Show Notes

Key Points:

• Content warning: specific weight discussion
• Healthy vs unhealthy versions of food = food dichotomy = black and white thinking = perfectionism that doesn’t even exist. This is a disordered eating pattern and will keep you stuck in this loop.
• Practice giving yourself permission to eat these “unhealthy foods” although not easy. Can typically take a year for this to stick.
• Freedom will only happen by not place your worth and value in your weight and weight loss pursuit.
• Pursuing weight loss keeps us in the disordered eating loop. Keeps foods in that dichotomy.
• The pursuit of weight loss would enhance the binge/diet loop and enhance the black and white thinking.
• How do you move away from using weight as a measure of health and worth?? Find a counselor and dietitian who align with these values.
• When seduced by the fantasy of losing weight be aware that is happening and call it out as the mindfuck that it is. Expect sadness, grief, and anger.
• You don’t need to fight yourself to find freedom. Rather you need to fight the culture. You need to fight body hate in order to find your own food peace.

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