In episode 18, Casie and Ali discuss diet culture and what this means. 

Over the past few years many individuals have started following a system of beliefs referred to as diet culture that prioritize their weight over well-being. Diet culture is the glorification of losing weight at all costs.

In our society, we see diet culture almost everywhere we turn:

• Individuals discussing their newest diet to lose weight;
• Justification of eating what we want because we “haven’t eaten all day” or “had a intense workout this morning”;
• The never-ending cycle of thought, “I’ll start my diet/exercise routine on Monday/tomorrow”;
• Routing my self worth in my weight, size of my jeans/clothes, or how little I can eat;
• Advertisements for weight loss products/diet programs/exercise equipment that tell us we are not good enough if we are not pursuing weight loss or are not currently thin/muscular;
• Complimenting others on their size/shape/weight loss;
• Comparing our bodies to others’ and deriving worth (ie. “I am better than her because I am thinner” or “She must be better than me because she is thinner”)