Episode #103: Ditching the Rules and Joyful Movement with Barb Puzanovova

When Barb Puzanovova (she/her), aka The Non-Diet Trainer,  was struggling with orthorexia and compulsive exercise in college, she realized she was spending way too much time thinking about food and exercise. Her life felt out of sync. One question that opened her eyes was “Have you had a day without a (food and training) goal?”. 

On the podcast, Barb shares her recovery and how critical finding an inclusive, anti-diet gym was. She also shares how recognizing the obstacles that folks feel around hating exercise is very real and how it can be harmful to insist they try to work through their resistance. We also talked about the harmful impact of elitism and anti-fat bias in the fitness industry. 

Connect with Barb on Instagram and her website.

Check out Barb’s Joyful Movement Program starting this fall here.

On the podcast, Barb mentions the Maintenance Phase podcast episode on the presidents physical fitness test. Here is the link.

 

Episode #102: Diet Culture, Thin Privilege and Thin Fragility

After sharing a post about how exhausting I felt talking about diet culture (see post below), I realized a few things that I needed to name and share.

On the podcast, I shared the post I shared, why it was an important piece for me to share openly, the reaction I received from the community, and two surprising take-aways; thin privilege and thin fragility. 

I share and name my own thin privilege and get specific about how I know I’m privileged living inside of a straight-sized body. I also share my own fragility and how recognizing the impact of diet culture on marginalized identities is critical to our own freedom. 

The social media post: 


I know this is very uncool of me, but I get tired of talking about diet culture. 


I'm in awe of so many of my colleagues that call out the harmful messages and inaccuracies we're being told about health, weight, food and body size. 


I know I've done my share and there is more for me to do, but it just wears on me. 


I feel hopeless. Like we are fighting a losing battle. Any impact I have is a faint whisper compared to the massive marketing machines behind diet culture kings like Weight Watchers, Noom, and Jenny Craig. 


In this hopelessness, I feel indifference. Fine- go ahead. Keep marketing to kids. Keep lying to people and telling them your diet is a lifestyle plan. Take people's money and take away their body autonomy. 


It makes me so angry, I could scream. But who do I scream at? Who do I call? It's like I'm swinging my arms blind folded. Diet culture is everywhere, with no obvious physical location. 


I've given my hard earned money to Weight Watchers. I've been duped by them too. 


Maybe that's why I'm tired of talking about diet culture. I'm mad at myself. I'm mad that I was deceived. I'm mad that all of my clients have been deceived too and they have to hire me. 


I wish it never existed. I wish I never went on a diet when I was 12. Then I wouldn't have to talk about diet culture. 


I realize now that I'm just fuckin' sad. That's all. 

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Episode #101: Daring to Not Diet with Glenys Oyston

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Glenys Oyston, RDN shares her history of dieting and being the “5%” that lost weight but feeling so much emotional distress and food preoccupation to be there.

She shared her desire for body currency and desiring the accolades that come from being that person that lost weight and can keep it off. 

We talked about the risk that comes from only deriving our value from our body because we miss other ways to value ourselves.

Glenys shares what body tolerance is: being okay that you don’t like your body, what to do when you’re having a bad body day, the importance of noticing internalized anti-fat phobia, and recognizing the challenges in the workplace around self care. 

Connect with Glenys here: 

https://www.facebook.com/DareToNotDiet

https://www.selfcare4diabetes.com/ 

Free guide: https://www.selfcare4diabetes.com/myths 

Group Coaching starting in September 2022

Looking for one-on-one coaching support  around intuitive eating, body image and emotional eating? 

Schedule a clarity call with me where you can share what your goals and intentions are, I’ll offer you some insight around what’s going on and if we feel like we’re a good match, I can share more information on how we can move forward. 

Here is my calendar link