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Diet Culture: Before and After

July 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

before:

  • has list of good foods and bad foods; good foods list shrinks more and more every day and feels guilty for eating anything but those few items
  • Has cravings, ignores them in favour of “healthy alternatives”, later binges on anything she can get her hands on
  • spends so much time focused on what her body looks like, that she can’t enjoy any event she attends

after:

  • all food is good food and all food has value for different reasons
  • a restrictive diet is bound to lead to cravings – allow yourself to eat what you want, when you want, and you will avoid binges
  • adapts a more neutral stance towards her body. Not every day is a good body image day, but every day is a day to appreciate what her body does

where do you fit in?

The good news is that you don’t have to fit yourself in anywhere. You may consider yourself a diet culture ‘before’, or a diet culture ‘after’, or you may be somewhere in-between.

The point is that you are ever progressing and ever learning. What has worked for you before, may not actually work for you now, and that is okay. Transitioning from a diet mindset to a non-diet one is hard, but the freedom it can afford you is immeasurable.

more reading:

If you would like to know more about diet culture, check out my post https://www.whollygenna.com/2020/07/09/what-is-diet-culture/.

And, don’t forget to connect with me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/whollygenna/!

Genna

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It’s 2021!!! We’re done hating our bodies, ins It’s 2021!!! We’re done hating our bodies, instead we’re appreciating all the crazy shit they do 🤯

Reminder that your body is valid, and special and capable in its own wonderful ways!

Here’s a glute focused kettlebell workout I did last night 🥵 my butt is on FIRE today 😩

🍑4 rounds each, 8-15 reps🍑

🍑Sumo squats 
🍑Split squats (watch me struggle lol)
🍑RDL
🍑Single leg deadlift 
🍑Hip thrust 
🍑Russian swing (not posted)

Have a splendid Wednesday folks ✨

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One time someone posted a side profile photo of me One time someone posted a side profile photo of me and I was mortified to see how I looked from the side.

From then on, I avoided photos unless I was absolutely certain I could control how I would look in them.

A beautiful thing I learned this past year is that I don’t owe the world perfect. None of us do. We don’t have to have perfectly curated feeds that only show our best angles. We can be real sometimes too.

Today I could’ve shared a photo of myself looking snatched, but I opted instead to share a photo of what I look like the other 98% of the time.

Both are cool. Both are me. Both are valid.

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Haven’t shared one of these on the feed in a whi Haven’t shared one of these on the feed in a while ✨

This year I’m focusing on taking care of my body more than ever before. This involves working on my eating and engaging in movement every day 🌞

Here’s some lil leggy movement that was out of this world 🌍 

👽banded deadlifts
👽goodmornings
👽banded lunges
👽lateral shuffles
👽kneeling squats 

My facial expressions in these videos are killing me 😭 I was putting in weeeerk.

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