and I have recently been in touch with him. We are nervous about seeing him and he is OVER-THE-MOON with excitement about seeing us. So I'm just trying to manage my anxiety... Tomorrow morning is coming and there's nothing I can do to stop it.

Do you have any habits that interfere with your recovery? Or your personal growth in general?

If so, what? How do you plan to change them?

XO,