Repeat after me: “The body is not an apology.” This mantra, coined by world-renowned activist, poet and author Sonya Renee Taylor, challenges us to shift away from shame for living in a perfectly imperfect human body. Instead of viewing our bodies as problems that need to be fixed, we can heal from generations of body shame created […]
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Fit. Lean. Ripped. Strong. Men use those powerfully masculine words to describe the “ideal” male, which many Jackson Hole, Wyoming men feel is expected as the norm in our fit-centric mountain town. Masculine, as defined by Google, is “having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men, especially strength and aggressiveness: muscular, well built, brawny, shredded.” Yet many […]
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“No one is going to stand up at your funeral and say, ‘She had a small waist and a great thigh gap.’” —Ailey Jolie, registered clinical counselor As a woman, former exercise professional and “eat this, not that” nutrition coach, that could have been how I was remembered. My identity was health and wellness. And my professional […]
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“You can live the rest of your life without knowing how much you weigh.” Does that sound radical and maybe even unfathomable? The statement comes from registered dietitian Christina Frangione, who suggests we all can say “no weigh” to measuring your health with diet culture’s ruler: the scale. While we may believe health is manipulating our bodies […]
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This is the season when holiday festivities — and “diet talk” — are in full swing. “I feel so fat.” “Just skip lunch so you can indulge tonight.” “I’ll burn 500 calories at the gym to earn my food.” “I’m bringing the gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free cheesecake” … despite having no medical reason to and, if we’re honest, […]
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(This is the second of two articles on dropping diet mentality. Read part one, “A healthy eating tip for the New Year: Ditch the diet,” here.) Imagine if you woke up New Year’s Day and weren’t consumed with thoughts of having to fix your body. Imagine not refusing the brownie because it’s not on your list of […]
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This is a shout-out to all the women and girls working on liking their bodies. This s— is hard. Why? Because today’s perfectionist, weight biased body culture feeds our dissatisfaction. It fuels poor body image by spreading the conventional “wisdom” that healthy equals thin and fat is bad. “Diet culture leads most women to see themselves as […]
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But what if you swapped the endless pursuit of “fixing” or hiding your body, believing that it’s not enough or too much, to pursue a healthy body image instead? Your body is not the problem. It’s your perception of your body that needs some love. Having a healthy body image is determined by what you think about your body. […]
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What’s your ideal weight? I have no idea!!! because “ideal” weight is a myth. But, I can hear you now, “but I DO have an ideal weight. When I used to weigh _____ (fill in your number, when I was 22, last year, before the baby, according to BMI calculations, etc.), that’s when I felt my best” […]
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I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with food over my lifetime of almost 50 years. I’ve been all over the place with my eating: from dipping pizza in blue cheese at 2:00am with my sorority sisters and chasing it the next morning with a Big Gulp of Coke and bagel with cream cheese to removing all gluten, dairy, […]
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