Eeek! Are we going to talk about this?? Yes we are!

Lessons I’ve learned from the anti-diet movement in the past 12 years:

I can feel good at any size
I can say yes to food
Health is not about weight
I'm the one who gets to make decisions about my body
All bodies should be treated with respect
There's room for all of us
I can manage health conditions without focusing on weight loss
Freedom is having the ability to make choices

All super incredible, liberating lessons! But what I've also FELT from the anti-diet industry:

My body isn't large enough to be speaking on this topic but I also have to use my privilege to speak up
Making food choices for my health is diet culture and all healthy-eating advice is BS
There's nothing positive about the wellness world
Validating and exploring a patient's weight concerns is automatically buying into diet culture
Saying no to something or limiting a food, is restriction and restriction is always bad
I can make whatever choices I want but "this" is the right choice. Do what we do, say what we say, act how we act - tow the line.

Hmmmm. If there are two super important things I learned from the Barbie movie this past summer it's that I don’t have to let men sing Matchbox 20 songs AT me and I don’t have to put up with bullshit contradictions that aren't serving me or my wellbeing.

We’re used to the constraints and forced rules of diet-culture. We’re ready for them.

But this? It snuck up on me. It took me awhile to realize that I was feeling as stuck in anti-diet culture as I had in diet culture. That if I wanted true freedom, I'd have to be willing to go out on a limb and decide what was right for ME. And MY body. That I could boldly push back against problematic systems that cause harm AND ALSO do what's right for myself, as an individual.

I credit the anti-diet movement for opening my eyes in the most profound and life-changing ways but I don't have to live my life on anyone else's terms - and neither do you, boo!

You get to decide what's not working and what you happily invite into your life, based on your self-awareness, learning, and values. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks! You're...Kenough. lol #iykyk

Jill