exercise your mind

I just was exploring the internet and came across a phrase that I wanted to share.
"exercise your mind, not your eating disorder".

I think that phrase means so much and says a thousand words in just 7.
It is about exercising your mind, pushing your mind to new levels of wellbeing. Moving your energy to whats inside you, and helping your mind get healthy and fit.
Yet also not pushing it too much that you crash. Exercise is a word I despise. Yet in this context it makes sense. 
Its definition is as follows:
'Activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness.'

Can't it be mental effort instead?
I think so. And I think that an hour of mental exercise is so important in recovery.
Time to devote to your mind, to challenge thoughts, to question routines and habits, to begin to make your mind healthy.
And it doesn't happen over night, it requires dedication and commitment, and that is what recovery needs too.
Recovery doesn't happen over night, neither does a six pack (you get what I am saying).
Take time, in moderation, to exercise your mind. Not your eating disorder. 


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