Life After Diets

In this episode we are talking to Brianna Campos of Body Image with Bri about the Body Grief framework. We'll also talk about:

• How Bri came to focus on grief in her work around body image
• Dealing with: other people's judgment; discomfort; health concerns
• The difference between body acceptance vs body positivity
• Bri's framework for body image grief: insight + action + over time + in community
• What if grief feels too messy and painful?
• The stages of grief
• Dismantling the story
• Discomfort vs distress
• What if you believe that being in a larger body is less healthy?

Brianna Campos, Body Image With Bri

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If we overeat or find it hard to stop eating because we don't want to waste food, how can we navigate this conflict? This episode talks about:

• Sarah's experimental task to throw away one bite of food
• What about throwing away food so you don't eat it?
• What about leftovers?
• Kids' lunchboxes
• Being a "good girl" or "good boy" by finishing what's on your plate
• Grieving the end of a meal
• Top 5 most wasted food items
• Eating to overfullness in an effort not to "waste"
• Different types of overeating
• Throwing food away as a choice
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There is a significant intersection of people with eating disorders and disordered eating with T/trauma. In this episode, we identify the meaning of trauma and explore how it shows up in our body beyond intellectual awareness. We also discuss:

• Trauma informed vs trauma aware
• A little of Stef's history
• Anger and eating disorder behaviors
• The issue of safety
• Quote by Gabor Mate
• The role of connection and co-regulation
• Shame, non-judgment, safety, and repetition
• Intergenerational trauma

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Food logs and meal planning are hallmarks of weight loss efforts and diet culture. Is there any place for them in a non-diet approach? In this episode, we talk about:

• Do we like food diaries?
• Food structure reduces decision making
• Is intuitive eating about meal variety?
• But I don't like meal planning because I don't know what I'll want to eat
• Sarah's lunches this week
• What's the difference between not being satisfied and not being full?
• Did Stef get too hungry when Sarah visited NYC?
• Meal times and boundaries

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The "anti-diet" and "diets don't work" messages can be very empowering for many people, but how do we reconcile these ideas when there seem to be people that do, in fact, diet and lose weight? In this episode, we discuss:

• Dieting as a physical trauma stored by the body
• Biology of weight set point and safety
• Psychology tendencies toward one-track thinking
• "Diets Don't Work" vs "Do Diets Work For Me?"
• Envy as "I think I am capable of something"
• What is enough?
• The Hedonic Treadmill

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In 1978, Susie Orbach wrote the groundbreaking book: Fat is a Feminist Issue (FIFI) to decontrust the role of dieting as oppressive to women. She has remained an author, psychoanalyst, advocate for women and women's bodies. In this episode, we discuss:

• Dieting is taking your agency back
• The beauty of hunger in all forms
• The mother's body anxiety & feeding her baby as an origin of dysfunction
• The body, weight, and attention
• Why is the body so important as identity?
• Admiration versus connection
• Is there hope for the future?
• The Dove Campaign and body representation

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MENTIONED LINKS:

http://www.any-body.org

https://www.dove.com/uk/dove-self-esteem-project.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/two-for-the-price-of-one

Why is eating in moderation so hard? In this episode, Sarah & Stef discuss:

• What does moderation mean?
• Is the 2000 calorie RDA based on moderation?
• Satisfaction and extreme hunger
• Why are some people able to eat in moderation more easily?
• Is moderation a challenge for impulsive people?
• How other parts of our lives can influence the reward aspect of food and impact the ability to eat in moderation.
• Does it make sense to leave certain foods out of the house?

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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Intuitive Eating advocates may have us believe that we will naturally start to crave nutritious food after allowing ourselves to eat what we want, but is this true? What does it look like if you're someone who feels more selective around food or doesn't really like vegetables? In this episode, we talk about...

• The foods that Sarah and Stef don't like
• Do you say cilantro or coriander?
• What do you do if you don't like vegetables?
• Are there foods we don't like or foods we believe we don't like? And vice versa
• Do processed foods beget more processed foods?
• Nutrition as a habit
• Does what we eat matter so much?

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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The summertime can be a difficult time of year when we're dealing with body image – the heat, the clothes, the vacations. In this conversation, we break down some reasons why summertime can be difficult, share our own experiences with summer and body image, and offer mindset shifts that can help.

• Summer bodies syndrome
• Summer clothing – is fashion harder?
• Do you feel like you're "allowed" to wear shorts in the summer?
• Body objectification as part of the vacation experience
• Stef's episode with gelato in Italy
• Noticing body changes on vacation
• Mindset shifts and strategies for summer
• "Body admin" and summer

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If intuitive eating is the gold standard of a healthy relationship with food, how do we actually become more intuitive? In this episode, Sarah & Stef talk about:

• The definition of Intuition (UK vs US)
• What role does conscious reasoning play in intuition?
• The role of intuition in Sarah & Stef's lunches this week
• How long does it take to become more intuitive?
• Things that get in the way of our intuition
• How community might help us access intuition
• Is there a difference between intuition and instinct?

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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