cw: discussion of restrictive eating, eating disorders, fatphobia, racism, diet culture strategies such as calorie counting

Due to my journal’s constant focus on restrictive eating, it’s time we face the beast and learn about the history of fatphobia. The Church has not been silent on the topic of what is “healthiest” for people, especially women, to feed and do with their bodies, and I’m going to push back on how this messaging is not only incorrect but also harmful.

This week’s journals include repenting for the sin of eating sugar, promising members that I would of course never ever leave the Church, and finally achieving the high of testifying of Joseph Smith to a nonbeliever.

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APA resource: Eating Disorders, Weight-Shaming and “Clean” Eating

Hannah Carlan UCLA resource: Book Review of Strings’ “Fearing the Black Body”

Amanda Montgomery UIC resource: Weight stigma and fatphobia in public health

Carol Wolf LDS Ensign message: Physical Health: Weight Loss and the Word of Wisdom

Recommended Reading:

Sabrina Strings’ Fear the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

r/exmormon reddit: Self Esteem for the Latter-Day Saint Woman

LDS General Conference 1978: Good Health—A Key to Joyous Living 

LDS Ensign message 2014: Nourishing Our Bodies and Our Spirits

LDS Missionary Wellness Manual: Bodyweight

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