Escaping Diet Culture & Losing My Religion
Give yourself some grace… Breaking free of Diet Drama Land is as hard as trying to escape a religious cult.
In this episode I share the story of a Preacher Man – who did a FANTASTIC job of delivering the “Gospel of Happy Calories Don’t Count®.” He spoke all about shifting from a paradigm of religious rules to a framework of a divine relationship.
And then… to make a point… he used an example… a subject that is all too often used as a metaphor… because everyone has had some experience with it… weight loss.
And despite the entire sermon being a parallel to the principles of Happy Calories Don’t Count®, when the weight loss example came up – it was from the framework of Diet Drama Land.
Listen to the full episode below to “Lose Your Religion.”
Thy Hypnotic Hold of “Diet Drama Land”
There are reasons that it is so hard to get out – and stay out of – “Diet Drama Land.”
At a societal, cultural level, there is no obvious “opposing view” to help you recognize that there is an alternative way of viewing things. At an individual level, leaps in logic and playing the “comparison game” are two of the biggest traps to keep you stuck.
This episode explores how the chaos of the current moment can provide a touchstone for healing all of the dysfunction around food, exercise your body and your weight so that you can find freedom from food, peace with your body AND optimize your results in a sustainable way.
Back to Basics with Happy Calories Don’t Count®
You will never be completely free from the anxiety of food, exercise and body drama – regardless of your current size or shape – as long as your efforts come from within the context of the fundamental base paradigm of the conventional, cultural “diet and exercise” model.
That model is transaction-based, sets up calories as a “currency of exchange” and suggests that you must pay a “price” to eat. The price? Exercise – or weight gain.
And while you are indeed responsible for what you eat and what you do for exercise, the fact that you are responsible for your choices and actions does not mean that you can therefore control the outcome – you cannot control your body through diet and exercise. That is a fallacy. That is the root of your food and body image struggles.
The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from the wisdom of your body to be “successful.” And it is this attempt to disconnect from your body that causes all of the pain and dysfunction.
By switching from the transaction-based model of “diet and exercise,” to the relationship-based model of Happy Calories Don’t Count® your pain and dysfunction around food and your body is healed – and you can finally create a body you love with sustainable results.
Listen to the full episode for my outline of the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Model.
Food For Thought: No “Diet & Exercise” Resolution Needed
WHY KEEP MAKING THE SAME RESOLUTIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR? WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Weight loss and fitness top the New Year’s Resolution list year after year after year. Why is that? Well I had heard once that resolution breaks down into “re-solution” resolve “re-solve” So you’re just solving the same darn problem over and over […]
Stop Resolving & Start Creating A Body You Love
What’s the point of losing weight or getting in shape (the top New Year’s resolutions) if you have to resolve to do it year after year?
The week between Christmas and New Year’s means that your social media (and all media) feeds are filling up with ads pitching “new” programs and apps to help you lose weight and get in shape in the coming year.
From diet apps to new fitness methods – psychology based or doctor supervised bots – NONE of these programs are ultimately effective because they are still fundamentally based within the “diet and exercise” model.
To truly create lasting change, you must shift underlying base paradigms. Regardless of which wellness approach you take, changing the based model from the transaction-based framework of “diet and exercise” to a relationship based perspective is critical.
Rock Your Skinny Jeans Without Motivation, Goals or Diets
What’s the point of losing weight or getting in shape (the top New Year’s resolutions) if you have to resolve to do it year after year? How do you create results that are sustainable? How can you create results on your terms – so that you still enjoy your life?
Episode 19 of the Food Is Not A “Four-Letter” Word podcast discusses the underlying psychology of resolutions, motivation and goal setting and how the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method guide you in creating a body and life you love in any moment you choose.