What is diet culture and how is it harmful? I got this question from one of my dance students awhile back and it got me thinking. I often talk about “diet culture” and how much I hate it. At the same time I don’t think a lot of people truly understand what I mean when…
How do you give up dieting without giving up on your health? This seems to be the question on everybody’s mind right now. Lately I’ve been going all in with how much I hate diet culture. I’ve been posting a lot about how you don’t have to “get on the wagon” and how diets don’t…
It seems that every other day someone from my past comes out of the woodwork to thank me for the work I’m doing online to call out diet culture bull$hit in the fitness industry. A lot of these messages come from coworkers and colleagues but I also get it from people I went to high…
The last week in February was NEDA‘s Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I stayed pretty quiet, with the exception of a few social media posts, but took some time to reflect on my own experience as someone who once spent a lot of time on the disordered eating spectrum. I might be a little bit late…
Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, but I find that I really struggle mentally when I’m traveling. Relaxing stresses me out, especially in terms of my body image. Just a week ago I was snapchatting my friends selfies of my new high waisted bikini bottoms from the Target dressing room with the caption “there’s so…
The time is now. I need to tell my WHOLE story. Because January 1st is pretty much here, and along with that comes all of the new years resolutions. The air is filled with the buzz of getting back “on the wagon”, of kicking “bad” habits, and of course, all of the “new-year-new-you” BS. Dieting…
Last week I shared a blog post about food & body shame: why you don’t need permission to eat pie (and all of the things). A few weeks prior, I wrote a compelling case for eating Halloween candy. If you haven’t noticed, I tend to be a bit of a rebel in my line of…
You do NOT have to do ANYTHING to earn the right to eat pumpkin pie. That’s right. The holidays are upon us, and it’s about time somebody said it. There is nothing morally wrong with you if you decide to have seconds of mashed potatoes with more than 1.5 tablespoons of gravy. You aren’t “being…
Last week I got an email from a fitness organization that I follow titled “5 Tips For Surviving the Terror of Halloween Candy”. Really now? The TERROR of Halloween candy? I can think of plenty of things that are terrifying this time of year. Like actual ghosts. (I totally believe in them) Or creepy clowns….
First and foremost, let me just state that I am in no way shape or form interested in debating the health benefits/drawbacks of eating coconut oil today. I am also not a Registered Dietician, nor do I play one on the internet. That being said, I found myself really rattled this past week when I…