Diet culture is rampant when it comes to pregnancy. If you want to get pregnant while living in a fat body, the first line of treatment tends to be "lose weight". This can cause women more stress plus lost time as they struggle with dieting (that doesn't work) and weight loss. Nicola explains how weight loss DOES NOT need to be the focus to increase health and thus increase chances of becoming pregnant.
Read MoreThis week Heather and I are talking about intuitive eating, how to manage stress eating during COVID-19, and how our default reaction to health problems is going on a diet and trying to lose weight even though we all know they don’t work for us.
Read MoreGlenys joins me and talks about her relentless pursuit of weight loss, how losing weight was never enough, and that keeping weight off for several years for her meant taking obsessive measures.
Read MoreMost of us only know two things: 1) being on a diet and actively pursuing weight loss, or, 2) not being on a diet, having erratic eating patterns, possibly a restrict/binge cycle. It doesn’t have to be this way. AT. ALL.
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