Hello readers,
My name is Kamila, but feel free to call me Kammie. I am a 20-something year old girl living in the lovely city of Chicago.
Come May 2013 I will have a Bachelors in Psychology and Bachelors in Integrated Marketing Communications (focused on Advertising). During the day, I work at a Social Media Marketing agency as a project manager and strategist. Aside from my day job, I do freelance photography, specializing in conceptual fine art and portraiture, as well as events and parties, and recently food!
For the past 4 years, I have struggled with disordered eating. In February 2012, I was diagnosed with ED-NOS and Panic Disorder. Since then, I have managed to get rid of the panic and lessened my anxiety to a minimum without any help of medications. I continued to lose and gain the same 15 lbs over and over again with the help of various diets, crazy fitness plans, obsessive calorie counting and restrictions, and dieting fads. In March 2013, I had a breakthrough and I decided to give up on chronic dieting and the stress I’ve been putting on my body. I have decided to become an intuitive eater and I have taken the journey to becoming a happy and healthy person, without self-guilt and without dieting. I am embracing life as it is and welcoming self-love and self-acceptance into my life. I want to share my journey with others so hopefully you too will take the journey into living intuitively.
I started baking when I began my blog in March 2012. Since then, my baking skills have definitely grown, although they are not at the expert level just yet. I am also hoping to learn to cook more… We’ll see how that goes. This blog features some guest recipes from my dear Mother as well, so you get a glimpse into healthier twists on traditional Polish dishes and desserts.
The recipes you see here are mostly healthy (but not all). A vast majority of the recipes featured have some kind of healthifying done to it, whether it’s reduced sugar, lower in fat, vegan, or used with better healthful ingredients. I love nutrition, health, and food – and I want to prove to you that living mindfully, healthfully, and deliciously is possible.
If you’d like to contact me, my email is SensualAppeal [at] gmail [dot] com
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disclaimer: please note that I am not a licensed dietitian or a health/fitness professional, and everything I write about are simply my views, opinions, what has worked for me, and what research I have found about things. These are not here to serve as professional advice. Please consult a doctor before starting any exercise program or make any major diet change.
I may make a small profit from some content featured on the blog, such as ads. Every sponsored blog post will have a disclaimer – my opinions remain my own and I have the option to not post any product offered to me if I do not think it will benefit my readers or if I was dissatisfied with it.
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What a cute blog! So excited to check out more of your posts!!!
Thank you Liz! Glad you stopped by
Hey! Thanks for checking out my blog
I’m so glad you did because yours is awesome! I love all the photos you take of your food, and of course the actual food itself sounds amazing. I am slowly trying to improve my food photography (I have never even tried to take have decent pictures until last month) so I think your blog will really help!
Ahh, that is so sweet! Truth be told, I only started food photography about 2-3 weeks ago, when I started the blog. I’m used to photographing people. So we are on this improvement food photography journey together! So glad you like the blog though!
Kammie,
I think your photography is gorgeous and can’t wait to see more of your food posts! I am new to the blogging world and am looking to other food blogs to help me with my self taught food photography.
Great blog. Keep up the great work.
Love your blog Kammie
! And your photography blog is awesome! That apple pie looked amazing and I loved the girly photoshoot! I am also a big photography fan!
AWw thank you so much! <3
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Hi Kammie,
I’ve been following your blog for several months and I just wanted to say I admire your ambition and refreshing take on life. You balance so many different elements of yourself…and so well. You’re such a talented photographer…and it’s obviously your passion. I’ve watched your recipes evolve over these last few months and I’ve been very impressed with your creations. I don’t always get around to leaving comments, but I just wanted to say…good for you, keep up the great work. Keep following that passion and keep fighting that good fight girlfriend.
Hugs,
–Amber
This made my day! Thank you so much! I love your blog as well so this really means a lot coming from you
xo
I too found your photo blog through the food blog. my photography is the part i want to improve on and get into. any suggestions?
I’d love to give tips, if you gave me a bit more content in what you’re looking to improve on, etc?
I want to improve in 2 areas. first, with the camera is understanding the right settings given the environment i am working in. the 2nd is to get more variety in my pics – for food that means composition and in general subject matter – i like your pics of people.
I’m so excited to “meet” another blogger from Chicago! Your blog is lovely and I look forward to adding it to my daily reading
Hi Kammie!! You’re riiiiight~eating in a healthy way doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult. We just need commitment, the passion, and the willingness to do it when everything around us ISN’T so healthy.
Hi Kammie! Thanks for stoping by my blog and leaving those sweet comments
I so glad you did because I’m loving yours! Looking forward to new posts!
Thanks for visiting my blog. you have lovely space here. From last few ,am trying to learn food photography for my blog. If you can have a look at my food pictures, I would love to have feedback from you.
A great blog Kammie! I’ve read a few of your posts and your photos are fantastic!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Vicky
Happy you like the blog, nice to have you!
as long as you learn something from the experience, nothing is a failure! good for you!!!
Nice blog! I absolutely agree with the part about dieting. It feels so much better to focus on health than it does to focus on constant dieting, constraints and image.. (although it did make me a bit lazy in terms of exercise), that only create anxiety and self-loathing. I love your photography work, by the way. Good luck with everything:)
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Thank you for stopping by! I definitely agree and it has made me a bit lazy in terms of exercise in the beginning, but I am starting to find the joy in it now and I’m learning to exercise for the sake of exercise and feeling good rather than weight loss, which is a lot more rewarding, at least mentally. Hope to see you back here again soon! xo