Are Hyper-Palatable Foods Wreaking Havoc on Your Health & Making You Gain Weight? Part 1
How to Free Yourself from Old Body Tapes
If you are carrying weight on your body that feels extra, and perhaps struggle a little or a lot with disordered eating, you probably know the story:
Despite our rejection of the oppressive societal norms perpetuated by the ‘beauty’ industry;
Despite our philosophical support of the fat liberation movement and our acceptance of our larger, different-from-the-norm-size;
Despite the distorted mental tapes we internalize and carry about how women (and men) should ‘look’;
Despite the valid, angsty emotions that drive the overeating (that we now know could be bad, gut microbes causing cravings);
Despite the genetic predisposition towards gaining and holding onto excess fat along with blood sugar regulation problems that many of us have;
Despite knowing that many skinny people are actually unhealthy and many thicker people indeed are very healthy;
Despite multi-generational familial dysfunctional habits behind overeating;
Despite all of this, we can feel that place of truth inside us that letting go of excess weight is part of our…