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More and more studies are coming to light on this ... we are unique and so should our diets, our movement and beyond... I am so glad this is coming to light and more and more information is being made available showing that we all don't fit in the same mold... Article here- https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/science-health/955345/how-scientists-discovered-that-one-size-diets-dont-fit-all 
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Full of articles today again... This time of year there is that "New Year, New Me" resolution or that burning need to join a gym (slight reference to the article) .. but let me ask you-- what is wrong with the old you?? It's gotten you to where you are today... so this Nutrition Counselor/Health & Wellness Coach isn't jumping on the bandwagon to push anyone to make a resolution or to change themselves for what society dictates as the norm... I am to the point of challenging that norm... and wanting to challenge everyone to just love themselves just the way they are.. because when we are body positive we aren't shaming ourselves or others... we are respecting ourselves and others... then the true growth happens which leads to healthy habits naturally.. like getting more sleep, drinking more water, moving our bodies in ways we feel good and eating more vegetables/fruits... we even will have more energy and focus for things that don't entail counting calories, or restricting foods etc.. So I hope you truly love yourself this year and every year after and allow that to shine out to others... lifting one another instead of judging... Article here  This article goes with the shared post from the other day pertaining to children and food-- **** Article Tidbits below and more... A guide to parenting fat kids I am not crazy about the title but the overall point of the article is about how"....important to commit to accepting, supporting and loving your child no matter what..." The article gives 10 possible guidelines to help ... per the article "since no guidebook was available for her, this is my attempt to help parents who are where she was. How do you raise a fat, healthy, happy child? I’m not a doctor or a psychologist. I’m just a fat kid who grew into a fat adult, and this is what would have been helpful to me." FYI... I was a "thick" ..oversized child, teenager and have struggled with my weight since I was about 10 years old.. I remember being called "thunder thighs" growing up and being taken to Weight Watchers as young as 12 years old... I didn't realize the underlying issues that don't help the weight until 2008 when I was correctly diagnosed with PCOS and Hashimoto's along with taken off medicines I didn't need to be on.. believe me I have done every fad diet out there and even intensive procedures to gain a footing on my weight because I thought these were my only choices until I found my path into the Health & Wellness Coaching/Nutrition journey..  So here are the 10 guidelines I wish were out there when I was growing up...
1. Teach them about body diversity. 2. Teach them to trust their bodies and their hunger. 3. Let them walk away from activities they don’t enjoy, without guilt or shame. 4. Don’t restrict their diets, and don’t moralize food. 5. Work on your own f*cked-up relationship with food and your body. 6. Don’t try to protect your child from bullying by accidentally assuming the role of the bully. 7. Be a fierce advocate for your child with doctors, teachers and other adults. 8. Teach them about fatphobia, weight bias and why they’re wrong. 9.Expose your child to positive representations of fat people. 10. Love and accept them for who they are. Want to read more.. Article here- https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/parenting-fat-kids/  Great article- below is just one tidbit ...
"Befriend your body Be honest: Would you treat your bestie the way you currently treat your body? Would you ever tell your good friend they weren't good enough for not looking like a model or get angry at them if they got tired and couldn't finish a morning run? Chang says a positive relationship with your body requires the same amount of work as any other relationship in your life: Take time to listen, pay attention to its needs and provide it with compassion. " Link to article here- https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1067210075/what-if-the-best-diet-is-to-reject-diet-culture  Part of the article-
"This past fall, my daughter, at 20 months, became fascinated with her bellybutton. At every chance she got, she began lifting her T-shirt to joyfully point it out. The inference that Mama and Daddy had bellybuttons too was not far behind, and neither were further exploration efforts. But when she lifted my shirt, I could feel myself sucking in my stomach. I felt shame — and ashamed of my shame. And that’s when it hit me: I have to sort my head out, regarding my body, for the sake of my daughter. My relationship with my body is, to put it mildly, fraught. I have not always, but I have usually, been fat. I have always hated that fact, although I have tried not to. I have been a so-called normal weight, by the standards of the draconian body mass index guidelines, only when I have been starving myself or eating a highly restrictive and often downright odd diet. Over the past year, I have lost nearly 50 pounds, prompted by a vague sense of obligation to shrink myself back down to size. As usual, the weight came off only with efforts so extreme that I hesitate to admit to them: Over the course of a month last winter, I didn’t eat for 17 out of 30 days." Societies Diet Culture causes- low self-esteem anxiety depression obsessive-compulsive disorder troubled relationships impulsive behavior This is why I have jumped off the merry go round.. why I work with others to correct digestive imbalances & supporting mental health with body positive restorative therapies... We all need to reset our ideals of what true beauty is.. and it doesn't come what we look like... it really does come from the inside... Article Link -- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/diet-resolution.html |
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