I am anti-diet, but I am not wholly anti-weight loss. I am anti-weight loss/fat loss for reasons that can’t be fixed by changing one’s weight or amount of body fat. Changing our body size won’t solve our relationship problems or help us love ourselves more. And the pressures we put on women especially to lookContinue reading “How Stating “95% of Diets Fail” Perpetuates Diet Culture”
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Can We Talk About Physique Goals Without Perpetuating Diet Culture?
Part 1. Aside from the personal benefits it gives me, I lift because I want muscles; I like working to increase my size, and I see strength training as a means to sculpt my physique. It’s an art form, a form of personal expression. Implicit in these goals is the pursuit of body composition. IContinue reading “Can We Talk About Physique Goals Without Perpetuating Diet Culture? “