The author shares their journey of overcoming food shame and restrictive dieting, emphasizing the importance of honesty and building a supportive environment. They discuss the detrimental effects of secrecy and shame surrounding disordered eating and highlight the need to break the cycle of negativity.
Last year, I learned to eat the bagel without shame. This year, I’ve given myself peace from all the outside noise about food and bodies. Making peace with food has been at the top of my priority list for a while. As a wellness reporter, I’ve seen the studies that show how restrictive dieting is ineffective. I’ve talked to experts about how unhealthy and unhelpful food shame and restriction is. I’ve written about how beauty standards are unrealistic and far too narrow.
But I did explain that even a casual critique about the food we were eating or bodies in general could be damaging. “We’ve earned dessert after this workout,” or “That dress makes you look so skinny,” or “That looks so delicious, but it’s a food baby waiting to happen” weren’t meant to make anyone feel bad, but such remarks did turn the volume up on the critical voice in my head. Even comments meant as compliments turned the attention to things I was trying to focus on less.
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