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Breakfast

Mains

Salads & Sides

Smoothies & Juices

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Snacks

Baking

In light of a living with a broken fridge for the past week (and need for some mid-week humor!!), I can truely attest that these are indeed very, very bad foods 😷. I also stuck my hand in a container of cherry tomatoes, felt something squishy and when I looked down it was creepy, crawly....creatures lol!🤢🤮. But seriously though, can we practice removing the moral shame and guilt that is so often associated with certain foods? These beliefs are learned and we can UNlearn them. Let’s leave “bad foods” to the foods that just aren’t edible, yeah?

It’s not secret. We live in a very fat phobic society. It’s why kids begin dieting at a young age, it’s why grandmas are still dieting at the age of 60, it’s why people in thinner bodies don’t get the care they should receive bc medical professionals ASSUME the person is “healthy” by looking at their outside appearance and why those in larger bodies don’t get the care they deserve bc the medical professionals ASSUME they are “unhealthy” by looking at their outside appearance. Weight stigma works both ways. When you compliment someone’s appearance, you might not have any clue WTF they are struggling with or if they lost that weight bc of a chronic illness. When you suggest weight loss as a cure all, that’s lazy medicine. Stop assuming thin = healthy. Stop👏🏽pathologizing👏🏽weight👏🏽and body size. I believe we can do better and be better. But if you aren’t acknowledging and challenging your fat phobic thoughts, then you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

Let’s talking about VALUES + SETTING BOUNDARIES. In my sessions I talk about this a lot. It sounds a little funny but values are a central part of who you are! When we start to dive in, we can explore areas of your life that may or may not align with some of your core values and this is where setting boundaries come into play.
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For instance, if honesty is one of your core values, how are you honest with honoring your hunger, or even what your body needs to function at the most basic level (sleep/ movement/ play)? If kindness is one of your values, in what ways are you kind toward your body?
If family is one of your values, how are you setting boundaries to prioritize that part of your life?
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I know it doesn’t always feel great in the moment to say “no” (insert action, behavior or social/work commitment) but when you do, you can tune into what YOU need. The danger of not setting boundaries is that you end up living a life that is in tune with someone else’s values (be it diet cuture, employer, friends, family members etc) and that my friends, I know for sure is no life I’d like to live. Start by asking yourself what you value, then its easier to identify the non-negotiables.
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🎨 by amazing @heyamberrae

PSA: Body diversity is a thing. Just as dogs come in all shapes and sizes, just as trees in nature, just as waves in the ocean. Humans are no different.

436 East 58th Street

New York, NY,

USA

laura.iu@nyu.edu

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