“Self-care, not self-control” likewise means letting your weight settle where it may. As my fellow HAES dietitian Dana Sturtevant succinctly puts it, “It’s not possible to heal our relationship with food and body while trying to control the size and shape of our body.” In other words, you have to let that shit go if you want to stop feeling unhinged around food. Diet culture makes this difficult, but getting to a place where you’re not actively trying to shrink your body is an essential ingredient in your physical and mental well-being. Breaking free from diet culture means breaking free from
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