If you’ve tried to intuitively eat while immersed in diet culture and the pursuit of the thin ideal, I don’t blame you for feeling like it didn’t “work.” If everything you eat is tied to a weight or aesthetic goal, it can feel impossible to let yourself trust in the process.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I’m really not a fan of this new trend where brands start taking over every category in the grocery store. What’s next, KIND almond milk?
I’m noticing a pattern with poor relationships with food and the propensity to argue with dietitians on the Internet.
when you’re well nourished and all foods fit, what someone else is eating is uninteresting to you.
In healthcare, there's this assumption that for higher weight people, weight loss = improved health. The 5-10% weight loss stat gets thrown around as if it's proof that people just need to make "small lifestyle changes" to get healthier. We need to reframe that. Here's why:
A child is 242 times more likely to have an eating disorder than they are to have type 2 diabetes.
Yet the vast majority of our public health education is spent warning parents (and kids) about “childhood obesity”.
Why? Fatphobia (not health).
Pretty sure the best decision I’ve made in my career so far is spending a few years away from counseling folks one on one to work on my own relationship with food and my body.
Fellow RDs and RDs to be, it’s A G*DDAMN BLESSING to ask for help when you need it.
Me: paints nails using gel polish because it *lasts so much longer* than regular polish
Also Me: picks off gel polish as soon as it starts to peel away so nails are painted for exactly 2.3 days.
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Can I have a dollar for every “Surprise! Cyber Monday sale extended!!!!” Email I get tomorrow from the same companies who are sending “Last chance for Cyber Monday savings!!!!” Emails today?
The Terror Memes have begun.
So, I've been casually watching my very Conservative Christian family members (and Trump supporters) react to the election results. Here's how it has played out so far.
(A Thread about social media, religion, and politics)