#262: The #1 Thing You NEED To Do On The Days You Don't "Like or Love" Your Weight or Body Image

What do you do on the days when you look in the mirror and not only don't like your body, but you loathe it…and you're triggered to want to "do something" about it like cut out carbs, skip breakfast, or download the Weight Watchers app for the 11th time.

If there's one thing I know for sure it's this: Hating and berating your body isn't a pathway to making peace with it. 

On the other hand, you don't need to force yourself to "love your body" either. You do need to choose to respond to these bad body image days differently though. 

And it starts with choosing to RESPECT your body.

In this episode, I'm breaking down what body respect looks like when your body image sucks, you're desperate to lose weight, terrified of gaining weight, or you're tempted to throw away all the sugar and processed food in our house and go back to "clean" eating.

Improving your body image doesn't mean waking up every morning obsessed with how gorgeous you look. It's much less glamorous: feeding your body, wearing clothes that fit, going to the doctor, moving in ways that feel supportive, and refusing to bully yourself.

If you're working on intuitive eating, body acceptance, healing your relationship with food, letting go of diet culture, or making peace with your body, this episode will give you concrete actions you can do (and things NOT to do) on bad body image days.

 

Episode Highlights

• How quickly body image can send you right back into old diet-y behaviors that make things worse. 

• What NOT to do when you're having a bad body image day, you feel desperate to lose weight, and you feel super uncomfortable in your own skin.

• The difference between body positivity, body neutrality, and body respect. (Hint: body positivity isn't the answer here - and I'll explain why.)

• Practical ways to care for your body even when you don't feel confident in it.

• What it looks like to pursue nutrition, movement, sleep, medical care, and other health behaviors from a place of self-care instead of self-punishment

Today's Wellness Woo is acupressure insoles for weight loss.

 

Resources Mentioned

- Grab the free Body Image Journal Prompts Guide here!

- Grab the free Daily 3 Body Kindness Journal here!

 

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